Property description

‘The perfect package’

A beautifully extended family house with large gardens, paddocks, outbuildings and far reaching views.

Entrance hall, downstairs WC, utility room, open plan kitchen/breakfast area flowing into the living room with a wood burner, larder, dining room, sitting room with stone fire place with doors opening out onto the front garden, home office/study.

Master bedroom with ensuite bathroom, three further double bedrooms, two single bedrooms and family bathroom.

Mature and well timbered gardens with sweeping lawns, woodland and railed paddocks, pond, water features, summer house, workshop, vegetable garden, green house, stables, store, barn, double garage, boot room and tool shed.

Just over 2 acres.

Freehold for sale

Appealing period features including exposed ceiling timbers, fireplaces, wood burner and cottage doors  
South facing main reception rooms opening directly onto the front landscaped garden 
Peter Thompson Kitchen/breakfast area with bespoke burr oak cupboards and granite surfaces opening directly into dining area and living room with wood burner
Principal bedroom with ensuite, plus three double bedrooms, two singles and family bathroom
Lovely gardens and paddocks surrounding the house backing onto open countryside
Ideal location between York, A1 and Harrogate

The house has a varied history and may in part date from the 19th Century. It was extended in the early 1900s, and further extensions and a linked barn conversion have been added in more recent years. It is a family home with an abundance of light throughout the reception rooms, with open fires and period surrounds. This home is full of character and charm. 

Situated within easy reach of York, Wetherby, A1 and Harrogate, Red Cottage enjoys an enviable location. 
 
Outside
The house has a corner location and is approached to the rear via a gated driveway leading to a double garage, ample hard parking, stables, barn and workshops. The front of the house is accessed via a gated driveway through mature landscaped gardens.

Beyond to both front and rear lie railed paddocks, extending to approximately just over 2 acres, with water troughs and a stretch of mature woodland. 

Environs
Red Cottage lies in a village location some 8 miles west of York. The village has an Anglican church (All Saints), a primary school and a public house, the Sun Inn. 
There is also a Village Hall and playing fields, home to the two cricket teams. St Peters, Bootham and The Mount schools in York are easily accessed for daily attendance. There are local rail connections at Kirk Hammerton and Cattal as well as the East Coast main line in York

York 7½ miles, A1 and Wetherby 6 miles, Harrogate 14 miles, Leeds 18 miles (distances approximate)


Services:
Mains water, electricity and drainage 

Directions:
Turn north off the B1224 at the crossroads in Long Marston village onto Tockwith Road. Red Cottage is the last house on the right hand side on the corner with Atterwith Lane. The vehicular entrance is round the corner on Atterwith Lane.