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The Gables, Wetherby Road, York, North Yorkshire, YO23
SSTC
Guide price £695,000
4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 receptions
Summary:
** MAGNIFICENT 4 BED VICTORIAN DETACHED FORMER FARMHOUSE ** PERIOD FEATURES THROUGHOUT ** Lovingly and meticulously restored | Spacious lounge with cast iron fireplace | Large dining room with large multi-fuel stove | Well-appointed farmhouse breakfast kitchen | Master bedroom with en-suite | Three further double bedrooms | Good sized bathroom with cast iron roll top bath | Beautifully maintained gardens to front, side and rear | Double garage | Long driveway with turning space. This beautifully presented period property offers fabulous accommodation with the potential for multi-generational living. It comprises of an entrance hall, lounge, dining room, snug, breakfast kitchen, shower room, and rear porch on the ground floor. The main staircase from the hallway leads up to a first floor galleried landing, providing access to the master bedroom with en-suite, three further double bedrooms and a good sized family bathroom. Outside there are beautifully maintained and attractive gardens to the front, side and rear which are mainly laid to lawn with shrub borders. The private rear garden is south facing with a number of seating areas. A long, gravel driveway with turning space provides parking for numerous vehicles and leads to a detached double garage with light and power. The property has been sympathetically restored and provides a wealth of original features including, cast iron fireplaces, multi-fuel stove, cast iron radiators, tiled flooring, stripped wooden floorboards, spindle bannister staircase, ornate coving, deep skirting boards, stripped pine doors, and doors with leaded light windows. The house still offers potential to add value with further refurbishment/extension, subject to the necessary planning consent. The property benefits from oil fired central heating, double glazing and also has a three phase electricity supply.
Key Features:
- Double Glazing
- Central Heating
- Three Reception Rooms
- Three Bathrooms
- Double Garage
- Private Driveway
- Enclosed Gardens
- Period Features
- Well Located
Full Details:
Additional Information
The house is located in this popular and much sought after village, four miles west of York. Amenities include a church, village hall, village store with tea rooms, playing fields (football, cricket and tennis club), a village primary school and a twice weekly satellite Post Office service. The village primary school (OFSTED rating ‘GOOD’) is within safe walking distance and there is a school bus service to local state secondary school (Manor C of E Academy, OFSTED rating ‘GOOD’). There is also easy access to All Saints Roman Catholic School for state 6th form education (OFSTED ‘OUTSTANDING’) and private schools (St Peter’s School, Bootham and Queen Ethelburga’s). There is access to several public footpaths and cycle paths to surrounding villages. In addition, there are good transport links from Rufforth, with a regular bus service to both York and Wetherby, train stations at York and Poppleton, and easy access to major road networks including York Outer Ring Road, A64, and the A1/M1/M62 motorway.
The Gables (formerly Gable Farm) was built in 1880 on the site of the former ‘Charity Farm’ with funds from the charity of a deceased local benefactor Jane Wright. A registered charity, still assisting the people of York today, ‘The Charity of Jane Wright’ dates back to 1675. In acknowledgement of her charitable gift, Jane Wright’s initials are inscribed above the entrance doorway to The Gables, together with the date of construction.
The owners advise that they have carried out the following works to the property,
•Cast iron radiators fitted in many locations
•Ceilings replaced (most of the ceilings have been either re-boarded or skimmed)
•All of the cast iron guttering, fall-pipes and soil stack reinstated
•All of the ground floor suspended timber floors replaced with salvage timber boards. Floor joists on these floors have also been replaced
•Suspended floors have all been insulated on the underside during installation
•The floors have been replaced in Bedroom 1, Bedroom 3, the Snug, the house Bathroom and the ground floor WC
•The walls in the Dining Room, Snug, Bedroom 1 (including en-suite), Bedroom 3 and the house Bathroom have all been stripped back to bare brick, insulated on the inside and dry lined
•The downstairs WC has also been stripped back and dry lined
•The garage roof was removed 6 years ago and was insulated with polyurethane insulation, new breather membrane fitted, new slate laths and re-slated. The verges were re-pointed
•Within the past 12 months new wooden facia boards, undersarking boards, finials and finial caps have been replaced on each of the gable ends, and the verges re-pointed. The whole of the exterior woodwork has been re-painted
•All cast iron guttering has been removed, shotblasted, epoxy powder coated and re-assembled using new stainless steel fixings
•They have begun the process of reinstating original type timber sliding sash, double glazed windows to the rear & side elevations
Entrance Hall
Half glazed, stained glass leaded light pine entrance door. Cast iron radiator. Ornate coving. Deep skirting boards. Tiled floor. uPVC double glazed window to front elevation. Wooden spindle bannister main staircase leading up to first floor accommodation. Separate stripped pine doors open into lounge, dining room, snug, breakfast kitchen, and shower room.
Lounge (4.93 x 3.94 (16'2" x 12'11"))
Stripped half-glazed pine door opens from hallway. Feature cast iron fireplace with ornate wood surround and granite hearth. Two cast iron radiators. Ornate coving. Picture rail. Deep skirting boards. Stripped wooden floorboards. uPVC double glazed window to front elevation.
Dining Room (4.87 x 4.46 (15'11" x 14'7"))
Stripped pine door opens from hallway. Feature brick fireplace housing large cast iron multi-fuel stove with backboiler on tiled hearth. Two cast iron radiators. Picture rail. 2 plate racks, deep skirting boards, original built in cupboard and shelving to alcove. Stripped wooden floorboards. uPVC double glazed windows to front and side elevations.
Breakfast Kitchen (5.95 x 4.44 (max) (19'6" x 14'6" (max)))
Half glazed pine door from hallway. Fitted in a range of shaker style wooden base and wall mounted units with granite effect work surfaces and tiled splashbacks. One and a half bowl ceramic sink unit with mixer tap. Integrated double electric oven. Induction hob with extractor hood over. Recesses plumbed in for automatic washing machine and dishwasher. Built-in cupboard space with stripped pine doors. Stripped pine door opens into separate pantry cupboard. Stairs lead up to stripped pine door opening onto rear staircase leading up to first floor bathroom. Wooden bannister and spindles. Cast iron radiator. Coving. uPVC double glazed windows to side and rear elevations. uPVC rear door opens into,
Rear Porch
uPVC double glazed windows to rear and side elevation and lighting. Wooden door opens into rear garden.
Snug/Office (3.29 x 2.07 (max) (10'9" x 6'9" (max)))
Cast iron radiator. Inset ceiling lights. Stripped wooden floor boards. uPVC double glazed window to front elevation.
Downstairs Shower Room
Shower cubicle with fixed chrome shower head and detachable shower head. Pedestal hand wash basin. High level WC. Heated chrome towel rail. Tiled floor. Partly tiled walls. Inset ceiling lights. Wooden double glazed sash window to rear elevation.
First Floor Galleried Landing
Spindle banister return staircase from hallway leads up to a first floor landing. Radiator. Access to large loft space via large hatch and pull-down retractable ladder. uPVC double glazed window to front elevation. Stripped pine door opens into large built-in cupboard space. Separate stripped pine doors open into four double bedrooms (one en-suite) and a family bathroom.
Master Bedroom (4.85 x 3.96 (max) (15'10" x 12'11" (max)))
Cast iron fireplace with tiled hearth. 2 Cast iron radiators. Picture rail. Stripped wooden floor boards. uPVC double glazed window to front elevation. Half glazed leaded light, stained glass pine door opens into,
En-Suite
Shower cubicle with chrome fixed shower head and detachable shower head. Pedestal wash hand basin. Low level WC. Heated chrome towel rail. Partly tiled walls. Stripped wooden floor boards.
Bedroom Two (4.96 x 3.73 (16'3" x 12'2"))
Cast iron fireplace with tiled hearth. Radiator. uPVC double glazed window to front elevation.
Bedroom Three (3.43 x 3.21 (11'3" x 10'6"))
Stripped pine door opens into small inner hall with further separate stripped pine doors leading into bedroom and family bathroom. Recess housing cast iron multi-fuel stove on tiled hearth and with brick arch over. Door opens into built-in cupboard with shelving. Cast iron radiator. Stripped wooden floor boards. Double glazed sash window to rear elevation.
Bedroom Four (4.02 x 2.33 (13'2" x 7'7"))
Radiator. uPVC double glazed window to front elevation.
Family Bathroom (4.42 x 2.83 (14'6" x 9'3"))
Cast Iron roll top bath with clawed feet and with fixed chrome shower head over and curtain rail. Table style hand wash basin. High level WC. Cast iron radiator. Tall chrome heated towel rail. Tongue and groove panels on lower half of walls. Inset ceiling lights. Stripped wooden floor boards. Wooden double glazed sash window to side elevation. Staircase with cast iron radiator leads down to pine wooden door opening into kitchen.
Detached Double Garage (5.69 x 5.58 (18'8" x 18'3"))
Two wooden double doors to front. Part glazed access door to side. Wooden window to side. Four Velux windows in roof. Power and light.
Outside
To the front and one side of the property is a beautifully maintained garden mainly laid to lawn with well-tended flower borders, shrubs, and trees. There is a low level brick wall to the front boundary with wrought iron gate opening onto a tiled footpath leading to the entrance door. A wooden gate in fencing to the side of the property opens into the rear garden.
To the other side of the house is a long and spacious gravel driveway providing ample parking for numerous vehicles with a turning area and leading to a detached double garage.
There is also an outbuilding adjoining the house, being the boiler room and housing an oil fired boiler. A curved brick wall with wooden gate within opens into the rear garden.
The rear garden is also beautifully maintained and mainly laid to lawn with well stocked shrub borders. There is also a vegetable patch, a spacious gravelled seating area, two other lawned seating areas, and a concrete area adjoining the house with potted plants. Outside tap. There are fenced boundaries with shrubs providing a good degree of privacy to the garden.
Owners Opinion
The Gables has been our much loved family home for the last 23 years. We have tried to respect the original character of this beautiful building when considering refurbishment and renovation. Living in the safe, friendly community of Rufforth village has provided our children with excellent educational opportunities, a lovely place to grow and play, and for us as working parents, excellent transport links for commuting. There is easy access to Wetherby, Acomb and York for shopping, social activities and healthcare.
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