Property description

A truly stunning, extended and significantly improved four bedroom Victorian detached home in a keenly sought after near central location off Hills Road offering convenient access to the city centre, railway station and the Addenbrookes hospital biomedical campus.

Rathmore Road is a pretty no through road of mainly Victorian houses which lies to the favoured South side of the City, well placed for access to the Addenbrookes Hospital Biomedical Campus and the mainline railway station with services to London's King's Cross and Liverpool Street. There are a number of independent and state run schools in the area, together with sixth form colleges on Hills Road and Long Road. Numerous leisure and sporting facilities are within easy walking or cycling distance, including Hills Road Sports Centre, providing indoor and outdoor tennis courts, gymnasium etc, together with Cambridge Leisure featuring supermarkets, restaurants and cinema complex to the North of Cherry Hinton Road which is within a few minutes walk. The historic City centre is less than 1 mile away.

13 Rathmore Road is a beautifully presented and skilfully extended detached Victorian home which the current owner has updated with an attention to detail rarely seen. The property sits proudly back from the street behind iron railings and the front door with original stained glass panel and fan light above lead to an entrance hallway with stairs rising to the first floor and a doorway to the living/dining room. The open plan living/dining space features a large bay window with recently fitted cafe style shutters. There are two new fireplaces by 'Chesneys', one with a wood burning stove and the other decorative, exposed and restored original wood flooring and a useful under stairs storage cupboard. A doorway leads to a well planned utility room with hand painted cupboards, granite worksurfaces and ceramic butler sink. There is a doorway to the side passageway and a cloakroom with modern suite and 'Porcelanosa' tiled walls and flooring. A true highlight of this stunning city home is the extended triple aspect kitchen/dining/family room with vaulted ceiling and an abundance of natural light through the large Velux rooflights and full width bi-fold doors opening to the rear garden. The hand painted solid wood cabinets are complemented by caesarstone worksurfaces and integrated appliances including electric oven, induction hob with extractor over and dishwasher. The entire space features under floor heating and the 'Porcelanosa' tiles flow to the outside seating terrace.
The first floor landing with walnut engineered wood flooring has a staircase with sisal carpeting leading to the second floor guest suite. The principal bedroom with two large double glazed shuttered sash windows runs the entire width of the house and has a cast iron feature fireplace with fitted alcove wardrobes. The second well proportioned bedroom faces the rear, has walnut engineered wood flooring, a cast iron fireplace and alcove shelving. Bedroom three is a comfortable and quiet single room with secluded views of the rear garden and a loft hatch. The stylish re-fitted shower room with fully tiled walls and flooring features a contemporary suite with walk in shower enclosure and rainfall head.
The entire top floor has been creatively formed to provide a stunning guest suite with a boutique hotel feel. Plenty of light floods in from the double French doors with Juliet balcony, further window and Velux rooflight. There is a large shelved cupboard over the stairs, useful eaves storage and walnut engineered wood flooring. A frosted glass door leads to the full ensuite with Velux rooflight and an elegant roll top bath.

The fully walled rear garden offers tranquility in the heart of the city with a manicured lawn, shrub planting and a newly built brick shed with double doors for ease of access. Double Iroko hard wood gates provide an off street parking space accessible from a lane off Cherry Hinton Road and there is a further side passageway leading to the front.