Property description

A particularly fine listed Victorian semi-detached townhouse in a large garden

Entrance hall, staircase hall, cloakroom, drawing room, sitting room, dining room, study, kitchen and breakfast room, laundry, cellar

Principal bedroom with bathroom en suite, three further double bedrooms and family bathroom

Double garage, extensive south and west facing gardens

About 1/3 acre

Freehold for sale

The Lawns, 23 Shipton Road, York YO30 5RE

The house dates from the early Victorian era and has period features including original coloured glass, panelled doors, open fires and suspended timber floors. Most of the principal rooms face directly into the garden at the rear, and there is a balcony accessed from one of the bedrooms enjoying the same view. The location, close to the Clifton sports ground, is a mile from the city centre and a walk from St Peter’s School.

•Victorian town house and a lovely garden
•Only a mile from York’s historic city centre
•Main reception rooms opening into the south and west facing garden
•Principal bedroom with bathroom en suite and balcony
•Local shops and facilities in Clifton
•St Peter’s School and Bootham School in walking distance

Outside
The front garden, sporting a massive beech tree, sets the house back from the road, with lawns and a gravelled drive leading to the double garage. Behind the house a York stone flagged terrace leads into the south and west facing garden, largely lawned, and extending to some 45 yards x 25. The garden is partly walled, and supports a number of specimen trees and shrubs, including beech, cherry, magnolia, hydrangeas, Portuguese laurel, berberis and rhododendron.

There is a useful potting/mower shed, and a Virginia creeper of great antiquity spreads across the garden wall and rear elevation.

The entire site amounts to about 1/3 acre and is protected by restrictive covenants over the neighbouring property.

Environs
Shipton Road is one of York’s main arteries and thus provides excellent access to and from the City. There are riverside walks nearby, and the Clifton Moor business and retail park is a short distance away. The Clifton Sports club hosts cricket, rugby, squash and tennis as well as social events.

York centre 1 mile, Leeds 24 miles (Distances approximate)

Services
Mains water, gas, electricity and drainage

Fixtures and fittings
Only 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
City of York 01904 551550

Directions
The house is denoted by a For Sale sign and is just after the Beechwood Close Hotel and before the Clifton Sports club as you travel away from the City centre

Photographs & particulars
May 2015