5 bedrooms, dressing room, 2 bathrooms, drawing room, sitting room, kitchen/dining room, basement, cloakroom, reception hall, off-street parking, south facing garden
This imposing 5 bedroom semi-detached Edwardian house has a grand bay fronted façade set behind an attractive walled front garden and access to a private south facing garden and off-street parking space via neighbouring St Barnabas Court. The property commands a privileged position looking down St Barnabas Road and is within easy walking distance of the railway station, outstanding schools and the historic centre. The property offers significantly improved and flexible accommodation of elegant proportions with contemporary colour schemes and attractive period features including high large feature windows, high ceilings, decorative plaster work and ornate fireplaces. A useful entrance vestibule with a decorative tiled floor and an attractive entrance door with leaded glass panels leads to the grand reception hall and all ground floor accommodation. The well proportioned drawing room is beautifully finished and has a stunning front aspect bay window, a feature wall with bespoke recess cabinetry and book shelving, a stone hearth with a Bio Ethanol stove, restored original floor boards, picture rails and ceiling rose. This lovely bright space opens into the sitting room which has a grand open fireplace with a Bio Ethanol fire in front and attractive double glazed French doors to an outside terrace area. The superb kitchen/dining room is a generous and sociable space with dual aspects and lots of natural light. The well equipped kitchen has been refitted in recent years and provides an extensive range of contemporary style units and drawers, countertops, a central island providing additional storage including wine cooler and an informal seating area. There is a wide range of integrated appliances and a generous seating/dining area. This room provides access to the rear garden and a staircase leads to the basement which has two useful storage rooms. The first floor level comprises a stylish refitted family bathroom with freestanding bath and separate shower cubicle, a separate WC and three spacious double bedrooms. The principal bedroom has a stunning large bay window and access to a dressing room. The second floor landing provides useful storage and leads to a impressive shower room and two further double bedrooms. Bedroom 4 is currently set up as a cinema room. Outside, the front garden with pathway is enclosed by a dwarf brick wall and wrought iron railings and provides gated side access to the rear. The enclosed rear garden offers seclusion and a south facing aspect. There is a neat lawn, flowering and shrub beds, tiled terrace area, storage shed and gated access to the side which leads to the parking space. The property is also entitled to use the visitors’ parking spaces in St Barnabas Court.
St Barnabas Road forms part of a conservation area in a sought after location close to the City centre, railway station and many of the facilities offered by the University. There is a wide range of local shopping in Mill Road and Hills Road with primary schooling at St Pauls and secondary schooling at Parkside Community College. There are private schools for all age groups in the City. The property is situated on the southeast side of the road.
All mains services connected
Cambridge City Council
Unless specifically mentioned in these particulars all fixtures and fittings are expressly excluded from the sale of the freehold interest.
Strictly by appointment through the vendor’s sole agents, Redmayne Arnold and Harris
