Albemarle Road, York, YO23

This Late Victorian terraced property offers the opportunity to create a wonderful family home to a new owner’s individual style and taste

Description

11 Albemarle Road is an attractive Victorian townhouse situated within the popular Mount area, offering an abundance of character and extensive accommodation over three floors. For many years the house has been a superb family home and would now benefit a programme of refurbishment.

The accommodation on the ground floor gives a perfect balance between everyday living and entertaining. The kitchen and breakfast room is ideal for family life. The property is further enhanced by two elegant reception rooms; the living room and dining room giving more formal living areas to the ground floor. There is also a bedroom with en suite, which would make a great home office.

There are three beautifully proportioned en suite bedrooms on the first floor. The second floor completes the internal accommodation with a further three double en suite bedrooms.

The property further benefits from a walled courtyard.

Location

The grand residential street of Albemarle Road runs off The
Mount, south of the city from Micklegate Bar and is part of
the Central Historic Core Conservation Area of York.

Situated only half a mile walk from Bishopthorpe Road a highly popular area of York that has won the "Great British High Street of the Year" award in 2015, as well as being voted "one of the UK's coolest places to live" by The Times. The area has a well-known parade of independent shops, café-delis, bakeries, yoga studio, supermarkets and restaurants which host regular events and festivals. Rowntree Park with café, playground, tennis and basketball courts is just a short distance from "Bishy" Road. Located beside the River Ouse is York City Rowing Club and York Pilates Space.

The property is perfectly positioned outside the city’s historic bar walls of Micklegate (about half a mile) and all the popular attractions including: York Theatre Royal, the Art Gallery, York Minster, Bettys Tea Rooms and the famous Shambles along with a range of local cafes, shops, restaurants, public houses and supermarkets.

The city boasts excellent restaurants including the award winning The Star Inn the City by Andrew Pern and the Michelin-starred restaurant, Roots, by Tommy Banks. In addition, there is Skosh by Neil Bentinck which also boasts a Michelin-star, positioned on popular Micklegate, which is about half a mile away and has a number of independent shops, pubs, cafes and hairdressers.

The well-known York Racecourse and Knavesmire are situated close by (0.2 mile).

York railway station is less than a mile away and offers regular services to major cities including Manchester, Edinburgh and London with some journeys taking less than two hours to Kings Cross. The A64 ring road is about two miles from the city centre giving access to Leeds, the A1(M) and the wider motorway.

The city offers a diverse range of primary and secondary schools including the popular Scarcroft Primary School (Academy), All Saints RC School (Ofsted Outstanding 2016) and Millthorpe School (Academy). Independent schools on offer are The Mount, St Peter's and Bootham.

Please note all distances and travel times are approximate.

Square Footage: 2,322 sq ft