THE RED HOUSE CHURCH LANE | NUNTHORPE | NORTH YORKSHIRE THE RED HOUSE | CHURCH LANE | NUNTHORPE | NORTH YORKSHIRE An imposing country house standing in beautiful grounds with paddock, stabling and breathtaking views APPROXIMATE MILEAGES A19 5.2 miles | Middlesbrough City Centre 5.8 miles | A1M 22.5 miles | Hartlepool 20.0 miles | Thirsk 23.2 miles Darlington 20.6 mile | Durham Tees Valley Airport 14.8 miles | Durham City Centre 31.5 miles Newcastle City Centre 44.9 miles | Newcastle International Airport 51.5 miles ACCOMMODATION IN BRIEF Entrance Hall | Reception Hall | Drawing Room | Dining Room | Snug | Kitchen/Breakfast Room | Pantry | Conservatory Utility Room | Potting Shed | Cloakroom/WC | Staff Entrance | Master Bedroom Suite | Four Further Bedrooms Bathroom | Shower Room | Three Further Attic Bedrooms | Bathroom | Stores Triple Garage | Workshop and Store | Garden | Paddock | Stables | Tennis Court Finest Properties | 69 Duke Street | Darlington | County Durham | DL3 7SD Marketing Specialists for Individual & Distinctive Properties T: 01325 360777 E: [email protected] finest properties.co.uk LOCAL INFORMATION The charming and desirable village of Nunthorpe has a thriving local community and offers everyday amenities including a number of shops, a restaurant, hotel and a number of local groups including a Scout group, football team, an amateur dramatics THE PROPERTY club and for golf enthusiasts the Brass Castle Lane Golf Course The Red House is located on the edge of the historic village of Nunthorpe which has a fascinating is nearby. The village offers easy access to the surrounding history that can be traced back to the Domesday Book of 1806. Originally named ‘Thorpe’ or ‘Torp’ a Danish word meaning settlement and later renamed ‘Nunthorpe’ after a group of Cistercian nuns countryside for the outdoor enthusiast with the North York Moors resided in the village for a short period towards the end of the 12th century. The Industrial Revolution National Park and North Yorkshire & Cleveland Heritage Coast and later expansion of Middlesborough has had little impact on Nunthorpe which remains a thriving being within easy reach. Nearby Middlesbrough and Darlington community. The Red House is a spacious period property which sits amidst well-maintained grounds provide a wider range of local retail and professional services, amounting to around 4 acres with glorious views over open countryside and towards the Cleveland including The James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough Hills. which is one of Europe’s most modern hospitals specialising in The front door opens into a hall off which there is a large cloakroom with fitted cupboards and a wide range of services including an Accident and Emergency wash hand basin and separate WC. The generous and welcoming reception hall gives access to department. Durham and Newcastle city centres are also within the main reception rooms and has stairs up to the first floor. An additional door to the front of the house, the former staff entrance, opens into a separate hall with wash hand basin and leads into easy reach and provide comprehensive cultural, recreational and the reception hall. The main reception rooms include a magnificent drawing room and spacious shopping facilities. dual-aspect formal dining room which both have stunning southerly views over the garden. The drawing room has full height windows, including a large bay window giving access to the garden, For schooling there is a children’s nursery in Nunthorpe and there is together with a feature fireplace. There is an additional everyday snug with views to the side of a choice of Primary Schools within easy reach including Chandlers the property that is currently used as a study. The kitchen/breakfast room runs the depth of the Ridge Academy and St Bernadette’s RC Primary School, while house and has views of the front and rear garden. The kitchen is fitted with a comprehensive 1 secondary schooling is offered at Nunthorpe Academy. range of units, 1 /2 bowl sink and drainer, has a ceramic hob and double oven and is plumbed for a dishwasher. There are various ancillary rooms including a utility room which is plumbed for a washing For the commuter the village is well-located for access to the machine and has space for a tumble drier, various stores and a fully-shelved traditional pantry. regional business and commercial centres, with the A19, A66 A charming conservatory is located to the rear of the property and offers a delightful informal sitting room from which to enjoy the garden at all times of the year. A downstairs cloakroom/WC completes and A1 providing excellent road links. There is a rail station in the ground floor accommodation. Nunthorpe which provides local train services while Darlington A spectacular original oak staircase leads from the reception hall up to the first floor landing. The offers main line rail services north and south. International air generous master bedroom, which has two windows offering stunning elevated views over the rear services are available from Durham Tees Valley, Newcastle and garden to the Cleveland Hills in the distance, benefits from a dressing room and Jack and Jill bathroom Leeds/Bradford airports. with bath, wash hand basin and WC. Two further double bedrooms enjoy similar southerly views, both of which have a range of fitted furniture, while one has a bay window and the other is dual aspect. There are two further double bedrooms on the first floor, one of which has a window to the rear while the other has a window to the side. The bedrooms are served by a bathroom with panelled bath, wash hand basin and WC and a separate shower room with shower cubicle, wash hand basin and WC. A further room on this floor is currently used as a dressing room and is fitted with a range of built-in storage cupboards. A separate staircase leads up to the second floor where there are three further double bedrooms, a bathroom, store room and a number of useful storage cupboards. From the top floor there are stunning views to Roseberry Topping. EXTERNALLY The Red House is approached along a private tree-lined drive which leads to the parking and turning area at the front of the house and beside the garages. There is ample parking for several cars and the triple garage (8.98m x 6.95m), which has double and single doors, benefits from light, power and washing facilities. The property sits amidst beautiful well-stocked mature gardens and grounds which offer privacy and seclusion. To the rear there is a terrace which provides an excellent al fresco entertaining area. There is a paddock that amounts to 1.63 acres, with a combination of post and rail fencing and hedge boundaries, and a five bar gate entrance near to the tennis court. A separate pedestrian gate leads from the paddock into small copse. The stable block comprises three loose boxes and tack room and benefits from power and water. A disused water tower to the north side of the drive is currently used for storage but offer tremendous potential for conversion to a separate dwelling subject to relevant consents. SERVICES COUNCIL TAX Mains electricity and water are connected, oil-fired Band H central heating. Drainage is to a septic tank. EPC DIRECTIONS Rating E From the centre of Middlesbrough take the A172 out of town. Stay on this road for about 4.3 miles, going across a TENURE number of roundabouts. Just after the Poole Roundabout Freehold take the left turn onto Church Lane, signposted to St Mary’s Church. Follow this road, passing the church on your left, and the entrance to The Red House is on the IMPORTANT NOTICE The property misdescriptions act: Finest Properties Limited, for right hand side before the farm. themselves and for the Vendors and Lessors of this property whose Agents they are give notice that: (1) The particulars are POSTCODE set out as a general outline only for the guidance of intended TS7 0PD purchasers or lessees and do not constitute, nor constitute part of, an offer or contract; (2) All descriptions, dimensions, reference to condition and necessary permissions for use and occupation and FIXTURES AND FITTINGS other details are given without responsibility and any intending VIEWINGS STRICTLY BY APPOINTMENT Some items, such as carpets, curtains and light fittings, purchasers or tenants should not rely on them as statements or not mentioned in these sales particulars may be representations of fact, but must satisfy themselves by inspection 01325 360777 either excluded from the sale or available by separate or otherwise as to the correctness of each of them; (3) No person in the employment of Finest Properties Limited, has any authority [email protected] negotiation. to make or give any representation or warranty whatever in relation to this property. 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