Spring Close, Burwell

This impressive home has in recent times been sympathetically renovated and extended, great emphasis having been taken to retain much of the properties original character, internally displaying many period features including fireplaces, and exposed ceiling and wall beams, yet offering contemporary modern day convenience.

Burwell is a charming village located in scenic countryside, approximately eleven miles northeast of the university city of Cambridge and just four and a half miles from Newmarket, a town famous for its horse racing. The village boasts a rich variety of properties, from historic period cottages to modern family homes, offering a blend of architectural styles.
The village is well-serviced with an excellent range of amenities, including a primary school, doctors’ surgery, dentist, various local shops for everyday needs, a church, public houses, and a regular bus service. Its prime location offers easy access to the A14 dual carriageway, providing strong connections to regional traffic routes like the M11 to London and the A11 to the east.

For commuters, Burwell is particularly convenient, with regular train services from nearby Newmarket to Cambridge, offering further connections to London's Liverpool Street and King's Cross stations. This makes it an attractive location for those seeking a peaceful village lifestyle with easy access to city amenities.

Enviably positioned along a village lane enjoying a wonderful outlook not only towards the Parish Church but also overlooking the historic site of 'Burwell Castle' and further open countryside. Originally built as a three bedroom home, the ground floor comprises of an entrance lobby, large kitchen/breakfast room, utility room, shower room, sitting room with Inglenook style fireplace, with three bedrooms to the first floor. A connecting door leads to the recent annex addition to the property, comprising of a sitting room, with double doors leading to rear garden area, a well equipped modern kitchen/diner, and a ground floor cloakroom, hallway and a separate entrance door. Upstairs a superb double aspect master bedroom with a generous modern fitted bath/shower room. Benefitting from a gas fired heating system and double glazing throughout. Outside the gardens are beautifully maintained with a driveway, garage and off road parking.

This property overlooks the Parish-owned area known as Spring Close, to the south of St Mary's Church. The area is a site of great interest, from both an archaeological and an environmental aspect. Purchased by the Parish Council in 1983, containing the earthworks of a castle built in the mid-12th century. The ground used to be bare, but over time trees and scrub have grown, obscuring much of the mound. The grassland comprises of several different types of vegetation, from swards of grassland to chalky meadow.
The site has local geographical status, which sits alongside the County Wildlife and County Historical Awards. Spring Close is enjoyed by the local residents as a place of recreation and dog-walking. It is easy to walk across to Pauline's Swamp in one direction or Priory Wood in another, making for a very pleasant walk.

This charming detached cottage has been comprehensively and sympathetically extended to provide attractive accommodation arranged over two floors offering an array of adaptable spaces providing a blend of traditional features with modern enhancements, making it an inviting space for family living.

The home has an internal connecting door and dual entrances. Via the the recent addition, or via the main cottage leading to its characterful lobby opening into the spacious original kitchen/dining room and through to the snug/sitting room, featuring handsome original fireplaces, exposed ceiling and wall beams enhance the rustic charm, stairs rise to the first floor leading to three bedrooms on the upper level.

A further family room leading into the recent addition enjoys underfloor heating to the ground floor, double doors leading to the rear garden, a superb modern fitted kitchen, further ground floor cloakroom and landing above with generous dual aspect bedroom and a fine well equipped bath/shower room.

Outside the property is nestled pleasantly along a village lane, enjoys a private plot with off road parking, a single garage and enclosed rear garden with patio area for outside enjoyment.

With the benefit of a gas fired radiator heating system, in detail, the property comprises:-