5 bed detached house for sale

North End, Meldreth SG8

Originally three traditional farmers’ cottages, this impressive property has been tastefully combined and extended to create a substantial five-bedroom detached family home offering generous living accommodation, character features, and flexible modern spaces extending to approximately 2,385 sq ft (excluding garage and outbuildings).

On the ground floor, the welcoming entrance hall leads into a superb living room with a feature fireplace and access to the garden room, which enjoys views over the rear garden. The spacious kitchen/dining room is beautifully designed for both family life and entertaining, offering ample storage, modern appliances, and space for a large dining table. A practical utility room and cloakroom/WC are conveniently located nearby. To the front of the property are two versatile study rooms that can be used as home offices, playrooms, or snug areas, while a further family room provides additional living space.

Upstairs, the property offers five well-proportioned bedrooms. The principal bedroom features an en suite bathroom, while the remaining bedrooms are served by a generous family bathroom. The upper floor benefits from interesting architectural character, with varied ceiling heights and a double-height space enhancing the sense of light and openness.

The property sits within 0.29 of an acre, with beautifully maintained gardens mainly laid to lawn and complemented by a variety of mature trees, plants, and shrubs that offer both privacy and space. The rear garden includes a raised decked area with trellis fencing, greenhouse, and a dedicated section with 3 vegetable patches and productive apple and pear trees.

A large gravel driveway provides extensive parking for multiple vehicles and includes an electric vehicle charging point. The impressive triple garage offers excellent versatility and features an additional separate room, currently used as a games room. Overall, this space lends itself to a variety of uses, such as a practical office, studio, or workshop and also presents the potential for conversion into an annexe, subject to the necessary consents.

Meldreth is a highly popular and thriving village, about 7 miles southwest of Cambridge and about 4 miles north of the Hertfordshire market town of Royston. Its appeal to many is that it provides the immediate facilities so many villages have lost. It has a general shop/post office as well as a farm shop, butcher, hairdresser, take-away, a very popular pub and a sought after primary school. There is a well equipped recreation ground with a children’s playground, tennis courts and football pitch. The village hall hosts a full calendar of events and activities including film nights. There is a bowling club also. The village has an excellent network of footpaths which also pass through Melwood, a village Nature Reserve.

Commuting links to London and Cambridge are exceptional, with a mainline railway station to Kings Cross in the village and excellent road access by the A10 and A505 linking both the M11 and A1(M). The neighbouring larger village of Melbourn can be walked to and provides further shops, community facilities and a secondary school. Melbourn Science Park is a major employment area.

It is the right side of the city for Cambridge's many high-achieving private schools which are easily reached by road or rail.

For leisure the village is surrounded by open countryside with numerous rural footpaths and bridleways. There are at least 7 golf clubs within 10 miles. Royston provides gyms and a swimming pool and there are luxury health clubs in Cambridge and outside Baldock. The National Trust's Wimpole Estate is 6 miles north and the neighbouring village of Shepreth has a wildlife park. The famous Sheene Mill restaurant in Melbourn can be walked to and Cambridge provides world-class food, drink, and culture.