ROOKERY COTTAGE, MIDDLETON TYAS Richmond, North Yorkshire

ROOKERY COTTAGE, MIDDLETON TYAS Richmond, North Yorkshire

ROOKERY COTTAGE MIDDLETON TYAS, RICHMOND, NORTH YORKSHIRE, DL10 6RE A HIDDEN GEM. AN ATTRACTIVE CHARACTER THREE/FOUR BEDROOMED DETACHED PERIOD HOUSE, ORIGINATING FROM THE 18 TH CENTURY AND A SINGLE STOREY COTTAGE, QUIETLY SITUATED IN APPROXIMATLEY 1.5 ACRES OF GARDEN AND MATURE DECIDUOUS WOODLAND IN THIS POPULAR NORTH YORKSHIRE VILLAGE Accommodation Entrance Porch Reception Room Sitting Room Dining Room Garden Room Study Dining Kitchen Utility Room Ground Floor WC Master Bedroom with En Suite Bathroom Second Bedroom (originally Two Bedrooms) Third Bedroom Family Bathroom/WC Cottage Externally Double Garage with attached Store Cobbled Parking Area Well laid out gardens Deciduous Woodland 1.5 acres in all Darlington 10 miles Newcastle 45 miles York 47 miles Harrogate 38 miles Richmond 6 miles The Station, Station Yard, Richmond, North Yorkshire DL10 4LD Tel: 01748 829217 www.gscgrays.co.uk richmond@gscgrays.co.uk Offices also at: Barnard Castle Tel: 01833 637000 Bedale Tel: 01677 422400 Hamsterley Tel: 01388 487000 Leyburn Tel: 01969 600120 Stokesley Tel: 01642 710742

Situation & Amenities Rookery Cottage is quietly situated in the village of Middleton Tyas WEST PASTURE FARM which is a thriving village with local shop, primary school and public house. It is particularly well located being within 1.5 miles MICKLETON of Scotch Corner providing access to the A1(M) and A66 trans Pennine route, it also has an M&S Simply Food outlet. For the commuter there is the East Coast Mainline and Newcastle Durham, Tees Valley and Leeds Bradford Airports providing links to commercial centres of the north east and beyond. The nearby towns of Richmond and Darlington offer a wide variety of amenities including national and local retailers, a large range of bars, restaurants, cinemas, sports centres, theatres and state and private educational opportunities at both primary and secondary level. Golf courses can be found at Richmond, Barnard Castle and Darlington. The north Pennines and Yorkshire Dales are in easy reach. Rookery Cottage A hidden gem. Tucked away in 1.5 acres of gardens and deciduous woodland, Rookery Cottage is approached via its own long driveway through a wooded area, which reveals this outstanding detached residence along with a studio cottage set in an elevated position, with well laid out gardens and pathways meandering through the grounds. The main house is believed to date back to circa 1775 and was once the Woodsman s Cottage to the big house. Rookery Cottage is a charming family home with an abundance of character such as exposed timbers, stone or stripped wood window sills, rough plaster walls, stripped pinewood latch doors, a kitchen with handmade units in antique style pine and a feature Yorkshire black range. The main house is currently laid out with three bedrooms to the first floor. The second bedroom was originally two rooms and could be returned to such if four bedrooms were required. The pretty single storey cottage in the grounds extends to 333 square feet of open plan accommodation and would lend itself to a variety of uses perhaps for an older relative, teenager, as a studio or could be used as additional guest accommodation. Accommodation The entrance porch, with glass panelled door, leads into a cosy reception room overlooking the main front lawns to the woodland beyond. This characterful room has a beamed ceiling, and fireplace with feature brick recess and cast iron open grate. This first reception room leads through to the inner hallway and the garden room. The garden room is a central point to the house and provides access to the dining room and the dining kitchen, with slate flooring and full length glass French doors and side panels, currently used as the main entrance, and looks onto the front garden. The dining room has rough plastered walls and two windows to the rear elevation and feature recess with stone lintel. Accessed via a small staircase from the garden room the dining kitchen is a large rustic farmhouse style kitchen with exposed ceiling timbers, handmade rustic pine units with Belfast sink, plate rack and timber edged canopy over the Rangemaster cooker. There is plenty of space for a large farmhouse dining table and a further cosy seating area next to the feature cast iron range (this is not in working order). Two cottage windows to the front overlook the gravelled seating area and woodland beyond and a stable door to the rear leads through to a rear porch with space for coats and boots and access into a utility room, with base and floor cupboard units, Belfast sink, space for a washing machine and the central heating boiler. The cosy inner hallway provides access to the first floor, the main sitting room, study and ground floor cloakroom. Running the width of the house, the main sitting room has exposed timber beams and an open fire grate with timber lintel above set into an unusual honeycomb shaped chimney breast. Dual aspect windows take advantage of the garden views and a glass panelled door leads to the rear of the building with flagged pathways and well stocked shrub beds.

First Floor The first floor has a galleried landing with arched window to the rear elevation affording plenty of natural light. The master bedroom suite occupies a lovely position in the property with two windows to the front elevation enjoying views over the woodland; the en suite bathroom/shower room has a roll top bath with legs, a step in shower cubicle, pedestal wash hand basin and low level WC in white. The second bedroom runs the full width of Rookery Cottage, with windows to the front and rear elevations. This room was originally two bedrooms and could easily be converted back should four bedrooms be required. The third double enjoys views to the front. The family bathroom, with large airing cupboard, has a modern suite with wood panelled bath, wash hand basin with plinths each side and handy storage cupboards below and low level WC. The master bedroom suite, family bathroom and third bedroom all have delicate hand painted murals. The Cottage The cottage is a charming single storey property with picket fence surround and is separate from the main property. The building measures 333 square feet internally and comprises one large open plan living area with an en suite Shower/WC contained within. The cottage could suit a variety of uses including guest accommodation, studio/office, or an annexe for extended family. The main living area has an open truss beamed ceiling and a log burner set in a brick recess with wooden mantle and seating to both alcoves. Externally Rookery Cottage occupies an attractive south facing elevated position, with pocket garden areas including lawned frontage with well stocked flower and shrub borders and gravelled seating area with shrub beds to the west of the main house. There are well thought out paths meandering through the grounds and an unusual well established rockery feature with waterfall leading down from the main lawn to an extensive cobbled parking and turning area and a Double Garage with attached store. The grounds in all extend to just over 1.5 acres of gardens and deciduous woodland.

Tenure The property is believed to be sold Freehold with Vacant Possession upon completion. Local Authority Richmondshire District Council. Tel: 01748 829100 Council Tax For Council Tax purposes the property is banded F. Viewings Strictly by appointment with GSC Grays. Telephone: 01748 829217 Directions To reach the property from the A1 (M) proceed to Scotch Corner and take the eastern exit (signposted to Services and Middleton Tyas) onto Middleton Tyas Lane, follow the road through the centre of Middleton Tyas, through the traffic control until the road bears 90 degrees to the right, you will see a stone wall and woodland on the right hand side, look for the break in the wall and you have reached the drive for Rookery Cottage.

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