Hunters Hill Farm Nether Silton, Thirsk, North Yorkshire YO7 2LL
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"DoubleClick Insert Picture" Hunters Hill Farm Nether Silton, Thirsk, North Yorkshire YO7 2LL 2 HUNTERS HILL FARM, NETHER SILTON, THIRSK, NORTH YORKSHIRE YO7 2LL Approximate Distances: A19 4 miles, Leeds 52 miles, Northallerton 8 miles, Thirsk 10 miles, Harrogate 35 miles, York 30 miles A SUPERBLY SITUATED AND QUITE IDYLLIC RESIDENTIAL FARM ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE NORTH YORK MOORS NATIONAL PARK Entrance Hall, Staircase Hall, Cloakroom, Boot Room, Drawing Room, Sitting Room, Dining Room, Study, large Living Kitchen with Aga, Utility Room, Games Room, Galleried Landing, Master Bedroom suite with ensuite Bathroom and Dressing Room, 5 further Bedrooms, House Bathroom, Shower Room. Oil central heating. Lovely established well timbered gardens and grounds adjoining unspoilt pasture land. Substantial attached garage, detached garage block, 8-bay stock shed, two further 2-bay stock buildings, machinery and general store, cattle handling race. Undulating grassland and meadows and a small area of amenity woodland. In all about 75.45 acres PARTICULARS FOR SALE extensi ve, elegant and quite superbly appointed modern living accommodation polished granite worksurfaces, Oak store cupboard and Siemens conventional Originally a relatively modest farmhouse built in the vernacular style, Hunters of quite some quality and style. The present owners have significantly and steam ovens with warming drawers beneath. Beyond is a most wonderful Hill Farm has been significantly extended and improved in recent years and extended the living accommodation by converting an adjoining traditional Games Room which has been created from the entirety of a substantial now forms an extremely extensive, impressive and well appointed property in range of outbuildings into a new Entrance Hall, superb Living Kitchen, Games traditional Range being open to the ridge with exposed structural timbers and a quite idyllic location a short distance away from the village of Neth er Silton Room and Garage and to which access is gained from the gravelled entrance Slate floor with direct access to a substantial Garage with wooden double at the foot of the Cleveland and Hambleton Hills on the western edge of the driveway. doors. North York Moors National Park. The beamed Entrance Hall is spacious with a Slate floor and off which is a From the Staircase Hall a flight of turning stai rs leads up to a good sized There are many natural attractions in the area within easy reach of the large Cloakroom with matching slate floor and Heritage suite leading to a Galleried Landing with direct access to a wonderful House Bathroom with property to include the Hambleton Hills and Cleveland Hills, the Howardian convenient Boot Room. Adjacent is an elegant Staircase Hall with Slate floor recessed ceiling lights, tiled floor and underfloor central heating, Laufen suite Hills (a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) and the North York and recessed ceiling lights and which provides access to the accommodation comprising large bath, power shower, two heated towel rails, WC and pedes tal Moors National Park which offer many miles of hill walking and outstanding in the original property. To the southern elevation is a comfortable Sitting washbasin. The principal bedroom enjoys wonderful views to the east scenery to enjoy. From the property there is easy access to an extensive Room with wo od burning stove and also an elegant beamed Drawing Room towards towards Kepwick Moor and has the benefit of recessed ceiling lights network of bridleways and a number of well regarded hunts lie within easy with Oak doors and stone fireplace. The original Entrance Lobby lies to the and a stone fireplace. A door opens to an ensuite Bathroom with Laufen suite boxing distance. eastern elevation from where a secondary flight of stairs rises to the first floor of shower, pedestal washbasin , low level flush WC and heated towel rail and adjacent to which is a spacious Stu dy with large ceiling beam, stone whilst adjacent is a Dressing Room with an extensive range of built in Hunters Hill Farm lies in a convenient location just a short distance east of the fireplace, window seat and a display alcove with inlaid timber above. Oak wardrobes. Completing the picture are three further bedrooms whilst to the main A19 York – Teesside trunk road which may be joined north of Thirsk doors open to the Dining Room with an exposed original timber window second floor is a Shower Room flanked by two further bedrooms with from where there is quick and ea sy access to the A1 Great North Road, the lintel. From the Entrance Hall a flight of steps leads to a quite superb fitt ed conservation roof lights. wider motorway network and the commercial centres of Teesside and the Living Kitchen which is now perhaps, the signature feature of the house. The West Riding. Teesside International Airport lies about 19 miles to the north. extensive accommodation which has the benefit of an integrated sound system Externally the property is a true delight with the gardens and grounds There are main line railway stations at York, Northallerton and Thirsk boasts exposed structural timbers, Slate floor with underfloor heating, approached via a central stone flagged inner Courtyard which forms a most providing services to London (Kings’ Cross), Newcastle and Edinburgh as extensive polished granite worksurfaces with cupboards and drawers beneath delightful sheltered, south facing summer seating and al fresco dining area well as a trans-pennine route. There is a full range of facilities in the popular and an electric 4-oven Aga flanked by Oak cupboards. Completing the picture which is also floodlit and connected to the house sound system. It is enclosed nearby market towns of Northallerton and Thirsk. is a large Island Unit with matching polished granite surface, double sink with respectively by the original house, the Kitchen extension, the Games Room mixer tap and integrated dishwasher and refrigerator whilst adjacent is a good and three further traditional ranges comprising a number of miscellaneous Hunters Hill is a most charming, extended pe riod property constructed of sized Oak larder cupboard. Of particular note is the fact that to the southern stores and a workshop. There is a wonderful south easterly aspect towards the stone elevations under pantile roofs with dressed stone quoins, window cills elevation are four roof lights making for a most light and spacious living room North York Moors and a short flagged stone path leads to the gardens, to one and lintels to the original part of the house. The façade belies the of great character and style and from where double doors open to the sheltered side of which is an open fronted Garden Room created from the southern end extraordinary conversion that has taken place and the property now offers Inner Courtyard. Adjoining is a good sized Utility Room with Slate floor, of a traditional stone range which opens also to a seconda ry west facing stone 3 flagged Sun terrace with wood burning stove. Immediately to the front of the property is a small lawn bounded by a stone wall and here the house is adorned on two elevations by a prolific Wisteria, Roses and a Ceanothus whilst the garden is protected from the road by a Yew, Cotoneaster and Holly hedge with the entrance being guarded by a magnificent specimen Beech. Beyond lies the principal garden which is principally laid down to a lawn bounded on its eastern side by a Yew and Beech hedge interspersed with various specimen trees to include Ash, Larch and a row of Lime. The western boundary is a Yew and Blackthorn hedge whilst the southern boundary is defined by a small stream which acts as an effective ha-ha framed by Holly he dging and from where there is a most wonderful open vista over the adjoining farmland. The farmyard lies on the western side of the homestead from which it is separated by a substantial timber and pantile machinery and general store. The farm buildings comprise an 8-bay open fronted steel framed stock shed with space boarded elevations and part with front feed rail. This is supplemented by a 2-bay monopitch timber pole barn and a 2-bay steel framed youngstock building with adjacent tubular steel cattle handling race. Approached direct from the gravelled driveway is a timber and pantile Garage Block with two central bays flanked by lock-up stores. The farmland is all laid down to pasture with a small area of amenity woodland thereby making the property i deal for anyone wishing to carry on a grazing livestock enterprise but would be equally attractive to those with an equestrian interest. VIEWING Strictly by appointment through the sole agents, Messrs Humberts York office, telephone (01904) 611828. DIRECTIONS From Thirsk, follow the A19 northbound for approximately 6 miles. After passing Leake Church on the right hand side of the carriageway, take the next right signposted for Nether Silton, Over Silton and Kepwick. After about a mile, take a right hand turn into the village of Nether Silton. Continue straight furnishings, wall hang ings, display cases, pictures, prints, light fittings and EPC through the village and at the far end (after the village school on the right) garden ornaments and statues are specifically excluded from the sale. take the next left signposted for Over Silton. After about 300 metres take the right hand fork which goes behin d Rose Cottage and a dead end sign. EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS OF WAY ETC Continue up a bank and down the far side and after a bend the road straightens A public footpath runs west-east through the fields to the east of Moor Lane. into Moor Lane. After a short distance Hunters Hill Farm is on the left hand side with the entrance marked by a mature roadside Beech.