Hall 4 Reception Rooms Kitchen with Breakfast Room

2 Cloakrooms Study Laundry Domestic Offices

6 Bedrooms Dressing room 3 Bathrooms

East Wing with
Single bedroom flat Study Boot Room

2 Bedroom Lodge

Stable Block and Garaging Further Outbuildings

Landscaped part walled garden

About 66 Acres

SITUATION
Kingthorpe House is situated some 3 miles north of Pickering, 25 miles from Teesside, 20 miles from the historic city of York, 40 miles from the financial centre of Leeds and 45 miles from Harrogate.

There are excellent local shopping facilities in Pickering.

HISTORY
Kingthorpe’s House mentioned in Sir Nikolaus Pevsner’s Buildings of England can be traced to an entry in the Doomday Book in 1086. In 1681 Kingthorpe passed to Richard Fothergill whose family over the next 250 years developed the present house until sold to Yarburgh Lloyd Graeme in 1932 when improvements were made with the help of leading architect Francis Johnson of Bridlington. In 1966 Richard Rowntree purchased Kingthorpe House where he lived for 30 years until sold to the present owners.

PROPERTY
Kingthorpe House is an exceptional Grade II country house approached through a fine stone entrance with eagles mounted on pillars. There is an oval sweep to the front door and entrance is gained to the main accommodation through the porch into a reception hall leading out to the garden.

The main reception rooms feature charming interiors by Rupert Forbes Adams and other features include fireplaces, dado rails, cornicing and other refinements one would expect in a stylish country house. The drawing room is elegant with bookshelves and drinks cupboard, decorative fireplace with marble slips and west facing windows with seats. The cloakroom conveniently connects with an outside door. The morning room looks south over the landscaped gardens through a lovely bay window. There is also a fine open fireplace and chimney piece.
The sitting room mirrors the morning room on the opposite side of the hallway, also with a bay and wood burning stove. The dining room is well placed with moulded panelling and stylish Trompe L'oeil artistry. The kitchen connects as does the inner hall to the breakfast room with efficient wood burning stove. The usual domestic rooms front the courtyard to the east and include:- boot room, laundry, cloakroom and water room.

In the East Wing the study looks over the courtyard with oil store, lobby, wash room and workshop with outside access. Further back stairs rise to the flat.

A beautiful staircase with a lovely hand rail and ballusters rise to the half landing with a Venetian window looking north. The second flight rises to the landing which leads to three principle bedrooms an en-suite bathroom and dressing room with attic room over.

An inner landing leads to three further bedrooms, two bathrooms and a box room. The East Wing interconnects and has a landing, fine sitting room, bedroom and bathroom. From the inner landing a short staircase rises to the attic with five rooms, all tidily presented.

Stone steps (down?) from the hallway turn to a wonderful wine cellar with a vaulted ceiling and access to the old ice house

A second entrance from the lane leads to a gravelled yard which leads to the back door and provides ample parking. A Fine coach house and stable building attractively constructed in stone includes a range of stables and stores, a tack room and garaging for three motor cars.
Behind there is an open plan timber stable building and further outbuildings including additional stables and piggeries, horsebox and tractor store. There is an optional horse walker, kennels and run and close to the back entrance a charming curved range of domestic stores.

GARDENS AND GROUNDS
The oval carriage sweep is boarded by lawns overlook rolling parkland including a beautiful copper beech and selected mature trees. The side gardens extend past the greenhouse to south facing landscapes gardens which include a central graveled path with borders, shrubs, miniature trees and an ornamental pond. The gardens are partly walled and bordered by rhododendron and at the south end a marble archway and gate open into the south facing parkland.

KINGTHORPE LODGE
The lodge house is a charming two bedrooms single storey house with sitting room kitchen and bathroom. There is a garage and the property is surrounded by a well tendered garden.

GENERAL
Services The property is connected to mains electricity. There is a private water supply and heating is by oil fired boiler. The private water supply is pumped at Kingthorpe house to provide water for other properties also. Drainage is to a private system.

Shooting Rights Shooting rights are included over Kingthorpe House.

Tenure Freehold with vacant possession upon completion.

Fixtures and fittings Only fixtures and fittings specifically mentioned in the particulars are included in the sale otherwise any garden ornaments, curtains, carpets and other fixtures and fittings may be available subject to separate negotiation.

Wayleaves, Easements and Rights of Way The sale is subject to all rights of support, public and private rights of way, water, light, drainage and other easements, quasi-easements and wayleaves, all or any other like rights, whether mentioned in these particulars or not.

Listed Building Kingthorpe House is a listed building for historic or architectural interest Grade II.

Notes Electrical and other appliances mentioned in the sale particulars have not been tested by the Agents, therefore prospective purchasers must satisfy themselves as to their working order.

DIRECTIONS
From Pickering, take the Whitby Road and proceed for approximately 2 miles. On passing a belt of woodland there is a turning onto a charming lane on the right hand side, identified by a red letterbox. Continue for approximately 1 mile and imposing stone pillars mounted by eagles mark the entrance which will be found on the corner on the right hand side.

Viewings strictly by appointment through Strutt & Parker or Rounthwaite & Woodhead.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Messrs Rounthwaite & Woodhead for themselves and their vendors and lessors whose agents they are give notice that these particulars are produced in good faith, set out as a general guide only and do not constitute any part of a contract. No person employed by Messrs Rounthwaite & Woodhead has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatsoever in relation to this property. The dimensions in the sales particulars are approximate only and the accuracy of any description cannot be guaranteed. Reference to machinery, services and electrical goods does not indicate that they are in good or working order. All reference to prices and rents etc. exclude VAT which may apply in some cases.