Bunyan Cottage

Tilbrook Road, Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, PE28 0JW

Guide Price

£1,250,000

Property Highlights

Detached period property
Five bedrooms;, two shower rooms, bathroom
Three reception rooms
Open plan kitchen/breakfast room
Utility room, box room, store room, two cloakrooms
Oil fired central heating
Landscaped gardens with river frontage of approximately 0.47 acres
Driveway with parking, garage and workshop

Property description

A Grade II Listed five bedroom detached period property with a driveway and garage in a secluded position at the end of a no through lane in a parkland setting and with wooded landscaped gardens of approximately 0.47 acres with frontage to the River Kym.

The timber framed under clay property is associated with local history and is thought to have a link with the 17th-century preacher/writer John Bunyan. The original house dates back to the 15th century, with later additions made in the 17th and 20th centuries. It has been sympathetically restored and refurbished to retain period features, which include inglenook fireplaces and exposed beams and timbers, while incorporating modern day amenities. . The 3,170 sq. ft. of accommodation includes on the ground floor a dual aspect sitting room, a family room/snug, and a fitted kitchen/breakfast room leading to a utility room. A triple aspect dining room leads to a study. There are also two cloakrooms. The five first floor bedrooms are accessed by two separate staircases, three bedrooms in the older part of property, including a cloakroom and a family bathroom, and two further bedrooms above the dining room, both with en suite shower rooms.

Reception Rooms

The sitting room has windows with garden and parkland views and features exposed ceiling beams, an oak floor, and a stone inglenook fireplace housing a log burning stove and an original bread oven. A door leads to a store room. The dual aspect family room/snug has a stone inglenook fireplace with a log burning stove and stairs to the first floor landing. The dining room has an oak floor, beams, and a staircase to a secondary landing. Two sets of French doors overlook country views and access the part covered paved outdoor sitting area or the terrace arranged on three levels. A door leads to a separate study.

Kitchen/Breakfast and Utility Room

The dual aspect kitchen area has custom-built Shaker style cabinets and includes an island unit, all with quartz worksurfaces with an inset butler’s sink. A rangemaster oven is set into a stone inglenook recess with storage cupboards either side under a timber bressumer. The utility room has a flagstone floor, additional fitted storage with a double sink unit and space and plumbing for appliances. Doors either side open to the side terrace and driveway.

Gardens

The driveway has an island with mature trees, shrubs and plants. A brook to one side flows into the River Kym. The formal gardens surrounding the cottage are bound by low mature hedgerow allowing countryside and parkland views. Lawns with flower and shrub borders are interspersed with trees. To the side is a walled flagstone terrace on three levels and a further terrace accessible from the dining room. The driveway accesses the single garage, with double doors and log storage.

Situation and Schooling

Kimbolton is a market town approximately 7 miles west of St Neots, 24 miles west of Cambridge, and 14 miles north of Bedford. The centre of the village is Kimbolton Castle which now forms the main building of Kimbolton School (an independent day and boarding school), but its predecessor on the same site was once home and prison to Katherine of Aragon after her divorce from Henry VIII. Bunyan Cottage is located off the B645 between the market town of Kimbolton and the village of Tillbrook.

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