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Buy of the week: high church
This former masonic chapel in Chiswick has been converted into a three-bedroom home (£1.175 million) with a 30-foot open-plan, double-height reception room. The kitchen is a black glossy affair, there’s a study, a cinema room and a decked roof terrace. -
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Honeys Green farmhouse is a Grade II-listed pile that sits in a couple of acres and offers versatile living with an annexe and outdoor heated pool. Inside has character galore among four bedrooms and an attic room with pretty views. -
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Bluntisham House
Bluntisham House, Rectory Road, Bluntisham, Cambridgeshire
Guide price: £1.75 million
Guide price: £1.75 million
© Carter JonasBluntisham House has a guide price of £1.75 million
© Carter JonasGrade II listed building with 2 acres of land
© Carter JonasOrnate fireplaces and high ceilings feature through the house
© Carter JonasThe hallway of this former rectory
© Carter JonasThe heated indoor swimming pool at Bluntisham House
Once the childhood home of the writer Dorothy L Sayers, Bluntisham House has a large garden and views over farmland.
Period features in the seven-bedroom house include high ceilings, ornate fireplaces and original sash windows.
For those who like swimming, there is a heated indoor pool, while a triple garage caters for a collection of cars.
Bluntisham is a picturesque village with a supermarket, shops and restaurants.
The nearest train station is nine miles away in Huntingdon for connections to King's Cross. Bluntisham is also well situated for access to the M11, A1 and A11.
Cambridge is 16 miles away and Stansted Airport is approximately 45 miles.
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