Location

Askham Richard is a thriving village with a primary school, church, village hall, village green with duck pond and a good local pub. The village benefits from excellent commuter links close to the A64 leading to Leeds and the A1(M) and there is a regular bus service.

Just five miles away from York, which has a fantastic array of restaurants, attractions, independent shops and the racecourse. York railway station offers regular services to major cities including Manchester, Edinburgh and London with some journeys taking less than 2 hours to Kings Cross.

Description

The Old Barn sits in of wonderful grounds and extends to over 3,300 square feet of accommodation. This   property offers a superb combination of character and space.

The property, with its wonderful exposed beams, has undergone extensive improvements and has been carefully and lovingly restored during the current vendor's ownership. The extensive accommodation on offer is adaptable and flows well to combine both family and more formal areas, creating a real sense of spaciousness and plenty of entertaining areas. The superb open plan kitchen is very well equipped and functional. It features built in appliances, handmade units and breakfast bar and leads onto the dining and seating area, which has been carefully designed with family and modern day living in mind.

There are four equally wonderful reception rooms with doors from the kitchen and drawing room leading onto the courtyard. The rooms are currently being used as a snug, sitting room, drawing room, dining room and study.

On the first floor is a fantastic principal suite with dressing room and luxury en-suite, with central bath. There are four further equally impressive bedrooms and 2 en-suites and a house bathroom.

The garden has been designed with several wonderful areas to relax and entertain, the garden and terrace areas surround the property.