33 High Street, Royston, SG8 8EA

Property Insight A characterful three-bedroom Grade II listed semi-detached cottage in the popular village of Barkway.

Full of period charm and sympathetically updated, this freehold home offers a large lounge with an inglenook fireplace, a modern fitted kitchen, a vaulted dining/snug room overlooking the garden, three bedrooms, a ground-floor shower room, and a delightful walled garden with an outbuilding.

Set along Barkway's High Street, the cottage makes an immediate impression with its white rendered elevation, leaded diamond-pane windows and brick chimney stacks - the kind of period frontage that gives the village its appeal.

Stepping inside through the timber plank door, you arrive directly into the main living space, where the home's age and individuality are clear from the outset.

The lounge is a generous and welcoming room, arranged around an exposed brick inglenook fireplace with an inset woodburning stove - a wonderful focal point and exactly the spot to settle in on a cold evening.

Exposed timberwork, leaded windows to the front and soft carpeting add to the warmth, with ample room for a variety of lounge furniture.

The kitchen has been fitted to a modern standard while keeping the period feel, with grey shaker-style units, stone-effect worktops, white metro tiling and a quarry-tiled floor, along with integrated ovens, a gas hob and space for appliances.

Beyond, the vaulted dining/snug room is a real highlight - a bright space with exposed painted rafters, a glazed gable and arched windows framing the garden, and French doors opening straight out onto it.

It works equally well for everyday family dining or for relaxing with the garden in view.

A ground-floor shower room serves the home, with a corner shower, WC and hand wash basin, and a pleasant outlook over the garden.

Upstairs, there are three bedrooms, each carrying the same period character - leaded windows, a cast-iron feature fireplace and fitted storage among the details.

Outside, the walled garden is a genuine standout and a lovely private retreat.

Mainly laid to lawn and enclosed by mature brick walls, it is filled with established borders of colourful plants, shrubs and flowers, with a paved terrace by the house for garden furniture and al fresco dining.

A characterful timber outbuilding sits at the foot of the garden - ideal as a studio, workshop or garden store - along with raised beds for the keen gardener.

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Location - Barkway Barkway is a long-established village in the North Hertfordshire, about five miles south-east of Royston, 35 miles from London and 15 miles from the centre of Cambridge.

Barkway is surrounded by beautiful rolling countryside but you are also ideally located close to many major road networks such as the A10 and M11, within 30 minutes' drive of Stansted airport and if you like to go in to London by train or you're a commuter then Royston station is approximately a 10 minute drive away with multiple trains each hour to London Kings Cross, as quick as 38 minutes.

The village itself has a real sense of community with many clubs and groups.

For education you have Barkway va Church of England First School and there are other local primary schools in nearby villages, a selection of secondary schools or private education.

A highlight of the village is 'The Barkway Pavilion', completed in 2015, the new Barkway pavilion and community room replaced the previous old and dilapidated sports pavilion situated on the Barkway recreation ground, which now also features a fantastic kids traditional playground.

The Tally Ho pub is popular with the locals, whether your looking to have a quick drink, something to eat or perhaps to join in with the local quiz night.

Other notable hotspots within the village include the Village Hall, The Reading Room, The Wagon Wash as well as The Church and The Chapel.

If you're looking to find Barkway easily just look for the famous RAF Barkway mast, the steel mast replaced an earlier wooden one which formed part of the RAF's wartime and post wartime gee navigation system.

Just a couple of miles up the road you have the equally beautiful village of Barley which has a village shop, garage, doctors surgery and the 'Fox & Hounds' village pub, a recently renovated pub and restaurant that people come from miles around to visit that has already been nominated for a Michelin star and voted in the top 50 gastropubs in the country.

If you're looking for a supermarket then Royston has a Tesco, Marks & Spencers and Aldi. If you don't know Barkway, take a visit today, you may well want to make this your forever home.