5 bedroom terraced house for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- A stunning period townhouse
- Fabulous location in one York's most exclusive locations
- Flexible accommodation throughout
- For many years the house has been a superb family home and would now benefit from modernisation
- Potential off street parking
- Walled garden and seating area
Description
An historic house with much charm in one of York's most sought-after locations, this property on The Mount is an impressive and elegant townhouse offering an ideal layout and outside space.
With large traditional Georgian windows throughout the property is flooded with light and is full of character and charm. This beautiful property is arranged over five floors and provides nearly 4,000 square feet of accommodation.
The reception and main living space is arranged over the ground floor and lower ground floor, with a large bespoke kitchen on the ground floor which opens on to a beautiful bright sunroom, currently used as a dining area. There is a sizeable drawing room with traditional fireplace and a downstairs WC.
Steps lead down to the lower ground floor where there is a wonderful living room and a further kitchen and utility. The large bedroom suite means the space could easily be utilised as annexed accommodation for a dependant relative or similar. The lower ground floor benefits from its own separate access at the front of the house.
The first floor is home to an impressive 18 foot principal bedroom with a dressing room and bathroom across the hallway. There are a further three bedrooms, all with en suite bathrooms, arranged over the second and third floors.
Externally the property has a pretty walled garden with a raised seating area, an ideal space for outdoor entertaining.
In addition the property also benefits from potential off street parking.
Location
The Mount area of York is regarded as one of the city’s most desirable locations with good amenities on the doorstep including a pharmacy, supermarket, hairdressers, beautician, restaurants, pubs, the popular Everyman Cinema, and a range of boutique hotels including Hotel Du Vin.
Just over half a mile away is Bishopthorpe Road a highly popular area of York that has won the "Great British High Street of the Year" award in 2015, as well as being voted "one of the UK's coolest places to live" by The Times. The area has a well-known parade of independent shops, café-delis, bakeries, yoga studio, supermarkets and restaurants which host regular events and festivals. Rowntree Park with café, playground, tennis and basketball courts is just a short distance from "Bishy" Road. Located beside the River Ouse is York City Rowing Club and York Pilates Space.
The property is perfectly positioned just outside the city’s historic bar walls of Micklegate and all the popular attractions including: York Theatre Royal, the Art Gallery, York Minster, Bettys Tea Rooms and the famous Shambles along with a range of local cafes, shops, restaurants, public houses and supermarkets.
The city boasts excellent restaurants including the award winning The Star Inn the City by Andrew Pern and the Michelin-starred restaurant, Roots, by Tommy Banks. In addition, there is Skosh by Neil Bentinck which also boasts a Michelin-star, positioned on popular Micklegate, which is less than half a mile away and has a number of independent shops, pubs, cafes and hairdressers.
The well-known York Racecourse and Knavesmire are situated about a mile from The Mount.
York railway station is within half a mile away and offers regular services to major cities including Manchester, Edinburgh and London with some journeys taking less than two hours to Kings Cross. The A64 ring road is about three miles from the city centre giving access to Leeds, the A1(M) and the wider motorway.
The city offers a diverse range of primary and secondary schools including the popular Scarcroft Primary School (Academy), All Saints RC School (Ofsted Outstanding 2016) and Millthorpe School (Academy). Independent schools on offer are The Mount, St Peter's and Bootham.
Please note all distances and travel times are approximate.
Square Footage: 3,989 sq ft
Additional Info
York City Council Band G
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