A SUPERB 12 ¾ ACRE SMALLHOLDING COMPRISING A

SUBSTANTIAL 3 BEDROOMED STONE BUILT DETACHED HOUSE WITH A SELF-CONTAINED 3 BEDROOMED ANNEX, A PORTAL FRAMED BUILDING WITH 4 STABLES, AMPLE STORAGE AND AN OUTDOOR SCHOOL

(Subject to an Agricultural Occupancy Restriction)

A superb 12 ¾ acre smallholding, ideal for equestrian use or a small scale livestock enterprise, together with a traditional 3 Bedroomed stone built detached house with a self-contained 3 Bedroomed annex providing ample accommodation for elderly relatives, teenage children or similar uses, having a portal framed building with 4 stables and extensive storage, an outdoor school and Planning Consent for an additional agricultural building.

Constructed to a good specification in natural cut and dressed Yorkshire stone, the property currently provides a generously proportioned 3 Bedroomed layout with scope for further extension into 2 large second floor rooms and has the benefit of oil fired central heating and hardwood framed sealed unit double glazing with Sky television to every room. 

The property enjoys an enviable rural location at Threaplands, just off the B6265 Skipton to Grassington Road in the popular village of Cracoe, one of the more accessible villages within The Yorkshire Dales National Park, being within only a few minutes drive of Grassington and some 6 miles to the north of the historic market town of Skipton.

The property is subject to an Agricultural User Restriction and will undoubtedly appeal to those actively engaged in agriculture or forestry or to persons retired from those professions.

A rare opportunity to acquire a substantial smallholding in an excellent location, the house is now nearing completion and in detail comprises:

TO THE GROUND FLOOR

STONE BUILT ENTRANCE PORCH:  6’0” x 3’9” with side window.

ENTRANCE HALL:  21’8” x 7’0” with return staircase off.

SITTING ROOM:  25’0” x 14’9” with fireplace opening, 4 wall light points and windows on 2 sides.

DINING ROOM:  19’0” x 9’7” with ceiling down lights, Oak laminate flooring and French doors overlooking the rear garden.

L-SHAPED KITCHEN:  15’9” x 15’7” (maximum) with low voltage down lights. A purchaser will have the opportunity to choose their own Kitchen fittings.

CLOAKROOM:  with low suite w.c and hand basin with tiled splash.

BOOT ROOM / TACK ROOM: with coat hooks and tiled floor.

BOILER ROOM:  housing the Grant oil fired central heating boiler.

TO THE FIRST FLOOR

Return staircase with window to HALF LANDING.

SPACIOUS FIRST FLOOR LANDING:  with hatch and ladder access to second floor which would provide 2 very large additional double bedrooms as afore described.

MASTER BEDROOM: 18’9” x 14’6” with windows to 2 sides and EN-SUITE BATHROOM.

BEDROOM 2:  14’9” x 12’7” (front)

BEDROOM 3:  14’9” x 12’2” (rear) with extensive long distance views.

HOUSE BATHROOM:  with pc allowance for 4 piece suite.

ANNEX

THROUGH KITCHEN/UTILITY:  19’10” x 5’9” with stainless steel sink unit, electric cooker recess with Hömark extractor hood over, range of fitted base and wall units, ample worktops, ceramic tiled floor and stable-type doors to both the front and rear.

L-SHAPED SITTING ROOM:  19’10” x 19’6” (overall) with multi-fuel stove, flagged hearth, windows to 3 sides, beamed ceiling, ceramic tiled Dining Area and open tread staircase off.

GROUND FLOOR BEDROOM 1:  11’0” x 9’5” with plumbing for EN-SUITE CLOAKROOM with provision for w.c and hand basin.

TO THE FIRST FLOOR

LANDING:  with eaves storage area.

BEDROOM 2:  11’5” x 9’6” (rear - to eaves) with Velux rooflight.

BEDROOM 3:  15’6” x 7’8” (rear) with beamed ceiling and Velux rooflight. 

SMALL EAVES OFFICE/STUDY

BATHROOM:  with 3 piece ‘shell’ suite comprising pine panelled bath with Mira pressure unit with curtain and rail and full height tiling, pedestal wash basin and low suite w.c, extractor fan, wall mirror and laminate flooring.

TO THE OUTSIDE

Gravelled private drive, forecourt parking, lawned garden with flowerbeds, shrubs and trees and a paved patio to the rear. 

PORTAL FRAMED BUILDING:  45’0” x 35’0” clad in Yorkshire boarding and comprising 4 STABLES with ample fodder and vehicle/equipment storage area.

There is also Planning Consent for an additional agricultural building for which the footings are already in place.

LAND:  The Threaplands site (O.S. 4660) extends to 0.75 of an acre and a further parcel (O.S. 7448) extending to 12  acres or thereabouts is located approximately one mile from the house with direct access off Thorpe Lane.  Both parcels are shown coloured red on the enclosed site plan.

PLANNING:  Planning Consent (reference C/23/71E) was granted on 30 July 1999 by The Yorkshire Dales National Park Planning Authority for full planning permission for the erection of an agricultural workers dwelling, the creation of a residential curtilage, and the construction of an agricultural building.  The planning consent was subject to conditions and the Local Planning Authority required the applicants to enter into a Section 106 Agreement not to dispose of the land at Thorpe Lane, except as part of a sale of the entire holding.

Copies of the Planning Consent and Section 106 Agreement are available for inspection at the Agents offices.

The dwelling is subject to the following agricultural user restriction:  the occupation of the dwelling shall be limited to a person solely or mainly employed, or last employed in the locality in agriculture, as defined in Section 336 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, or in forestry, or a dependent of such a person residing with him or her, or a widow or widower of such a person

SERVICES:  The house has Mains electricity, a private spring water supply and septic tank drainage.  The house is heated by way of an oil fired central heating system.

The heating/electrical appliances and any fixtures and fittings included in the sale have not been tested by the Agents and we are therefore unable to offer any guarantees in respect of them.

The land at Thorpe Lane is naturally watered.

POST CODE:  BD23 6LD

TENURE:  The property is freehold and vacant possession will be given on completion of the sale.

VIEWING:  Please contact the selling Agents, Messrs Wilman and Wilman on telephone 01535-637333 who will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements and supply any further information.

PRICE:  £695,000 (subject to an Agricultural Occupancy Restriction)