* Freehold
* Edge of village location convenient for Newmarket
* Georgian frontage with earlier origins
* Superb period features including sash windows with shutters
* Aga kitchen/breakfast room
* Versatile accommodation
* Detached two bedroom cottage
* Range of outbuildings including stabling
* Mature, private gardens and paddock
* In all 5. 46 acres
* EPC Rating = E
Handsome Grade II Listed late Georgian fronted country house with mature, part
walled gardens, detached cottage, outbuildings, stabling and paddock.
Description
The Grove is a substantial country house situated in a Conservation area on
the edge of the village behind mature hedging. Of rendered elevations beneath
slate rooves, the property is listed Grade II as being of historic and
architectural interest. The handsome front elevation with its hipped roof,
sash windows and pedimented doorcase with fluted columns incorporates a
delightful patterned fanlight above the impressive panelled door.
The welcoming and versatile accommodation delightfully comprises two styles,
the elegant early 1800’s addition with grand rooms and tall ceilings,
cornicing, picture rails and deep skirtings to the front whilst the earlier
part timber - framed section extends to the rear. The entrance/staircase hall
has a delightfully worn flag stone floor and wonderfully tactile curved
banister rail to the part galleried landing above. This hall is flanked by the
drawing room (right) and dining room with their marble fireplaces, the former
having glazed French doors to the side and the latter a discreet and useful
serving hatch.
The rear hall with pamment flooring provides access to the rest of the ground
floor including a useful utility/laundry/boot room with cloaks, a
cloaks/freezer room, a quarry tiled side hall with part glazed door to the
garden and access to the snug sitting room/library which in turn has an open
fireplace with wooden surround and mantle, garden access via ornate French
doors and extensive shelving to one side. To the right of the rear hall is the
part panelled kitchen/breakfast room with oil fired Aga, herringbone patterned
brick floor, a range of painted cupboards, twin butler sink, plumbing for a
dishwasher, an electric cooker point and space for a table. Immediately across
the side passage (with side porch, bench seating and back door) is the morning
room with wooden flooring, a fireplace with partially carved mantle and French
doors to the rear terrace. In addition there is a half cellar with wine bins
and slate shelves.
The principal staircase leads to the front landing and two double bedrooms,
the first with a twin aspect and an adjoining bathroom and the second with
fitted cupboards one of which incorporates a wash basin. The half landing
leads to the rear of the house and an additional four bedrooms one of which is
used as the principal suite with an en suite bathroom, whilst another also
overlooks the garden and has been more recently used as a study. There is also
a large family bathroom with a roll - topped bath and shower cubicle, an airing
cupboard and stairs up to a useful loft room/store.
Sipsey cottage - This is approached from the side drive and was formerly the
Coach House and now provides useful two bedroomed annexe accommodation over
two floors. In addition there are outside stores to one side over two floors
incorporating the old apple store (please see floorplans for layout and
dimensions).
Note: The Cottage is connected to mains drains and has an oil fired boiler and
oil tank in the adjacent garage building
A brick and flint garage building beneath a pantiled roof adjoins Sypsey
Cottage and divides into two separately accessed areas one with a sliding door
and workshop.
The stable block comprises three stables (the central one being two combined
to form a larger one) and a separate double garage used for storage.
To the rear of the stables are a chicken run, fruit cage and an orchard with
numerous apple trees and a plum tree and nearer to the side of the house are a
dog kennel, boiler house and outside wash room (former WC)
There is a sweeping gravel drive to the front of the house and an additional
area for further parking to the side. The front gardens are lawned whilst
mature trees and hedging provide privacy. To the rear of the house is a
terrace which in turn adjoins the delightful gardens with wide lawns, shaped
herbaceous beds with mature planting, beech hedges and a curved brick wall and
to the far side is a Wysteria clad pergola providing a charming space for
alfresco dining on a Summer’s evening.
Beyond the gardens is a paddock (approx. 4. 08 acres).
Location
Brinkley is a small village in Cambridge situated 15 miles east of Cambridge
and 5 miles south of Newmarket, the home of horseracing. There is a church and
pub, The Red Lion with further amenities available in nearby villages
including a train station and cricket club in Dullingham. For schooling there
is a primary school in Burrough Green 1. 8 miles away from Brinkley and
secondary schools available in Newmarket, as well as a range of independent
schools for all ages in Cambridge including The Leys, The Stephen Perse
Foundation and St Faiths.
Dullingham station is one stop from Cambridge station which provides regular
services into London Liverpool Street (75 minutes from Whittlesford station)
and Kings Cross with journeys taking from 50 minutes. There are also services
from Dullingham to Newmarket with journey times taking from just 5 minutes.
Brinkley is well situated for the A11 and A1304 to the M11 towards London and
Stansted Airport, as well as to the north leading to the M1 and M1.
For further shopping and amenities, Cambridge has a wide arrange of facilities
on offer including shopping malls the Grand Arcade and Grafton Centre, and a
busy daily market, as well as the Cambridge Botanic Gardens and Fitzwilliam
Museum. Newmarket also has a variety of everyday grocery shops including Aldi
and Waitrose, and is famous for being the home of English horse racing.
All distances and times are approximate.
Square Footage: 5, 266 sq ft
Acreage:
5. 46 Acres
Additional Info
Under Section 21 of the Estate Agents Act 1979 (declaration of interest) we
have a duty to inform potential purchasers of this property that the vendor is
a relative of an employee of Savills.

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