Brook Farm House, 32 Alms Hill, Bourn

Brook Farm House, 32 Alms Hill, Bourn, Cambridge, CB23 2SH

A substantial period house with versatile accommodation, situated within wonderful established gardens of approximately two thirds of an acre on the edge of this delightful village.

Cambridge 9 miles, Royston and St Neots (fast trains to King's Cross) 10 miles, M11 (Junction 12) 5 miles (distances are approximate).

Gross Internal Floor Area: 3,369 sq ft (313 sq m)

Ground Floor: Entrance Lobby, Drawing Room, Sitting Room, Dining Room, Study, Studio, Kitchen, Pantry, Cloakroom.

First Floor: 6 Bedrooms, Bathroom, Separate WC.

Stonecross Outside: Detached Double Garage. Delightful Mature Gardens. Trumpington High Street Cambridge In all the property comprises 0.70 of an acre (0.284 hectares). CB2 9SU t: 01223 841842 e: [email protected] f: 01223 840721 Please read Important Notice on the floor plan page bidwells.co.uk Particulars of Sale

Situation The core of the Brook Farm House was built The profitability of farming in the early 1800's around 300 years ago. It has a timber framed paid for a Georgian extension: including a tiled Bourn is an attractive west Cambridgeshire structure and central brick chimney that roof, an additional bedroom, dressing room, village providing a good range of local facilities provides back to back inglenook fireplaces and reception room, main entrance, stairway and a including a primary school (classified as bread oven in the dining room and front living wine cupboard under a second stairway. A third outstanding in a recent Ofsted report), post room. Upstairs heat from the chimney warmed bedroom was built over the farm's original dairy. office/shop, church, hairdressers, cafe, public the bedrooms and a box sleeping space. The dairy is now used as a pantry. The sash house/restaurant, award winning Bangladeshi windows at the front of the house still retain a and Indian restaurant, doctor's surgery, few of the original spun glass panes. recreation ground, 18 hole golf course and leisure centre. Secondary school and Sixth Form education is available at the highly acclaimed Comberton Village College, which lies about 3.5 miles to the south-east.

Nearby Cambridge is not only world renowned for its academic achievements but also as an important centre for the "high-tech" and research development industry. The city provides an extensive range of shopping and cultural facilities along with an excellent choice of schools for all ages.

London commuters are well served with the M11 about 5 miles to the east and a mainline railway station at Royston and St Neots, both about 10 miles, providing fast services to London's King's Cross in 38 minutes and 42 minutes respectively.

Historical Note

The land that Brook Farm House is built on is a site that has probably been a farm settlement for over 1000 years. The field behind the house was known as Brookend in the 1400. It still has the springs that sustained farming over the centuries and gave Bourn village its old Scandinavian name meaning 'place at the springs'. Particulars of Sale

Early in the 20th century the house was further * Charming Artist's Studio (former Farm Outgoings extended. Income from contract steam Office) with fitted base level cabinets and ploughing paid for a kitchen and billiard room providing a delightful outlook over the Council Tax Band: G (now the drawing room) on the ground floor, garden. Council Tax Payable 2015/16: £2,653.47 plus two more bedrooms, a toilet and bathroom upstairs. Dating from the same time, the timber * 6 Bedrooms and 1 Bathroom. Services built, tin roofed, farm office, now used as artist's studio, is one of the buildings grade II listed Outside Mains water, electricity and drainage are connected features. to the property. A delightful walled garden to the front of the The dining room, sitting room and drawing room house contains areas of lawn bordered by well Fixtures and Fittings are heated by wood burning stoves. The oil fired stocked flower and shrub beds. There is Aga provides year round heat for hot water and parking space for 2 cars in front of the All items normally designated as tenant's fixtures and cooking and baking. Detached Double Garage 20' 4" x 15' 6" with fittings including fitted curtains and light fittings, are power and light. The exceptional landscaped expressly excluded from the sale. However, certain Description gardens, which adjoin open countryside, lie items may be available by separate negotiation. predominantly to the east and south of the The present owners have spent over 50 years house and are a particularly fine feature of the Listing faithfully restoring the property to create a property. comfortable home for a good sized family. The property is on the Grade II list of historic There are four separate areas of lawn which buildings. The well proportioned accommodation is contain a variety of shrubs, ornamental trees arranged over two floors and provides and a south facing Kitchen Garden with Tenure and Possession tremendous scope for modernisation to a future carefully prepared soil beds for ease of owner's particular taste and standard. maintenance. Over 20 mature fruit trees The property is for sale freehold with vacant provide a rich variety of fruit including cooking possession on completion. Features of particular note include:- and eating apples, pears, plums, figs, walnuts, hazelnuts and greengages. An ornamental Viewing * Superb dual aspect Drawing Room with Pond and wooded area have been maintained to parquet floor, brick fireplace with inset attract a range of wildlife. By prior telephone appointment with Bidwells multi-fuel stove and glazed door to t: 01223 841842. garden. In all the property comprises 0.70 of an acre (0.284 hectares). Enquiries to: Chris Carey * Study and 2 further Reception Rooms both of which have traditional tiled floors Local Authority Health and Safety and inglenook fireplaces with wood burning stoves. South Cambridgeshire District Council - In the interest of Health and Safety, please ensure t: 03450 450064 that you take due care when inspecting any property. Important Notice: These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and should not be relied upon as statements or representatives of fact. Bidwells LLP has no authority to make or give in writing or verbally any representation or warranties in relation to the property. Any areas of measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only Floor Plans and are not necessarily comprehensive. No assumptions should be made that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents. Bidwells LLP have not carried out a survey, nor tested the services, appliances or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. Bidwells LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England & Wales (registered number OC344553). Registered head office is Bidwell House, Trumpington Road, Cambridge CB2 9LD, where a list of members is available for inspection. Site and Location Plans The plans below are not to scale and are provided for identification purposes only OS Licence No: ES100017734

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