A Sense of Place Horseheath | Cambridge I Use the House As a Holiday Home, So Everything Is Immaculate and Has Hardly Been Used

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A Sense Of Place Horseheath | Cambridge I use the house as a holiday home, so everything is immaculate and has hardly been used. I’ve had the whole place painted in Farrow and Ball and just before lock down, I had a new patio put down and re-turfed the lawn. It’s just waiting for someone to come and put their stamp on it. The house would certainly suit a family, and it’s got so much flexibility and potential.” A Sense Of Place

Village Life On the south eastern tip of Cambridgeshire, into a much larger space with plenty of close to the Suffolk and Essex borders, sits storage. Light streams in, emphasising the Horseheath, a pretty village with excellent pale wooden floors and sleek, elegant lines transport links. Situated between Linton of the house. To the right, there is a large and Haverhill, and just half an hour’s drive sitting room with an open fire and French from Cambridge, it’s a friendly community doors opening out on to the patio. To the with a beautiful six-hundred-year-old left of the hallway there is a study with a church (mentioned in Pevsner), a pub with useful cloakroom next door. A large utility restaurant, bar and rooms, a post office and room with access to the back garden is next a thriving village hall. The play park has to the fabulous open plan kitchen. With a recently been refurbished, there are large space for a large range cooker, underfloor playing fields, a cricket club and a number of heating, beautiful views out over the garden allotments. The property is located on a tree- and enough space to please even the most lined road that meanders through the village, dedicated cook, this is the ideal room for past the church, the village hall and the Old entertaining, family meals and informal get- Red Lion Inn. Opposite All Saints Church, togethers. this immaculate detached house sits on a generous plot of land, with delightful views Downstairs, the rooms flow beautifully from out over the countryside and the village. the hall, with light illuminating every corner Horseheath is surrounded by a patchwork and the pale wooden floor and carpets of fields, giving it a charmingly secluded and adding to the sense of space. The staircase, peaceful air. with crisp white painted banisters, rises to a generous landing which can be used as an Generous Spaces, Natural Flow extra room. The present owner has it set out The present owner bought the house, then as a sitting area, ideal for reading, having a newly built, in May 2009. “I liked it at once. coffee or chatting. Four bedrooms radiate It’s a very pretty house, built in lovely brick from the landing, all with plenty of built-in and to a very high specification. The location storage and lovely views. is wonderful, right opposite the church. I love hearing the clock chiming every hour. First Floor Charm Inside, the rooms are very generous and the The master bedroom is a delightful double storage space is incredibly good. All of the room with a smart en-suite. The second bedrooms have built-in wardrobes, there’s a and third bedrooms are also large enough double cupboard in the hall as well as under- for a double bed, and the forth still offers stairs storage and a large airing cupboard. generous accommodation. The bedrooms It’s incredibly well-designed and laid out.” A and the contemporary family bathroom are gravel drive leads up to the pretty front door built up in the eaves, giving the first floor a which has just been painted in Farrow and charming atmosphere. One of the bedrooms Ball’s Inchyra Blue (the garage door is painted could be used as a playroom or a home office, to match). The compact entrance hall leads if desired. A Sense Of Place

Bursting with Potential A newly laid patio runs along the back of the house and the rest of the garden is laid to lawn. Beautiful mature trees surround the side of the house, giving dappled shade. There is a new wooden fence and trellis towards the side of the garden. For the green-fingered, there is more than enough room to plant vegetables, fruit and shrubs. A low hedge separates the house from West Wickham Road, and a grass verge runs along its length. “The verge is planted with daffodils and in the springtime, it’s a riot of colour and fragrance, with wild flowers growing too.” A wide single garage sits near the hedge, with plenty of room for a car.

Friendly Community The village offers keen horse-riders and dog walkers plenty of opportunities. “I often walk down the Roman Road, but there are any number of footpaths across the fields. It’s excellent for dog walking and general exercise.” There are several primary and secondary schools nearby. Linton Zoo and the Spotted Giraffe play barn in Linton are popular with families, while IWN Duxford is not far away. Historic Saffron Walden and Lavenham are a short drive, and the A14, the A11 and the M11 are all easily accessible and trains into Liverpool Street run from Great Chesterford, a fifteen-minute drive away. This My next-door neighbours are lovely. Everyone in the village is very pleasant and welcoming. I’ve been beautiful house with its large, spacious rooms, delightful to quite a few events at the village hall which has a packed calendar of entertainment. The local pub interior and peaceful garden is just waiting for its next owner is great, delicious food and a really warm, welcoming atmosphere. They’re also dog-friendly, which is good.” to walk in and make it their own.

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