4 bedroom detached house

Mill Rise is an attractive red brick property offering almost 2,500 sq. ft. of light-filled accommodation arranged over two floors, with a flexible layout offering the potential to create a separate annex. The ground floor accommodation with oak flooring flows from a welcoming reception hall with cloakroom and includes a well-proportioned family room opening into a large dual aspect sitting room with feature fireplace. French doors lead to the terrace and double doors to a spacious vaulted conservatory, also with French doors to the terrace. To the front there is a contemporary kitchen with a range of wall and base units including a large central island with an oak breakfast bar and modern integrated appliances. The generous dining room has French doors to the terrace and double doors to a side hall with French doors to the front aspect, also accessible from the kitchen/breakfast room. giving access to a useful fitted utility room.

The first floor offers a generous principal bedroom with fitted dressing room and modern en suite shower room, two further double bedrooms, one with en suite shower room, a spacious family bathroom and a fitted dressing room. A second landing leads the property’s remaining double bedroom, a second modern family bathroom and a well-proportioned study, suitable for use as an additional bedroom if required.

Set well back from the road and having plenty of kerb appeal, the property is approached over a low-maintenance forecourt providing parking for multiple vehicles and giving access to the brick-built garage with two adjacent stores. The property benefits from an electric car charger. The well-maintained rear garden is laid mainly to level lawn bordered by mature flower and shrub beds and features a gravelled seating/dining area overlooking a garden pond and a large raised paved terrace, all ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining. The property also benefits from a useful separate garden at the front of the property, on the other side of the road down some steps, enclosed by fencing with mature trees.

Sitting next to the River Swale, the sought-after village of Topcliffe has a thriving community spirit and a good range of day-to-day amenities including riverside dog walks, while the market town of Thirsk and the nearby mediaeval cathedral city of Ripon offer more extensive shopping, service and leisure amenities. The area offers excellent leisure and sporting facilities including Ripon Racecourse and a good selection of golf clubs, all set within the breathtaking countryside of North Yorkshire. Communications links are excellent: the nearby A1(M) gives easy access to both the north and south of the country and the national motorway network, as do the excellent links from Thirsk train station with its regular services to London Kings Cross in a little over two hours.

The area offers a good selection of state primary and secondary schooling together with a wide range of independent schools including Queen Mary’s independent girls school, located in the village, Cundall Manor, Queen Ethelburga’s College, Aysgarth and Harrogate Ladies’ College.