Location

Sedley Taylor Road is a favoured road located on the south side of the historic University city of Cambridge, just 4 miles from the centre.

For schooling, Sedley Taylor Road is well situated for both Long Road (0.4 miles away) and Hills Road (1.3 miles away) sixth form colleges. For primary schooling, it is catchment for Morley Memorial and for secondary, Coleridge Community college, with a wide array of further independent schooling for all ages available throughout the city including The Leys, St Faith's, the Stephen Perse Foundation and The Perse school (only 0.8 miles away).

For the commuter, Sedley Taylor Road is 2.1 miles from Cambridge railway station which provides regular services into London Kings Cross and Liverpool Street and beyond. It is also just 0.8 miles from Addenbrookes' Biomedical Campus and the Royal Papworth Hospital. Cambridge itself has good access to road links including the M11 (Junction 11) to the south towards Stansted Airport and London, and to the north the A14 which in turn gives access to the A1.

Cambridge offers a variety of cultural, recreational and shopping facilities throughout the city, including shopping centres the Grand Arcade (2.8 miles) and the Grafton Centre (3.5 miles). Located just 1.7 miles away is the Cambridge Leisure Park which offers popular restaurants, cinema, bowling alley and the Cambridge Junction, a live music venue. For green spaces, Grantchester Meadows is 3.2 miles away, and there is punting available along the river Cam.

All distances and times are approximate.

Description

12 Sedley Taylor Road is approached behind a deep and wide hedge with a gravelled drive and parking for several cars. The property has a paved pathway between two flower beds that leads up to a panelled, arched front door which leads into a large hallway with wooden floors which communicates with the main rooms on the ground floor. To the right there is a sitting room which was designed to be used as an additional bedroom (if required) with en suite shower room and large storage space. To the left through a high arch, is a dining hall with an attractive bay to the front. The rear of the hall to the right hand side is a large dual aspect drawing room with French doors leading out to the garden. This predominantly west facing room has an attractive gas fire with marble hearth and wooden mantlepiece. Beyond and to the rear of the property is an exceptional kitchen/breakfast/living room with windows and doors facing out on to the west facing garden.

The living room has a gas effect fireplace with stone and brick hearth and modern wooden mantelpiece. French doors lead out from the breakfast area on to a wide terrace and the kitchen beyond has a modern 'cottage style' kitchen with ample wall and floor units in French Oak with a five ring Rangemaster, two ovens and a grill. In addition there is a built-in dishwasher and fridge. Beyond the kitchen is a well-appointed utility room with butler sink, plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer ample space for an American fridge and lots of storage. The utility opens to the right to the garden and left into a large double garage with electric up and over doors. A WC completes the ground floor accommodation.

Upstairs, there is a wide landing with four bedrooms leading off all of which have an appointed bathroom or shower room and of which three are en suite. Bedroom two has an exceptional dressing area which could also be used as a home office.

Outside to the rear there is a wide and deep terrace which stretches across the majority of the rear of the house. The back of the house is covered in an attractive Boston ivy and there is a pergola with a vine intertwined. The rear garden is exceptional in its maturity. There are a number of mature specimen trees including a wonderful Willow, Fig, Ash, Silver Birch together with herbaceous shrub borders. There is also a pond with a filtration system. Towards the rear of the garden there is an 'orchard' area separated off by fencing with a greenhouse and both apple and pear trees, two large sheds and a number of raised beds. Access is available to the rear garden through both sides of the house.