Roxby House, Church Fenton

Superb property package - modern country house, annexe and land - situated between York and Leeds.

This substantial family property offers versatile accommodation arranged over three floors with a ground floor bedroom suite. Alongside is an independent two-bedroom annexe with garage. Both house and annexe are custom designed by the architect owner, constructed of bricks under a slate roof. They sit together at the edge of the village approached via a long, sweeping drive surrounded by gardens, field and paddock extending more than four acres in all. Roxby House enjoys great privacy and fine views from every window and is on the market for the first time since its construction some thirty years ago.

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House: garden room, staircase hall, kitchen/breakfast room with dining room, utility room, snug, sitting room, study, principal bedroom suite with dressing room and bathroom, 4 further bedrooms, 2 further bathrooms (1 en suite), second floor living room/games room/gym, store room
Annexe: entrance hall, kitchen/dining/living room, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
Integral double garage, detached garage, secure garden store
Landscaped gardens & grounds, field, paddock
In all 4.3 acres

Outside - Electric wrought iron gates open to the tarmacadamed drive that sweeps around the front garden and is lined with an avenue of flowering cherry trees. Here is an expanse of lawn, herbaceous borders and clipped hedging. The driveway offers generous parking/turning options in front of the integrated double garage and continues past the annexe to an additional garage and garden store. The double garage has a workshop bench, power, light, an EV charger and double electric doors. A separate gardener’s wc is also accessed directly from the garden. Landscaped gardens and grounds frame the house. A sunny paved terrace lies adjacent to the garden room, sheltered by a trellis adorned with wisteria. Abutting the house at the rear, is an enclosed courtyard garden bounded by a low hedge and fence with garden gates either side.

The enclosed paddock flanks the house on the east and connects to the large field at the rear. The large field has two points of access; one via the house driveway close to its exit on to Common Lane and a second discrete access from Sandwath Lane allowing separate access directly into the field for horseboxes, machinery, etc. The whole is enclosed with stock fencing and high mature hedges and trees, providing screening and shelter.

Environs - Tadcaster 5 miles, A1(M) 7 miles, Wetherby 13 miles, York city centre 16 miles, Leeds city centre 18 miles, Harrogate 22 miles

Church Fenton is a thriving village with a growing population, favoured by commuters due to its railway station that offers direct services to York (11 minutes) and Leeds (16 minutes). There is a primary school and nursery, a community shop with a café, a well-regarded Indian restaurant, two pubs (one a gastro pub), a village hall and historic medieval church as well as football, cricket and bowling clubs. Rapid access to York brings the independent schools within easy reach as well as Leeds city centre. Askham Bar Park & Ride is a 20-minute drive from Roxby House, providing an easy means to access the amenities of York city centre.