High Moor Lane, Shipton By Beningbrough, York, North Yorkshire, YO30

A substantial rural house with excellent equestrian facilities, including manège, along with a wildlife pond


Description

Beechwood House is a sizeable period attached house offering well-presented and generously proportioned family-friendly accommodation arranged over two floors.

There is a generous open plan kitchen dining and living space with wood burner, which perfectly caters to modern family living and entertaining, this space enjoys an abundance of light. The large kitchen space provides good storage and plenty of preparation area with granite worktops and a range of integrated appliances and a range cooker. There is an adjoining utility room with further storage and a sink along with a separate shower room beyond.

Leading off the kitchen is a snug room with open fireplace, there are two further reception rooms with open fireplaces as well as bay windows. The sitting room benefits from a French doors opening on to the decked area with views to the pond. There is a ground floor cloakroom and boiler room which completes the accommodation on this floor.

The first floor is home to the large principal bedroom with dressing room and a separate shower room, there are three further bedrooms and a modern family bathroom.

The grounds surrounding Beechwood House are superb, with a kitchen garden area boasting raised beds, a variety of fruit, greenhouse and a covered hot tub. The current owners have recently converted the double garage to a useful home office/gym space with a kitchenette and shower room, ideal when extra guests are visiting.

To the side of the house is a wildlife pond and beyond which the current owners have created a beautiful meadow area with a variety of seating points have been established, including a summer house, with light and power, which is ideal for bird watching.

There is a stable block with rubber matting and built-in drainage, behind is an with an all-weather manège (130 x 60).

In addition, there is a sizeable timber barn and the paddocks have been separated by post and rail fencing, offering automatic water feed, as well as an additional gate access off High Moor Lane.

There is an additional 1.8 acres available by separate negotiation.

Location

Tollerton is under two miles away and is a well served village with some useful services, including an award-winning village shop/post office, doctors’ surgery, public house and a village hall with associated tennis courts and cricket club. The nearby A19 provides quick access to the market town of Thirsk (17 miles) and the wide range of shops, schools and services that it has to offer. The A19 gives direct access to York outer ring road and Rawcliffe Park and Ride (5.2 miles), nearby is the retail Park at Clifton Moor offering a range of shops, health clubs, restaurants, supermarket and cinema.

Newton on Ouse (2.3 miles) benefits from a village hall, a highly regarded local pub,

Linton on Ouse, three miles, has a primary school (Ofsted Good 2019), there is a local store, a local pub and a village hall with playing field and play area. Nearby Linton Lock has a popular cafe.

Less than three miles away is Beningbrough village, a peaceful hamlet, the parish, which includes National Trust Beningbrough Hall and Park, is bordered at the south-west by the River Ouse. Across the banks to the south is Poppleton and just to north the village of Newton on Ouse, both of which have good local facilities.

The local market town of Easingwold has a secondary school and excellent range of amenities, including several supermarkets, a doctors surgery and numerous independent shops. The private school, Cundall Manor is about 10.7 miles. There are further independent schools in York: The Mount, Bootham and St Peters.

Further afield are the Michelin starred restaurants The Star at Harome (about 24 miles) and The Black Swan, Oldstead (16 miles).

York city (7.5 miles) 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. There are a number of supermarkets in and around the city, including a Waitrose at Foss Islands Road and a large Marks and Spencer at the Vanguard Shopping Park.

York railway station has regular services to major cities including Manchester, Edinburgh and London with some journeys taking less than two hours to Kings Cross.

Please note all distances and travel times are approximate.

Square Footage: 2,365 sq ft


Acreage: 4.02 Acres