5 bedroom house

The wonderfully understated Bossall Hall stands on the crest of an area of high land to the west of the River Derwent valley, opposite the historic St Botolph's church. It has a pedigree history as demonstrated by its Scheduled Monument status and its magnificent moat, still visible on three sides. Particular features in the house are the 18th Century staircase and internal panelling, principally south-facing, elegant reception rooms, large kitchen/breakfast room with AGA and separate pantry. Altered and extended over its 400 year history, it offers extensive principal and secondary accommodation (shown on the enclosed floorplans) requiring renovation and updating, to re-create a beautiful family home, under 10 miles from York and yet in complete rural seclusion.

Standing in the midst of its gardens and grounds, Bossall Hall enjoys a peaceful location in this sleepy rural hamlet, within a twenty minute drive of the city of York and the market town of Malton. Available on the open market for the first time in more than sixty years, Bossall Hall provides an opportunity to make a mark on the life cycle of an historic property.

The property has two points of access from the village road, with the principal tarmacadamed drive sweeping around from the north, past the stable block and yard to the eastern elevation of the Hall. There is also a field gate off the village road to the west. Around ten acres of gardens and grounds immediately surround the Hall. There are verdant south-facing lawns overlooked by the principal rooms of the Hall, a medieval moat traversed by three walkways including a brick-built bridge (circa 1808), a walled garden of some half an acre with a 12 ft high mellow brick wall, within which lies a productive kitchen garden and adjacent orchard, as well as a secret garden, accessed through a mature, wisteria-clad timber pergola.

There are distinguished brick built/pantiled stables, barns and stores surrounding a stable yard, tarmacadamed and cobbled. Above, and reached by an external staircase, is an attractive groom's flat with a fine outlook.

Mature beech trees, limes, sycamores, ash and venerable oak trees create a mature woodland covering and rhododendrons and herbaceous borders provide a riot of colour. Two railed paddocks lie on the western boundary, reached by a grassy walkway, flagged by a towering clipped yew hedge and herbaceous border. Across the road lies a further 8.53 acres available by separate negotiation.

York 8 miles (trains to London Kings Cross taking from 2 hours)
Malton 10 miles
Harrogate 30 miles
Leeds 36 miles
Leeds Bradford Airport 40 miles

Marketed by: Knight Frank, Country Department