Thirley Banks Cottage
Harwood Dale, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO13 0DR
Guide Price
£995,000
Residential Tags: Farmhouse, Grade II
Property Tags: Equestrian, Holiday Cottage, Ménage, Smallholding
Land Tags: Paddock, Pasture Land
Summary Details
- First Marketed: Jan 2022
- Removed: Date Not Available
- Residential Tags: Farmhouse, Grade II
- Property Tags: Equestrian, Holiday Cottage, Ménage, Smallholding
- Land Tags: Paddock, Pasture Land
THIRLEY BANKS COTTAGE, HARWOOD DALE, SCARBOROUGH
Burniston 3 miles Cloughton 3½ miles Scarborough 7 miles Whitby 15 miles
(All distances are approximate)
A superb equestrian smallholding set in this picturesque dale in the National Park, being secluded yet handily placed for access to Scarborough. The grade II listed house has 3/4 bedrooms plus an annex cottage and home office. Outside there are ranges of stables, an arena, railed paddocks and useful buildings.
House: Entrance Lobby & Hallway, Sitting Room, Farmhouse Kitchen, Utility Room, WC Cloakroom.
2 Double Bedrooms, Single Bedroom, House Bathroom. Attic Bedroom and Study Area.
Annex Cottage: Lounge, Kitchen, Double Bedroom, Shower Room.
Studio / Office: Studio Bedroom / Living Room with En-suite Bathroom.
Attractive Gardens, Farmyard with Duck Pond, Grazing Paddocks. All weather horse arena.
GP Buildings as garage/workshop and stabling. Stable block, Implement store.
In all Approximately 8.18 acres
PARTICULARS OF SALE
This is a splendid example of an amenity farmstead, which has a near perfect rural setting in picturesque Harwood Dale and has enjoyed investment to give it an equestrian flavour, without destroying the character of the property.
The handsome, 4 bedroom, grade II listed house has been attractively modernised to offer a lovely family home, whilst adjoining is a 1 bedroom annex cottage for holiday letting or a dependent relative, plus another en-suite studio currently used as a home office but suitable for letting, if preferred.
Outside the property includes a very useful general-purpose barn, an open fronted store, a block of stables and an all-weather riding arena, plus around 6 acres of paddock grazing.
Harwood Dale is a lovely valley on the eastern edge of the North York Moors National Park, conveniently placed for access to Scarborough and Whitby. The house enjoys beautiful views across the valley and over its own land. This is a superb area for riding enthusiasts with a good selection of bridleways and some peaceful country roads.
Approached from the rear garden, a path leads to a door into
Entrance Lobby & Hall: a quarry tiled lobby and hall separated by a glazed door with wainscot panelling and matchboard ceiling. A further door opens through to:
Hallway: A hallway with stairs to the first floor and a front door opening into the garden, plus doors to the kitchen and sitting room. Quarry tiled floor, under stairs storage cupboard and beamed ceiling.
Sitting Room: 23'2 x 13'5 (overall) A cosy through sitting room, in two sections connected by a wide archway, with a sash window to the front overlooking the garden and Dale with an oak panelled window seat and two further sash windows to the rear. The focal point of the room is a wide brick fireplace with a multi-fuel cast iron stove set on a stone hearth. There is a panelled cupboard to the recess at the side of the chimney breast and beamed ceiling.
Farmhouse Kitchen: 14'0 x 12'8 A farmhouse style kitchen with a range of fitted units, a beamed ceiling and a quarry tiled floor. The focal point of the room is a painted mantelpiece in which is set a point for a range stove and to the side of which is a decorative antique bread oven. A sash window faces to the front across the Dale with window seat. The fitted kitchen includes cabinets at wall and floor level with drawers and a Belfast style sink. A glazed door opens through to ...
Utility Room:12'0 x 9'8 With a twin sash window to the side, wainscot panelling, beamed ceiling and quarry tiled floor. Built into an alcove within this room is a cupboard which conceals the central heating boiler. A door opens to...
Cloakroom: with a white low flush WC and wash hand basin. Quarry tiled floor, part tiled walls, extractor fan.
1st floor:
A staircase rises from the entrance hallway to a split-level landing with a window to the front, recessed airing cupboard and doors opening to ...
Master Bedroom: 14'5 x 13'9 (max) A good sized double bedroom with a sash window facing out to the front of the house giving views across the Dale, beamed ceiling and a period cast iron bedroom fireplace. Recessed wardrobe and fitted wardrobe.
Bedroom 2: 14'0 x 13'0 Another good double bedroom with a sash window facing out to the front of the house giving views across the Dale, beamed ceiling and a period bedroom fireplace.
House Bathroom: A modern fitted bathroom with a window to the rear and a white bathroom suite comprising: panel bath with plumbed shower unit over and glass shower screen, wash basin set in vanity unit and low flush WC.
Bedroom 3: 11'7 x 7'4 A bedroom with a window to the rear of the house looking out on the duck pond. Recessed storage cupboard/wardrobe.
2nd Floor:
A door from the first floor landing gives access to a stair rising up directly into the attic rooms
Study Area: 19'5 x 13'5 (overall) An attic room with exposed beams, a window to the side and a roof light to the rear, hatch to roof void. From here a connecting door opens through to ...
Attic Bedroom 4: 13'9 x 13'9 (overall) A double bedroom with window in the gable to the side and a roof light to the rear.
Studio Office
Attached to the north side of the house, accessed from the yard is a studio currently used as a home office.
Living Room: 14'10 x 11'1 A spacious bed sitting room fitted with a kitchenette. Window facing out to the west side of the property and attractive exposed beamed ceiling. A connecting door leads to ...
En-suite Bathroom: A modern bathroom with a Velux rooflight window and a white bathroom suite comprising: panel bath with plumbed 'Mira' shower over and glass screen, pedestal wash basin and low flush WC. Inset spot lighting, recessed airing cupboard with storage shelving and vanity cupboard
The Annex - Curlytail Cottage
Attached to the east side of the house with separate access from the rear yard. A door opens into
Living Room: 10'2 x 11'4 A central living space with a sash window facing south looking across the dale and doors off to ...
Bedroom: 8'6 x 11'4 A double bedroom with a window facing out to the front of the property. There was previously a doorway connecting this room to the sitting room of the main house which has been closed off, although it is understood that the lintel was left in place if the doorway was to be re-opened.
Shower Room: A compact tiled shower room with a rooflight window and a modern white shower suite including a glazed shower cubicle, wash hand basin and WC with concealed cistern.
Kitchen: A modern fitted kitchen with a simple range of units including a stainless steel sink, an electric oven and hob with cooker hood over. Space for a fridge and sash window looking across the dale to the south.
Gardens etc
The property has a garden to the front which is terraced in two levels with a dry stone dividing wall. The garden is mainly lawned with flowering borders, trees and shrubs.
To the rear and side of the house is a rear garden which has partly been gravelled and which also includes a lawn and two patio areas, including an area for visitors using the cottage.
On the opposite side of the driveway from the house there is a picturesque spring fed duck pond surrounded by mature trees and shrubs. The driveway extends past the house to a wide stoned yard with plenty of space to park and turn vehicles, but also giving access to the barn and stables, and a track leading up to the all-weather riding arena.
The Buildings
The buildings are ideal for equestrian use but could be adapted for many other purposes.
The Barn: approx. 25m x 18m (overall) A twin span general purpose building with a steel frame and part stone and part block walls with timber cladding above. This is an exceptionally useful building with water, electric and light connected and could suit a variety of uses. Partitioned within the building are two rooms providing tack and feed stores.
The Stables: A timber range including 5 loose box stables and a tack store built by Hodgsons of Cotherstone near Barnard Castle. These stables are on set on a concreted yard with electric lighting and easy access to the paddocks.
Arena: 35m x 20m A levelled horse arena with a free-draining sand and rubber surface, illuminated by 2 spotlights. .
Implement Store: 10m x 6m A 2 bay open fronted pole barn structure.
The Land
The property extends to just in around 8.18 acres (3.31 Ha), of which about 5.94 acres (2.40 Ha) comprises quality grazing lying in five separate enclosures surrounding the steading. Each of the fields has good stockproof boundaries, in most cases with post and rail fences. There is water available to each field either from mains fed troughs or from the stream.
The remainder comprises the farmyard including the house and gardens and a couple of areas with planted trees.
GENERAL REMARKS & STIPULATIONS
Viewing: Viewings by appointment. All interested parties should discuss this property, and in particular any specific issues that might affect their interest, with the agent's office prior to travelling or making an appointment to view this property.
Access may not be available to the holiday cottage, depending upon occupancy.
Holiday Letting: The annex is a self-contained 1 bedroom holiday let, marketed under the name Curly Tail Cottage via Cottages.com. It is a well established letting.
Directions: Thirley Banks lies in a hamlet in the middle of Harwood Dale, a pretty rural dale just inland from A171 road between Whitby and Scarborough in the North York Moors National Park. See also the location plans.
From the North: drive down the dale past the church on your right hand side, for approximately 1½ miles, taking the second turning to the right onto Waite Lane. Drive down into the hamlet and Thirley Banks lies on your left hand side.
From the South: drive up the east side of the dale, passing Gowlands Lane on your right and turning left onto Waite Lane. Drive down into the hamlet and Thirley Banks lies on your left hand side.
Services: The property is connected to mains and a spring water supply (shared with the 2 neighbouring properties) and has a private sewerage system. Mains electricity is connected and heating is provided by an oil fuelled central heating system running from a boiler located in the utility room. The oil tank is concealed in the gardens away from the house.
Planning: The property lies in the North York Moors National Park and is a grade II listed building. Tel: .
Local Taxation: The house is band F for council tax (approx. £2,902 for 2021/22)
The home office, holiday cottage annex and livery stables are subject to business rates rather than council tax. The rateable value is £3,100 and therefore approx. £1,547 would be payable for 2021-22 before reliefs. Reliefs of up to 100% are available for small businesses. Scarborough Borough Council. Tel: .
Post Code: YO13 0DR
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Richardson and Smith have prepared these particulars in good faith to give a fair overall view of the property based on their inspection and information provided by the vendors. Nothing in these particulars should be deemed to be a statement that the property is in good structural condition or that any services or equipment are in good working order as these have not been tested. Purchasers are advised to seek their own survey and legal advice.
Marketed by: Richardson & Smith, Whitby
Burniston 3 miles Cloughton 3½ miles Scarborough 7 miles Whitby 15 miles
(All distances are approximate)
A superb equestrian smallholding set in this picturesque dale in the National Park, being secluded yet handily placed for access to Scarborough. The grade II listed house has 3/4 bedrooms plus an annex cottage and home office. Outside there are ranges of stables, an arena, railed paddocks and useful buildings.
House: Entrance Lobby & Hallway, Sitting Room, Farmhouse Kitchen, Utility Room, WC Cloakroom.
2 Double Bedrooms, Single Bedroom, House Bathroom. Attic Bedroom and Study Area.
Annex Cottage: Lounge, Kitchen, Double Bedroom, Shower Room.
Studio / Office: Studio Bedroom / Living Room with En-suite Bathroom.
Attractive Gardens, Farmyard with Duck Pond, Grazing Paddocks. All weather horse arena.
GP Buildings as garage/workshop and stabling. Stable block, Implement store.
In all Approximately 8.18 acres
PARTICULARS OF SALE
This is a splendid example of an amenity farmstead, which has a near perfect rural setting in picturesque Harwood Dale and has enjoyed investment to give it an equestrian flavour, without destroying the character of the property.
The handsome, 4 bedroom, grade II listed house has been attractively modernised to offer a lovely family home, whilst adjoining is a 1 bedroom annex cottage for holiday letting or a dependent relative, plus another en-suite studio currently used as a home office but suitable for letting, if preferred.
Outside the property includes a very useful general-purpose barn, an open fronted store, a block of stables and an all-weather riding arena, plus around 6 acres of paddock grazing.
Harwood Dale is a lovely valley on the eastern edge of the North York Moors National Park, conveniently placed for access to Scarborough and Whitby. The house enjoys beautiful views across the valley and over its own land. This is a superb area for riding enthusiasts with a good selection of bridleways and some peaceful country roads.
Approached from the rear garden, a path leads to a door into
Entrance Lobby & Hall: a quarry tiled lobby and hall separated by a glazed door with wainscot panelling and matchboard ceiling. A further door opens through to:
Hallway: A hallway with stairs to the first floor and a front door opening into the garden, plus doors to the kitchen and sitting room. Quarry tiled floor, under stairs storage cupboard and beamed ceiling.
Sitting Room: 23'2 x 13'5 (overall) A cosy through sitting room, in two sections connected by a wide archway, with a sash window to the front overlooking the garden and Dale with an oak panelled window seat and two further sash windows to the rear. The focal point of the room is a wide brick fireplace with a multi-fuel cast iron stove set on a stone hearth. There is a panelled cupboard to the recess at the side of the chimney breast and beamed ceiling.
Farmhouse Kitchen: 14'0 x 12'8 A farmhouse style kitchen with a range of fitted units, a beamed ceiling and a quarry tiled floor. The focal point of the room is a painted mantelpiece in which is set a point for a range stove and to the side of which is a decorative antique bread oven. A sash window faces to the front across the Dale with window seat. The fitted kitchen includes cabinets at wall and floor level with drawers and a Belfast style sink. A glazed door opens through to ...
Utility Room:12'0 x 9'8 With a twin sash window to the side, wainscot panelling, beamed ceiling and quarry tiled floor. Built into an alcove within this room is a cupboard which conceals the central heating boiler. A door opens to...
Cloakroom: with a white low flush WC and wash hand basin. Quarry tiled floor, part tiled walls, extractor fan.
1st floor:
A staircase rises from the entrance hallway to a split-level landing with a window to the front, recessed airing cupboard and doors opening to ...
Master Bedroom: 14'5 x 13'9 (max) A good sized double bedroom with a sash window facing out to the front of the house giving views across the Dale, beamed ceiling and a period cast iron bedroom fireplace. Recessed wardrobe and fitted wardrobe.
Bedroom 2: 14'0 x 13'0 Another good double bedroom with a sash window facing out to the front of the house giving views across the Dale, beamed ceiling and a period bedroom fireplace.
House Bathroom: A modern fitted bathroom with a window to the rear and a white bathroom suite comprising: panel bath with plumbed shower unit over and glass shower screen, wash basin set in vanity unit and low flush WC.
Bedroom 3: 11'7 x 7'4 A bedroom with a window to the rear of the house looking out on the duck pond. Recessed storage cupboard/wardrobe.
2nd Floor:
A door from the first floor landing gives access to a stair rising up directly into the attic rooms
Study Area: 19'5 x 13'5 (overall) An attic room with exposed beams, a window to the side and a roof light to the rear, hatch to roof void. From here a connecting door opens through to ...
Attic Bedroom 4: 13'9 x 13'9 (overall) A double bedroom with window in the gable to the side and a roof light to the rear.
Studio Office
Attached to the north side of the house, accessed from the yard is a studio currently used as a home office.
Living Room: 14'10 x 11'1 A spacious bed sitting room fitted with a kitchenette. Window facing out to the west side of the property and attractive exposed beamed ceiling. A connecting door leads to ...
En-suite Bathroom: A modern bathroom with a Velux rooflight window and a white bathroom suite comprising: panel bath with plumbed 'Mira' shower over and glass screen, pedestal wash basin and low flush WC. Inset spot lighting, recessed airing cupboard with storage shelving and vanity cupboard
The Annex - Curlytail Cottage
Attached to the east side of the house with separate access from the rear yard. A door opens into
Living Room: 10'2 x 11'4 A central living space with a sash window facing south looking across the dale and doors off to ...
Bedroom: 8'6 x 11'4 A double bedroom with a window facing out to the front of the property. There was previously a doorway connecting this room to the sitting room of the main house which has been closed off, although it is understood that the lintel was left in place if the doorway was to be re-opened.
Shower Room: A compact tiled shower room with a rooflight window and a modern white shower suite including a glazed shower cubicle, wash hand basin and WC with concealed cistern.
Kitchen: A modern fitted kitchen with a simple range of units including a stainless steel sink, an electric oven and hob with cooker hood over. Space for a fridge and sash window looking across the dale to the south.
Gardens etc
The property has a garden to the front which is terraced in two levels with a dry stone dividing wall. The garden is mainly lawned with flowering borders, trees and shrubs.
To the rear and side of the house is a rear garden which has partly been gravelled and which also includes a lawn and two patio areas, including an area for visitors using the cottage.
On the opposite side of the driveway from the house there is a picturesque spring fed duck pond surrounded by mature trees and shrubs. The driveway extends past the house to a wide stoned yard with plenty of space to park and turn vehicles, but also giving access to the barn and stables, and a track leading up to the all-weather riding arena.
The Buildings
The buildings are ideal for equestrian use but could be adapted for many other purposes.
The Barn: approx. 25m x 18m (overall) A twin span general purpose building with a steel frame and part stone and part block walls with timber cladding above. This is an exceptionally useful building with water, electric and light connected and could suit a variety of uses. Partitioned within the building are two rooms providing tack and feed stores.
The Stables: A timber range including 5 loose box stables and a tack store built by Hodgsons of Cotherstone near Barnard Castle. These stables are on set on a concreted yard with electric lighting and easy access to the paddocks.
Arena: 35m x 20m A levelled horse arena with a free-draining sand and rubber surface, illuminated by 2 spotlights. .
Implement Store: 10m x 6m A 2 bay open fronted pole barn structure.
The Land
The property extends to just in around 8.18 acres (3.31 Ha), of which about 5.94 acres (2.40 Ha) comprises quality grazing lying in five separate enclosures surrounding the steading. Each of the fields has good stockproof boundaries, in most cases with post and rail fences. There is water available to each field either from mains fed troughs or from the stream.
The remainder comprises the farmyard including the house and gardens and a couple of areas with planted trees.
GENERAL REMARKS & STIPULATIONS
Viewing: Viewings by appointment. All interested parties should discuss this property, and in particular any specific issues that might affect their interest, with the agent's office prior to travelling or making an appointment to view this property.
Access may not be available to the holiday cottage, depending upon occupancy.
Holiday Letting: The annex is a self-contained 1 bedroom holiday let, marketed under the name Curly Tail Cottage via Cottages.com. It is a well established letting.
Directions: Thirley Banks lies in a hamlet in the middle of Harwood Dale, a pretty rural dale just inland from A171 road between Whitby and Scarborough in the North York Moors National Park. See also the location plans.
From the North: drive down the dale past the church on your right hand side, for approximately 1½ miles, taking the second turning to the right onto Waite Lane. Drive down into the hamlet and Thirley Banks lies on your left hand side.
From the South: drive up the east side of the dale, passing Gowlands Lane on your right and turning left onto Waite Lane. Drive down into the hamlet and Thirley Banks lies on your left hand side.
Services: The property is connected to mains and a spring water supply (shared with the 2 neighbouring properties) and has a private sewerage system. Mains electricity is connected and heating is provided by an oil fuelled central heating system running from a boiler located in the utility room. The oil tank is concealed in the gardens away from the house.
Planning: The property lies in the North York Moors National Park and is a grade II listed building. Tel: .
Local Taxation: The house is band F for council tax (approx. £2,902 for 2021/22)
The home office, holiday cottage annex and livery stables are subject to business rates rather than council tax. The rateable value is £3,100 and therefore approx. £1,547 would be payable for 2021-22 before reliefs. Reliefs of up to 100% are available for small businesses. Scarborough Borough Council. Tel: .
Post Code: YO13 0DR
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Richardson and Smith have prepared these particulars in good faith to give a fair overall view of the property based on their inspection and information provided by the vendors. Nothing in these particulars should be deemed to be a statement that the property is in good structural condition or that any services or equipment are in good working order as these have not been tested. Purchasers are advised to seek their own survey and legal advice.
Marketed by: Richardson & Smith, Whitby
Land Registry Data
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