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" An idyllic equestrian house looking out across 8.6 acres of gardens, paddocks and woodland on a private 688 acre estate about 7 miles south east of Cambridge.

Chalky Road forms part of the Abington Estate, a private 688 acre development of 62 houses, originally built in the 1930s by the Land Settlement Association to provide agricultural employment and homes. There were 26 similar cooperatives across the country and they proved highly successful and productive, with some 40% of the nation's salad crop coming from the Association by the time they were all disbanded in 1983.

The Abington Estate was sold off in its entirety to private individuals in the 1980s with the land being apportioned differently among different owners and with the roadways owned by a private organisation, Abington Estate Management, which each owner is a member of. This makes for a wonderful private, rural community and the properties have developed varyingly over the years with many in equestrian use.

It is possible to ride safely, quietly and immediately out from the property, on to the private concrete roads of the estate, out into the surrounding countryside and on to the Icknield Way, a unique attribute so close to Cambridge.

The property owns about 8.6 acres / 3.5 ha of land in total, with around 0.7 acres forming the plot, gardens and outbuildings immediately around the house, around 6.7 acres of equestrian ground and at the far end a wood of around 1.2 acres.

The house has been extended to about 159 sqm / 1714 sqft and has its windows all facing east, south and west into the sun all year round. From the main ground floor sitting room it looks out through mahogany double glazed bi-fold doors across its garden to the paddocks beyond and the master bedroom too has a fantastic view down over the land and into the rising morning sun in the east. The ground floor also has a study, cosy snug, kitchen / breakfast room, side porch / conservatory and entrance hall plus a gardener's WC accessed from the rear. There are three first floor bedrooms, with the master currently accessed through bedroom three, a shower room and an en-suite bathroom off the master bedroom.

There is double glazing throughout, most of it recent high-efficiency units in mahogany frames. Also electric heating including underfloor to the kitchen and main living room, and a wood burning stove.

A positive pre-app planning enquiry has been made for a 3m deep two-storey extension to the front of the house and it is also worthy of note that many other houses on the estate have been substantially enlarged and redeveloped. The owners also previously had consent to build a detached annex on the site of the current barn, though this expired in early 2017.

The estate has been historically protected from further development, hence has always remained at 62 houses, but there are currently proposals in the local Neighbourhood Plan to allow development of one further house per plot. The proposal is to limit the scale of existing houses to 300sqm and the new houses to 150sqm. This will give fantastic future potential on approval. The house lays back from the lane with an in-and-out gravel driveway and lawned gardens. A second, hardcored driveway gives independent access to the equestrian facilities. At the front of the plot is a 14m x 6m timber barn and beside this a fantastic Olympic size (60m x 20m) dressage arena professionally built on a sand base with rubber chippings and four large mirrors.

A 40m x 19m starvation paddock links the arena to the stable block and has a three-bay block with stable, tractor shelter and storage section (currently a car port) with power connected.

The south-facing yard has strong sectional and block stables which are lined, have rubber floors, also power and water. Plus there is a timber storage shed and a 4.5m x 11m feet hay/feed store in 3 bays incorporating a small lockable tack room.

As the road name suggests, the paddocks are on solid chalk giving excellent drainage for good ground conditions throughout the year. A grid of posts runs down and across the first paddock making it possible to divide it in various configurations. The owners have had liveries for the stables and paddocks they haven't used over their 30 years at the property. Mains water runs about halfway down the paddocks and there is a field shelter to one side.

At the very far end of the land is a pleasant wood of about 1.2 acres / 0.5 ha which is a wildlife haven and helps feed the wood burning stove.

There is a rare sense of tranquility from all corners of the land and some wonderful views. Little Abington and Great Abington are an attractive, traditional pair of villages about 6 miles south east of Cambridge. They have an OFSTED 'Good' primary school that feeds into the OFSTED 'Outstanding' Linton Village College, a post office / shop, a lovely pub restaurant, a sports ground and active cricket club, village hall and hairdresser. For commuters the A11, which links down to the M11, is only a mile away and Cambridge is easily accessed along either the A1307 or A1301. Whittlesford Parkway mainline station (Cambridge and London Liverpool Street) is about 4 miles.

Abington has its own major science park, Granta Park, which can be reached easily on foot or by bike by a footpath off the High Street and neighbouring Babraham's science park is less than 2 miles away with a pleasant cycle and foot route over the A11 starting near the end of Bourn Bridge Road. "