An elegant North Yorkshire village house with glorious gardens, outbuildings and tennis court.

Reception hall, drawing room, sitting room, staircase hall, cloaks/WC, box room, breakfast kitchen, utility room, cellar, 5 double bedrooms (3 with en suite), house bathroom.
Range of outbuildings including garaging, formal gardens, terracing, walkways, tennis court, orchard.

In all approximately 1 acre (0.4 hectares)

• Bedale 8 miles
• Ripon 9.5 miles
• Northallerton 13 miles

(All distances approximate)

The Dower House, Kirklington, Near Bedale, North Yorkshire, DL8 2LX

A particularly elegant family home, The Dower House is a Grade II listed building that faces south standing in private grounds of one acre in the heart of the picturesque North Yorkshire village of Kirklington. The accommodation includes five bedrooms and four reception rooms extending to a gross internal floor area of approximately 4300 sq ft and now offering scope for a degree of general updating and improvement.  With an immediate sense of arrival, an elegant drawing room is complemented by a lovely sitting room, the formal dining room also connects to a large breakfast kitchen that in itself has direct access to the gardens which are predominantly situated on the western side, ideal for afternoon and evening sun.  The master bedroom suite sits to the rear of the property with two guest bedroom suites to the front in addition to two further double bedrooms served by the house bathroom. 

The gardens are particular feature of the property and whilst a village house, they afford a high degree of privacy extending to approximately one acre including extensive level lawn , colourful herbaceous borders, a variety of mature trees and hedging in addition to a delightful secret garden that adjoins the tennis court with the grounds culminating with a productive orchard to the northern end. 

A range of traditional outbuildings include garaging, stores and a traditional loose box the latter having attic space above.

Kirklington is highly regarded for both its traditional English village styling centred around an extensive green but yet the location is highly convenient between Ripon and Bedale a few minutes drive from the A1 trunk road currently being upgraded to motorway standard.  The county town of Northallerton lies some 13 miles to the east with East Coast mainline rail connections all of which combines to offer highly convenient location to a wonderful village house that also has potential the likes of which are rarely offered for sale on the open market in North Yorkshire.

Services: Mains water, electricity and drainage are installed.  Oil fired central heating.

Tenure – Freehold with vacant possession

Joint sole agents: Blenkin & Co and Knight Frank