Property description

A privately situated family house with a large walled garden and double garage, in the centre of the city

Entrance and staircase hall, wc, cloakroom, drawing room, library, garden room with fig tree, dining room, breakfast kitchen, pantry, laundry, cellar
Principal bedroom with en suite dressing room and bathroom, bedroom 2, shower room
2 further bedrooms and shower room on the second floor
South west facing walled and lawned rear garden with mature trees
Double garage and generous secure off-street parking

Almery Garth, Marygate Lane, York, YO30 7BJ
Almery Garth is a glorious mid 18th century period house dating from about 1745, standing on part of the grounds formerly belonging to the Almonry of St Mary’s Abbey, from which it takes its name. Once part of a much larger house, Almery Garth nevertheless is a substantial house of some 3800 sq ft and is listed Grade II. It occupies a very special and discreet position off Marygate, just minutes from the City centre and a walk through the botanical Museum Gardens past the medieval ruins of St Mary’s Abbey, to all the facilities of York.

Of architectural interest there is an abundance, from the glorious bays in the drawing room and bedroom above, to the plasterwork, fluted door cases and lovely period fireplaces. There are working shutters to both the drawing room and library. A modern kitchen with an Aga and limestone floor, three recently installed new bath/shower rooms and cloakroom wc, have brought the house to the level of comfort owed to such a gem.

Freehold for sale

•Superbly located and secluded York town house in a walled garden providing a setting rivalled by few houses in York
•Glorious south west facing principal rooms with period features retained
•Hand-built kitchen with 4-oven Aga and limestone floor
•Fine door cases with brass furniture
•Delicate staircase, open fireplaces and working shutters
•Double garage and secure off-street parking for at least three cars
•An absolute gem amongst York’s historic Georgian housing stock

Outside
The main front door stands on Marygate Lane, next to Little Garth, of which Almery Garth once formed a part. So discreet is the approach that you might walk past, unaware that behind lies one of York’s most special houses. The garden faces south west. It is almost 50 yards deep and 20 yards wide, with a substantial York Stone terrace approached from all rooms on the ground floor of the house. At the far end of the garden is the double garage. In addition there is gated parking with coal and log stores and a small gravelled area of garden to the west.

Mainly lawned, the walled garden is of an unusually generous size for a town house. There are a number of mature trees including a fine horse chestnut, laburnum, a splendid magnolia, yew, cherry, acer, various hollies and a walnut tree.

Almery Garth is a country house in the city.

Environs
Marygate is an historic York street that slopes south towards the river Ouse. The principal shopping streets of York are a few minutes’ stroll through Museum Gardens. The railway station and a number of independent schools also lie within easy walking distance.

York city centre ¼ mile, London is less than 2 hours by train

Services
All mains services

Fixtures and fittings
Fitted carpets, curtains, blinds and wall lights are the only items to be included in the sale.

Local authority
City of York 01904 551550

Directions
The entrance is on Marygate Lane.