Entrance Hall
Snug, Sitting Room, Dining Room, Conservatory,
Breakfast Kitchen with Aga, Pantry, Utility Room, Shower Room
Master Bedroom with En Suite Bathroom/Dressing Room
Three Further Bedrooms, House Bathroom
Secondary Double Glazing, Oil Fired Central Heating
Garage, Ample Additional Parking, Good Sized Garden With Stream
Description
Rosedale Abbey is a most picturesque and popular moorland village in the heart of the North York Moors National Park. There is a general store, a shop selling local produce a primary school, a school bus service taking senior school children to Pickering and three Hotels/Inns in the village with a fuller range of services available from the nearby market towns of Pickering or Kirkbymoorside. Rosedale Abbey is also conveniently situated for the picturesque coastal towns of Whitby and Robin Hoods Bay.
Woodend is located on the outskirts of the village. In an elevated position it can boast some breath taking views over the valley opposite. The property originates from around 1850 and over a period of time has had a number of tastefully blended extensions to offer a generously proportioned family home. The house has a breakfast kitchen with two oven Aga and an adjoining pantry and utility room. There is a dining room that has linking double doors to a pleasant conservatory that overlooks the garden. The further two reception rooms have easterly facing windows that frame the moorland scenery beyond. There are four bedrooms and of these the master bedroom has a large en suite bathroom, dressing room.
Outside, Woodend is nestled on a plot of approximately two thirds of an acre. There is a garage, ample additional parking and turning area. There is an area of lawn, terraced York stone patios and a board/stone chippings walk throughout the upper levels of the garden that cross the beck that runs across the rear of the garden. The garden has a collection of mature shrubs and trees.
Accommodation
The property has oil fired central heating and accommodation over two floors that comprises:
Ground Floor
Vestibule: Tiled floor. Front facing window Glass panel door to:
Entrance Hall: Stairs to first floor with storage underneath. Radiator.
Sitting Room: 23’7” x 11’6”. Multifuel Charnwood stove, within a Yorkshire stone fireplace. Secondary glazed bay window with adjoining window seat facing east and to the front of the property and a second window with secondary double glazing facing north. Built in storage cupboards. Dado rail. Two double panel radiators.
Snug: 12’10” x 10’11”. Log burning stove set in a stone fireplace. Recessed shelving. Large window to the front and second window to the side overlooking the garden, both with secondary double glazing. Two double panel radiators.
Dining Room: 15’11” x 9’4”. Secondary glazed north facing window. Dado rail. Double wooden glazed doors to:
Conservatory: 11’11” x 8’11”. Double glazed windows/doors. Exposed stone wall. Tiled floor. Double panel radiator. Double glazed doors to garden.
Kitchen: 16’1” x 12’3”. Range of oak base storage units with granite effect work surfaces that incorporate a single bowl sink with mixer tap. Oil fired two plate Aga set within a recess with down lighting. Electric oven point. Two south east facing windows overlooking the garden.
Pantry: 9’9” x 6’8”. Tiled floor. Fitted shelving. Coat hanging. Small window to the rear.
Utility Room: 9’11” x 9’1”. Continuation of tiled floor. Floor standing oil fired boiler. Base units with work surfaces that incorporate a double drainer stainless steel sink. Plumbing for an automatic washing machine and dish washer. Roof void storage cupboard with light. Double glazed window and stable door facing the garden.
Garage: 17’0” x 13’4”. Currently used as a gym. Wooden double doors and personal side door. Door with access into the kitchen. Double panel radiator. Light, power and storage above in roof void with light.
Shower Room: 8’3” x 5’6”. Shower in cubicle. Low flush wc. Pedestal wash hand basin. Extractor fan. Tiled floor. Single panel radiator. West facing window.
First Floor
Landing: Roof void access. Single panel radiator. Wall lights. Dado rail, Secondary double glazed window to the front and double glazed window to the side overlooking the garden.
Bedroom One: 16’0” x 11’3”. Range of fitted bedroom furniture. Two double glazed sliding sash windows with a view of the garden and moors beyond. A double panel and a single panel radiator. Door to:
En Suite Dressing Room/ Bathroom: 13’3” x 11’7”. Free standing roll top cast iron bath with hand held shower attachment. Walk in double shower cubicle. Low flush wc. Bidet. Pedestal wash hand basin. Fitted wardrobes with mirror doors. Heated towel rail. Double panel radiator. Two double glazed windows one with moorland views and one with view of field to the side
House Bathroom: 10’5” x 9’6”. Spa corner bath with hand held attachment and shower above. Low flush wc. Bidet. Pedestal wash hand basin. Heated towel rail. Airing cupboard with pre-lagged hot water cylinder. Single panel radiator. Wall lights. Stripped wooden flooring. Wall tiled to half height and dado rail, and fully tiled to roof above bath.
Bedroom Two: 12’10” x 10’11”. Window seat. Secondary glazed window. Double panel radiator. Moorland views.
Bedroom Three: 11’9” x 10’4”. Currently used as office. Double panel radiator. Secondary glazed window with moorland views.
Bedroom Four: 9’9” x 8’8”. Double panel radiator. Secondary glazed window with view to fields
Outside
From the lane in front, there is a six bar wooden gate and cattle grid that links to a tarmac drive that rises to the property in its elevated position. The parking spaces and turning area that end this drive are surrounded by low stone wall bound shrub beds, hedging and mature trees giving an excellent degree of privacy. Walking around the garden there is a footpath that runs in front of the house with adjacent Rose Bed and mature shrubs and links to rear flagged patios. There is a stretch of lawn to the right of the house that again has fencing and mature shrubs and trees giving complete privacy and hedge boundaries to the front. Beyond the lawn is a series of flagged patio areas, an outside tap and built in barbeque, ideally suited to eating outside or relaxing with the glorious views. To the rear of the property is an area of sloping beds that are covered in spring bulbs, mature shrubs and rhododendrons with hedge bounderies. This area has a small stream crossing it from the hills and woods above and there are timber walk ways webbing across to the other side of the property. To the right of Woodend there is a couple of timber framed sheds the larger of the two having power/light and used as a workshop, an outside tap and the oil tank.
General Information
Directions: When approached from the village of Cropton, entering Rosedale Abbey take the first turning on the left, known as Chimney Bank. This hill climbs steadily for about 0.2 of a mile. Turn left in front of the White Horse Farm Hotel and continue along the track for 0.4 miles. Woodend is on the right hand side.
Services: Mains water and electricity are connected. Connection to septic tank. Telephone connection subject to the usual British Telecom regulations. Access to Broadband Oil fired central heating.
Council Tax: We are informed by Ryedale District Council that this property falls in band G.
Tenure: We are advised by the Vendors that the property is freehold and that vacant possession will be given upon completion. No Chain involved.
All carpets, wall lights and blinds included in the price
Viewing Arrangements: Strictly by prior appointment through the Agents
Messrs Rounthwaite & Woodhead, Market Place, Pickering. Telephone: 01751 472800.