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Highwood House, Moor Lane, Gilling East, York, YO62 4HR

PROPERTY TYPE

Country House

BEDROOMS

6

BATHROOMS

6

SIZE

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TENURE
Describes how you own a property. There are different types of tenure - freehold, leasehold, and commonhold.Read more about tenure in our glossary page.

Freehold

Key features

  • OUTSTANDING MODERN COUNTRY HOUSE
  • SUPERLATIVE RURAL SETTING
  • FAMILY HOME OVER 11,000 SQFT
  • LIFESTYLE PROPERTY
  • 6 BEDROOMS
  • 6 BATHROOMS
  • 6 RECEPTION ROOMS
  • LEISURE SUITE
  • UNINTERRUPTED VIEWS OF ROLLING HILLS
  • EXCELLENT ACCESSIBILITY

Description

NEARBY

Helmsley 6 miles, Malton 12 miles, York 18 miles, Leeds Bradford Airport 48 miles (all distances are approximate).

ACCOMMODATION

Lower Ground Floor:

Leisure Suite: Swimming Pool with scenic views, Gym, and Plant Room.
Games Room, Cinema Room with Bar, Air-Conditioned Wine Store.

Ground Floor:

Entrance Hall, 4 Reception Rooms, Home Office, Kitchen/Breakfast Room, Range of Domestic Offices, Catering Kitchen, Staircase Hall, Cloakroom/w.c.

First Floor:

Principal Bedroom Suite with Dressing Room and Bathroom, 2 Further Bedrooms with En-Suite Bathrooms.
Guest Bedroom Suite: 3 Bedrooms with En-Suite Bathrooms.

Outbuildings:

Secure Integral Three-Car Garage with Underfloor Heating beneath a Porcelain Tiled Floor and Silvelox Electric Doors, Belfast Sink and Storage.

Barn with Office, w.c, Garage for Garden Machinery with Electric Doors, Store.

Animal/Field Shelter with Power and Water.
Greenhouse with Power and Water.

Outside:

Landscaped Gardens and Grounds, Paddock.
Triple Garage Block.
In all 2.85 acres.

INTRODUCTION

Highwood House is elevated and surrounded by the rolling countryside of the Howardian Hills, enjoying a position and backdrop that few country houses can match. Originally constructed of dressed stone circa 2010, recent improvements by the current owners have led to the creation of a family home that extends more than 11,000 sq ft and presents boundless luxury in a rural setting. Its bespoke interiors offer a bold and sophisticated aesthetic rarely equalled in this prestigious corner of North Yorkshire.

The multi-faceted leisure suite features a pool house with a living sedum roof and sliding glass doors that, when open, create the illusion of an external pool area; alongside is the terrace with an outdoor kitchen positioned to enjoy all-encompassing views.

Highwood House relishes its privacy but is conveniently located just a mile outside an historic and highly regarded village, some half an hour’s drive from York.

· Outstanding, modern country house in a superlative rural setting

· Family home of nearly 11,300 sqft

· Lifestyle property ideal for entertaining with all-encompassing leisure suite

· Self-contained guest wing extending to 1,435 sqft

· High-functioning and powered by advanced technologies

· Surrounding landscaped gardens, fenced fields, outbuildings

· Bordering green pastures and with uninterrupted views across rolling hills

· Prime North Yorkshire village in the heart of AONB Howardian Hills

· Accessible and convenient for Helmsley and York


Outside:

Automated electric cast-iron gates open to a gravelled drive with parking bays that passes in front of the house to meet an area of resin paving alongside the garages. Box hedge borders provide an elegant frontage, and a row of lavender runs alongside a low stone wall. A flight of stone steps descends to sweeping lawns fringed by a wildflower meadow with a paddock beyond. Sculptural gardens surround three sides house including a parterre on the western edge.

Every corner is beautifully designed, resplendent in all seasons, imaginatively planted with specimen shrubs and trees sourced from Spain, Italy and the Netherlands. There is an antique Italian marble fountain with lily pond, lawns and York stone terraces illuminated by lanterns, herbaceous borders and raised beds, mature native trees and both hedges and estate fencing.

Recently constructed to a bespoke design is a covered outdoor kitchen of Corten steel with a durable Dekton worktop and long bar. It shares the resin lower terrace with the pool house, creating a magnificent indoor/outdoor entertaining space with panoramic views across open countryside. There is an outside dog wash and dryer. A fenced paddock with a field shelter and separate access from Moor Lane lies on the northern side of the property. The perimeter is marked by a five bar fence.

In all 2.85 acres with an additional 1.8 acres rented informally to bring the land use total to 4.65 acres. More details of this arrangement can be made available.

ENVIRONS

Highwood House enjoys a tranquil position within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Gilling East is a charming village characterised by historic buildings and nestled in the Howardian Hills. It boasts a thriving fine-dining country inn, The Fairfax Arms, a handsome medieval church with Saxon origins and a village green; it also hosts summer fairs, village festivals, community markets and concerts.
The nearby town of Helmsley with its historic market square offers a wider range of amenities, and local gastro pubs are numerous including those with Michelin stars.

A variety of independent schools lies within reach, the closest being Terrington and Ampleforth. Gilling East is some 30-40 minutes’ drive of central York with its mainline railway station offering a regular service to London Kings Cross in under two hours. Leeds Bradford and Teesside International Airports are both about forty miles away.

SERVICES

Mains electricity, water, private drainage. Oil central heating. Underfloor wet system in all areas except dining room (electric system).
Air conditioning and heat recovery system to lower ground floor. AV - Finite Solutions smart home system including 9 cameras and a CCTV system with infra-red night vision. CAT 5 network throughout.
EPC Rating: D

LOCAL AUTHROITY

North Yorkshire Council


TENURE

We are advised that the property is freehold and that vacant possession will be granted upon legal completion.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION



DIRECTIONS

Moor Lane lies south of Gilling East. Heading up the hill, Highwood House is found on the right hand side.

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Croft Residential is a bespoke and dynamic residential estate agency and property consultancy providing principled advice across the quality Yorkshire property market. Head of  Croft Residential is Toby Cockcroft formerly of Carter Jonas and Savills who has over 15 years track record of delivering successful property transactions throughout Yorkshire.

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