House For Sale £290,000
Barmby Road, York YO42

This is a wonderful home which has plenty of character and is in a highly convenient location for accessing the excellent choice of town amenities. This desirable property has spacious entertaining rooms. and there is the advantage for off-street parking for at least two cars. 

The house benefits from attractive reception space and three bedrooms, with the potential for creating further accommodation (subject to planning).

Property Description.
The property has about 1042sqft in total. The south-east facing sitting room has a lovely bay window, attractive fireplace with a gas fire, high ceilings, integrated bookshelves, and deep skirtings. The adjacent dining room / snug has a wonderful multi-fuel stove (fitted 2022), views onto the rear garden, a parquet floor with a chevron design, integrated shelves, cupboard and it’s positioned semi-open onto the kitchen. There is also a generous walk-in cupboard.

The airy and well-laid out kitchen has been fitted with neutral coloured wall and base units, there is an integrated electric hob and oven, a bay window and a cupboard containing the boiler which was replaced in 2020. The kitchen has had under floor heating installed. A door leads directly into the garden. 

The principal bedroom is located to the front which benefits from integrated wardrobes and there is an adjacent dressing room with further integrated wardrobes. The dressing room could be used as a nursery, study or re-configured to create an en-suite to the main bedroom while retaining a dressing room.

Bedroom two is a good-sized double bedroom and bedroom three is a generous single bedroom with integrated wardrobe. Both rooms have attractive panelled doors. The shower room has had a re-fit in 2023 and has tasteful, high quality modern white fittings with a walk-in shower, heated towel rail and storage below the wash hand basin. The landing has a further built-in cupboard by the loft hatch, which has a pull-down ladder for easy access.

Darlington Villa has double glazing, the high ceilings found in Victorian houses provides a feeling of volume and light and the deep skirtings and picture rails offer added period detail and features to this sought-after town house. Subject to planning permission and consents, there may be potential to extend the house within the attic space and on the ground floor beyond the kitchen.

There is a mature hedge to the front and off-street parking for two cars. Darlington Villa owns the freehold of the access road leading to the rear garden and there is vehicle access over this to the rear garden if further car parking space is required. The rear garden is fully enclosed and has multiple areas for seating, there are borders, two brick-built outbuildings currently used for storage, there is a tap and garden shed. This offers an easy to manage and low maintenance attractive outside space.

Services.
We understand there are mains services.

Directions.
Postcode – YO42 2DP
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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 from the town. 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 well-known asset in the town and is home to a 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 easily reached with beautiful beaches at Fraisthorpe, Filey and Skipsea. Numerous golf courses are within an easy drive.

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.