Location

Elvington is a popular village convenient for York (7 miles) with a pub, hairdressers, village shop, doctors surgery and sports club along with an active village hall offering a variety of clubs and groups. Within the village is Elvington C of E Primary School (Ofsted Good 2024) and the highly regarded Fulford Secondary school (Academy- Outstanding 2023) and Archbishop Holgate's School (Academy-Outstanding 2021) are within the catchment area for the village.

Pocklington School is a well-regarded private school taking pupils from 4–18 years and Woldgate School and Sixth Form (Academy). Queen Margaret's School for Girls is within seven miles. Pocklington market town offers a wider range of amenities, cafes, restaurants, a health centre, dentist, leisure centre, cinema, post office, banks and supermarkets. There are also tennis, football, rugby and a cricket club.

There are three Golf clubs within nine miles of the village; Heworth Golf club (9 miles), Forest Park Golf Club (8.5 miles) and Fulford Golf Club (6.6 miles) and Swallow Hall (5.5 miles)

The neighbouring village of Sutton upon Derwent also boasts a pub, a post office, village hall, primary school (Ofsted Good 2022) and a tennis club. Woodhouse Grange Cricket Club is situated less than two miles from Elvington.

Monks Cross and The Vanguard shopping centre are about eight and a half miles away and offer extensive shopping including a flagship Marks and Spencer and various supermarkets. York Leisure Centre at Monks Cross offers gym facilities, swimming pool and a sports hall with a Clip N Climb arena.

York City Centre is seven miles with its railway station and racecourse, not to mention theatres, restaurants and shops.

The city boasts excellent restaurants including the award winning The Star Inn the City by Andrew Pern and the Michelin-starred restaurant, Roots, by Tommy Banks. In addition, there is Skosh by Neil Bentinck which also boasts a Michelin-star, positioned on popular Micklegate which also has a number of independent shops, pubs, cafes and hairdressers.

Located beside the River Ouse is York City Rowing Club, York Pilates Space and The Perky Peacock, a cosy café in a medieval tower. Further along is Rowntree Park with a café, playground, tennis and basketball courts.

York’s mainline railway station offers regular services to major cities including Manchester, Edinburgh and London with some journeys taking less than two hours to make the journey to Kings Cross.

Please note all distances and travel times are approximate.

Description

The Old Rectory is a stunning Georgian property sitting in around half an acre of beautiful mature grounds and gardens overlooking the church tower. The Church was built around 1804, and the following year the incoming Rector built the Rectory, which remained in the ownership of the Church of England until the mid-seventies.

Available to the market for only the second time in nearly half a century, this is a rare opportunity to acquire a special and substantial home with the benefit of a recently updated self-contained annexe, ideal for dependent relatives or as a holiday let.

With pleasing architectural symmetry, a red fish scale tiled roof and painted render finish, the house overlooks a generous lawned front garden with a pond and is surrounded by a variety of mature trees including oak, yew, hazel, hornbeam, beech, apple and white birch. There is a delightful private, sunny rear courtyard laid with quarry tiles and a further annexe garden providing a choice of pleasant areas to enjoy the outside spaces.

The charming entrance hall has a tiled floor and leads to a formal drawing room with bay window, exposed floorboards and a handsome period fireplace. This room overlooks the front as does the inviting sitting room with picture rail detail and a stove, inset within a feature fireplace. The family room offers a more informal space with courtyard views and sits opposite the wonderful recently fitted kitchen which has tri-coloured fitted units and a central breakfast island finished with sleek granite and timber worktops. A full electric Aga, with an add-on module, sits in a recess, making it a focal point in this well designed and bright space. The dining room is adjacent to the kitchen and is another light-filled and generous room with a tiled floor and a full set of sliding doors opening onto the courtyard, ideal for entertaining. The dining room gives access to the utility and downstairs shower room with good storage space, as well as a pleasant study.

The first floor provides four very generous bedrooms, the principal being en suite and there is a further single bedroom, all leading off from the central landing. The family bathroom and a separate wc serve these bedrooms. A staircase leading to the second floor with a spacious sixth bedroom with a w.c and feature exposed brick and timber trusses. There is also a useful store room. The house has the benefit of a high pressure hot water system, it also has lots of natural light and an abundance of original features.

The Courtyard Cottage is a separate and wholly independent property with it’s own utilities, front and back doors. It can be accessed from the courtyard of the main house or via a separate entrance to the rear. The cottage is well laid out with a modern fitted kitchen, spacious sitting room, double bedroom and shower room.

A double garage and ample parking are reached from a driveway that was originally an in and out driveway (semi-circle) which would have once enabled the horse drawn carriages to enter and exit. The gateposts are still in position within the hedge and this drive could be reinstated. Useful garden stores provide a mower shed and bin store, as well as two loggias.

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