• Set in just under an acre +
• 3,500 Square foot +
• Former rectory but benefits from no listing +
• Excellent connections to surrounding towns and villages +
• Great potential for further development STP +
• South aspect garden +
• High celings +
• Private setting +

A handsome detached period house with extensive, flexible accommodation and plenty of original character, all set within a delightful garden with open fields beyond. Located in a peaceful village position with excellent connections to the surrounding towns and villages, as well as to historic Cambridge.

Summerhill is an impressive period house offering more than 3,500 square feet of beautifully presented accommodation arranged over two floors. The living space displays charming arts and crafts styling and retains various splendid original details, including sash windows and open fireplaces.

There is a welcoming reception hall at the front of the house, featuring wooden flooring and doors leading to the principal ground-floor reception rooms. These include a generously proportioned sitting room with tiled flooring, an attractive open fireplace, and dual French doors opening onto the rear garden, allowing for an abundance of natural light. The ground floor also includes a formal dining room with wide oak floorboards, plus a cosy snug and a light, airy study, while through the boot room there is access to a separate art studio, which could be used as a sitting room or garden room.

Additionally, the ground floor has a well-equipped kitchen with farmhouse-style fitted units, wooden worktops, a central island and integrated appliances. The utility room, boot room and cellar provide further space for home appliances and storage.

Upstairs, the spacious landing leads to four well-presented double bedrooms. These include the principal bedroom with its southeast-facing aspect overlooking the rear garden, as well as its dressing room and en suite bathroom, which also has an entrance off the landing so could be used as a fith bedroom of needed. One further bedroom has Jack and Jill access to the first-floor shower room, while the upper level also has an additional family shower room.

At the front of the property, the gravel driveway provides parking space for several vehicles, with a five-bar wooden gate at the side leading to a further area of gravel terracing, which could also be used for parking. The spacious garden at the rear of the house has a south-facing aspect and backs onto open fields. It features rolling lawn, various established shrubs and an array of mature trees, including a splendid tree-lined avenue-style pathway leading towards the end of the plot. There is also a sunny patio and timber deck area for al fresco dining, as well as various stores, shed and a greenhouse.