House For Sale £3,200,000
Octavia House is the last remaining detached family house on Beech Grove and offers exceptional potential to reconfigure the accommodation to suit a purchaser's requirements. This prestigious property has accommodation over four floors with stunning features throughout. The property is currently arranged as a three storey house with a top floor penthouse apartment.
Outside
Set within enclosed gardens the property has a large lawn to the front with flowering borders and mature boundary hedging. There are double electric opening gates to a large hard standing driveway and parking area.
Planning (Planning reference: 20/02673/FUL)
Planning consent has been approved for the demolition of an external staircase and construction of a two storey extension, to form three selfcontained apartments with lift access, as well as further excavation of the lower ground floor to create further accommodation. This gives the opportunity to create further accommodation as one dwelling, with light wells and windows to the lower ground floor, subject to some changes to the existing consent.
Outside
Set within enclosed gardens the property has a large lawn to the front with flowering borders and mature boundary hedging. There are double electric opening gates to a large hard standing driveway and parking area.
Planning (Planning reference: 20/02673/FUL)
Planning consent has been approved for the demolition of an external staircase and construction of a two storey extension, to form three selfcontained apartments with lift access, as well as further excavation of the lower ground floor to create further accommodation. This gives the opportunity to create further accommodation as one dwelling, with light wells and windows to the lower ground floor, subject to some changes to the existing consent.
Situation
Harrogate is a beautiful Spa town which has been crowned the happiest place to live in Britain several times, with its healing mineral waters, excellent schools, beautiful parks including the Stray, which the house overlooks and the famous Bettys Café Tea Room.
Harrogate is a tourist destination and its visitor attractions include RHS Harlow Carr Gardens, the Royal Hall and the Harrogate International Centre. It is close to the North Yorkshire Moors and the Dales.
The town centre offers an excellent and varied range of shopping and recreational facilities, there is a selection of well-regarded schools nearby including the co-educational independent school Ashville College and Harrogate Ladies College within the Duchy, as well as excellent state schools including Harrogate Grammar, Rossett, St Aidens, St John Fisher and Harrogate High School. The property is on the coveted Stray, overlooking green space, yet close to the town centre and giving easy access to the business centres of Leeds, Bradford and York.
For the commuter there are excellent transport connections - the railway station connects with mainline stations in Leeds and York and provides frequent services to London Kings Cross and Edinburgh.
The A1(M) is within 9 miles to the east and Leeds/Bradford Airport is 12 miles to the southwest.
