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Highwood House, Gilling East, York

PROPERTY TYPE

House

BEDROOMS

6

BATHROOMS

6

SIZE

11,277 sq ft

1,048 sq m

TENURE
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Freehold

Key features

  • Outstanding, modern country house in a superlative rural setting
  • Family home of nearly 11,300 sq ft
  • Lifestyle property ideal for entertaining with all-encompassing leisure suite
  • Self-contained guest wing extending to 1,435 sq ft
  • 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

Description

Luxurious modern country house in an extraordinarily beautiful Howardian Hills setting.

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.

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Entrance hall, 4 reception rooms, home office, kitchen/breakfast room, range of domestic offices, catering kitchen, staircase hall, cloakroom/wc, principal bedroom suite with dressing room and bathroom, 2 further bedrooms with en suite bathrooms
Guest Bedroom suite: 3 bedrooms with en suite bathrooms
Leisure suite: Games room, cinema room with bar, wc, wine store, gym, swimming pool, plant room
Triple garage block, barn, animal/field shelter, greenhouse
Landscaped gardens and grounds, paddock

In all 2.85 acres

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.

2.85 acres in all 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 - Helmsley 6 miles, Malton 12 miles, York 18 miles, Leeds Bradford Airport 48 miles

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.

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, wc, garage for garden machinery with electric doors, store
Animal/field shelter with power and water.
Greenhouse with power and water.

General - Tenure: Freehold
EPC Rating: D
Services & Systems: 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.
Fixtures & Fittings: Only those mentioned in these sales particulars are included in the sale. All others, such as fitted carpets, curtains, light fittings, garden ornaments etc., are specifically excluded but may be made available by separate negotiation.
Viewing: Strictly by appointment
Local Authority: North Yorkshire Council AONB
Directions: Moor Lane lies south of Gilling East on Moor Lane. Heading up the hill, Highwood House can be found on the right hand side. What3words ///bounty.majoring.muscular

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PARKINGDetails of how and where vehicles can be parked, and any associated costs.Read more about parking in our glossary page.
Yes
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Yes
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Blenkin & Co is probably the most successful high profile independent estate agent in York. From our offices in Bootham, central York, we handle residential property sales across York, North Yorkshire, the East Riding and further afield, and have an outstanding track record that has endured for decades. Our portfolio includes multi-million pound country houses, townhouses, city apartments, boutique new developments and rural cottages. 

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We offers a Lettings & Management service that is closely aligned with our sales service and is successfully raising expectations of service and outcome across the industry. Blenkin & Co Lettings has built a superb portfolio of properties across city, country and coast ranging from country houses, town houses, coastal cottages and city centre apartments. Lettings Manager, Jennifer Marsden, is dividing her time between Blenkin & Co's York office and her Landrover Discover 'Mobile Command Centre' that traverses every corner of Yorkshire.

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Blenkin & Co has successfully sold some of Yorkshire's finest property over the last 30 years.  We know our values and can back up all advice with hard evidence. The hallmark of Blenkin & Co is our fully bespoke service that is designed to meet the particular needs of individual clients.  Managing Director Edward Hartshorne has assembled a team of intelligent professionals able to handle every aspects of the sales and marketing service, including the all-important sales progression.  We never delegate to office juniors.

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