6 rooms house of 146m² in Cambridge

a beautiful semi-detached victorian family home offering 2,165 sq ft of light-filled, flexible accommodation arranged over three floors. configured to provide a practical and cohesive living and entertaining environment, it sensitively combines modern amenities, quality fixtures and fittings and elegant décor throughout with period features including sash glazing, generously proportioned rooms, high ceilings and some original fireplaces. the accommodation flows from an entrance porch and welcoming reception hall with a useful cloakroom and stairs rising to the upper floors. it provides a sitting room with a large front aspect bay window with window seating, a feature open fireplace flanked on each side by bespoke shelving, and double doors opening to a rear aspect dining room. it has wooden flooring, a feature fireplace and french doors to the terrace. the dining room opens into a part double-height triple aspect kitchen/breakfast room with tiled and wooden flooring, a range of wall and base units including a bespoke quadrant-shaped island with breakfast bar, complementary work surfaces, tiled splashbacks, modern integrated bosch appliances, a cast iron spiral staircase rising to a galleried bedroom over, an inter-connecting fitted utility room with driveway access and double-height glazing incorporating french doors to the rear terrace. on the first floor the property provides a principal bedroom with a large front aspect bay window, extensive fitted storage and a contemporary en suite bathroom with freestanding bath, together with a family shower room and two further double bedrooms, one with fitted storage and the other, also accessible over the second staircase, overlooking the kitchen/breakfast room below and benefitting from a glazed door to a private rear aspect balcony. the property’s three remaining double bedrooms can be found on the part-vaulted second floor; two have useful eaves storage and all three have velux glazing, providing plenty of natural light. outside set behind low-level walling and a low maintenance paved front garden, the property is approached over an original tiled footpath leading to the panelled front door and over a paved side driveway providing private parking. the enclosed part-walled garden to the rear, accessible from the kitchen/breakfast and dining rooms, is laid to level lawn bordered by mature planting and features a generous paved rear terrace, part-covered by the balcony above, the whole ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining. location glisson road lies to the south side of the city in close proximity to mill road, a cosmopolitan shopping and dining and popular area of the city. it is within easy walking or cycling distance of the historical city centre with its excellent range of independent and high street stores, bars, cafés, restaurants, leisure, cultural and service facilities, as well as the green open spaces of parker’s piece and the university’s botanic garden. transportation links are excellent: the city’s mainline station (0.6 mile) and the m11 and a14 all give access to major regional centres and central london, and london stansted airport provides a wide range of domestic and international flights. cambridge offers a wide range of state primary and secondary schooling including parkside and chesterton community colleges (both rated outstanding by ofsted) together with independent schools including sancton wood, st andrew’s and cardiff sixth form colleges and st mary’s. council tax band g epc e deposit £ holding deposit £1038.46 location section distances m11 (jct 12) 2.9 miles a14 (jct 32) 3.4 miles london stansted airport 28.7 miles central london 60.4 miles nearby stations cambridge key locations cambridge market square the backs parker’s piece/christ’s pieces mathematical bridge the fitzwilliam museum cambridge university botanic garden kettle's yard castle mound museum of zoology polar museum nearby schools st andrew’s college sancton wood school st matthew’s primary school st alban’s catholic primary school st paul’s cofe va primary school cardiff sixth form college the stephen perse foundation parkside community college st mary’s school heritage school