• A handsome late Victorian six bedroom townhouse +
• Planning approval in place to change the use to residential +
• Fabulous opportunity to run a bed and breakfast or create a family home +
• Prime location overlooking the Knavesmire +
• Over 3700 square feet of accommodation +
• Private walled courtyard +
• Garage +
• EPC Rating = D +

A late Victorian townhouse situated in an ideal position for the city centre, Knavesmire and the race course.

Description

13 Albemarle Road is an end-terraced period property dating back to 1898 and originally built as a private residence, it has over the years been adapted and used as a commercial premises as a six-bedroom bed and breakfast establishment. The property offers the opportunity for an incoming purchaser to continue the business or to create a single dwelling, subject to the necessary consents.

This substantial Victorian property has many period features, with high ceilings, sash windows, detailed corbels, original cornicing, deep skirtings, stained glass windows and original floor tiles in the hallway.

To the ground floor is a generous hallway leading to two large reception rooms with bay windows and a kitchen to the rear with access through to bedroom seven with en suite shower room. The private courtyard garden is also accessed from the rear of the property. The accommodation also boasts a useful cellar.

The first floor has three en suite bedrooms with a house bathroom and a kitchenette to the front of the house.
On the second floor there are three further large en suite bedrooms.

The property benefits from an attached garage accessed via Scarcroft Hill.

Location

The grand residential street of Albemarle Road runs off The
Mount, south of the city from Micklegate Bar and is part of
the Central Historic Core Conservation Area of York.

Situated only half a mile walk from Bishopthorpe Road a highly popular area of York that has won the "Great British High Street of the Year" award in 2015, as well as being voted "one of the UK's coolest places to live" by The Times. The area has a well-known parade of independent shops, café-delis, bakeries, yoga studio, supermarkets and restaurants which host regular events and festivals. Rowntree Park with café, playground, tennis and basketball courts is just a short distance from "Bishy" Road. Located beside the River Ouse is York City Rowing Club and York Pilates Space.