6 bedroom detached house for sale

Royal Oak dates from the 1860s and consists of a substantial, Grade II Listed village house of more than 3,500sq.ft.

The property fronts onto Church Street, in the centre of a sought-after Conservation village and occupies a plot of around 0.2 acres. The house, which is constructed of solid stone walls beneath a clay pantile roof, once traded as the village pub, but in 2019 planning consent was granted for change of use to a permanent home.

It is a fine-looking house which retains a huge amount of character, with generously proportioned rooms and many appealing attributes. The property might now benefit from some further improvement in certain areas but offers fabulous potential to restore to a wonderful family home.

The ground floor accommodation includes four front-facing reception rooms, an impressive dining kitchen with Mark Wilkinson cabinetry, a utility room and several cloakrooms. To the first floor there are five double bedrooms and two bathrooms (one en-suite), whilst to the second floor there is a sixth double bedroom and attic store room.

Externally there is an easily managed garden and ample parking to the rear of the house, which enjoys a west-facing aspect, and there is obvious potential to reorganise the outside space to allow for an increased area of garden and less parking, of which there is a copious amount. A single storey stone and pantile outbuilding has full planning consent for conversion to a one-bedroom holiday cottage. The works for the conversion of the holiday cottage are confirmed as having been started and as such the planning permission is in perpetuity.

Nunnington is a picturesque village, located below Caulkley's Bank on the banks of the River Rye, within the Howardian Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village is well sought after and Royal Oak is positioned towards the top of Church Street, at the centre of the village. The village benefits from a popular coffee shop within Nunnington Studios where there are various other independent retailers, and Nunnington Hall, owned by the National Trust, is free to visit for parish residents. Additional facilities can be found in the nearby village of Hovingham and also in the market towns of Helmsley (6 miles), Kirkbymoorside (5 miles) and Malton (9 miles). From Malton there are regular rail services to York, from where London can be reached in less than two hours.