Cliff House

Cliff House is an attractive double-fronted property with parts dating back to 1910 and offers light-filled flexible accommodation that is full of character, arranged over three floors and incorporates a two bedroom annexe. The ground floor accommodation comprises a generous sitting room with feature fireplace with an electric stove and a well-proportioned dining room, a useful office area with en-suite cloakroom, a garden room with French doors to a rear terrace, and a kitchen with a range of wall and base units, modern integrated appliances and a useful neighbouring fitted utility room.

A door from the garden room opens to the annexe accommodation which incorporates a spacious family room with wooden flooring, exposed brick feature fireplace with wood burning stove and patio doors to a rear terrace, a generous fitted kitchen/dining room, a ground floor double bedroom, a fully tiled bathroom and a vaulted first floor bedroom with storage.

On the first floor the main house offers three well-proportioned double bedrooms, two with built-in storage, and a family bathroom. The second floor provides a spacious principal bedroom, a neighbouring dressing room and a family shower room.

The village of Topcliffe has a thriving community spirit and a good range of day-to-day amenities including a church, shop with Post Office, GP surgery, vet, village hall, tea room, public house and popular primary school. Situated in the Vale of York it has the beautiful North York Moors to the east and the picturesque Yorkshire Dales to the west. The market town of Thirsk offers comprehensive boutique and High Street shopping, a twice-weekly open-air market together, restaurants and public house. The nearby mediaeval cathedral city of Ripon offers more extensive amenities, independent and High Street shopping, services and entertainment facilities.

Communications links are excellent: the nearby A1(M) ensures easy access to the north and south of the country and the national motorway network, as do the excellent links from Thirsk train station with its regular services to London Kings Cross.

The area offers a good selection of state primary and secondary schooling together with a wide range of independent schools including Queen Mary’s, Cundall Manor, Queen Ethelburga’s College, Aysgarth, Terrington Hal, Ripon Grammar School, Harrogate Ladies’ College, Ampleforth College, St Peter’s, Sedbergh and Yarm.

Set behind low-level walling enclosing a mature cottage garden and having plenty of kerb appeal, the property is approached through a five-bar gate over a gravelled side driveway providing parking for multiple vehicles and giving access to a large brick-built outbuilding incorporating a studio, two garages, a workshop, garden store, wood store and fuel store. The whole offers great potential for those looking for secondary accommodation for a dependant relative or additional income as holiday let (subject to planning permission).

The well-maintained private rear garden is laid mainly to level lawn bordered by mature flower and shrub beds and features numerous seating areas, a vegetable garden with raised beds and polytunnel, a paved seating/dining area and gravelled and paved rear terraces, all ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining.

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