House For Sale £600,000
A charming Grade II listed two bedroom detached property with private parking and an enclosed rear garden situated in the idyllic and prestigious village of Grantchester, just two miles west of the city of Cambridge.
M11 (junction 12) 2 miles, Stansted International airport 27 miles. Cambridge city centre and railway station 3 miles (King's Cross and Liverpool Street lines) (distances and times approximate).
Ivy Dene is a charming Victorian Grade II listed detached property situated in this picturesque village and next to a house once inhabited by the Edwardian poet, Rupert Brooke. This elegant property has been sympathetically improved by the present owners to include new roof insulation, a new boiler, new secondary glazing and new windows and roof on the conservatory at the back of the property.<br/><br/>The pretty village of Grantchester is the most sought after of the inner necklace villages around Cambridge. It lies just 2 miles from Cambridge city centre in the valley of the river Cam and is separated from the city by Grantchester Meadows with wonderful walks alongside the river Cam and a cycle route into the heart of the city along the Grantchester Meadows cycle path. Local facilities include the picturesque parish church with its 14th century tower, village hall, 3 public houses, Rupert Brook Museum and the Orchard Garden Tea Room and Gardens. It is ideally placed for access to many of the city’s leading schools including St John’s and King’s College School in Grange Road and the Perse, St Faith’s, and The Ley’s in Trumpington Road.
Commuters are well served by road or rail with the M11 (junction 12) abut 1.5 miles providing access to Stansted Airport and the M25 and Cambridge Mainline Railway Station (services to King’s Cross and Liverpool Street in about 47 minutes and 68 minutes respectively).
M11 (junction 12) 2 miles, Stansted International airport 27 miles. Cambridge city centre and railway station 3 miles (King's Cross and Liverpool Street lines) (distances and times approximate).
Ivy Dene is a charming Victorian Grade II listed detached property situated in this picturesque village and next to a house once inhabited by the Edwardian poet, Rupert Brooke. This elegant property has been sympathetically improved by the present owners to include new roof insulation, a new boiler, new secondary glazing and new windows and roof on the conservatory at the back of the property.<br/><br/>The pretty village of Grantchester is the most sought after of the inner necklace villages around Cambridge. It lies just 2 miles from Cambridge city centre in the valley of the river Cam and is separated from the city by Grantchester Meadows with wonderful walks alongside the river Cam and a cycle route into the heart of the city along the Grantchester Meadows cycle path. Local facilities include the picturesque parish church with its 14th century tower, village hall, 3 public houses, Rupert Brook Museum and the Orchard Garden Tea Room and Gardens. It is ideally placed for access to many of the city’s leading schools including St John’s and King’s College School in Grange Road and the Perse, St Faith’s, and The Ley’s in Trumpington Road.
Commuters are well served by road or rail with the M11 (junction 12) abut 1.5 miles providing access to Stansted Airport and the M25 and Cambridge Mainline Railway Station (services to King’s Cross and Liverpool Street in about 47 minutes and 68 minutes respectively).
