Mill Lane, Topcliffe, Thirsk, North Yorkshire

The property
This handsome red brick period house has Grade II listed status and sits in a picturesque rural position just outside of the village of Topcliffe. The property offers three levels of attractive accommodation including five bedrooms, two office/studies and four flexible reception rooms. These include the comfortable sitting room with the addition of a new log burner and the 26ft dining room, which are adjoined in a semi open-plan layout by a squared archway. Both rooms have painted wooden floorboards and timber beams overhead, as well as sash windows welcoming plenty of natural light, while the sitting room features a brick-built fireplace with a woodburning stove.

Also, on the ground level is a snug, offering further space in which to relax, plus an open-plan kitchen and breakfast area. The kitchen itself features farmhouse-style units, limestone tiled flooring a central island, oil Aga and Siemens Induction hob, while the breakfast area has Yorkshire flagstone flooring and a door opening onto a terrace and front garden.

There are four double bedrooms on the first floor, three of which are of similar proportions, while the principal bedroom has its own large dressing room and an en suite bathroom. Also on the first floor there is a shower room, while the second floor provides a further three generous double bedrooms, plus a family bathroom.

Outside
At the entrance to the property there is a driveway which leads around the gardens to the side of the house into small orchard area with fruit trees and parking area for multiple vehicles, with access to the single garage, potting shed and garden store. Also, a brick building housing the water pump. The garden is southeast-facing and includes a patio area and a lawn, with walled and hedgerow borders and various shrubs, flowering perennials and mature trees.

Location
The property is set in a rural position just outside the village of Topcliffe and within easy reach of the small market town of Thirsk. Topcliffe has various everyday amenities to include a post office with village store, two pubs, a doctor’s surgery, a church, a village hall and the well-renowned Crab & Lobster Restaurant and Crab Manor.

The charming town of Thirsk offers further shops and supermarkets, a variety of restaurants, pubs and cafés and a bustling market square. The area is well served by schools for children of all ages. Topcliffe has a primary school, while independent schooling is available at Queen Mary’s School, Cundall Manor, Aysgarth and Ripon Grammar School.

The area is well connected by road, with the A61 providing easy access to the A1, while Thirsk’s mainline station, six miles away, provides services towards York and onwards to London Kings Cross, in under 2.5 hours.

There are many walks in the surrounding area, along the River Swale as well as in the Yorkshire Dales and North Yorkshire Moors, both within easy reach.