Beautifully restored Yorkshire farmhouse with glorious gardens, lake, land of 21 acres and outbuildings, within an easy commute to York.

Principal house: entrance and staircase hall, wc, 3 reception rooms, kitchen breakfast room, utility room, wc/store, study, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms (1 en suite)
Carport, tractor shed, loose box, agricultural building, greenhouse, landscaped gardens, land of 4 acres, well-stocked lake

7 acres on the east side of the principal house, drained and stock fenced.

10 acres on the north east side of the principal house, drained and stock fenced with electricity, water and agricultural buildings with permitted development rights.

In all, the land totals approximately 21 acres

Please note that there is an option to buy the house with just 11 acres at 1.1m should that be a preference.

Old West Farm is an appealing traditional Yorkshire farmhouse built of clamp bricks under a steeply pitched clay pantile roof, largely dating from the 1870s with the original part believed to date back to the late 1700s. Fully restored and extended over the years, an extension to one side sympathetically matches the architecture of the old.

Considerable time and estate management has been spent on the gardens and grounds of Old West Farm resulting in a countryside haven with formal lawns, orchard, parkland fields and a kidney-shaped lake stocked with brown trout and perch. With the Yorkshire Wolds as a backdrop, a more perfect rural setting is hard to imagine. The whole comes withjsut over four acres.

This period farmhouse has well designed, versatile accommodation of nearly 2500 sq ft and enjoys a wonderful private setting down a rural no-though lane. Its orientation is south and the principal rooms overlooking the superb gardens, grounds and land.

The period features include exposed beams, fireplaces and some wonderful rustic lintels. There are three wood-burning stoves in the dining room, snug and sitting room. The home office has oak flooring, and faces the morning sun; there is fast broadband to the property.

This is a versatile property with a secondary staircase creating an eastern wing within the house.

There are four good sized bedrooms and three generous bathrooms.

Outside - The manicured formal gardens extend to some half an acre and sit directly in front of the house. There is paved and gravel terracing, sculpted and trained box hedging, herbaceous borders, pathways and sweeping lawns. All is framed with a variety of mature trees beyond which lies nearly four acres of parkland pastures, woodland and a picturesque lake with roofed jetty, stocked with common carp. There is also a kitchen garden with raised beds and a greenhouse.

Outbuildings include a double car port, tractor shed and loose box. A substantial portal framed general purpose agricultural building of 3200 sq ft (24.5m x 12m) has block work walling up to two metres, plastic coated profiled steel cladding to upper walls, and sits on a concrete base with hardstanding in front of it. This was erected in 2005.

Environs - Pocklington 5 miles, Stamford Bridge 5 miles, York ring road/A64 7 miles, York 10 miles, Hull 28 miles, Leeds 36 miles. (Distances approximate)

Old Green Lane is a delightful lane that provides access to five properties, one of which is Old West Farm, before it peters out into a farm track. The town of Pocklington, with all of its amenities, is close to hand as is the A1079 York-Hull road. Excellent schooling and shopping facilities can be found in Pocklington with the A1079 providing a rapid connection to the A64 and on to the A1M. York railway station can be reached in half an hour and Leeds Bradford Airport within an hour.

Other - Services: Mains electricity and water. Private drainage. Oil-fired central heating.

Fixtures & fittings: Only those mentioned in these sales particulars are included in the sale. All others, such as fitted carpets, curtains, light fittings, garden ornaments etc., are specifically excluded but may be made available by separate negotiation.

Local authority: East Riding of Yorkshire[use Contact Agent Button]
Directions: Heading eastbound along the A1079, continue passed the village of Wilberfoss for approximately 1.4 miles and turn left onto Bolton Lane signposted Fangfoss. Proceed down Bolton Lane for 0.2 miles and turn left down Old Green Lane. Old West Farm is 0.5 miles further down on the right hand side.


Photographs and particulars: September 2020
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