Features

The Longhouse
Entrance Porch Kitchen/Breakfast Room Dining Room
Snug Large Sitting Room with Vaulted Ceiling
Three Bedrooms (all with En Suite facilities)

86A Westgate
Entrance Hall Shower Room/Sauna Kitchen/Breakfast Room
Sitting Room Dining Room
Ground Floor Bedroom with En Suite Shower Room
Studio/Workshop Store Room
Two First Floor Bedrooms (both with En Suite facilities)
Outside Laundry Room Double Length Garage plus Ample Parking
Good Size Lawned Garden with Fruit Trees and Paved Terrace

Description
The Longhouse, 86 Westgate, Pickering comprises an impressive stone and pantile property and as the name suggests, is a former longhouse, dating back to circa 1650. Longhouses were traditonally built to accommodate both family and cattle at different ends of a single range of buildings with a common access to both the house and byre. This particular property is featured alongside similar longhouses in Ryedale in the book entitled ‘Houses of the North York Moors’, published by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England.
Over the years the property has been sympathetically restored to become a comfortable home, full of character with magnificent old beams, exposed stonework, stone flagged floors and Yorkshire sliding sash windows. In 1995, redundant farm buildings to the rear were converted into a completely separate dwelling, known as 86A Westgate, beyond which is a sizeable garden offering a good degree of privacy. Again, this property has many features as well as all the comforts of modern day living. The current owners reside in 86A and The Longhouse generates an additional income by way of holiday lets. If, however, an extended family wanted to live independently but side-by-side, this might just be the ticket.

The Longhouse
Ground Floor

Kitchen: 28' 3" max x 12' 9". Traditional style base units with natural wood work surfaces above, incorporating Belfast sink with chrome mixer tap and wood drainer to one side. Plumbing for washing machine. ‘Hygena’ four ring gas hob. ‘Smeg’ four ring gas range with extractor over. Exposed stone and brickwork. Telephone point. Double panel radiator. Connecting door to Snug. Door to:

Dining Room: 15' 1" x 17' 1" including staircase. Traditional Yorkshire range by Ralph Yates & Son of Malton. Exposed beams and stone work. Double panel radiator. Window seat. Staircase to first floor with understairs storage.

Snug: 13' 2" x 12' 11". Open fire with polished wood surround cast iron and tiled inlay with stone hearth. Stone flagged floor. Double panel radiator. Window seat. Television aerial point. Exposed beams and brick work.

Front Entrance Lobby: Tiled floor. Electric meters.

Sitting Room: 17' 7" x 17' 11". Open to the eaves with magnificent exposed beams. Ceiling panelling and stonework. ‘Dover’ multi fuel stove standing on stone hearth with timber lintel above. Double glazed patio doors to rear. Two window seats. Two double panel radiators.

First Floor

Landing: Double panel radiator. Airing cupboard housing hot water cylinder and cold water storage tank.

Bedroom 1: 16' 1" x 13' 3". Double panel radiator.

En Suite Bathroom: Comprising panel bath with ‘Mira’ shower over, pedestal wash hand basin, and low flush wc. Double panel radiator. Wall tiling to half height. Shaver socket and light.

Bedroom 2: 12' 4" x 10' 7". Double panel radiator.

En Suite Shower Room: Comprising shower cubicle, pedestal wash hand basin and low flush wc. Double panel radiator. Shaver point.

Bedroom 3: 13' x 7' 11". Double panel radiator.

En Suite Shower Room: Comprising shower cubicle, pedestal wash hand basin and low flush wc.

86A Westgate
This property has secondary double glazing to all south facing rooms and comprises:

Ground Floor

Entrance Hall: Double panel radiator.

Inner Hall: Staircase to first floor with understairs storage area. Exposed stonework. Single panel radiator.

Shower Room / Sauna: Fully tiled shower cubicle with ‘Triton’ power shower. Double panel radiator. Low flush wc. Wash hand basin. Shaver socket with light. Sauna.

Kitchen: 14' 5" x 11' 5". Good range of pine fronted wall and base cupboards with work surfaces over and incorporating single drainer stainless steel sink unit with mixer tap. Integrated ‘Creda’ gas oven with four ring gas hob over and extractor hood above. Integrated dishwasher, refrigerator and separate freezer. Plumbing for washing machine. Quarry tiled floor. Double wooden doors to rear garden. Double panel radiator.

Sitting Room: 18' 8" x 12'. 'Franco Belge' multi fuel stove set on stone hearth with brick fire surround. French doors with bevelled glass opening out to the rear garden. Exposed stone work and beams. Double panel radiator. Internal door the stained glass features leading to:-

Dining Room: 17' 3" x 13' 6". Stone flagged floor. Vaulted ceiling with exposed beams. Stable door to outside. Two double panel radiators. Turned staircase to first floor.

Bedroom 3: 12' 11" x 13' 9". Double panel radiator.

En Suite Shower Room: Comprising: Shower cubicle. Wash hand basin. Low flush wc. Single panel radiator.

Studio / Workshop: 14' 1" x 11' 6". Belfast sink set on a brick plinth with cold water tap and 'Triton' instant water heater. Two velux windows. Exposed stone work and beams. Stone window sills. Connecting door to:

Store Room: 9' 1" x 7' 6". Plus internal storage. Roof void access and two doors to outside.

First Floor

Galleried Landing: 17' 6" x 7' 8". This space creates a useful office and sitting area looking down into the dining room. Two velux windows. Single panel radiator.

Bedroom 1: 12' 1" x 12' 8". Double panel radiator. Exposed stone work. Wash hand basin in pine vanity unit.

En Suite Bathroom: White suite comprising: Half sized bath. Low flush wc. Double panel radiator.

The staircase from the Inner Hall leads to:

Bedroom 2: 14' x 11' 7". With velux window. Double panel radiator. Exposed beams. Access to roof void. Airing cupboard housing lagged hot water cylinder.

En Suite Bathroom: White suite comprising: Half size bath. Wash hand basin. Low flush wc. Shaver socket and light. Velux window. Eaves storage. Wall mounted 'Potterton' gas central heating boiler.

Outside
Laundry Room: 5' 11" x 7' 1". Fitted with a good range of wall and base cupboards incorporating single drainer sink unit with mixer tap. Plumbing for washing machine. Single panel radiator.

Intergral Garage: 33' depth x 12' 7" width. Double wood doors at the front and to the rear power connected. There is car parking and turning area in front of the garage.

Garden: The properties are arranged in a horseshoe shape around a central gravelled area where there are planted containers, climbers, a fig tree and an old well covered for safety by a wrought iron grill. The main garden is situated to the rear of 86A and comprises a large lawned area contained within stone wall and fence boundaries, edged with established borders. There are apple, pear and plum trees, a timber framed garden shed and greenhouse.

General Information

Services: Both properties have mains water, electricity and gas connected. Connection to mains drains. Telephone connections subject to the usual British Telecom regulations. Gas central heating to both properties.

Council Tax: We are informed by Ryedale District Council that both properties fall in band D.

Tenure: We are informed by the Vendors that the properties are freehold and that vacant possession will be given upon completion.

Viewing Arrangements: Strictly by prior appointment through the Agents Messrs Rounthwaite & Woodhead Market Place, Pickering.
Tel: 01751 472800

Price Guide: L595,000 for the whole.

Note: All garden ornaments, troughs, planted containers etc. are specifically excluded from the sale.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

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