Victoria House is situated in the - Kite' area a central location close to the historic centre of Cambridge between Christ's Pieces, a public park and the Grafton Centre. There are excellent and comprehensive cultural, shopping and recreational facilities close by in the Grafton Centre and historic City centre. For the commuter there is ready access to the bus and coach stations and mainline rail services from Cambridge railway station into London's King's Cross and Liverpool Street stations. Local schooling is available for all age groups in both the public and independent sectors within the city including Parkside secondary school some 400 metres distant.
Description
Victoria House is an imposing, well proportioned townhouse constructed of painted brick elevations with sash windows beneath a tiled roof. The house is believed to date from the late 19th Century and has characterful accommodation arranged over three principal floors extending to around 300 sqm (3234 sqft). Of particular note internally is the flexibility of the house together with the ready access to outside space. There is a delightful internal central courtyard with murals to the walls with two of the principal rooms radiating off. There is a large vaulted kitchen/breakfast room with a four oven aga, access to the internal and external courtyard gardens and a spiral staircase leading up to a mezzanine family room which also has French doors leading onto a balcony overlooking the central courtyard. The entrance hallway has heavy flagstone paving and an open tread timber staircase with glazed walls also overlooking the courtyard.
At first floor level are 5 to 7 bedrooms including an elegant second floor master bedroom which occupies the full width of the property. There is access onto three timber balconies, all of which overhang the courtyard below. The remarkable accommodation is shown in more detail in the attached floorplans.
Outside From Earl Street (the residential road to the north of Victoria Street) there is access via a shared driveway to the parking and courtyard garden to the property. A remote controlled gate slides back to reveal parking for three medium sized cars. Adjacent to this area is a pretty and private paved courtyard with raised planters and ample space for sitting outside. There is a gated entrance to the front which leads to a shared passageway leading back to Victoria Street.
Historical Note Victoria House was formerly owned by HRH The Duke of Gloucester, he bought the property in July 1967 for the handsome sum of ?8,750. The Duke of Gloucester is currently 18th in line to the throne and studied at Magdalene College from 1963, after a year of practical work he returned to Cambridge in 1967 and purchased Victoria House and studied architecture.
Property agent
Cambridge sales and Lettings Unex House, Cambridge, CB2 2PA
