Dere Street House, Little Holtby, Northallerton, North Yorkshire

Dere Street House is approached via a long sweeping drive leading to the house and around the side to the parking area. Large front door leads into the Hall with stripped wood floor. Both the sitting room and dining room lead off the hall. Sitting room has two large windows over looking the front of the house. Large open fireplace with ornate surrounds and stone hearth, stripped wood floor and  wall light points. Dining room has two large windows overlooking the front of the house and an open fireplace with wood carved surrounds, marble slips and tiled hearth, wall given to bookshelves, stripped wood floor. Kitchen/breakfast/family room. This is an amazing room and the heart of the house. Wide range of hand made wooden base and eyelevel units with marble work surfaces and a large central Island with granite work surface and an array of drawers and cupboards below and hanging pot rack above. Incorporated in the island is a large electric hob unit with a downdraft extractor fan and electric oven below. There is a four oven electric Aga and the floor is fully tiled. There is space for a large kitchen table and ample room for a couple of sofas and a few chairs. Back hall with door to the outside and terrace area. Further door leads to the Utility/boot room with a range of base and eye level units with worksurfaces incorporating a stainless sink unit, plumbing for a washing machine and space for a dryer. There is an excellent dog shower and a blocked fireplace with stone mantle and surrounds to one side, built-in boot store and hanging space coats etc.


Half landing with large “Georgian” window and boxed in radiator.      

First Floor:-

Bedroom 2. Strip wooden floor, 2 double built in wardrobes, open fireplace with stone mantle and surrounds and views over the front garden, en-suite bathroom with panel enclosed bath, shower cubicle, pedestal wash-handbasin, low level WC, part tiled walls and heated towel rail and under floor heating.

Bedroom 3.  Strip wooden floor, built in wardrobe and views over the front garden.

Bedroom 4. Built in wardrobe with views over the orchard at the back of the house and an en-suite shower room with shower cubicle, wash handbasin with vanity unit below, low level WC, tiled floor and heated towel rail and under floor heating.

Bedroom 5. Open fireplace with built in cupboard to one side and views over the orchard at the back of the house. Family bathroom with cast iron freestanding roll top bath, shower cubicle, pedestal wash handbasin, low level WC, heated towel rail and airing cupboard with high pressurised hot water tank.

Second floor:-

Master bedroom suite. Large bedroom with built in cupboards and leading into the dressing room with an excellent range of built in wardrobes and in turn leading through to the large en-suite bathroom with central, free standing designer bath, tiled floor, walk in shower, 2 pedestal wash handbasins, low level WC, eaves cupboards and heated towel rail and under floor heating.

Outside: -

The grounds of Dere Street House are both formal and private and a delight with well screened boundaries, large lawned areas interspersed with well stocked borders, parterre, tiled patio area for outside dining, a small wooded copse and orchard areas with abundant soft fruit trees. There are a couple of small paddocks and several wooden store sheds as well as a delightful summer house currently used as an outside office and drinks/entertaining area! To the side and end of the house there are a couple of utility and compost areas and ample parking at the back of the house as well as a large terrace off the kitchen.

Location: -
Set in a very private setting and yet close to the main transport hubs of the North with the A1 close by and the main line station of Northallerton

Dere Street House is situated in Little Holtby close to the village of Hackforth with Bedale and Northallerton close by. There are excellent doctors surgeries in both Bedale and Northallerton as well as veterinary practises. The area is home to some of Yorkshire’s best walking and cycling including routes for the Tour de Yorkshire. The Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors National Parks are on the doorstep and there are excellent local schools both state and private including Aysgarth Prep School in the nearby village of Newton-le-Willows, Queen Mary’s at Topcliffe and Cundal Manor next door as well as Barnard Castle school offering independent education for boys and girls between 8 and 18 years old.


The A1 is just over 2 miles away allowing for access to the major towns and businesses of the North East. The railway station at Northallerton is approximately 9 miles away and provides excellent access to the National Rail Network with direct links to London Kings Cross and Edinburgh.

The racecourses of Ripon, Thirsk, Catterick and York are all within easy distance.  The countryside around Little Holtby offers delightful riding and walking opportunities and has many other local attractions.
Council tax band: G