Detached house for sale in Balsham Road, Linton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB21

Believed to have been constructed in 1840, Chilford Hall sits in an enviable position a mere 11 miles from Cambridge. Accommodation is arranged over two floors plus a cellar and offers six bedrooms with three bathrooms including an en suite to the principal bedroom. An enclosed entrance porch leads through to a spacious sitting room with log burner and an open tread cantilever staircase to the first floor. To the left double doors access the dining room and both rooms have solid wooden flooring. Off the sitting room a rear lobby takes you to the drawing room with an attractive marble fireplace and doors to the garden. There is also a cloakroom and door to the cellar. The kitchen has a range of fitted cabinets, an aga, and an adjacent garden room with views to the front aspect. There is also a useful walk in pantry. An internal lobby from the kitchen leads through to the modern two storey wing/extension, believed to have been constructed in the late 1960's. This has several rooms to the ground floor including an artists studio with full length windows to one aspect, a study, and two further rooms presently used as offices. The first floor comprises three of the six bedrooms and a spacious sitting room, and of particular note is the onyx flooring to the landing and glass panelled ceiling. The original part of the property has a galleried landing. A separate indoor marble swimming pool is located to the rear of the property and we believe is in need of repair.<br /><br />In all Chilford Hall sits in grounds of 57.39 acres withn two separate three bedroom cottages. Immediately surrounding the property are private south east facing grounds of 2.38 acres consisting of established lawns and mature trees/hedges. The northern aspect comprises three separate lawns which house extensive outbuildings.These include a permanent marquee and tennis court to the west and what is referred to as Winery 1 beyond. This is in fact two buildings used as a bottling plant and bonded warehouse facility. The central lawn has a three box stable block and a fully equiped shop/bistro and to the rear an attractive herringbone pattern brick barn, used also for the production of wine.<br /><br />Linton is an attractive village offering a good range of day-to-day amenities including shops, public houses, a Post Office, health centre, primary and junior schools and a college with its own sports centre. The nearby market town of Saffron Walden and the university city of Cambridge both offer more extensive high street and independent shopping, cafés, bars, restaurants and leisure facilities. Whittlesford Parkway and Audley End stations offer regular trains to London in around an hour, the nearby A11 links to the M11, the national motorway network and major road routes including the A14 and A1 and London Stansted Airport provides a wide range of domestic and international flights. The area offers a good range of state primary and secondary schooling together with a good selection of independent schools including Cambridge International, The Perse, Barnardiston Hall Prep, Abbey College, St. Andrew’s College and St. Faith’s.