Reevylands

Reevylands is a handsome stone-built family home offering almost 2,700 sq. ft. of light-filled flexible accommodation arranged over two floors. The property has been continuously maintained and updated over the owners 25 year tenure, but offers with full planning permission the scope to extend both the ground and first floor accommodation. Configured to provide an ideal family and entertaining space, the ground floor accommodation flows from a welcoming part-double height reception hall with oak flooring, useful cloakroom and galleried landing over. It includes a large 24 ft. reception room with exposed stone walls and beams, bay window, fireplace with wood burning stove and a door to the rear terrace, a generous family room with a front aspect bay window and a well-proportioned study also with a bay window. The ground floor accommodation is completed by a spacious dining room opening into a kitchen designed by Second Nature Kitchens with a range of wall and base units, granite worktops and splashbacks, double Belfast sink, an ingle nook with range cooker, modern integrated appliances and a fitted utility room with a door to the garden. The property also has an orangery

On the first floor there is a large 21 ft. dual aspect principal bedroom with a door to a private balcony overlooking the rear garden, manège and paddocks beyond together with a fitted dressing room and contemporary fully-tiled Villeroy and Boch en-suite shower room. There is also an additional double bedroom with built-in storage and modern en-suite shower room, two further front aspect double bedrooms and a modern family bathroom. The loft offers further scope to extend the living accommodation.

There are several outstanding schools in Ripon, including the Ripon Grammar School and Outwood Academy, plus there is a really good primary school in Bishop Monkton itself, as well as a number of noted independent schools including Harrogate Ladies' College, Cundall Manor, Queen Mary's and Belmont Grosvenor.

The property is approached through double five-bar gates over a tarmacadam driveway providing parking for multiple vehicles and leading on past the side of the house to a lawned garden with paved seating area and terrace. The first class equestrian facilities is to the rear, where a double five-bar gates give access to a large area of hardstanding flanked on one side by a stable block with three loose boxes, feed room and tack room and on the other by an outbuilding with gym, office and single garage/storage, a large wooden storage shed and a part-walled paved side terrace, this would be ideal for conversion for secondary accommodation (subject to planning) or to be converted back to double garaging. A further five-bar gate opens to an all-weather ménage with mirrors on one side, enclosed by stock fencing incorporating a five-bar gate opening to the property’s stock-fenced paddocks that are fully fenced with horse wire and have access to water with a field shelter that has a concrete base that could be converted to stabling.

Lying between Ripon and Harrogate, the sought-after village of Bishop Monkton offers two local bridleways, perfect for exercising horses and a good selection of day-to-day amenities including a large village hall, children’s play area, two public houses, two churches, playing fields, a cricket pitch, tennis courts, bowling green and a boules lawn, also a popular primary school.

The nearby mediaeval cathedral city of Ripon, the smallest city in Yorkshire, sits on the edge of the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is set around a large market square that fills with stalls every Thursday, bordered by a comprehensive range of amenities including High Street and independent shops, supermarkets, restaurants, public houses and excellent leisure and sporting facilities including Ripon Racecourse and a good selection of golf clubs. Harrogate is a Spa town popular as a base from which to explore the Yorkshire Dales and is renowned for its shopping facilities including a shopping centre, arcade and a wide range of independent retailers as well as Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s supermarkets and the world-renowned Bettys Café Tea Room together with numerous clubs including cricket, tennis, rugby, football, squash and several golf courses.

The nearby A1(M) ensures easy access to both the north and south of the country, as do the excellent links from Knaresborough train station which offers regular services to central London.

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