A stunning country house in the foothills of the Yorkshire Dales has gone on the market for nearly £4m.
Patrick Brompton Hall dates from the early 17th century and stands in ten acres of well-established garden and grounds on the edge of the village of the same name, near Bedale.
The ten-bedroom property, with a guide price £3,950,000, is described by Rightmove as a "particularly appealing country house, grand and gracious but built on a relatively modest scale".
Rightmove adds: “Its principal reception rooms and bedrooms face south across sweeping lawns and parkland providing a timeless, pastoral view that is one of the chief delights of this historic property’s setting.
"Alongside is a detached Georgian stable block that has in recent years been part converted into four stylish cottage apartments to accompany the four stables."
A Grade II listed building, Patrick Brompton Hall has been in the hands of the Ropner family since 1958 and was formerly the home of jockey Billy Nevett, who won the Derby in 1945.
Among the many features of the property are four reception rooms, kitchen breakfast room, larder, pantry, pool room, swimming pool 7 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms on the first floor, 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms on the second floor, attic room .
It also has four cottage apartments, 4 stables, Formal gardens, parkland and well-wooded grounds In all some 7 acres.
An additional 57 acres are available by separate negotiation.
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Patrick Brompton Hall – also known as Dalesend - has been a family home for generations and has been "sympathetically updated and maintained" in the hands of the Ropner family including the conversion of the adjacent greenhouse into a "charming pool".
For anglers, the Brompton Beck winds its way on the eastern edge and is home to brown trout.
Patrick Brompton, a Conservation village in the Richmondshire district is convenient for the popular market towns of Bedale and Leyburn, for Swaledale and Wensleydale as well close to the motorway network.
The property is being marketed by Blenkin & Co of York.
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