by Bidwells
Thriplow, Cambridgeshire, SG8 7RD
3, 4 & 5 bedroom houses and 2 bedroom bungalows
£750,000 - £1,695,000
Rectory Farm Barns, Thriplow: A combination of seven barn conversions and new build homes, including a Grade II listed 14th-century tithe barn, beside a parkland paddock. Two to five bedrooms, 7 miles from Cambridge.
Rectory Farm Barns is a private development of seven homes off Middle Street in Thriplow, combining barn conversions within a Grade II listed tithe barn with new build houses on the old farmyard. The homes range from a single-storey two bedroom home to a five bedroom family house, several with views west over a paddock with mature trees, and the village centre is a short walk away. Cambridge is 7 miles north and Whittlesford Parkway station about 4 miles.
KEY FEATURES:
- Development of 7 homes: barn conversions and new builds
- Two homes within a Grade II listed tithe barn, believed to date from the early 14th century
- Single-storey two bedroom home available (The Old Cart Shed)
- Air source heat pumps with underfloor heating to ground floors
- Electric vehicle charging point to every home
- Pearce7 kitchens with Silestone or quartz worktops and Bosch or Siemens appliances
- 10-year ICW structural warranty
- Paddock with mature trees to the rear of the development
- Whittlesford Parkway station about 4 miles; M11 Junction 10 about 4 miles
THE DEVELOPMENT
Rectory Farm sits just off Middle Street, close to the centre of Thriplow. The site has been laid out around its oldest building, a Grade II listed aisled tithe barn believed to have been built in the early 14th century for the Bishops of Ely’s landholding in the village. It later passed to Peterhouse College, and by 1780 was recorded as forming what is now Rectory Farm Barns. The barn now forms two of the seven homes, and the new buildings take their names and outlines from the farm structures they replace. To the rear is a paddock with mature trees and undulating grassland.
THE HOMES
Plot 1, The Tithe Barn: three bedroom barn conversion (Grade II listed). The original double door opening and main timber frame are retained. Ground floor kitchen/breakfast area (6.83m x 4.09m), dining area (7.39m x 3.50m) and sitting area (8.79m x 4.30m), with a first-floor gallery and principal bedroom of 4.67m x 4.08m. Polished concrete ground floor.
Plot 2, The Wheat Barn: four bedroom barn conversion (Grade II listed). Part of the original tithe barn, identified by Historic England as the “Wheat Barn”. The main timber frame, part of a clunch wall and the slatted timber boarding to the front are retained. Kitchen/breakfast/living area of 11.50m x 4.54m, sitting/dining area of 9.21m x 7.98m, gallery, carport and polished concrete ground floor.
Plot 3, The Old Pole Barn: four/five bedroom new build, detached. Built on the site of the barn that housed the farm’s cattle. Arranged over three floors with west-facing principal rooms, a 9.58m kitchen/dining area, a snug that can be used as a fifth bedroom, and potential to use part of the house as an annexe. Separate double garage.
Plot 4, The Old Cart Shed: two bedroom single-storey new build. Reached along a long private drive in a quiet corner at the rear of the development. The open bays of the original cart shed are echoed by three glazed bays to the living/dining/kitchen space (8.91m x 5.14m), looking over the garden and paddock. Two bedrooms, both with en suites, and a utility room. 1,089 square feet.
Plot 5, SOLD: Paddock View: five bedroom new build. Backs onto the paddock, with a westerly aspect. Extensive ground floor including kitchen/breakfast room, separate dining room, living room, snug, study, larder, utility, boot room, and a ground-floor fifth bedroom with shower room suitable as a guest suite.
Plot 6, SOLD: The Farmhouse: three bedroom new build. The contemporary replacement farmhouse, with paddock to the rear and side. Living/dining area of 9.54m x 5.47m, separate kitchen/breakfast room, study and garage.
Plot 7, SOLD: Ash Tree House: three bedroom new build. Contemporary design in a private position backing onto a small paddock, with a ground-floor bedroom and en suite alongside two first-floor bedrooms, each with an en suite.
SPECIFICATION:
Kitchen: Pearce 7 kitchens, each home with either silestone or quartz worktops, Bosch or Siemens integrated appliances
Bathrooms: luxury bath and shower rooms with LVT flooring
Heating: air source heat pumps, underfloor heating to ground floors, radiators to upper floors, wood-burning stoves where appropriate
Flooring: engineered oak wide-plank flooring to principal ground floor rooms (Plots 3 to 7); polished concrete ground floors (Plots 1 and 2); tiling to kitchen, utility and rear halls
Windows and doors: high-efficiency sealed double glazing, powder coated, finished white internally; powder coated sliding or bi-fold doors
Outside: electric vehicle charging point to every home
Warranty: 10-year ICW structural warranty
Why Thriplow?
Thriplow is a small South Cambridgeshire village built around a village green. On the green are The Green Man, a community-owned pub, and a Grade II listed blacksmith’s forge that holds open days. The village shop and village hall are just off the green, and the village has a primary school and a parish church believed to date from the 12th century. Thriplow is best known for its annual Daffodil Weekend each spring.
WHAT IS THRIPLOW CLOSE TO:
Cambridge: 7 miles
Royston: about 8 miles
Whittlesford Parkway station: about 4 miles, with services to Cambridge and London Liverpool Street
Royston station: trains to London King’s Cross
M11 Junction 10: about 4 miles
London Stansted Airport: about 20 miles
London: about 50 miles
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