5 bedroom house for sale

A spacious family home with superb potential, a generous south facing garden, garage and located in a convenient and accessible position. No onward chain.


This is a perfect family home which has a lovely atmosphere and fantastic accommodation of about 1456sqft in total and has superb potential to refurbish, modernise and create a highly desirable property. The house is situated within a desirable setting in the popular market town of Pocklington, highly convenient within the Vale of York. This is an accessible location, with easy access to recreational, sporting and retail amenities.

The house offers impressive rooms, wonderful space with flexibility and an opportunity to re-configure and design to accommodate a variety of lifestyles. The house benefits from being naturally light and the flexibility of the layout strengthens the potential and overall impressive space.

There is an entrance porch, providing a nice welcome to the house which leads into the spacious hall. The sitting room is an impressive reception space and with an adjacent room providing further flexibility for use as a dining room and beyond the sitting room, there is a convenient snug. This offers a front to rear aspect where the sun and light from the north and south can be enjoyed. There is beautiful space for formal and family dining and entertaining and this flows into the kitchen. The layout has been designed to allow the full benefit of the views onto the private garden. The accommodation provides attractive proportions, with a layout that flows harmoniously throughout. With an inviting feel, the entertaining scope can be fully maximised. The kitchen provides a focal point to enhance the welcoming atmosphere. It benefits from having southerly views onto the garden and a good range of storage with an integral oven and hob. There is a door off the dining room which leads to a ground floor WC and there are doors leading to both the front and rear garden.

The ground floor reception space has been designed to allow full benefit of the views onto the beautiful garden and offers wonderful flexibility for family life. There are five bedrooms on the first floor which share the family shower room.

There is a generous area of garden to the front, with a good-sized drive leading to the integral garage. The south-facing rear garden is a beautiful sun trap and is laid to lawn, with two garden sheds and patio. Both gardens offer a lovely blank canvas to landscape further and tailor the outside space to your own needs. The size of scope of the rear garden complements this family house perfectly.

Location.
Pocklington is a historic and traditional market town with a wonderful variety of high-quality independent retailers including coffee shops, restaurants, butchers, bakers, gift shops and home /interior design shops. The town has strong state and independent schooling with a choice of nurseries, primary and secondary education. There are national supermarkets and quick access onto the A1079 to head east and west. A rich variety of sporting, recreational, educational, and cultural activities are available. Francis Scaife Sports Centre has a swimming pool, gym, squash courts, a variety of fitness classes, sports clubs, and sports hall. Burnby Hall Gardens located within Pocklington is “a jewel in Yorkshire’s crown” and home to a national collection of water lilies, the gardens host an annual tulip festival, Sunday brass band concerts and has a well-regarded tearoom. The Pocklington Arts Centre is a popular and wellknown asset in the town and is home to cinema, music, comedy, and theatre productions.

The Wolds and Vale of York is an unspoilt part of Yorkshire, offering phenomenal walking and cycling opportunities with the high rolling Wolds being classic David Hockney countryside renowned for its big views and its vast, rolling arable countryside. The coast can be reached with beautiful beaches at Fraisthorpe, Filey and Skipsea. Numerous golf courses are within easy reach.

The historic city of York, Hull (awarded City of Culture in 2017) and Leeds are all within reach and commuting distance. York offers an excellent range of independent and national retailers, sporting, cultural and recreational facilities expected from such a well-regarded city, together with its famous racecourse. The mainline railway station in York provides services to all parts of the UK and a fast train to London Kings Cross in under 2 hours.