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Upon entering the property, you will find a welcoming hallway
which includes attractive solid wood parquet flooring, with an
original staircase leading to the first floor accommodation and a
useful storage cupboard. The cosy sitting room has a glazed sash
window, a Victorian style fireplace with an attractive tiled
surround and timber hearth and a continuation of the parquet floor.
With a double fronted faade, the second reception room also
features a double glazed sash window. In addition, there is a snug
area with a second Victorian fireplace and custom made cabinets
built into each recess on either side, a double glazed sash window
offers light through the southerly aspect of the property and with
versatile space is open plan to the breakfast room, with glass roof
and walls offering wonderful views of the garden. The impressive
kitchen dining room is fitted with a bespoke, solid wood in frame
range of wall and base units with granite worksurface, an inset
sink unit and integrated appliances. Included in the sale is a gas
AGA with four ovens and two hot plates. There are two skylights
over the dining table and a terracotta tiled floor throughout.
Leading from the kitchen is a useful utility boot room with further
wall and floor cupboards, another sink unit and space for the
washing machine, tumble dryer and a full height fridge and freezer,
plus a ground floor WC. The first floor accommodation comprises a
main bedroom with two double glazed sash windows to the front
aspect, a cast iron fireplace and built in wardrobe and a second
generous double bedroom also with a cast iron fireplace and built
in wardrobe. The third double, currently used as an office music
room, enjoys views over the garden, and the fourth bedroom is a
comfortable single. The family bathroom, with its separate corner
shower cubicle and free standing roll top bath, also includes a
built in linen cupboard, which also houses the gas boiler.
The property also benefits from solar panels which currently
produce a cash income of approximately £2,600 pa. This income is
index linked for until 2037.
Swavesey itself has a diverse community and is popular with
families, due to the successful Primary School and Outstanding
Ofsted rated Village College. There is a convenience store with
Post Office and a thatched village shop situated in an historic
market square, as well as various churches, a coffee shop, butchers
and farm shop and a public house serving a wide range of real ales.
On the green sits an attractive pavilion, used by the community.
Swavesey is also fortunate to have the wonderful RSPB nature
reserve at Fen Drayton lakes leading to miles of walks along the
river and a stop for the guided bus. With the completion of the
expansion to the A14, residents now benefit from better flowing
traffic, cycle paths and additional local byroads. The village also
has a stop for the guided bus, which travels through the nature
reserve to St Ives and Cambridge city centre and Addenbrookes.
Parallel to the track is a cycle path which is popular for runners,
cyclists and walkers.
EPC Rating C
Garden
To the rear of the property is an established, south east facing
garden which has been designed by the award winning Adam Frost,
known more recently as one of the presenters of Gardeners World.
Within Adams‘s design, he has included a large circular lawn which
is surrounded by well stocked perennial borders, carefully
selecting bulbs to offer an early flash of colour in Spring,
followed by a continuous display of flowering shrubs and plants
providing months of colour throughout the summer and into autumn.
Within the borders, established garden trees offer shade and
seclusion, and a path allows you to walk through the garden
perimeter and on the paved terrace area, with a pergola and
climbing Wisteria. There is also an additional paved patio area,
which provides a perfect space for outdoor dining, and a well is an
interesting central feature of the lawn area plus an additional
decking area outside the French doors of the Studio.
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