High Street, Cheveley, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8

A GRADE II LISTED PERIOD HOUSE IN A HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER AND WELL SERVED VILLAGE OFFERING HUGE POTENTIAL FOR MODERNISATION (STP).

THE PROPERTY
Oak Cottage is an attractive Grade II listed village house, offering huge potential for modernisation, occupying a prime location along Cheveley High Street. Dated 1756 above the front door, the property is timber framed and plastered with some pargetted panels, under a steeply pitched slate roof.

This unique and versatile property has a charming entrance hall with stairs to the first floor and two well-proportioned reception rooms, kitchen with door to the garden, study/bedroom 2 and shower room.

The first floor has a landing, three bedrooms (one with built-in wardrobe), dressing room and family bathroom. The property offers very exciting potential for modernisation (subject to planning).

OUTSIDE
Oak Cottage has a driveway to the front with parking for several cars, partly walled front garden and established rear garden. The mature garden is enclosed by wooden fencing and hedging and is mainly laid to lawn, with mature specimen trees, well stocked flower and shrub beds, large paved terrace, outside lighting and water tap.

LOCATION
Oak Cottage is located in the heart of this popular Cambridgeshire village, surrounded by stud farms. Cheveley has a shop/Post Office, primary school, Church and public house. Newmarket is set in attractive countryside on the Suffolk/Cambridgeshire border and is world famous as the headquarters of British horseracing. The town is home to many racing institutions including the National Stud, the National Horseracing Museum, Tattersalls and The Jockey Club. Some of the finest racing in the world is seen on Newmarket’s two racecourses: The Rowley Mile and The July Course. Newmarket itself provides a good range of amenities including schools, shopping facilities, hotels, restaurants and leisure facilities including a golf club: Cambridge and Bury St Edmunds offer further amenities. There is excellent access to the A14 and A11 (M11). There is a branch line connection from Newmarket to Cambridge and Ipswich. Cambridge, Audley End and Whittlesford Parkway offer direct rail lines into London, with the fastest trains taking under one hour. Stansted International Airport is approximately forty minutes’ drive.

AGENTS NOTE: The area of the property hatched in orange on the site plan is sold subject to a reservation of 50% of the net uplift in value in the event of residential development for a period of 20 years in favour of the current vendors.