Lilac Cottage, 39 Main Street, , Selby Lilac Cottage 39 Main Street, Wressle, Selby, YO8 6ET Offers around £420,000 A wonderful country cottage offering accommodation of undoubted charm and character standing in delightful gardens. • Charming 18th detached century cottage • Standing in mature grounds of circa 0.3 of an acre • A wealth of period features including beams and open fires • 3 reception rooms, 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms • Extensive range of outbuildings providing garaging and studio • Convenient location with a train station and good access to the M62 ‐ Perfect for commuters

An opportunity to acquire a quintessential 17th century period cottage offered with mature secluded gardens that combine formal borders, water feature and established woodland. As you walk through this delightful home it boasts a host of period features from beamed ceilings to open fireplaces.

Lilac Cottage has undergone a programme of improvement and enlargement, now providing flexible family accommodation as well as making a great home for retirement. Furthermore due to the range of outbuildings, currently used partly as a studio, you have the opportunity of operating a business or working from home. In order to appreciate what this charming home has to offer we do recommend you view the property to see what is on offer.

From the front entrance you walk into a beautifully proportioned sitting room with its exposed beams and open fireplace with a cast iron stove and having windows on three sides. You then have a very social space comprising a kitchen dining room that has a wide open arch way that opens up into an everyday living space. The main part of the ground floor is completed by a bedroom, office and shower room. At first floor level you have three further bedrooms (one currently used as dressing room), generous airing cupboard and well appointed bathroom. To give visiting family and guests that extra degree of privacy there is a self contained annex bedroom suite with en suite bathroom, created from part of the extensive range of buildings.

Once you are outside wonderful mature gardens are revealed which are set immediately around the cottage and then extend behind the great range of buildings, extending to about 0.3 of an acre. If you are looking for a home based work set up then Lilac Cottage offers a studio, workshop and double garage.

Location

Proceed out of York do the A19 towards Selby and after 12 miles at the first major roundabout turn left onto the A63. Pass through the villages of Cliffe and and after two miles turn left for Wressle. Follow the road into the village, over the train crossing and bear right and Lilac Cottage is on the left.

You are moving into a thriving community that can offer in the locality a choice of primary and secondary schooling, shopping amenities in Selby, York and . The village is surrounded by delightful countryside and is also home to the ruins of the home of the Percy family in the 15th century. This charming country cottage is located in the heart of the village which is located east of the market town Selby, south of the city of York and west of Hull. The village has its own train station which offers connections the major business centres of and London. As well as the train you have easy access to the A63, A19, M62 and A1 which again link to the important business centres of Yorkshire and beyond.

Additional information

Tenure Freehold

Local Authority/Council Council. Council Tax Band E. Tax

By strict appointment with the Viewing sole selling agents R M English on 01904 697900

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Tel 01904 697900

18 Castlegate, York, YO1 9RP [email protected] rmenglish.co.uk