Property description

Remarkably handsome listed house on village green with separate cottage

Entrance hall, garden room, kitchen breakfast room with Aga, larder, utility, wc, dining room, sitting room, study, family room, wine cellar
Master bedroom suite with dressing room and bathroom, bedroom with en suite shower room, 2 further first floor bedrooms, house bathroom
2 second floor bedrooms, bathroom, playroom
Detached cottage, gardens and grounds totalling some 4.4 acres

Low Royd must surely be one of North Yorkshire’s best kept secrets. It is a property of particular charm facing the broad village green and right at the heart of a much-loved village in the Harrogate District of North Yorkshire. Built of traditional brick and cobble construction under a pantile and Yorkshire slate roof, its traditional character has been sympathetically retained. The current owners have in recent years, however, skilfully modernised and extended the property, adding a large south facing extension to provide modern living on a grand scale.

Freehold for sale

•The house fronts the green in a Conservation area
•17th century origins with deep inglenooks, ceiling timbers, Yorkshire lights, casement windows
•The kitchen breakfast room and garden room face south and west over the gardens
•The Secret Drawer company of Ilkley installed the kitchen which includes a 4-over Aga and in-built Miele coffee machine
•The main house is spread over three floors and extends to nearly 4000 sq. ft.
•The cottage annexe has been cleverly converted from an original outbuilding and provides excellent ancillary accommodation
•Set in 4.4 acres of formal gardens, orchard and paddock
•Perfect location with easy access to York, Harrogate and A1

Outside
The house is accessed down a gravel drive that swings to the right of the house. A formal front garden faces the village green and lies behind a low picket fence. To the rear a sweeping lawn stretches away from the back of the house where there is an orchard, a blue bell wood, rhododendrons, formal garden beds, vegetable garden and green house. The rear orchard, serviced by electricity and water, contains a good sized garden shed and areas for chickens and pigs. In Spring the gardens proliferate with snow drops, daffodils, bluebells and tulips. Mature trees abound including oak, copper beech, sycamore and silver birch. In all some 4.4 acres.

Environs
Green Hammerton lies west of York and exactly mid-way between York and Harrogate, convenient for the shops and schools in both those major centres and a short distance too from Queen Ethelburga’s. There is a daily bus service to both town and city. This bustling and thriving village enjoys a strong community spirit and excellent amenities, including a pub, primary school, two churches, post office, a doctor’s surgery and new village hall with children’s playground , cricket club and sports field. The railway stations of Hammerton and Cattal are a few minutes’ drive away, and a variety of good local facilities, including a supermarket, can be found in the nearby market town Boroughbridge.

Harrogate 10 miles, York 10 miles, Boroughbridge 7 miles, Leeds 18 miles, A1 3 miles (Distances approximate)

Services
Mains water, electric and drainage. Heat pump fired underfloor central heating.

Local authority
Harrogate Borough 01423 500 600

Directions
From the A59 York to Harrogate road, turn right into Green Hammerton village and turn right again onto The Green. Low Royd is towards the bottom end of The Green on the left hand side, as denoted by the agents For Sale Board.