Wesley House, Castlegate
Wesley House, Castlegate, Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Y011 1QY
Guide Price - £575,000NO LONGER AVAILABLE
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SERVICES
We are advised that the property has mains water, electric, drainage and gas fired central heating. There are solar tubes located on the garage to assist with the heating of the hot water.
LOCAL AUTHORITY
Scarborough Borough Council
Town Hall,
St Nicholas St,
Scarborough
YO11 2HG
01723 232323
www.scarborough.gov.uk
TENURE DETAILS
We are advised that the property is freehold and that vacant possession will be granted upon legal completion.
DIRECTIONS
Travelling east towards Scarborough South bay and Harbour take a left onto East Sandgate and a second left onto Castlegate. Wesley House is located on the righthand side.
VIEWING ARRANGEMENTS
Strictly through the selling agent.
A GRADE II LISTED ARCHITECTURAL GEM AT THE HEART OF THE “OLD TOWN†CONSERVATION AREA, TWO MINUTES FROM THE SEA FRONT AND A SHORT WALK TO SCARBOROUGH CASTLE.
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NEARBY
York 43 miles, Hull 48 miles, Malton 23 miles, Whitby 20 miles (all distances approximate)
Rail connections: Scarborough – York 50 mins York – London 2hrs 50 mins
PROPERTY DOCUMENTS
ACCOMMODATION
Elegant half panelled entrance hall with Victorian tiled floor, study, lounge, utility room, and door to cellars.
Dining room, two double bedrooms, one with walk-in dressing room, house bathroom.
Three double bedrooms and (one of these currently used as office), shower room.
Separate single storey building constituting Garden Room with cloakroom and, with separate entrance from patio, a storage and workshop.
Double garage and Car Port.
INTRODUCTION
Named after John Wesley, the “Father of Methodismâ€, Wesley House is a Grade 11 listed house built in 1757, rich in well preserved classical features, sensitively married to modern amenities. The hub of the property is a dining kitchen to the rear. The “Shaker†style kitchen has built in appliances, an island with wooden worktop and a multi-fuel stove. A utility room adjacent to the kitchen, houses laundry facilities, triple stainless steel sinks, boot cupboard and additional storage units.
Also on the ground floor is a pine panelled sitting room featuring intricate coving and oak boarded floor, and a cast iron fireplace. A further pine panelled reception room, used as a library/study, is fitted with built in bookshelves. It has an ornate fireplace with coal effect radiator. All ground floor rooms have sash windows with secondary glazing.
To the first floor there is currently a formal dining room, two bedrooms and house bathroom. There are three further bedrooms to the second floor where there is also a shower room with bidet and hand basin.
One of the most striking features of this house is the elegant three-storey staircase, beautifully restored and having a large stained glass window on the first half-landing, designed by Leicester artist Tracey Whyte.
Externally, the property offers a detached single storey brick building containing a summer house with separate workshop and storage . Off street parking is provided by a substantial car port fronting a modern brick double garage with electric door. Solar collectors on the flat roof of the garage feed the hot water system of the house.
A private patio is located to the rear of the property and is landscaped with well established sub-tropical specimens and. flowering trees, raised beds and a fish tank .
ENVIRONS
Britain’s first ever seaside Spa resort, Scarborough is today a rich cultural centre, famed for its pioneering Theatre-in-the-Round, its 5,000-plus Open Air Theatre, its famed Rotunda Geological Museum and annual festivals of literature, jazz and maritime activities.
Its two enormous bays with sandy beaches are divided by a dominant headland bearing the 12th Century Scarborough Castle.
Wesley House is two minutes from the beach and harbour and a short walk to the Castle, the Market Hall and Scarborough shopping centre.
SERVICES
We are advised that the property has mains water, electric, drainage and gas fired central heating. There are solar tubes located on the garage to assist with the heating of the hot water.
LOCAL AUTHORITY
Scarborough Borough Council
Town Hall,
St Nicholas St,
Scarborough
YO11 2HG
01723 232323
www.scarborough.gov.uk
TENURE DETAILS
We are advised that the property is freehold and that vacant possession will be granted upon legal completion.
DIRECTIONS
Travelling east towards Scarborough South bay and Harbour take a left onto East Sandgate and a second left onto Castlegate. Wesley House is located on the righthand side.
VIEWING ARRANGEMENTS
Strictly through the selling agent.
