Property description
Newmarket renowned as the British Headquarters of horse racing offers an interesting and varied range of local shops and amenities. These include the National Horse Racing Museum, a twice weekly open air market, hotels, restaurants and modern leisure facilities. There is a regular railway service to London's Kings Cross and Liverpool Street stations via Cambridge. An excellent road network links the region's principal centres, including the University City of Cambridge and the historic market town of Bury St Edmunds, both approximately 13 miles from Newmarket.
"Wicket", is one of four properties named along a cricket theme, (Wicket, Cricket, Bat & Ball) was built by "Hollands Builders" of Newmarket in around 1912 to 1918 and is situated in a fashionable enclave of mainly period properties just to the west of the town centre.
This semi detached house, which has been in the same family ownership since 1958, retains considerable character and features associated from a house of this period and offers graciously proportioned accommodation arranged over three principle levels as well as a basement. The house offers a wonderful opportunity to update into a potentially unique home set in a good sized garden with off road parking and garaging to the side. It is considered that there is also potential to extend the property to either the side or rear (subject to consent).
Approached via a glass topped porch the ground floor has a gracious entrance hall with a cloakroom and staircase to the first floor, sitting room with a fabulous large bay window and period fireplace, dining room and a kitchen to the rear with doors to a pantry and outside.
The properties four/five bedrooms are situated on the first and second floors with a spacious landing leading to a large master bedroom to the front with a bay window and fireplace, second bedroom to the rear, again with a fireplace and V shaped window to the side wall, 3rd double bedroom and bathroom to the front. The 2nd floor has a landing room (potential to create a fifth bedroom) with a large window having views over the rooftops towards St Marys Church and the fourth bedroom overlooks the front.
Outside the house is set behind a front garden with path to the front door and double gates providing vehicular access to the side parking and garage. The rear garden is laid to lawn with a brick built single story addition which has a door and staircase leading to the basement housing an oil fired boiler. There are two additional rooms to the side one with a w.c. and the other housing an oil tank.
This is a house of great character and personality already but offers a superb opportunity to update and create a splendid family house in a sought after location within easy reach of the town centre.