2 bed detached house for sale

Main Street, Ripley, Near Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG3

A charming Grade II listed terraced cottage providing well proportioned 2 bedroom accommodation of charm and character in need of modernisation and refurbishment, with a good sized lawned garden to the rear and situated in the heart of this popular estate village, just to the north of Harrogate.

Ripley is a traditional estate village with a variety of period houses, stone cottages and cobbled squares together with the renowned Ripley Castle, home of the Ingilby family for the last 700 years. The village offers a good range of facilities including a hotel/public house, primary school, general store, butchers, church, cricket club, tearoom, car repair garage, nursery, tennis court, children’s playground and the town hall which has facilities for snooker, pool and badminton in the Star Club. A bus service operates throughout the day to the nearby town of Harrogate, City of Ripon and Leeds via Harrogate. For the commuter, the property is well situated close to the A61, which provides good connections to the A1(M), A59 and further afield.

2 Main Street is a lovely Grade II listed terraced cottage which is believed to date from the early to mid 19th Century, forming part of the estate village for Sir William Amcotts Ingilby, built very much in Gothic style with coursed squared gritstone and a grey slate roof. The sale offers a rare opportunity to acquire a characterful period home with considerable potential in a desirable village location.

To the rear of the cottage is a courtyard adjoining the house with an outbuilding providing a useful storage area. Beyond is a long lawned garden which runs all the way down to Orchard Lane.