Restored 4-bedroom Georgian farmhouse with detached 2-bedroom annexe, set in extensive gardens and grounds, close to York and Pocklington.

Kexby House is a handsome, double fronted, former farmhouse that dates from the 1750s. It has been sympathetically renovated and restored in recent years to create an up-to-date and stylish family home, ideal for a family. This semi-detached house comes with gardens and wooded grounds that extend to some two-and-a-half acres. Ideal for outdoor-loving children and dogs, this is a lifestyle property that has the advantage of being located just outside the historic City of York with its many amenities and superb range of schooling.

Entrance and staircase hall, 3 reception rooms, kitchen breakfast room with larder, wc, utility room, wine cellar
Principal bedroom suite with bathroom, 2 guest bedroom suites with bathrooms, 4th bedroom, house bathroom
Annexe with kitchen living room, 2 bedrooms, bathroom
Car port, store, shed, well wooded gardens and grounds

In all some 2.5 acres

More Details - Restored period features are in evidence throughout this period property. Alongside the elegant rooms with high ceilings and sash windows there is architectural detailing in the architraves, ceiling rose and cornicing as well as the arched niches, staircase handrail and hallway arch. There are the original panelled doors with brass handles, exposed ceiling beams a range of fireplaces on both floors.

The kitchen breakfast room is a wonderful, 25 ft family living space with mellow beams, picture windows with shutters and a garden door. There is a working fireplace alongside the original cast-iron bread oven (not functioning) and the room can comfortably accommodate a family-sized dining table. The contemporary kitchen has a breakfast bar, ceramic 'Shaws Original' sink, quartz worktops, integrated appliances and a walk-in larder. Adjacent is an ancillary kitchen/utility room with island unit as well as a purpose-built wine cellar lined with bricks and secured behind wrought-iron gates. Three formal and elegantly proportioned reception rooms lie either side of the wide entrance hall lit by the original fanlight above the panelled front door. The sitting room has a bespoke media unit with fitted cupboards and shelving, and the drawing room has an open fireplace with cast iron grate, ornate plasterwork and French doors that open west onto the garden terrace. The study faces south and has an ornate fireplace flanked by fitted oak cupboards and shelving. Upstairs the central landing gives access to four double bedrooms; the principal bedroom suite has a large bathroom with twin sinks and a free standing roll-top bath on a pedestal; there are two further bedroom suites (one currently used as a dressing room), a double bedroom and panelled house bathroom with a further free standing roll-top bath.

Outside - From the shared drive, wrought iron gates open to a private, gravelled drive that continues past a car port to a turning area alongside the house and front garden. The house itself sits squarely in its gardens and grounds, concealed from the A1079 by a deep boundary of well-established shrubs and trees. On the eastern elevation is a large area of lawn flanked by clipped box hedging and at its far end, adjoining the annexe, a timber pergola adorned by a grape vine. On the western elevation French doors open onto a sunny garden terrace sheltered by clipped box hedging beyond which lies an area of lawn that extends to mixed woodland. The whole is bounded by a post and rail fence.

Outbuildings - The self-contained annexe is fully detached, constructed of brick under a pantile roof and renovated from a former garage. It is single storey with double height ceilings into the roof trusses, an open plan living room with kitchenette, two bedrooms and a bathroom. It has a separate electric meter from the main house, wall-mounted electric radiators and fibre broadband.

Alongside the drive is a timber car port behind which lies the store with electric supply and power, accessed through a secure door. It is currently used as a home gym.

Environs - Dunnington and Stamford Bridge 3 miles, York city centre 7 miles, Pocklington 7 miles, A1M 20 miles, Leeds and Hull 30 miles

Kexby enjoys a rural setting just east of the historic city of York and encircled by open countryside. The nearby villages of Dunnington, Wilberfoss and Stamford Bridge together provide a range of local shops and services including a post office, store, primary schools, dining pubs and cafés along with sports facilities, a gym and yoga studio. York's mainline railway station provides a regular service to London Kings Cross and, within easy reach, are top independent schools and Archbishop Holgate (Ofsted 'Outstanding' 2021). Being on the A1079, Kexby House is convenient for access west to the York ring road/A64, Leeds and the A1M (20 miles) as well as east to Pocklington, Beverley and Hull.

General - Tenure: Freehold
EPC rating: D (although exempt as Grade II listed)
Services & Systems: Gas central heating, mains water, private drainage. Fibre broadband.
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.
Viewing: Strictly by appointment
Local Authority: City of York[use Contact Agent Button] Directions: From York take the 1079 and head through Kexby. Just outside the village and some 200 metres beyond the bridge over the river Derwent, you will see the drive to Kexby House on the left hand side as indicated by a For Sale board.