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Guide Price£2,250,000

Thicket Road, Houghton, Huntingdon, Cambs, PE28

Land size
1 acres
Bedrooms
6
Bathrooms
3

Key Features

  • Truly spectacular
  • Impressively presented
  • 4 Reception rooms
  • 6 Double sized bedrooms
  • 3 Bathrooms
  • Detached annexe

Description

The Cedars is a truly spectacular and impressively presented six-bedroom detached Victorian home measuring close to 5,000 sq.ft of accommodation in one of Cambridgeshire’s most popular and picturesque villages.

- St Ives Town Centre - approx. 2 miles
- Cambridge City Centre - approx. 22 miles
- Huntingdon Railway Station - approx. 3 miles

• No onward chain
• Close to 5,000 sq.ft of accommodation
• Outstanding original architecture
• Six double sized bedrooms
• Gated driveway parking & double garage
• Detached annexe
• Beautifully presented throughout
• Hugely popular village
• EPC rating E

Description:

The vast accommodation comprises an entrance hall, kitchen/breakfast room, four reception rooms, three bathrooms, two further cloakrooms and six bedrooms. The annexe offers a sitting room, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and dressing room. Externally measuring close to one acre with a large gated driveway, a detached studio with hut tub, multiple paved terraces, stable block and beautifully manicured gardens.

Ground Floor:

The expansive ground floor offers an array of characterful rooms comprising an entrance hall, kitchen/breakfast room, sitting room, dining room, media room, garden room, utility room and cloakroom. The kitchen enjoys a bespoke contemporary kitchen with integrated appliances including an oven, microwave, hob and dishwasher. There’s a central woodburning stove between the kitchen and dining spaces. The sitting room is particularly impressive with an open fireplace and floor-to-ceiling windows looking across the rear gardens. The dining room then leads to the garden room, which in turn leads to the media room.

First Floor:

Offering well-proportioned rooms consisting of three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a cloakroom on the first floor. Two of the bedrooms enjoy comprehensively fitted wardrobes. The principal bedroom also boasts a sizeable dressing space and air-conditioning. The en-suite to the principal room is particularly impressive with a double sized shower, bath, vanity sink unit with stone worktops, WC and heated towel rail.

Second Floor:

Offering a further three bedrooms, more fitted storage, a dressing room and an en-suite.

Annexe:

Offering a kitchen, sitting room, bathroom and a first-floor bedroom and dressing room. Enjoying a courtyard garden that’s positioned just off the main driveway. The annexe has its own heating system.

Outside:

Boasting an idyllic and peaceful setting with electric timber gates opening to the sizeable gravel driveway providing ample parking and access to the double garage. Beside the garage is the annexe accommodation. The front aspect flows nicely to the side and rear gardens, that are predominately lawned with a paved terrace, wonderful selection of mature shrubs, plants and trees, a stable block and further store sheds. Additionally, there is a detached garden studio that enjoys a natural stone paved terrace, as well as a hot tub.

Location:

Houghton is a charming village situated on the banks of the River Great Ouse, renowned for its strong community spirit and attractive surrounding countryside. The village provides a good range of everyday amenities, including a community shop and Post Office, village pub, tea room, playing field, and the picturesque National Trust-managed Houghton Mill. The nearby towns of St Ives and Huntingdon offer a wider selection of shops, restaurants, and leisure facilities. The village is also well connected for commuters. Huntingdon railway station provides fast services to London King’s Cross in under an hour, while the Guided Busway from St Ives offers convenient access to Cambridge. Excellent road connections are provided by the A1 and A14, linking Houghton with nearby regional centres and the wider national motorway network.

Additional Information:

Tenure: Freehold

Services: Mains gas, water, electricity and drainage are connected.

Local Authority: Huntingdonshire District Council

Council Tax: Band H

Viewings: Strictly by telephone appointment with the selling agents, Carter Jonas

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
H
Date Posted
2026-08-27

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 1,210 Homes with Land listings in East Anglia (1+ acres).

This Property£2,250,000 / acre
Homes with Land Average (1+ acres) £375,044 / acre
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Energy Performance Certificate

Energy Efficiency Rating

Very energy efficient - lower running costs
CurrentPotential
(92+)A
(81-91)B
(69-80)C
(55-68)D
(39-54)E
(21-38)F
(1-20)G
51 E
71 C

Based on UK Energy Performance Certificate standards (EU Directive 2002/91/EC)

Running costs are one side. Planning activity, flood history and ground risks for this location are in the full report.

Utilities & Restrictions

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Rights & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

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Parking
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Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

10 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre · available to 92% of premises

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Houghton Primary School295 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    177
    Type
    Community school
  • Wyton on the Hill Community Primary School0.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    134
    Type
    Community school
  • Thorndown Primary School1.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    478
    Type
    Community school
  • Hemingford Grey Primary School1.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    244
    Type
    Community school
  • Westfield Junior School1.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    7 to 11
    Pupils
    234
    Type
    Community school

Secondary

  • St Ivo Academy1.4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,378
    Type
    Academy converter
  • St Peter's School2.9 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,506
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Hinchingbrooke School3.6 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    2,173
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Swavesey Village College5.4 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,254
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Abbey College, Ramsey8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,096
    Type
    Academy converter

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Budgens Hemingford Grey, Hemingford Grey1.3 miles
Spar - St Ives, St Ives, Cambridgeshire1.7 miles
Co-op Constable Road St Ives, St Ives, Cambridgeshire1.9 miles

GP surgery

Spinney Surgery1.7 miles

Pharmacy

Kings Hedges Pharmacy1.7 miles

Hospital

Royal Papworth Hospital - Off Site3.5 miles

Green space

Playing Field186 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

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Getting Around

Nearest station

Huntingdon Rail Station3.2 miles

Nearest bus stop

The Clock Tower179 metres

Typical drive times

Ramsey20 min · 10 miles
St Ives7 min · 2.8 miles
Huntingdon9 min · 3.7 miles
Godmanchester9 min · 4 miles
Cambridge (city)31 min · 19 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 3Higher risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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