Property description
Charming and beautifully presented 5 bedroom village house of some 2600 sq ft with lovely gardens,some 10 miles north of York.
Reception hall, cloakroom/laundry, study, drawing room, breakfast kitchen, dining room, sitting room.
Principal bedroom with en-suite facilities, 3 further bedrooms, family bathroom, secondary stairs to guest bedroom and bathroom
Cottage garden and lawned garden
Freehold for sale
The Forge, High street, Thornton-le-Clay, York YO60 7TE
As its name suggests, The Forge once saw the village blacksmith at home and at work. A recent conversion of what was once three cottages has, however, produced a lovely contemporary village house whose history is preserved in much of the fabric. A modern interior blends successfully with a period building to provide family living of over 2600 sq. ft, all set in lovely gardens.
•Magnificent blend of contemporary and traditional
•Period fireplaces, exposed ceiling timbers
•Modern bathrooms and central heating system
•Stone flagged kitchen with Aga
•Drawing room with open fire and sitting room with woodburning stove
•Driveway with space for two cars
•Cottage garden and south facing long lawned garden with shrubs and borders
•Adjacent vegetable garden with box hedging rented from Parish Council (£100/yr)
Environs
Thornton-le-Clay is a village at the foot of the Howardian Hills, about 11 miles north of York and easily accessed via the A64. There is a pub and a primary school in the village, the bakery at Welburn is within 4 miles and Castle Howard farmshop is 5 miles away. Monks Cross Shopping outlet and John Lewis are within a 20 minute drive, and the market towns of Easingwold and Malton roughly equidistant to the north west and north east respectively.
York 11 miles, Malton 9 miles. (Distances approximate)
Services: Mains water, electricity and drainage, oil fired heating/hot water/Aga
Local Authority: Ryedale District Council 01653 600666
Directions: The house is in the centre of the village, denoted by a For Sale sign.