Beech Grove, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2

Property Details: - Type: Detached house - Bedrooms: 5 - Bathrooms: 4

Agent: Knight Frank - York Phone: 01904 918056

Octavia House is the last remaining detached family house on Beech Grove and offers exceptional potential to reconfigure the accommodation to suit a purchaser’s requirements. This prestigious property has accommodation over four floors with stunning features throughout. The property is currently arranged as a three-storey house with a top-floor penthouse apartment.<br /><br />Outside<br />Set within enclosed gardens, the property has a large lawn to the front with flower borders and mature boundary hedging. There are double electric opening gates to a large, hard-standing driveway and parking area.<br /><br />Property information<br />Services: Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage are installed.<br />Council Tax Band: G<br />Energy Performance Certificate Rating: Band E<br />Tenure: Freehold<br />The property is currently occupied on the following basis:<br />The main house is occupied on a periodic tenancy.<br />The penthouse apartment has a tenant in situ until June 2025.<br /><br />Directions (Postcode: HG2 0EX)<br />From the centre of Harrogate, take the Otley Road and turn right into Beech Grove. Octavia House will be found on the left-hand side.<br /><br />Viewings<br />All viewings must be made strictly by prior appointment through the joint sole selling agents, Knight Frank LLP and Nicholls Tyreman.<p><br />Situation<br />Harrogate is a beautiful Spa town which has been crowned the happiest place to live in Britain several times, with its healing mineral waters, excellent schools, beautiful parks including the Stray, which the house overlooks and the famous Bettys Café Tea Room.<br /><br />Harrogate is a tourist destination and its visitor attractions include RHS Harlow Carr Gardens, the Royal Hall and the Harrogate International Centre. It is close to the North Yorkshire Moors and the Dales.<br /><br />The town centre offers an excellent and varied range of shopping and recreational facilities. There is a selection of well-regarded schools nearby, including the co-educational independent school Ashville College and Harrogate Ladies College within the Duchy, as well as excellent state schools, including Harrogate Grammar, Rossett, St Aidens, St John Fisher and Harrogate High School. The property is on the coveted Stray, overlooking green space, yet close to the town centre and giving easy access to the business centres of Leeds, Bradford and York.<br /><br />For the commuter, there are excellent transport connections - the railway station connects with mainline stations in Leeds and York and provides frequent services to London Kings Cross and Edinburgh.<br /><br />The A1(M) is within 9 miles to the east, and Leeds/Bradford Airport is 12 miles southwest.<br /><br />Distances<br />Central Harrogate 500 metres, Leeds 16 miles, York 23 miles (Distances and times approximate)</p>