The Old Vicarage is a beautiful home within the Howardian Hills aonb with elegant accommodation including 4 reception rooms and 6 bedrooms. Set in approximately 6 acres the house has a fabulous garden and grazing.LocationHusthwaite is a thriving village on the edge of the Howardian Hills aonb, 2.5 miles from the market town of Easingwold. It has a primary school with a nursery and a pub. There is an active community supporting various interests from yoga, wine tasting, local history and gardening clubs to a film club and theatricals in the Village Hall. There is a quarterly village market with over 25 indoor and outdoor stalls at the village hall. Easingwold provides excellent local facilities including a secondary school and many local shops.The Howardian Hills is a beautiful landscape taking its name from Castle Howard a fine stately home which is open to the public. To the north is The North York Moors National Park (2 miles) with more stunning scenery. Helmsley (10 miles) is a very pretty market town with excellent shopping and places to eat. Thirsk (9.2 miles) is convenient with more extensive amenities and a railway station with direct services to London.York (18 miles) is a popular city renowned for its Minster. There are excellent cinemas, theatres and restaurants, and of course its race course. York train station offers regular services to London many in under 2 hours.There are several private schools in the area including St Peters, Bootham, Cundal and Ampleforth College.The HouseQuietly positioned on the edge of the village and within the aonb, The Old Vicarage of 1899 is a beautiful house designed by Hodgson Fowler in the Lutyens style, unusual in the North of England. Much of the internal joinery including the oak fireplaces in the drawing and dining rooms is attributed to "Mousey" Thompson of nearby Kilburn.The ground floor flows well with three, elegant reception rooms retaining a great deal of period charm. The kitchen has an Aga and French doors onto the garden, adjacent is a good utility room and a pantry. There are further stores, a conservatory, and cellar. Planning was granted in April 2020 to add an orangery leading from the kitchen.There are 6 bedrooms to the first and second floors including a very nice master suite with a bathroom and dressing room. There is a house bathroom on the first floor and another on the second. Perhaps surprisingly there is a wonderful music room to the second floor where the current owner has enjoyed putting on small concerts, which would lend its self as a playroom or very good home office.The Grounds And GardensThe house occupies an elevated position, and is approached up a short drive lined with ornamental cherry trees to a parking area and decent garage. The gardens have been loved and tended by the owner, and are designed to change with the seasons giving pleasure throughout the year. There is a rose walk and well stocked flower beds, not to mention a terrace accessed directly from the reception hall.The current owner added the paddock to the property, which is held on a separate title and measures 5.34 acres. This offers grazing or amenity land and is home to an abundance of flora and fauna.Council TaxPayable to Hambleton Band G

A truly striking nine bedroom Manor House situated in a fine North Yorkshire village with extensive grounds and gardens extending to around 17 acresDescriptionDating back to the 17th century, with later additions, this magnificent Jacobean style manor house is arguably one of North Yorkshire’s finest houses. Originally known as Wyndham Hall after its original owner Thomas Wyndham, Crayke Manor is Grade II* listed, being of historic and architectural importance and is jewelled with magnificent period features throughout including, oak panelling through the hall and main reception rooms, mullioned windows and leaded lights.The property has undergone a series of sympathetic improvements and renovations over the years, often using reclaimed materials, and is now presented in excellent condition. More recent improvements to the property include Cat 5 wiring, underfloor heating and a built in Linn sound system.Set in stunning parkland and beautifully landscaped gardens, the property is approached by a grand, sweeping driveway leading to the front of the property. There is also a separate rear entrance, both have the benefit of electric gates.The principal house is arranged over three floors providing well proportioned and flexible family living space. The ground floor comprises a sizeable 37 foot drawing room, the real centre piece of the accommodation, along with a less formal sitting room, music room, library and kitchen. The rooms are in keeping with the architecture of its time with many featuring striking exposed beams, wooden paneling and feature fireplaces.To the first and second floors there a nine bedrooms served by four bathrooms. Of particular note is the impressive master bedroom suite with a fabulous en suite bathroom and walk in wardrobe.The property is not let down by its grounds, encompassed by manicured lawns leading to a ha-ha, kitchen garden, tennis court, parkland, pastures and paddocks.LocationThe property is located on the periphery of Crayke, a popular village with an excellent pub and primary school. Positioned on the edge of the Howardian Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the house is surrounded by some of the country's most beautiful landscape.Easingwold is the nearest market town (about three miles) and has good local amenities including a secondary school and supermarket. Thirsk (about 13 miles) has direct train services to London, some making the journey in as little as two hours fifteen minutes. York is about 15 miles to the south and has extensive facilities including its historic minster, train station and racecourse. Some train services from York make the journey to London in under two hours.There are several local independent schools nearby including Ampleforth College, Terrington Prep School, Cundall Manor and Queen Ethelburga's College. There are further independent schools in York: The Mount, Bootham and St Peters.There is the Michelin starred restaurants The Star at Harome (about 15 miles) and The Black Swan at Oldstead (about eight miles). York 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 alongside a number of independent shops, pubs, cafes and hairdressers. There are a number of supermarkets in and around the city, including a Waitrose at Foss Islands Road and a large Marks and Spencer at the Vanguard Shopping Park.Please note all distances and travel times are approximate.Some photography from March 2020.Square Footage: 5,858 sq ftAdditional InfoHambleton District Council - Council Tax Band H