Summerbridge, Harrogate

Offers Over £2,000,000

7 Bedroom House with Annexe

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Dougill Hall is a dominant and impressive listed property dating to 1722. It has been lovingly restored and cared for by the current owners and now forms a wonderfully comfortable family home with super entertaining areas and seven bedrooms. There is also a charming one-bedroom annexe known as The Old Cooling House. The property stands within AONB on the fringe of Summerbridge which is a popular lower Nidderdale village, yet only a 15-minute drive from Harrogate. Nearby there are the popular villages of Birstwith, Darley, Hampsthwaite, Ripley and the town of Pateley Bridge.

The property briefly comprises a beautiful dining room ideal for entertaining plus an elegant panelled drawing room, comfortable everyday snug and a delightful farmhouse breakfast kitchen with a link to a spacious utility room. There is a large range of storerooms, a boiler room/workshop and a useful storage cellars.

At the first floor, there is a large statement landing with three double bedrooms one currently utilised as a study plus a luxury updated house bathroom with a wide walk-in shower and free-standing bath. There is a useful walk-in airing cupboard and storage room.

On the second floor, there are useful storage cupboards on the spacious landing plus four further double bedrooms with 2 stunning luxury en-suites. There is a vaulted play area for young children. One of the bedrooms is currently utilised as a cinema room. The overall house offers just short of 5000 ft.² of living space and the independently approached “Old Cooling House“ offers an updated one-bedroom apartment with an integrated kitchen offering an additional 450 ft.² of living space.
There is a detached stone barn which is currently sectioned into stables and stores which provides scope subject to the necessary consent to convert into additional living space. For many, they offer useful storage areas or stables for ponies and horses. The property is approached down a shared private driveway with right of access, double garage and leading to a substantial gravelled parking area.

There are private formal well stocked lawned gardens which lie to the front of the property bordered by a stream to the east. To the west, a substantial traditional Stable block leads toward the paddocks of approximately 4 acres. A unique opportunity to buy a historic and iconic building, as featured in Country Life, set within the tranquil beauty of Nidderdale on the fringe of the Yorkshire Dales.

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For more information or to arrange a viewing please call our Harrogate office on 01423 501 201 quoting reference HOP/16022973 or email us.