Prospect House, Middleton, Pickering
Guide Price £450,000
4 bedroom house
Charming seventeenth century house with garage and outstanding south facing walled gardens - in all nearly one quarter of an acre.
Prospect House is a traditional cruck-framed long house believed to date back to the seventeenth century. The charming elevation on the street belies the big reveal at the back - this is a house that is firmly orientated to the south with all rooms enjoying an open aspect across the glorious south facing walled gardens. Along with the attached garage there are also traditional stone outbuildings that offer great scope. Although Prospect House has undergone extension, renovation and restoration over the years and has been a much-loved home, it is now ready to be brought fully up to date.
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Entrance and staircase hall, cloakroom/wc, 2 reception rooms, garden room, kitchen with Aga
Principal bedroom with en suite bathroom, 2 further bedrooms, bedroom 4/study, house bathroom
Attached garage, utility room, store room
Large rear walled gardens, traditional outbuildings
In all 0.22 acres
- Double-fronted, terraced, period house – not listed
- Accommodation extending more than 2300 sq ft
- Full of character with an abundance of original features
- Generous and well-proportioned living rooms
- Southerly orientation over delightful gardens
- Walled gardens are secure and private
- Integral garage and traditional outbuildings
- North York Moors National Park village
- Just outside Pickering and convenient for Malton, Helmsley and York
- Available for sale with no onward chain
Outside
The rear gardens are walled, south facing and full of variety. They have been well tended over the years and feature lawns, intersecting pathways, flower beds, shrubs, flowering climbers, hedges, trees, a rose-clad arch and borders showcasing a variety of well-established plants. There are two parts to the garden, the smaller of which is accessed directly from the kitchen and in the past has served as the kitchen garden; it connects to the main garden via a wrought iron garden gate. Traditional stone and pantile outbuildings provide useful storage totalling 386 sq ft and offer potential to develop.
Environs
Pickering 1 miles, Malton 9 miles, Helmsley 11 miles, Whitby 22 miles, York 25 miles
Prospect House can be found in the heart of Middleton, a small village within the National Park on the western periphery of Pickering. The village lies predominantly along the A170 road and has a post office, public house ‘The Middleton Arms’, a Grade I listed church and petrol-filling station with a Spar convenience store. The market town of Pickering provides the facilities expected of a small market town together with recreational amenities including swimming pool, leisure centre and the North Yorkshire Moors Heritage Steam Railway.
General
Tenure: Freehold
EPC Rating: E
Council Tax Band: F
Services & Systems: Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage. Gas central heating. Double Glazing with some tertiary.
Fixtures & Fittings: Only those mentioned in these sales particulars are included in the sale. All others, such as fitted carpets, curtains, light fittings, garden ornaments etc., are specifically excluded but may be made available by separate negotiation.
Local Authority: North Yorkshire Council www.northyorks.gov.uk North York Moors National Park
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Directions: Travelling on the A170 west from Pickering towards Kirkbymoorside, enter the village of Middleton and Prospect House is on the left hand side nearly opposite the village church, indicated by a For Sale board.
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Photographs, property spec and video highlights: March 2025
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