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Cambridge - Churchfield Court, Girton
Two bedroom end terrace cottage with patio and garage - £360,000
Churchfield Court is just off the High Street and is a superb development of 15 retirement houses and eight apartments. The properties are set in beautiful gardens with views to the horizon over a private meadow and yet are only three miles from the centre of Cambridge, one of the most historic and fascinating cities in the world.
Cambridge was an important town at the time of Domesday and probably had a population then of about 500 to 2000. St Benet‘s, the oldest surviving church, has a Saxon tower. The original Celtic settlement grew up on the north bank of the River Cam and was later developed by the Romans. Today this majestic university city with its ancient colleges is famous for the splendour of Kings College, one of Europe‘s finest gothic buildings.
Girton is situated just to the north of Cambridge about three miles from Junction 14 of the M1 motorway. Cambridge itself is about three miles from junctions 11, 12 and 13 of the M1 motorway. There are fast train to London (Kings Cross) which take about an hour. Newmarket is about twelve miles to the east.
For further information telephone: 01491 615961
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| Sussex - Wadhurst, Crittles Court Two bedroom apartment £295,000 Crittles Court is situated off Townsland Road just behind the High Street and consists of 29 flats and houses set around formal courtyard gardens. The attractive small town of Wadhurst was once an important centre for trading in iron-ore with the last mine closing in the mid-19th century. It lies on a high ridge of the Weald not far from the Kent/Sussex border and its name seems to derive from 'Wada's wooded hill', possibly referring to the local Saxon tribe which occupied the area in the 7th century. Henry III granted Wadhurst its charter to hold a market every saturday and the Georgian era left two fine houses in the High Street, the Old Vicarage and Hill House. The town expanded in the 19th century and its station is the highest in Southern England. Today there is some good shopping providing for day to day needs whilst six miles away Tunbridge Wells has an extensive range of shops and services. For further information telephone: 01491 615961 |
Wiltshire - Earls Manor Court, Winterbourne Earls Bourne Valley - Two bedroom ground floor apartment with garden and garage - £285,000 The cottages and apartments at Earls Manor Court are built in the former manor farmyard next to Winterbourne Earls‘ 17th century manor house, with its beautiful frontage of brick, flint and a chequerboard of flint and stone that is a feature of many old buildings of the Wiltshire plain. The fine Chilmark stone extracted from a unique mine is superbly set off by the warm red bricks and tiles and by the knapped flint. Private patios or balconies, from which there are fine views of the surrounding countryside, are a feature of every property. The garden court is a peaceful suntrap. Winterbourne Earls is the southernmost of the three villages on the A38 which joins the A30 at a roundabout on the north-eastern edge of Salisbury, about three miles from the centre and station. Seven miles to the north, the A303 provides swift access to London or the West. Amesbury is six miles and Andover thirteen miles. Earls Manor Court is surrounded by the rich fields of the Bourne valley about three miles upstream from the Cathedral city of Salisbury. The Roman road from Winchester to the Mendips passes below the village. There are twenty attractive two and three bedroomed properties with spacious and well proportioned rooms overlooking either open meadows or parkland. For further information telephone: 01753 669800 |