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£435,0003 bedroom detached house for sale
Gardeners Cottage, Burwell
Detached house
3 beds
2 baths
Key information
Tenure: Freehold
Council tax: Band E
Broadband: Ultra-fast 1000Mbps *
Mobile signal:
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Features and description
- Characterful & charming detached cottage
- Through inglenook fireplace & exposed timber beams
- Entrance hallway, rear lobby/breakfast room.
- 3 bedrooms & family bathroom to 1st floor
- Ground floor shower room
- Beautiful landscaped side and rear gardens
- Large garage, gated driveway, off road parking
- Gas fired radiator central heating system
- Redevelopment opportunity
- Massive scope for improvement
Gardener’s Cottage, dating from 1827, is a Grade II listed Georgian property full of character, set in a pleasant village location. The house sits on a generous plot with landscaped side and rear gardens and offers significant potential for modernisation. It also includes a large detached garage, a driveway, and off-road parking.
Location
Burwell is a charming village located in scenic countryside, approximately eleven miles northeast of the university city of Cambridge and just four and a half miles from Newmarket, a town famous for its horse racing. The village boasts a rich variety of properties, from historic period cottages to modern family homes, offering a blend of architectural styles.
The village is well-serviced with an excellent range of amenities, including a primary school, doctors’ surgery, dentist, various local shops for everyday needs, a church, public houses, and a regular bus service. Its prime location offers easy access to the A14 dual carriageway, providing strong connections to regional traffic routes like the M11 to London and the A11 to the east.
Property Information
Situated along an idyllic leafy lane, Gardener's Cottage is a truly remarkable home within this highly desirable and popular village. The property offers significant potential for modernisation, making it an exciting opportunity for buyers seeking to create a bespoke home in a characterful setting.
The accommodation includes a triple-aspect sitting room with a striking through 'inglenook' fireplace, built-in cupboards, and French doors opening to the garden. The dining area also features a through fireplace and exposed timbers. The kitchen provides base units, some integral appliances, space for white goods, and access to a rear lobby/breakfast room via a stable door.
Upstairs, the first-floor landing with an exposed stone wall leads to three bedrooms and a family bathroom.
The beautifully landscaped rear garden features a generous flagstone terrace, ideal for al fresco dining and entertaining.
Entrance Hallway
A wooden ledged and braced front door leads into the entrance hall, telephone point, radiator, cloaks cupboard, wall mounted light points.
Sitting Room
The charming reception rooms comprise a triple aspect sitting room, with a striking inglenook fireplace inset with a cast iron burner stove, bressumer beam and paved hearth, built-in cupboards to side, with French doors opening to rear gardens. Cupboard housing the gas fired boiler.
Dining room
A dining area opening to the kitchen also benefits from a through inglenook fireplace, bessumer beam, cast iron hood and paved hearth, exposed timber beams, stairs rise to the 1st floor, wall light points, two radiators and storage recess door to:
Kitchen
The kitchen is fitted with a range of base units and wall units with some integral appliances, an inset 1, 1/2 sink unit with single drainer, tiled splashbacks, two windows to side aspect, space and plumbing for washing machine and fridge/freezer, electric oven and hob, a stable door leads to the rear lobby/breakfast room.
Rear Lobby/Breakfast room
With windows to sides and rear, door to gardens, radiator.
Shower Room
Fitted with a three piece suite comprising tiled shower cubicle, with shower over, pedestal wash hand basin, tiled splashbacks, low level WC, radiator, with a window to rear aspect.
Landing
Stairs rising from ground floor, with a window to side aspect, 2 windows to rear aspect, two radiators, wall mounted light points. Doors to:
Bedroom 1
With fitted wardrobes, radiator, with a window to front aspect.
Bedroom 2
With a window to front aspect, radiator.
Bedroom 3
With a window to front aspect, radiator, fitted wardrobes housing the hot water cylinder.
Outside
With a double detached garage, gated driveway and ample off road parking for 5 vehicles. The generous landscaped gardens are laid mainly to lawn to rear and side of the property, flanked with a stone wall with established flower beds, trees and hedging, together with a useful timber garden storage shed.
Services & information
Mains water, gas and drainage are connected.
The property is freehold.
The property is in Burwell High Town conservation area.
The property is in a very low flood risk area.
The property has a registered tile and Probate has been granted.
Property type: Detached house.
Internet connection: Basic 16 Mbps, Superfast 80 Mbps, Ultrafast 1000 Mbps.
Mobile phone coverage by the 4 major carriers available.
Viewings strictly by arrangement with Pocock + Shaw.
Location
Burwell is a charming village located in scenic countryside, approximately eleven miles northeast of the university city of Cambridge and just four and a half miles from Newmarket, a town famous for its horse racing. The village boasts a rich variety of properties, from historic period cottages to modern family homes, offering a blend of architectural styles.
The village is well-serviced with an excellent range of amenities, including a primary school, doctors’ surgery, dentist, various local shops for everyday needs, a church, public houses, and a regular bus service. Its prime location offers easy access to the A14 dual carriageway, providing strong connections to regional traffic routes like the M11 to London and the A11 to the east.
Property Information
Situated along an idyllic leafy lane, Gardener's Cottage is a truly remarkable home within this highly desirable and popular village. The property offers significant potential for modernisation, making it an exciting opportunity for buyers seeking to create a bespoke home in a characterful setting.
The accommodation includes a triple-aspect sitting room with a striking through 'inglenook' fireplace, built-in cupboards, and French doors opening to the garden. The dining area also features a through fireplace and exposed timbers. The kitchen provides base units, some integral appliances, space for white goods, and access to a rear lobby/breakfast room via a stable door.
Upstairs, the first-floor landing with an exposed stone wall leads to three bedrooms and a family bathroom.
The beautifully landscaped rear garden features a generous flagstone terrace, ideal for al fresco dining and entertaining.
Entrance Hallway
A wooden ledged and braced front door leads into the entrance hall, telephone point, radiator, cloaks cupboard, wall mounted light points.
Sitting Room
The charming reception rooms comprise a triple aspect sitting room, with a striking inglenook fireplace inset with a cast iron burner stove, bressumer beam and paved hearth, built-in cupboards to side, with French doors opening to rear gardens. Cupboard housing the gas fired boiler.
Dining room
A dining area opening to the kitchen also benefits from a through inglenook fireplace, bessumer beam, cast iron hood and paved hearth, exposed timber beams, stairs rise to the 1st floor, wall light points, two radiators and storage recess door to:
Kitchen
The kitchen is fitted with a range of base units and wall units with some integral appliances, an inset 1, 1/2 sink unit with single drainer, tiled splashbacks, two windows to side aspect, space and plumbing for washing machine and fridge/freezer, electric oven and hob, a stable door leads to the rear lobby/breakfast room.
Rear Lobby/Breakfast room
With windows to sides and rear, door to gardens, radiator.
Shower Room
Fitted with a three piece suite comprising tiled shower cubicle, with shower over, pedestal wash hand basin, tiled splashbacks, low level WC, radiator, with a window to rear aspect.
Landing
Stairs rising from ground floor, with a window to side aspect, 2 windows to rear aspect, two radiators, wall mounted light points. Doors to:
Bedroom 1
With fitted wardrobes, radiator, with a window to front aspect.
Bedroom 2
With a window to front aspect, radiator.
Bedroom 3
With a window to front aspect, radiator, fitted wardrobes housing the hot water cylinder.
Outside
With a double detached garage, gated driveway and ample off road parking for 5 vehicles. The generous landscaped gardens are laid mainly to lawn to rear and side of the property, flanked with a stone wall with established flower beds, trees and hedging, together with a useful timber garden storage shed.
Services & information
Mains water, gas and drainage are connected.
The property is freehold.
The property is in Burwell High Town conservation area.
The property is in a very low flood risk area.
The property has a registered tile and Probate has been granted.
Property type: Detached house.
Internet connection: Basic 16 Mbps, Superfast 80 Mbps, Ultrafast 1000 Mbps.
Mobile phone coverage by the 4 major carriers available.
Viewings strictly by arrangement with Pocock + Shaw.
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About this agent

Pocock + Shaw first opened its doors in 1985 and has quickly established itself as a leading independent estate agent and property management agency in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk. That’s all very well, but in a profession that’s often maligned, you want to know what makes us stand out from the crowd. We know the market is more than just about bricks and mortar. It’s also about knowing the place and the people. With branches in Cambridge, Newmarket and Ely, a combination of local knowledge and a refreshing, pro-active approach has proved to be a magnet for people looking to buy, sell, rent or let properties in the region. All members of our team live locally and offer a truly unique insight and intimate knowledge of life in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk. So, make use of our greatest asset – our experienced, hardworking and engaging team – to guide you through the process and the complexities of buying, selling, renting or letting a property in our area. Pocock + Shaw is an enthusiastic, friendly and forward-thinking business based on traditional values, careful never to lose sight of the small things that are so often overlooked but which can make all the difference – integrity, respect and professionalism to name a few.


























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