Property description
Detached family house on the village green with charming character features, level gardens, parking and potential self-contained annexe.
Entrance hall, kitchen/breakfast room, walk-in pantry, dining room, sitting room, downstairs WC, cloakroom, conservatory
Master bedroom with en suite shower room, landing, office, 3 further bedrooms, family bathroom
Detached outbuilding – garage, gym and workshop area
Fabulous rear gardens and terrace with access onto the village common
In all some 0.65 acres
This enchanting home offers a variety of characterful space with private gated parking for several vehicles. The sitting room has a centrally positioned fireplace feeding the whole of the ground floor, with the dining room next door. A fitted kitchen opens onto the dining area and conservatory, providing a social entertaining space with access to the rear garden. Additional areas on the ground floor include a walk-in pantry, cloakroom and WC which is positioned off the entrance hall. On the first floor the master bedroom is equipped with a fully tiled en-suite shower room, across the landing there are three further bedrooms serviced by the family bathroom and a study area.Nun Monkton is a particularly fine village with superb amenities, and an accessible location between Harrogate and York with easy access to the A1/Leeds.
•Appealing period features such as exposed ceiling timbers, fireplaces, deep sills, lovely old cottage doors.
•The kitchen is the true heart of the home with the Aga taking centre stage with an adjoining pantry.
•There is a wonderful rear garden and terrace, ideal for alfresco dining and large lawn area with an assortment of mature trees and shrubs with access onto the common.
•Detached outbuildings; garage, gym and workshop area
•Perfect location with easy access to York, Harrogate and A1.
Environs
Nun Monkton, with its maypole, duck pond and primary school seems to embody all that is expected of the traditional English village. Groups of pretty, period houses front a broad green, or stray: there is a church and a pub and riverside dog walks. This peaceful setting exists midway between York and Harrogate (off the A59), with easy access to both city and towns, as well as to Leeds a little way down the nearby A1.
York 8 miles, Boroughbridge 9 miles, Harrogate 12 miles, Leeds 19 miles, A1 5 miles (Distances approximate)
Services: mains water, electricity and drainage, oil fired central heating.
Fixtures and fittingsOnly those mentioned in these sales particulars are included in the sale. All others, such as fitted carpets, curtains, light fittings, garden ornaments etc., are specifically excluded but may be made available by separate negotiation.
Local authority: Harrogate Borough 01423 500 600
Directions: Blacksmith’s Cottage faces over the village green and is denoted by the agents’ For Sale board. It is the third house on the left hand side after the village school.