Cherry Hill, Ely
£425,000
A three-bedroom Georgian terrace on the hill above the river, original sash windows and a south-facing courtyard.
- Beds
- 3
- Bath
- 1
- Reception
- 2
- Sq ft
- 1,180
- Type
- Georgian terrace
- Tenure
- Freehold
- EPC
- D
- Council
- Band C
A note on the house.
Cherry Hill sits on the rise that leads from the river up to the cathedral close, eight Georgian terraces in a row, all in the original red Cambridgeshire brick, this one second from the end. The current owners have lived here for twenty-two years and brought up two children in it before deciding the stairs are getting steeper.
Inside, two reception rooms on the ground floor open through a wide pair of original folding doors, restored on their hinges last summer. The kitchen is at the back, looking onto the courtyard and the wall of next-door's espaliered pear tree. Three bedrooms on the first floor, the family bathroom between them, and a small linen cupboard which the children used to fight over.
The garden is a walled, paved courtyard, south-facing and almost completely private. Half-day sun in summer, a single mature fig tree against the back wall, and gravel underfoot, easy to keep, easy to entertain in. The current owners eat outside from May through September.
Cherry Hill is a quiet road. No through-traffic, residents' parking, and the cathedral close is a five-minute walk away. The river is two minutes downhill; Ely station, sixty-five minutes to King's Cross from the 25th, is eight minutes on foot.
Worth noting.
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Original sash windows
Restored throughout in 2019, double-glazed slimline panes, secondary brass fittings.
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South-facing courtyard
Walled and private, paved with reclaimed York stone, mature fig tree, half-day summer sun.
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Folding reception doors
Original 19th-century pair, restored on the hinges and rehung last summer.
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Working open fireplace
Front reception room, sweep-certified, used by the current owners every winter.
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Cellar (dry)
Brick-floored, head height under five-foot-six, currently used for wine and bicycles.
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Roof relaid 2022
Clay pantile, fully insulated below, twenty-year guarantee on the underlay.
The dry bit.
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Energy performance
- EPC D · full certificate on request
- Council tax
- Band C
- Floor plan
- PDF emailed on request. ask Marcus
A note on the area.
Ely is a cathedral city of fifteen thousand, the second-smallest in England, set on what used to be an island in the fen. Cherry Hill is in the conservation area immediately south of the cathedral close, quiet streets of Georgian and early-Victorian terraces, a short walk from the river, the market square, and the station. The 9.34 to King's Cross reaches central London in sixty-five minutes from the 25th May timetable change.
- Ely Cathedral 5 min walk
- Ely railway station 8 min walk · 65 min London
- Market square 4 min walk · Thu & Sat market
- River Great Ouse 2 min walk · towpath to Cambridge
- King's Ely (independent school) 6 min walk · 4-18
- Ely College (state secondary) 12 min walk · OFSTED Good
Senior Partner
Marcus Hayward
“I grew up on Lynn Road, three streets from here. Cherry Hill is a row I walked past every morning on the way to school. Call me directly if you'd like to see inside.”
Come and see Cherry Hill.
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Hayward & Sons
18 High StreetEly
Cambridgeshire CB7 4LJ
- Mon to Fri
- 9 to 5.30
- Saturday
- 9 to 4
- Sunday
- Closed
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