Property description
Exceptional barn conversion in the North York Moors National Park
This stunning barn conversion extends to over 5600 sq ft and has recently been completed to the highest specification. Featured in Homebuilding and Renovating and Yorkshire Living magazines, the property offers light, modern and spacious interiors within the fabric of an attractive stone building. Scribbling Fold lies at the edge of this quiet hamlet, close to the coast and within easy reach of Scarborough, Malton and Whitby.
Entrance and dining hall, drawing room, sitting room, breakfast kitchen with clear-away area, boot room, utility room, mezzanine play room, cloakroom and pantry.
Master bedroom with en suite, granary bedroom suite with wet-room and separate wc, 2 double bedrooms, family bathroom.
Extensive office suite including reception area, kitchenette, wc, 3 offices and board room (potential annexe with separate access - subject to consents)
Gardens, garden store.
In about an acre.
Stunning barn conversion with imaginative layout, retaining original features within a contemporary design.
Polished concrete floors in hall, dining and kitchen. Solid maple hand-finished hardwood floors in drawing room and sitting room.
ALNO kitchen with Miele appliances and bespoke quartz/composite worktops. Boffi units and marble floor in the utility/laundry room.
Large glazed openings on both sides coupled with bespoke patent glazing fill the house with natural light.
Underfloor heating to the hall, dining hall, kitchen, boot room, utility room, cloakroom and master bathroom.
Marble tiled bathrooms and cloakroom. High quality bathroom fittings (including Vola, Matki, Duravit and Santambrogio di Milano). The master bathroom features a restored 19th Century Rogeat bateau bath.
Stunning bespoke, white concrete spiral staircase leading to glass balustraded link bridge.
Separate office suite with a variety of potential alternative uses including partial incorporation into the main house or use as a separate self-contained cottage (subject to consents).
The whole building has high levels of insulation. The structure has been designed to be thermally massive so that it remains cool in summer and warm in the winter.
Cat 6 cabling to all offices, bedrooms and all principal rooms. (excluding hall)
Sustainable living - Solar thermal panel and 1400 litre Akvaterm accumulator tank which provides a store for heat and domestic hot water at mains pressure.
Up to 8 acres of paddocks, stabling and modern agricultural buildings are available by separate negotiation.
Environs
Silpho is an unspoilt hamlet hidden on the fringes of North York Moors National Park which enjoys a beautiful rural setting with stunning views to the coast, the North York Moors and the Yorkshire Wolds. The approach from the south is via the breath-taking Forge Valley which runs northwards from the A170 Pickering to Scarborough road. Silpho is wonderfully situated for those wishing to enjoy all that the National Park and Heritage Coast have to offer. York is easily accessible by car or train. By rail, Seamer station to London KX can be achieved in under three hours.
Schools
State primary – Hackness C of E State Secondary – Scalby School and Scarborough VI Form College
Private Bramcote Junior School, Fyling Hall Junior School, Scarborough College and Fyling Hall School
York Schools convenient for weekly boarding.
The Coast 4 miles, Scarborough 7 miles, Whitby 16.5 miles, York 42 miles. (Distances approximate)
Local authority
Scarborough Borough Council
North York Moors National Park Authority
Method of Sale
The house is offered for sale by private treaty; however the Agents reserve the right to conclude negotiations by any other means at their discretion.
Services
Mains electricity and water and private drainage.
Fixtures and Fittings
All items normally designated as fixtures and fittings are specifically excluded from the sale unless they are mentioned in the particulars of sale.
Covenants, Easements, Rights of Way
The property will be sold subject to all covenants, easements and rights of way whether specifically mentioned in these particulars or not.