House For Sale £2,350,000
Croxton Manor is a delightful Grade II listed Tudor manor, which has been beautifully restored over the years benefiting from exceptional reception rooms with a wealth of period characteristic features, including exposed rustic timbers.
Of particular note is the fabulous Great Hall, featuring a magnificent fireplace with log burner, double-height ceiling, and Minstrels' gallery. There is a beautifully proportioned dining room, with charming views over the gardens, adjacent to the kitchen/breakfast room, featuring a 3-oven Aga with module and benefiting from a door opening to the outside. Adjoining is the pantry and utility room. Beyond the Great Hall is a delightful sitting room with an excellent ceiling height, fireplace, stone flooring, and a light-filled study. Almost all of the rooms in the house are hard-wired into high-quality stereo speaker systems, while the Great Hall has quadriphonic speakers. The bedroom accommodation is well arranged across the first floor. The principal bedroom benefits from a log burner, fitted wardrobes and a spacious en suite. Two further bedrooms and a family bathroom complete the first-floor accommodation.
Gardens and Grounds
The Lodge is a short distance from the house, with a kitchenette and shower room on the ground floor and a large bedroom/reception room above. There is also an adjoining double garage, surrounded by an extensive gravel driveway with ample parking.
The gardens are a particular feature of the property, with an array of mature shrubs, specimen trees, and a delightful pond to the south of the house. Beyond is the enclosed vegetable garden and adjacent locked workshop with full power supply and water/drainage, together with two bays for wood storage and/or vehicles or garden equipment, and a large games room/gym above. To the east is an immaculate parterre garden with a gate leading to a large lawned area to the north of the house. Beyond the formal garden to the west of the house is extensive meadowland and a newly planted orchard. The garden enjoys stunning parkland views to the south and west.
Of particular note is the fabulous Great Hall, featuring a magnificent fireplace with log burner, double-height ceiling, and Minstrels' gallery. There is a beautifully proportioned dining room, with charming views over the gardens, adjacent to the kitchen/breakfast room, featuring a 3-oven Aga with module and benefiting from a door opening to the outside. Adjoining is the pantry and utility room. Beyond the Great Hall is a delightful sitting room with an excellent ceiling height, fireplace, stone flooring, and a light-filled study. Almost all of the rooms in the house are hard-wired into high-quality stereo speaker systems, while the Great Hall has quadriphonic speakers. The bedroom accommodation is well arranged across the first floor. The principal bedroom benefits from a log burner, fitted wardrobes and a spacious en suite. Two further bedrooms and a family bathroom complete the first-floor accommodation.
Gardens and Grounds
The Lodge is a short distance from the house, with a kitchenette and shower room on the ground floor and a large bedroom/reception room above. There is also an adjoining double garage, surrounded by an extensive gravel driveway with ample parking.
The gardens are a particular feature of the property, with an array of mature shrubs, specimen trees, and a delightful pond to the south of the house. Beyond is the enclosed vegetable garden and adjacent locked workshop with full power supply and water/drainage, together with two bays for wood storage and/or vehicles or garden equipment, and a large games room/gym above. To the east is an immaculate parterre garden with a gate leading to a large lawned area to the north of the house. Beyond the formal garden to the west of the house is extensive meadowland and a newly planted orchard. The garden enjoys stunning parkland views to the south and west.
Croxton is situated approximately 13 miles to the west of Cambridge, with a no through road leading to Croxton Park, with its designated historic Grade II parkland and organic livestock farm surrounding the village. Cambourne, approximately 6 miles to the east, offers an extensive range of shopping facilities.
St Neots is just over 4 miles to the west with various shops and restaurants and a train station providing access to London Kings Cross (from 47 minutes) and St Pancras (from 56 minutes). Cambridge is accessed along the A428 (approximately 14 miles), with more comprehensive shopping and excellent schooling, and Cambridge North station with trains to Liverpool St within an hour.
(All distance and times are approximate).
