Description
Ianson House is a significant home with well planned reception rooms and 4 bedrooms with 3 useful attic rooms. Situated to the north of Richmond town centre, it offers the convenience of town life whilst being tucked away off Gallowgate.
Location
Richmond is an historic market town on the edge of The Yorkshire Dales National Park. Much of the existing town centre was developed as result of a prosperous local wool industry in the 17th and 18th centuries and is presided over by the ruins of a Norman castle. The Theatre Royal is the oldest Georgian playhouse still in use in England, with a busy program including music, pantomime and theatrical productions. The Station Cinema forms part of the recently developed Victorian railway station and shows independent, international and popular films. There is a weekly market in the town centre, supermarkets and good local shopping.
The town is home to three primary schools and two secondary schools. The nearest private schools are Barnard Castle (co-ed ages 4 to 18) and Aysgarth (girls ages 3 to 8 and boys 3 to 13).
Richmond is surrounded by stunning countryside and is just over 5 miles from the A1(M). There is a mainline station in Darlington (approx. 13 miles) with direct services to London (some trains in under 2 hours 20 minutes), Edinburgh (about 2 hours) and Leeds (under 1 hour), and there are international airports at Newcastle (54 miles), Leeds (51 miles) and Teesside (18 miles).
The House And Garden
Ianson House is tucked away off Gallowgate to the north of the town centre. Approached from a shared drive through a gateway, flanked by stone pillars, there is a block paved parking area and a garage. This fabulous house was built for the current owner and offers extensive accommodation.
The front door leads to an entrance lobby with doors into an impressive reception hall with a double staircase, off which are the kitchen, drawing room and sitting room. The kitchen breakfast room is open to the living room which has French doors onto the garden. There is a generous master bedroom suite with a bathroom and dressing room, a guest bedroom with a shower room, and two further bedrooms sharing a house bathroom. The attic rooms have exposed beams and offer a lot of useful additional living space.
The garden is largely paved and is ideal for entertaining, being accessed directly from the living room.