Bishops House, Borrage Lane, Ripon HG4 2PZ
A renovated Georgian family house of character providing extensive and well presented family accommodation within walking distance
of Ripon’s historic centre and convenient everyday access to nearby commercial centres and the motorway network
Reception hall • Cloakroom • Sitting room • Dining room • Superb living kitchen • Study/family room • Utility room • Pantry • Rear hall
Principal bedroom with en suite bathroom • Four further bedrooms • Refurbished house bathroom • Bedroom six/playroom
Private lawned gardens enjoying a southerly facing aspect and fronting on to the river skell • Enclosed courtyard with parking • Double garage and tool Store
Harrogate 11 miles, Leeds 27 miles, A1(M) 5 miles
Situation
Bishops House is within close walking distance of the excellent daily
shopping and recreational facilities that the cathedral city has to
offer and is also in the catchment area of the highly regarded Ripon
Grammar School. The fashionable conference town of Harrogate lies
within approximately 11 miles to the south and there is easy access to
the A1(M), which offers direct access to the north and south including
Teesside, Leeds and York. There are regular train services from Thirsk
and Knaresborough which give access to both York and Leeds where
main line services are available to the north and south. National and
international flights are close by at both Leeds/Bradford International
Airport and Durham Tees Valley Airport.
The property
Bishops House is a substantial Georgian family house that is believed
to date from 1830 and which was sympathetically extended during
the Victorian period. It is a well known and somewhat historic house
within the cathedral city and during the 19th century it was occupied by
members of the Williamson varnish making family. It was later known as
‘Canons Lodge’ and was the home of successive residentiary canons
of Ripon Cathedral until its sale in the 1980’s to a local developer who
refurbished the house for his own home. The current owners have
undertaken an extensive refurbishment programme which has maintained
the original character of the building but offering modern facilities and
space that families nowdesire. It retains much of its period charm,
including arched ecclesiastical doorways, original squint looking up
towards the cathedral, attractive fireplaces, ornate cornicing, architraves
and picture rails. The principal rooms enjoy a delightful and private outlook
over the south facing gardens.