House For Sale £800,000
Beautiful Four Bedroom Detached House Overlooking The River In A Pretty, Peaceful Village Location.
Situated in an idyllic spot overlooking the river in the pretty Cambridgeshire village of Alconbury Weston, this wonderfully characterful home offers a superb and rarely seen blend of modern day living with all the charm and features of a time long since past.
Built in 1660, this grade II listed, former farm house offers the right buyers the chance to own and become the custodians of a real piece of English history, whilst enjoying the comfort and lifestyle usually associated with a much newer home. Bursting with charm and character, Grange Farm House retains many original period features including stunning, honey colour, oak beams, inglenook fireplaces, a priest hole and a former cheese room.
Offering just the right amount of quirkiness, all of these features are beautifully complemented with all the up to date amenities required for life today. These include a recently refitted, open plan kitchen / family room, three first floor bathrooms, a ground floor shower room and a large and well appointed utility and boot room. In addition to the internal luxury, in the garden there is a five seater Sundance hot tub and in the summer house is a purpose built sauna.
The village of Alconbury Weston has a very friendly community feel and Grange Farm House is just a very short walk from the local village pub, which offers both dine in and takeaway services. For lovers of the great outdoors, there are numerous country paths and routes, ideal for dog walkers, ramblers, joggers and cyclists alike.
For commuters, the village is ideally situated with very easy access to both the A1M and the A14 and is also just 6.5 miles from Huntingdon station, which offers a rail commute to London in around 45 minutes.
For families with children of a school age, Alconbury C of E Primary School is just 1.3 miles away and Ermine Street Church Academy is just 3.3 miles away. The Alconbury Community Pre-school is under a mile away, whilst for older children, Hinchingbrooke School is just 6 miles away.
Accommodation
Ground Floor:
Entrance
A beautifully crafted, solid oak front door opens into a pretty entrance hall with exposed oak beamed wall and an attractive tiled floor with an inset floor mat. To the right is a door to the dining room and to the left is a walkway to the sitting room / lounge.
Lounge
A spectacular, triple aspect room, which really sets the tone for the rest of the house, with windows overlooking the river to the front, the side of the property and the rear garden. The focal point of the room is a large inglenook fireplace with exposed brickwork, a brick hearth, an oak beam mantle and a wood burning stove with glazed doors. Impressive, honey coloured oak beams add to the charm and character of this wonderful space.
Dining Room
Accessed from the entrance hall and along both sides of the inglenook fireplace in the lounge, the dining room is a front aspect room with a window overlooking the river. There is a another large inglenook fireplace, mirroring the one in the lounge with a brick hearth, a wood burning stove and a chiselled oak beam mantle. The exposed beams in the walls and ceilings are complemented beautifully by a lovely, handmade terracotta pamment tiled floor. From here there are doors to both the rear lobby and the kitchen.
Kitchen / Family Room
Unusually for a house of this age, the kitchen / family room is a large open plan room. This double aspect room is provided natural light from four windows, with a kitchen window over looking the river to the front and three further side aspect windows overlooking the garden.
At one end, the kitchen has been recently refitted to a very high standard and comprises an excellent range of light oak cabinets, drawers and larder cupboards with contrasting black, leathered granite work surfaces and breakfast bar. Integrated appliances include a large electric Aga, a dishwasher, a wine chiller and a double butler sink with a Quooker hot water tap.
At the other end is a lovely family room / library, providing the perfect space for reading or entertaining guests. The exposed oak beams and posts make the room very individual and the attractive natural slate flooring finishes the room beautifully.
Rear Lobby
From here there is a staircase giving access to the first floor with a very large storage area beneath. The natural slate flooring continues here from the kitchen and there is a step down to a large utility room.
Utility Room
A large and well appointed utility room with an excellent range of eye and base level, shaker style cabinets with contrasting black, leathered granite work surfaces. There is ample space and plumbing for appliances and there is a butler sink with a mixer tap and a door providing access to the rear garden and driveway.
Boot Room
Accessed via a door from the utility room, this is a very large storage room perfect for hanging coats and shoes, with plenty of space for large household items such as ironing boards and vacuum cleaners etc.
Downstairs Shower Room
Also accessed from the utility room, this is a fully tiled room fitted with a modern suite comprising a walk-in shower, low level w/c and a wash hand basin.
First Floor
Family Shower Room
Accessed from a half-landing towards the top of the staircase, this family shower room is a rear aspect room and is fitted with a modern suite comprising a large shower cubicle, w/c and sink.
Landing
An impressive landing with a gallery over the staircase and a rear aspect window providing natural light. The character features continue up here with exposed oak beams and brickwork with feature lighting.
Principal Bedroom
Identified by a listed building specialist as a former cheese room, from which the farm would have sold cheese to travellers of the Great North Road, this is a wonderfully quirky bedroom with exposed brickwork and lime-washed oak boards and beams. Windows overlooking the gardens provide natural light, steps lead up to a large attic room and a door gives access to an ensuite shower room.
Ensuite Shower Room
A beautifully fitted suite comprising a shower, w/c, sink and a heated towel rail.
Bedroom Two
A pretty double room with exposed beams on the walls and ceiling and windows overlooking both the side and garden and the river to the front.
Bedroom Three
A generous double room with a front aspect window overlooking the river and a large built storage cupboard identified by a listed building specialist as a likely 'priest hole' in years gone by.
Bedroom Four
Currently used as a study, this is a generous, front aspect room with attractive exposed floor boards.
Family Bathroom
Another wonderfully characterful room with exposed oak beams, posts and floor boards and fitted with a free standing, slipper style bath with mixer taps, a w/c, heated towel rail and a vanity sink unit. A rear aspect Velux window provides natural light.
Outside
The garden reaches around the rear and both sides of the house. A block paved patio with a brick retaining wall provides the ideal space for alfresco dining. A step up from the patio gives access to a large driveway providing hard standing for numerous cars and leads to a double garage and a pair of timber gates provides vehicular access to and from the driveway. A paved path leads to a lawned area screened by mature trees and shrubs and plays host to a Sundance, five seater hot tub. Various outbuildings include sheds, a log store, and a greenhouse, whilst a timber summer house has a purpose built sauna fitted within it. Entered via a pedestrian gate from the rear garden, there is a separate side garden. This is a very private lawned garden screened with mature trees and shrubs and featuring beautifully maintained flower boarders and beds.
Situated in an idyllic spot overlooking the river in the pretty Cambridgeshire village of Alconbury Weston, this wonderfully characterful home offers a superb and rarely seen blend of modern day living with all the charm and features of a time long since past.
Built in 1660, this grade II listed, former farm house offers the right buyers the chance to own and become the custodians of a real piece of English history, whilst enjoying the comfort and lifestyle usually associated with a much newer home. Bursting with charm and character, Grange Farm House retains many original period features including stunning, honey colour, oak beams, inglenook fireplaces, a priest hole and a former cheese room.
Offering just the right amount of quirkiness, all of these features are beautifully complemented with all the up to date amenities required for life today. These include a recently refitted, open plan kitchen / family room, three first floor bathrooms, a ground floor shower room and a large and well appointed utility and boot room. In addition to the internal luxury, in the garden there is a five seater Sundance hot tub and in the summer house is a purpose built sauna.
The village of Alconbury Weston has a very friendly community feel and Grange Farm House is just a very short walk from the local village pub, which offers both dine in and takeaway services. For lovers of the great outdoors, there are numerous country paths and routes, ideal for dog walkers, ramblers, joggers and cyclists alike.
For commuters, the village is ideally situated with very easy access to both the A1M and the A14 and is also just 6.5 miles from Huntingdon station, which offers a rail commute to London in around 45 minutes.
For families with children of a school age, Alconbury C of E Primary School is just 1.3 miles away and Ermine Street Church Academy is just 3.3 miles away. The Alconbury Community Pre-school is under a mile away, whilst for older children, Hinchingbrooke School is just 6 miles away.
Accommodation
Ground Floor:
Entrance
A beautifully crafted, solid oak front door opens into a pretty entrance hall with exposed oak beamed wall and an attractive tiled floor with an inset floor mat. To the right is a door to the dining room and to the left is a walkway to the sitting room / lounge.
Lounge
A spectacular, triple aspect room, which really sets the tone for the rest of the house, with windows overlooking the river to the front, the side of the property and the rear garden. The focal point of the room is a large inglenook fireplace with exposed brickwork, a brick hearth, an oak beam mantle and a wood burning stove with glazed doors. Impressive, honey coloured oak beams add to the charm and character of this wonderful space.
Dining Room
Accessed from the entrance hall and along both sides of the inglenook fireplace in the lounge, the dining room is a front aspect room with a window overlooking the river. There is a another large inglenook fireplace, mirroring the one in the lounge with a brick hearth, a wood burning stove and a chiselled oak beam mantle. The exposed beams in the walls and ceilings are complemented beautifully by a lovely, handmade terracotta pamment tiled floor. From here there are doors to both the rear lobby and the kitchen.
Kitchen / Family Room
Unusually for a house of this age, the kitchen / family room is a large open plan room. This double aspect room is provided natural light from four windows, with a kitchen window over looking the river to the front and three further side aspect windows overlooking the garden.
At one end, the kitchen has been recently refitted to a very high standard and comprises an excellent range of light oak cabinets, drawers and larder cupboards with contrasting black, leathered granite work surfaces and breakfast bar. Integrated appliances include a large electric Aga, a dishwasher, a wine chiller and a double butler sink with a Quooker hot water tap.
At the other end is a lovely family room / library, providing the perfect space for reading or entertaining guests. The exposed oak beams and posts make the room very individual and the attractive natural slate flooring finishes the room beautifully.
Rear Lobby
From here there is a staircase giving access to the first floor with a very large storage area beneath. The natural slate flooring continues here from the kitchen and there is a step down to a large utility room.
Utility Room
A large and well appointed utility room with an excellent range of eye and base level, shaker style cabinets with contrasting black, leathered granite work surfaces. There is ample space and plumbing for appliances and there is a butler sink with a mixer tap and a door providing access to the rear garden and driveway.
Boot Room
Accessed via a door from the utility room, this is a very large storage room perfect for hanging coats and shoes, with plenty of space for large household items such as ironing boards and vacuum cleaners etc.
Downstairs Shower Room
Also accessed from the utility room, this is a fully tiled room fitted with a modern suite comprising a walk-in shower, low level w/c and a wash hand basin.
First Floor
Family Shower Room
Accessed from a half-landing towards the top of the staircase, this family shower room is a rear aspect room and is fitted with a modern suite comprising a large shower cubicle, w/c and sink.
Landing
An impressive landing with a gallery over the staircase and a rear aspect window providing natural light. The character features continue up here with exposed oak beams and brickwork with feature lighting.
Principal Bedroom
Identified by a listed building specialist as a former cheese room, from which the farm would have sold cheese to travellers of the Great North Road, this is a wonderfully quirky bedroom with exposed brickwork and lime-washed oak boards and beams. Windows overlooking the gardens provide natural light, steps lead up to a large attic room and a door gives access to an ensuite shower room.
Ensuite Shower Room
A beautifully fitted suite comprising a shower, w/c, sink and a heated towel rail.
Bedroom Two
A pretty double room with exposed beams on the walls and ceiling and windows overlooking both the side and garden and the river to the front.
Bedroom Three
A generous double room with a front aspect window overlooking the river and a large built storage cupboard identified by a listed building specialist as a likely 'priest hole' in years gone by.
Bedroom Four
Currently used as a study, this is a generous, front aspect room with attractive exposed floor boards.
Family Bathroom
Another wonderfully characterful room with exposed oak beams, posts and floor boards and fitted with a free standing, slipper style bath with mixer taps, a w/c, heated towel rail and a vanity sink unit. A rear aspect Velux window provides natural light.
Outside
The garden reaches around the rear and both sides of the house. A block paved patio with a brick retaining wall provides the ideal space for alfresco dining. A step up from the patio gives access to a large driveway providing hard standing for numerous cars and leads to a double garage and a pair of timber gates provides vehicular access to and from the driveway. A paved path leads to a lawned area screened by mature trees and shrubs and plays host to a Sundance, five seater hot tub. Various outbuildings include sheds, a log store, and a greenhouse, whilst a timber summer house has a purpose built sauna fitted within it. Entered via a pedestrian gate from the rear garden, there is a separate side garden. This is a very private lawned garden screened with mature trees and shrubs and featuring beautifully maintained flower boarders and beds.
