Property description

A beautifully restored classic mid-Victorian country house of 4000sq ft with formal gardens, railed and watered paddocks, stable block and woodland - some 14 acres. Enjoys an edge of village location with commanding views.

Entrance lobby and staircase hall, cloakroom, drawing room, sitting room, dining room, study, 30’ Mark Wilkinson kitchen with AIMS Aga, garden room, dog room/rear entrance hall, laundry, cellars

Principal bedroom suite with bathroom and dressing room, guest bedroom with bathroom, three further bedrooms and shower room on the first floor, second floor bedroom, bathroom, attic storage

Established formal gardens with lawns and mature trees, railed and watered paddocks, stable block, woodland

About 14 acres

Cawton Hall, Cawton, York YO62 4LW

Cawton Hall was built in 1863, part of the neighbouring Hovingham Estate belonging to the Worsley family. Constructed of stone elevations under a slated roof it stands on rising ground above the village, approached via a tarmacadamed drive. To the south, the countryside rises to a wooded horizon, and, the beauty is, the house owns its view.

The present owners undertook a major project to refurbish sympathetically this unique property. From the new roof to the cellars, nothing has been overlooked. Wiring, plumbing, a Mark Wilkinson kitchen, bathrooms, all have been meticulously installed; whilst none of the original features has been sacrificed. Thus the doors with brass furniture, skirtings, cornices, shutters and fine staircase are all original.

This is an excellent example of a contemporary interior within a period building, a proper house with beautifully proportioned rooms and high ceilings.

Freehold for sale

• 4000 square foot family house restored and modernised
• Six double bedrooms and four bathrooms
• Flagged hall, panelled doors, cast iron radiators and open fires
• 30’ Mark Wilkinson kitchen, AIMS Aga and matching fridge/freezer drawers
• Unspoiled edge-of-village location with commanding views
• Mature gardens with established hardwoods, flagged terraces, lawns and borders
• Railed and watered paddocks, stable block, woodland, Dutch barn
• Easy access Ampleforth, Helmsley and Malton
• Google Earth images are not up to date

Outside
The entrance is off the village road through stone pillars and up a tarmacadamed drive past a Dutch barn (owned by the propertyand with possible development potential). A secondary drive leads past the newly built stable block, with two boxes and a haystore/tackroom, and up to the fields and woodland beyond.

The main drive passes through another fine set of pillars and sweeps round to a broad parking and turning area in front of the house. A fork bears off to the left towards the back door, and the mower shed and oil tank are located hereabouts.

The house supports espalier pear trees on both east and west elevations and the garden lies principally to the south and east, with twin clipped yews overlooking a ha-ha. In front is a broad mown swathe leading south towards the paddocks, with splendid ash trees to the west. On the southern boundary is the established woodland, with a tree house, zip wire and bothy/summer house.

East of the house is a croquet lawn overhung by an impressive mature beech. A York Stone path leads along the side to a sunken garden with low walls surmounted by box hedging approached from the house through an oak lych gate from the garden room. West of the house close by the stable block is a small turn out paddock overlooked by flowering cherries.

Environs
Cawton is a principally farming community and lies between Gilling and Stonegrave with views across the valley leading the eye north towards the Moors. Malton station, with a direct link to the East Coast mainline at York, is about 10 miles east. St Martins at Gilling lies at the end of the road as does the playing fields entrance to Ampleforth College. There is a pub, The Fairfax Arms, in Gilling, and further excellent pub/restaurants in Ampleforth, Wass, and Helmsley.

York 18 miles, Malton 10 miles, Helmsley 6 miles. (Distances approximate)

Services
Mains water, electricity, private drainage.

Local authority
Ryedale District 01653 600666

Directions
In Cawton village the drive leading to the house is immediately opposite Sundial Farm and there is a For Sale sign in position.