If you have more than £1million to spend on a home in Cambridge then there are some spectacular properties on offer. You could own a part of Cambridge’s history with a house which has Hobson’s Conduit running through the front garden, live in a house on a development which won the RIBA Stirling prize or enjoy a garden which runs down to the banks of the River Cam. 

Here are the top 10 most expensive properties on the market in the city.

Roebuck House, Ferry Lane, Cambridge – £2,500,000

This gorgeous 18th century Grade II listed property in Chesterton sits in 0.77 acres leading down to the River Cam. It is currently sub-divided into two residences.

Accommodation in the first property includes a living room, home office, drawing room, converted barn/family room, a conservatory with grape vine, a large cellar and five bedrooms. The second has a kitchen/living room and three bedrooms.

It also has a fascinating history – the oldest part of the house is medieval and it has been an inn, a farmhouse and a biology lab as well as a home.It was also used by the Baptists and the immersion font where people were baptised in the garden remains.

It is on the market with Cheffins.

Glisson Road, Cambridge – £1,950,000

You can’t get much closer to Cambridge train station than Glisson Road. This Victorian house has an impressive 7 bedrooms and a double fronted facade with two storey bay windows.

It has been used as a student house and has accommodation over three floors including a sitting room, dining room, drawing room, breakfast room and cellar. Period features include panelled doors, sash windows, fireplaces and geometric tiled flooring.

The hall also has a door with stained glass leaded light window and matching panels.

It is being sold through Bidwells.

Morland Terrace, Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge – £1,800,000

If you love contemporary design then this 6 bedroom property, which is part of the Accordia development, is worth a look. Designed by architect Alison Brooks its open plan sitting/dining room has full height windows and doors and accommodation is arranged over six floors.

There is a family room with decked balcony and a loft style multi-purpose gym/games room/studio. There is also a detached self-contained annex with a bedroom and shower room. Outside there are decked terraces to all floors and a landscaped walled garden.

The property is on the market with Bidwells.

Elizabeth Way, Cambridge – £1,599,995

Fancy running a BB? This 9 bedroom terraced house is described as a “superb business/investment property”.

There are two bedrooms on the ground floor as well as a living room, dining room, kitchen and bathroom. Ther are four bedrooms on the first floor and another three on the second floor.

The property is being sold through Country Properties.

Kingsley Walk, Cambridge Riverside, Newmarket Road, Cambridge – £1,560,000

Close to The Grafton, Midsummer Common and the river, is this new build property off Newmarket Road. Arranged over four storeys, it has

There is also a concierge service, garage and a private residents’ gym.

The property is on the market with Savills.

Brookside, Cambridge – £1,500,000

This late Georgian terraced house has 6 bedrooms. Arranged over five floors, it laso has a kitchen/breakfast room, living room, drawing room and scullery/utility room.

It is approached by iron railings and stone steps and has a walled garden. The property overlooks an enclosed private garden co-owned by Brookside residents which includes Hobson’s Conduit, an integral part of Cambridge’s history.

It is on sale through Cheffins.

Madingley Road, Cambridge – £1,500,000

This house was built for the Chief Constable of Cambridge in 1958 had boasts 8 bedrooms. It has a large drawing room with windows on three sides looking out over the gardens and a bay fronted dining room. There is also a family room, study and utility room.

The property has a first floor studio/self contained flat with its own external entrance. It sits in 0.42 acres.

It is on the market with Tucker Gardner.

Springfield Road, Cambridge – £1,500,000

This four-bedroom Victorian end-of-terrace house with four-bedroom coach house is in Chesterton, close to the river.

It has a contemporary design inside and as well as 8 bedrooms, it has 5 reception rooms ad 5 bathrooms. It could be used as two separate dwellings or as one home.

It has been updated by its current owner and has a courtyard garden and a cinema room. A fish tank provides built into the dividing wall of the sitting room is an additional feature.

The property is being sold through Fine Country.

Madingley Road, Cambridge – £1,450,000

This 5 bedroom property overlooks Churchill College. It dates from the 1930s and has a drawing room with windows on three sides, a study/family room, dining room, a kitchen/breakfast room and a garden/sitting room.

It also boasts a south facing back garden with a lawn and deep mature shrub boarders. There is a sun terrace and a former kitchen garden/vegetable plot with a large soft fruit cage.

It is on the market with Savills.

Warkworth Street, Cambridge – £1,350,000

This late Victorian townhouse has been refurbished and updated throughout while keeping a number of original features including fireplaces, stripped floorboards, sash windows and stained glass.

It has a kitchen/dining/family room stretching the full length of the house on the lower ground floor with doors leading out to the garden. On the ground floor is a sitting room, there are 5 bedrooms arranged over the next two floors and a loft area.

It is being marketed by Tucker Gardner.

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