Entrance Hall Sitting Room Dining Room

Kitchen Boot Room/Utility Cloakroom

Three Bedrooms Bathroom

Lovely Mature Garden Stone Outbuilding Parking

Adjacent School with Planning Consent for Conversion
to a 2/3 bedroom detached dwelling

Description

The increasingly popular village of Cropton lies at the foot of the North York Moors, a superb location for great walks and good views. The National Park boundary divides the village and the property lies just outside the Park. Cropton is a short car journey away from the market towns of Kirkbymoorside and Pickering where a good choice of every day amenities and recreational facilities are at hand.

Cropton’s former village school dates back to 1874 and is a fine stone building with many of its original features still intact, including a lovely arched mullion window with stained glass features and date stone at the front of the building. Planning permission was granted in September 1999 for conversion of the old school into a residential dwelling and whilst this is a complete restoration project, the sub-floor, electricity supply and drainage requirements for the development are already in place.

Behind the old school is The School House, a detached stone and pantile property which has been modernised and improved within recent years to create a comfortable family home in an attractive village setting. Still, there are many traditional features including stripped pine doors, quarry tiled floors, and a country kitchen with hand crafted units, solid oak worktops and Belfast sink. The kitchen enjoys a lovely outlook across a very private rear garden. Coupled with oil fired central heating, there is a wood burning stove in the sitting room and open fire in the dining room.

In summary, an excellent ‘Grand Designs’ opportunity without having to rough it while the work gets done!

Accommodation

The School House

Ground Floor

Entrance Hall: Quarry tiled floor. Single panel radiator. Coat hooks. Staircase to first floor.

Sitting Room: 12’10” x 11’11”. Wood burning stove set on stone hearth with stone surround and brick inlay. Double panel radiator. Television aerial point.

Dining Room: 12’8” x 11’11”. Victorian style fireplace with cream painted surround and open grate. Double panel radiator. Telephone point.

Kitchen: 15’6” x 7’11”. A country style kitchen with hand crafted cupboards and drawers with oak worktops and Belfast sink on brick plinth. ‘Stoves’ electric oven with gas hob set in recess with shelf above. ‘Mistral’ oil fired central heating boiler. Integrated refrigerator. Quarry tiled floor. Double panel radiator.

Inner Lobby: Single panel radiator.

Cloakroom: Wash hand basin. Low flush wc. Quarry tiled floor.

Boot Room/Utility: 11’3” x 8’10”. Belfast sink with hot and cold taps. Plumbing for washing machine. Single panel radiator. Original washing copper. Stable door to rear garden.

First Floor

Bedroom 1: 12’7” x 11’10”. Exposed floorboards. Single panel radiator. Feature fireplace. Two wall light points.

Bedroom 2: 12’ x 8’7”. Single panel radiator. Feature fireplace.

Bedroom 3: 13’3” x 8’1” (sloping ceilings) Airing cupboard housing lagged hot water cylinder and immersion heater. Double panel radiator.

Bathroom: 10’1” x 9’1” max. Free standing ball and claw bath with hand held shower attachment. Corner cubicle with shower unit and mosaic style contemporary tiling. Low flush wc. Pedestal wash hand basin. Radiator and heated towel rail. Access to roof void.

The School

Classroom 1: 32’8” x 18’2”

Classroom 2: 18’1” x 13’10” Lovely arched window with stained glass features. Original main entrance door.

Back Porch: 8’2” x 8’6”.

Outside

The former School fronts the village street and has a small area of amenity space for garden. A private drive leads to The School House which stands well back from the road and has parking in front for several vehicles. Footpath access down the side of The School House leads into a lovely private garden, not overly cultivated but with planted beds and shrubberies, gravelled paths, lawn and an ancient apple tree taking centre stage. Included in the garden is a useful, fully renovated Outbuilding of stone and pantile construction measuring 16’2” x 5’7” approx. The garden is contained within stone wall boundaries and there is gated access out onto a Green Lane which runs the length of the village.

General Information

Services: Mains water and electricity are connected. Drainage to septic tank. Oil fired central heating to The School House. Telephone connection subject to the usual British Telecom regulations.

Council Tax: We are informed by Ryedale District Council that The School House falls in band D.

Tenure: We are advised by the Vendors that the property is freehold and that vacant possession will be given upon completion.

Local Authority: Ryedale District Council, Ryedale House, Old Malton Road, Malton, YO17 7HH. Tel: 01653 600666

Planning: Planning permission was granted on 2nd September 1999 for change of use of the village school to form a dwelling Application No. 99/00709/FUL.

Plans: Copies of the approved Plans can be viewed at the Agents Pickering Office and are also available upon request in pdf format for those with email facilities.

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

Price Guide: £498,000

Note: Garden ornaments, garden furniture etc., are expressly excluded from the sale.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

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