West Farm

West Farm is a handsome stone-built family home offering almost 4,200 sq. ft. of lightfilled flexible accommodation arranged over two floors, together with additional garaging and stabling amounting to almost 1,200 sq. ft.The ground floor accommodation flows from a welcoming reception hall and briefly comprises a large living room with feature fireplace and a generous snug with feature fireplace and a wood burning stove, and cloakroom, opening into the inner and rear halls. The inner hall gives access to a spacious study with full-height picture window, a glazed conservatory with French doors to the garden and an extensive triple aspect kitchen/family room opening into a large dining room with French doors to the garden. The kitchen has a range of wall and base units with wooden worktops, an Aga and modern integrated appliances while the family room has space for a table for more informal meals and a door to the front aspect. The ground floor accommodation is completed by a rear hallway with a door to the garden giving access to an inter-connecting suite of rooms including a fitted utility room, two store rooms and boiler room.

On the first floor the property offers a large principal bedroom with vaulted ceiling, exposed wooden flooring, built-in storage and spacious modern en-suite bathroom, an additional bedroom with wood-lined vaulted ceiling and exposed wooden flooring, French doors to the garden and en-suite bathroom, two further well-proportioned double bedrooms, both with generous built-in storage, and a modern family bathroom.

West Farm sits within a conservation area within the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. A range of day-to-day amenities can be found in the popular market town of Pateley Bridge and in the mediaeval cathedral city of Ripon, including High Street and independent shops, supermarkets, restaurants and public houses. The area boasts excellent leisure and sporting facilities including Ripon Racecourse and a good selection of golf clubs.

Communications links re excellent: Eavestone lies on the B6265 Ripon to Pateley Bridge Road, the nearby A1(M) gives access to key regional centres and the national motorway network and Harrogate station offers regular services to London Kings Cross in less than three hours.

The property is approached over a sweeping driveway offering space for the parking of multiple vehicles and giving access to a large detached outbuilding with double garage, stabling and hardstanding. The garden surrounding the property provides expanses of lawn interspersed with mature trees and features numerous seating areas, a bordering stream running off Eavestone Lake and large front and rear aspect paved terraces, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining, the whole enjoying panoramic views over the property’s 34 acres of stock-fenced paddocks and surrounding rolling countryside.

Marketed by: Strutt & Parker, Harrogate