Main Street, Wilberfoss, York, East Yorkshire, YO41

A handsome Edwardian Arts and Crafts home with a stunning contemporary extension, offering stylish family living in immaculate surroundings.

Description

Foss House is a striking Edwardian Arts and Craft home, beautifully complemented by a contemporary extension and presented to an exceptional standard throughout. Rich in character and original features, the property seamlessly blends timeless architectural elegance with modern design to create a truly distinctive family home.

Symmetrical in its design, the welcoming central hallway sets the tone for the accommodation with its original tiled floors. To one side lies an elegant formal sitting room, featuring a magnificent bay window and striking fireplace, while opposite, a charming dining room showcases an eye-catching tiled floor, a further bay window and an adjoining study, ideal for home working.

Undoubtedly the heart of the home is the stunning open-plan kitchen and family room. Enhanced by beautiful parquet flooring from the Old Post Sorting Office, this impressive space is flooded with natural light from an extensive array of windows and bi-fold doors opening onto the garden. Sleek matt-finish handleless cabinetry is complemented by a generous central island, creating a stylish and practical environment for everyday living and entertaining. A range of integrated appliances provides modern convenience, while a superb utility room offers additional storage and houses an Aga range cooker. A rear hall with boot room and guest WC further enhances the functionality of the home. A ground-floor bedroom provides valuable flexibility, whether for guests, multi-generational living or additional workspace.

The first floor offers four well-proportioned bedrooms, all filled with natural light and several benefiting from attractive period fireplaces and useful built-in storage. A luxurious wet room features a walk-in shower and dramatic full-height window, while a stylish family bathroom and separate WC serve the remaining bedrooms.

Outside, the property is set within beautifully maintained private gardens, enclosed by mature hedging and complemented by level lawns. A paved terrace extends directly from the family room, creating a seamless transition between inside and out and providing an ideal setting for outdoor entertaining and al fresco dining.

There are two garages, a potting shed, log store and another store which offers excellent storage. Leading from the main street is a gravelled driveway leading to ample off-street parking.

Location

Wilberfoss village boasts a general store/post office, church, public house and butcher. There is an active community with an annual duck race and a popular scarecrow festival, the local community centre hosts a number of activities, sports and fitness classes as well as arts and theatre groups. The Pavilion Bar and Bistro is on the edge of the village with playing fields hosting the local football club, tennis and archery.

Wilberfoss is a fantastic location and is well connected to the A166 to the coast, A64 and A1079, which provides connections to Hull, York and Leeds.

The village is well serviced by a regular bus route to York city centre and there is a local primary school (Academy) and a children’s nursery within the village. The nearest secondary school is at Pocklington – Woldgate School and Sixth Form (Academy).

There are independent schools available in York; The Mount, Bootham and St. Peters. Pocklington School is a well-regarded private school taking pupils from ages 4–18 years and Queen Margaret's School for Girls is about 11.5 miles.

Pocklington market town (5 miles) is close to hand offering a wider range of amenities, cafes, restaurants, a health centre, dentist, leisure centre, cinema, post office, banks and supermarkets. There are also tennis, football, rugby and a cricket club. Kilnwick Percy Resort and Golf Club is situated just outside the town. The nearby villages of Stamford Bridge (3.6 miles) and Dunnington (5 miles) provide a range of shops and services including post office, convenience store, hairdressers, primary schools, public houses and coffee shop. Along with sports facilities including a gym at Dunnington. Elvington (4.3 miles) has a village shop, primary school, church, hairdresser, doctors surgery and sports club along with a pub and an active village hall with a variety of clubs and groups.

Monks Cross and The Vanguard shopping centre are about 10 miles away and offer extensive shopping including a flagship Marks and Spencer and various supermarkets. York Leisure Centre at Monks Cross offers gym facilities, swimming pool and a sports hall with a Clip N Climb arena.

York City Centre has a railway station and racecourse, not to mention theatres, restaurants and shops. York’s mainline railway station offers regular services to major cities including Manchester, Edinburgh and London with some journeys taking less than two hours to make the journey to Kings Cross. 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.

Please note all distances and times are approximate.

Square Footage: 2,829 sq ft