A Lutyens house in an outstanding position

The House on the Hill, Hinton Way, Great Shelford, Cambridge CB22 5AN

Freehold

Local information • Schooling for all age groups is • The House on the Hill occupies available in Cambridge in both an elevated, private and hidden independent and state sectors, position just over one mile from with the renowned Perse school the Cambridge city boundary on and Hills Road Sixth Form the Gog Magog hills which skirt College found on Hills Road. the south eastern fringe of the city. • The M11 (Junctions 11 (Trumpington), 10 (Duxford) & 9 • Ready access to the Park & (Stump Cross) are 4 miles, 7.3 Ride on the City Boundary on miles and 8.6 miles respectively Babraham Road together with leading south to the M25, and the cycle paths into the City London. The nearby village of provide direct routes into Great Shelford has, in addition to Cambridge. The Addenbrookes its mainline railway station, a full hospital site and the associated range of local shops including a Biomedical campus are around renowned butcher/delicatessen half a mile and Cambridge City (as well as the equally well- Centre (Market Square) is around regarded Gogs Farm shop 4 miles distant. nearby). There is a primary school in the village together • For the commuter, mainline with a thriving local community. train services are available from Great Shelford station 1.4 miles (All mileages and distances are (serving Liverpool Street) and approximate). Cambridge Station 3.1 miles offering services to King’s Cross About this property and Liverpool Street from 45 The House on the Hill is a minutes. detached house designed by Edwin Lutyens which was • There are excellent and formerly the coach house to the comprehensive shopping, main house, Middlefield, dating recreational and cultural facilities back to 1908. This beautiful in the City, an 800 year old house occupies an elevated, market square and the Grand private and hidden position just Arcade shopping mall which over one mile from the includes a large John Lewis, a full Cambridge city boundary on the range of high street and Gog Magog hills which skirt the independent shops together with south-eastern fringe of the city. a wide variety of restaurants, bars and theatres. Cambridge The elevated location permits University and its historic almost an unrivalled far-reaching buildings dominate the city with view, having been designed and expansion in recent times to the laid out to allow for the south- west and north west. facing aspect from all the principal rooms. The House on the Hill, which has been extended The current owners have created by the current owners, is built a number of platforms dotted from red brick beneath a pitched around the land which are built red tile roof and can be seen in to enhance the views. There are a greater detail on the floorplan number of sheds and attached. outbuildings including a shepherds hut which the current The property is hidden away owners want to leave with the down a long pea shingle house. driveway flanked on either side with beech trees passing a grass Of particular note is "The Lodge" and chalk downland meadow and which is an English Heritage a large barn (known as ”The timber-framed building with Lodge”) and through a copse of views over the grass and wild lime trees to the house. flower meadows. This attractive building has a three bay The entrance hall, with tiled cartlodge and large dual aspect flooring communicates with the room on the ground floor and large drawing room to the right three rooms upstairs and could and the kitchen breakfast room (subject to planning) be and a separate snug (or parlour) converted to domestic use. to the left. Beyond the kitchen there is a triple aspect dining In all 7.30 acres. room with double French doors leading out to the terrace. The Tenure drawing room which also Freehold benefits from attractive mahogany flooring has a similar Local Authority set of doors - as does the study. South Cambridgeshire District Council: Council Tax Band G On the first floor there is a master bedroom with en suite Viewing bathroom fitted with high quality Strictly by appointment with sanitaryware. There are three Savills further bedrooms, including a guest suite in a former apple loft with access to its own bathroom, and a well-appointed family bathroom with shower and separate bath.

Outside, the gardens and grounds which surround the house are a particularly beautiful feature of the property and provide a unique setting for the house. Accessed from the house over a terrace, the lawns gradually fall away past a heated swimming pool to create exceptional views.

The House on the Hill, Hinton Way, Great Shelford, Cambridge CB22 5AN Savills Cambridge 01223 347147 [email protected] savills savills.co.uk

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