
Madingley, Cambridge · CB23
Church Lane, Madingley
Church Lane, Madingley, Cambridge
Guide Price · Originally listed at £850,000
A most charming detached period style residence, formerly two cottages, providing most balanced proportions, with the accommodation spread across two floors and in need of sympathetic improvement and updating. The property sits centrally within its own mature grounds, featuring a low-maintenance garden and a detached double garage. Occupying a prominent position within this highly sought-after and picturesque village, the house enjoys open field views to the rear and is offered to the market with no onward chain.
The home, in the agent’s words
- Detached Residence
- Four Bedrooms
- Three Reception Rooms
- Kitchen
- Utility Room
- In Need Of Sympathetic Improvement
- Detached Double Garage
- Prime Village Location
Read the full agent description
A most charming detached period style residence, formerly two cottages, providing most balanced proportions, with the accommodation spread across two floors and in need of sympathetic improvement and updating. The property sits centrally within its own mature grounds, featuring a low-maintenance garden and a detached double garage. Occupying a prominent position within this highly sought-after and picturesque village, the house enjoys open field views to the rear and is offered to the market with no onward chain.
Storm Porch - covering:
Panelled Entrance Door - leading through into:
Entrance Hallway - with coved ceiling, stairs rising to first floor accommodation, radiator, panelled glazed door leading out onto garden, panelled doors with glazed panels either side leading into respective rooms, panelled door leading through into:
Cloakroom - comprising of a two piece site with low level w.c. with hand flush, wash hand basin with separate hot and cold taps with tiled splashback, radiator, extractor fan, lighting.
Dining Room - with coved ceiling, radiators, sealed glazed windows to front as well as a sealed glazed door leading out onto patio, panelled door leading into further rooms.
Study - with radiator, sealed glazed windows to both front and rear aspect.
Kitchen - comprises a collection of both wall and base mounted storage cupboards and drawers with a stone effect rolltop work surface with inset one and a quarter bowl sink with hot and cold mixer tap, drainer to side, food waste disposal, oil fired Aga with tiled splashback, wooden mantel, integrated Hotpoint double oven, integrated and concealed Siemens dishwasher, integrated 4 ring electric hob with tiled splashback, concealed extractor hood above, inset LED downlighters, tile effect flooring, radiator, sealed glazed windows to both front and rear aspect, door leading out onto the front patio, panelled door providing access into:
Utility Room - comprising a collection of base mounted storage cupboard with stone effect rolltop working surface with inset stainless steel sink with separate hot and cold taps, drainer to side, tiled splashback, space and plumbing for washer/dryer, base mounted Worcester oil fired boiler providing hot water and heating for the property, panelled door adjacent to this provides access to the hot water cylinder, radiator, sealed glazed window to side aspect, panelled glazed oor leading out onto garden.
Sitting Room - with coved ceiling, radiator, open fireplace with stone surround, wooden mantel, stone hearth, sealed glazed windows to side aspect, sealed glazed sliding doors out onto garden.
On The First Floor -
Landing - with radiator, Velux skylight, panelled glazed doors leading into respective rooms.
Bedroom 1 - with pitched ceiling, radiator, Velux skylight, sealed glazed windows to either aspect, panelled door providing access into two storage cupboards, panelled door leading through into:
Ensuite Bathroom - comprising of a three piece suite with panelled bath, separate hot and cold bath taps, low level w.c., with hand flush, wash hand basin with hot and cold mixer tap, decorative tiled surround, heated towel rail/radiator, wall mounted shaver point, loft access, lighting, sealed glazed window fitted with privacy glass out onto rear aspect.
Bedroom 2 - with pitched ceiling, radiator, Velux skylight, sealed glazed windows to either aspect, panelled door providing access into two storage cupboards.
Ensuite Shower Room - comprising of a three piece suite with shower cubicle, wall mounted shower head, accessed via a glazed door, low level w.c. with hand flush, wash hand basin with hot and cold mixer tap, decorative tiled surround, wall mounted shaver point, storage cupboards underneath wash hand basin, radiator, loft access, sealed glazed window fitted with privacy glass out onto front aspect.
Bedroom 3 - with pitched ceiling, radiator, sealed glazed window to side aspect, Velux skylight with wonderful views to the rear aspect over adjacent grazing fields.
Bedroom 4 - with pitched ceiling, radiator, sealed glazed window to side aspect, Velux skylight with wonderful views to the rear aspect over adjacent grazing fields.
Family Bathroom - comprising of a three piece suite with panelled bath, hot and cold mixer bath tap, shower head attachment, low level w.c. with hand flush, bidet with separate hot and cold taps, wash hand basin with separate hot and cold taps, decorative tiled surround, storage cupboards underneath wash hand basin, stone effect rolltop surface in which the basin is set into, radiator, wall mounted light with shaver point, Velux skylight out onto side aspect.
Outside - To the front the property is approached off Church Lane via a dropped kerb leading onto a block paved driveway which expands out to provide parking for multiple vehicles as well as access to the DETACHED DOUBLE GARAGE with up and over doors, one electric, one manual and this driveway space is enclosed via low level timber fencing with some mature hedging to one boundary side and some other well stocked bedding centrally positioned before the block paved driveway elongates round to a paved pathway leading to the front entrance door. The remainder of the front garden is enclosed via timber fencing and is principally laid to lawn with a number of mature shrubs and trees with a high and mature hedge boundary to the front. Timber pedestrian gate.
There is a raised patio area enclosed via low level brick wall and accessed via the kitchen and dining room and provides an ideal space for garden furniture and outside entertaining. On the other side of the property is a paved pathway leading down a side access to the garden. Off the back of the utility room there is a smaller paved patio area which in turn extends round and passed the oil tank which is carefully screened behind some timber fencing and elongates round to the ground level part of the garden which the pathway hugs the back of the property and a further paved patio area led directly off the living room can be found and on either side of this patio area are steps up leading onto the high level of the garden which is principally laid to lawn with a number of mature shrubs and trees with wonderful seasonal snowdrops dotted throughout the garden. The lawned area also provides access to the panelled glazed door of the rear part of the garage as well as a mature fig tree and the garden itself is enclosed via post and rail fencing with some hedgerow creating privacy as well as some open point providing views over the fields to the rear. GARAGE fitted with power and lighting.
Agents Note - The current front image is a historic photo of the house from last summer.
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4.5 milesto Cambridge Rail Station
Approximate straight-line distance · DfT NaPTAN · 13 Sept 2026Background air quality
- Fine particles · PM₂.₅
- 6.9 µg/m³ · Above the WHO guideline · well within the UK legal limit
- Nitrogen dioxide · NO₂
- 5.6 µg/m³ · Meets the WHO guideline
Annual background levels. For scale: the WHO 2021 guideline is 5 µg/m³ for PM₂.₅ and 10 for NO₂; the UK legal limit is 20 and 40. Lower is better; this is a 1 km model, not a reading at the door.
Defra · 2024 annual model · 1 km areaLocal information is approximate. Distances are straight-line estimates from the available location. Broadband describes postcode coverage, not the speed or service available at this home; check the address with a provider. Air quality is a modelled annual background estimate.
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