LEVEN VALLEY Hutton ,

LEVEN VALLEY HUTTON RUDBY, YARM, TS15 0EZ

DELIGHTFUL FAMILY HOME IN A TRANQUIL RIVERSIDE SETTING ’A STONE’S THROW’ FROM THE POPULAR VILLAGE OF HUTTON RUDBY.

Accommodation Entrance porch • Hallway • Cloakroom • Sitting Room • Dining Room Kitchen • Utility and Conservatory Master Bedroom with ensuite Shower Room, three further Bedrooms and family Bathroom.

Externally Former mill buildings with garaging, workshop, stables, stores and barns. Extensive, private gardens extending to about 3 acres. In all about 3.16 acres (1.28 ha).

5 & 6 Bailey Court, 26-28 High Street, , Colburn Business Park, Richmond North , DL9 4QL TS9 5DQ Tel: 01748 897610 Tel: 01642 710742 www.gscgrays.co.uk www.gscgrays.co.uk [email protected] [email protected]

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Alnwick Barnard Castle Chester-le-Street Easingwold Tel: 01665 568310 Tel: 01833 637000 Tel: 0191 303 9540 Tel: 01347 837100 Hamsterley Lambton Estate Leyburn Tel: 01388 487000 Tel: 0191 385 2435 Tel: 01969 600120 Situation and Amenities Leven Valley lies in the rural part of the Conservation Area addition there is a doctor’s surgery, a primary school (which the 19th century Rudby Mill was bought by the Mearse family of the popular village of Hutton Rudby. It is within a secluded has been consistently rated ‘outstanding’ in the past three of Great Ayton. In 1858 the son of the mill owner, Joseph area of open countryside with mature woodland and bordered Ofsted reports), two churches, a gardening club, excellent Mearse, moved there with his wife and daughter and renamed by the River Leven, which separates Rudby and Hutton. tennis club, cricket and bowls as well as an active village hall it Leven Valley. with a badminton club. There are a myriad of footpaths and Stokesley (4 miles) and Yarm (6.5 miles) are both very close Joseph’s wife, Harriet, and their daughter, Jenny, ran a school bridlepaths around the village and along the Leven Valley, by and offer all the amenities and services expected of thriving at their home with the classroom on the upper floor of the including a path which leads from the private lane up into the market towns. Access to the wider area is excellent too with old mill buildings. Joseph lived in Leven Valley for 70 years, village. The end of the private lane is on the bus route for good road links to the A19, A66 and A1. Darlington (16 miles) laying the foundation stone for the Village Hall at 100 years Stokesley secondary school and for independent schools in and the market town of (13 miles) lie on the of age. Yarm and Eaglescliffe. East Coast main rail line with regular services to London Kings The house at Leven Valley has been enlarged since it was Cross. In addition there are international airport services at Leven Valley rebuilt by Joseph to house his family. Most recently the back Durham Tees Valley, Newcastle and Leeds Bradford. The original house (Mill House) is thought to have been of the house has been reconfigured and extended to create built for the owner/manager of the Rudby Corn Mill, in The village of Hutton Rudby is particularly attractive with larger utility space and two excellent first floor bathrooms. the buildings adjacent. The mill originally served the long a tree-lined green and pleasing architecture. The village is The house is ostensibly built of brick with a pantile roof with disappeared mediaeval village of Rudby, which had its own very well provided for with a village shop and post office, accommodation on two floors including: village green, lying to the west of the current Rudby Farm. In petrol station, hairdresser and three inns, all serving food. In Ground Floor: Entrance porch, stair hall, cloakroom Gardens and Grounds WC, sitting room, dining room, kitchen, utility room and The property is approached along a quiet private lane before conservatory. turning onto its own driveway and down towards the house where the gravel sweep provides ample parking. First Floor: Master bedroom with ensuite shower room, three further bedrooms and family bathroom. To the right is the former mill, a brick built building which now provides garaging and a small byre/stable which is currently The house was refurbished when the current owners used as a log store. Upstairs there is a large floored loft, purchased it in 1995/6, replacing the conservatory, extending thought to have been the school room, and which has an the utility room and creating two new bathrooms upstairs, unusual stained glass window, thought at one time to have allowing the second bedroom to be enlarged (the bathrooms belonged to a bank. have subsequently been fully refurbished by Fired Earth). The kitchen was replaced, doubling its size by opening through to In addition there is a pole barn (6m x 5m) clad in corrugated the adjacent room, giving direct access to the conservatory. iron and with an earth floor. An oil-fired Aga was added and the hallway opened up into The gardens immediately around the house have been carefully the dining room allowing the light to flood through. The main landscaped by Wilkinsons Landscapes providing shrub and sitting room has a large feature stone fireplace with multi fuel herbaceous borders, a small drying green and a lovely terrace stove and French windows have been added to give direct at the front. The main garden is a magnificent area of lawn access to the garden. which nestles in the bend of the river and which is lined with lovely mature trees including Holme oaks, horse chestnut, walnut and orchard trees.

The lawn runs down to the edge of the river where there are both pools and shallow river beds. The fishing rights are not owned and are occasionally taken up by the local angling association.

Services Mains electricity. Mains water from a metered private branch pipe. Drainage to a septic tank with recently upgraded soakaway. Oil-fired central heating and Aga.

Access There is a right of access in favour of Leven Valley over the private lane up to the bridge with maintenance on a ‘fair’ basis according to user, shown coloured yellow on the plan attached.

There is also a third party right to access to fish the river on foot only.

Viewings Strictly by appointment through GSC Grays 01748 897610

Directions Heading east through the village, follow the road down Hutton Bank and over the river turning left opposite All Saints Church keeping to the low road. Carry on along this lane for about 500 yards and the turning into Leven Valley is on the left before the bridge.

Wayleaves and Covenants Leven Valley is sold subject to and with the benefit of all existing rights, including rights of way, light, drainage, water and electricity and all other rights and obligations, easements and all wayleaves or covenants whether disclosed or not.

There is a restrictive covenant in the title preventing the building of a secondary house on the property. Flood Risk The Environment Agency have identified the property at Leven Valley as being at risk from flooding by the River Leven. Details can be found on the Environment Agency website.

Efforts have been made to establish if the property has ever flooded but no evidence has been found looking as far back as the 1930s. The current owners can also confirm that both buildings and contents insurance have been readily available and details can be provided on request.

Local Authority Council 01609 779977

Council Tax Band G identified as likely to be amended on sale.

Energy Performance Certificate

Energy Efficiency Rating

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Particulars written: July 2019

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