Sharow Lane, Sharow, Ripon

Garden cottage is a former tenants cottage set in the grounds of an imposing Victorian country estate dating back to approximately 1864.

A truly distinctive four-bedroom semi-detached family home, offering an exceptional blend of character, versatile living space and beautifully secluded outdoor surroundings. Set well back from the road, the property is approached via a charming, meandering private driveway, providing ample parking for multiple vehicles alongside a substantial detached double garage. The driveway also serves as the authorised access route to Coachman’s Cottage, ensuring a private and peaceful setting for the main house while accommodating essential access to the neighbouring property.

One of the standout features of this exceptional home is the stunning mature garden, which offers an impressive degree of privacy. Beautifully established with a variety of shrubs, mature planting and fruit trees, the gardens provide a peaceful and picturesque setting and are a real highlight of the property.
Internally, the ground floor offers a wealth of versatile living accommodation. The welcoming entrance leads into a generous boot room/utility room, ideal for family life and practical storage. The spacious living room features a charming wood-burning stove, creating a warm and inviting space, while a second bright reception room, currently suited to use as a formal dining room, provides an excellent space for entertaining.
There is a further bright reception room offering yet more flexibility, along with an additional study area, perfect for home working. A downstairs WC and well-proportioned kitchen/breakfast room complete the ground floor.
The kitchen/breakfast room benefits from its own staircase leading to a particularly versatile bedroom two/day room. This spacious and light-filled room enjoys beautiful views over the mature gardens and can be configured to suit the needs of the new owners. It can either be separated from the main accommodation via its own staircase or left open to the first floor, creating a fantastic additional living space or private suite.
The main staircase leads to the first floor, where the master bedroom benefits from an en-suite sink and vanity area, alongside two further double bedrooms and a family bathroom.
The flexibility of the accommodation makes this a particularly appealing home for growing families, multi-generational living or those requiring additional reception, hobby or working spaces. Combined with its secluded mature gardens, generous parking and detached double garage, this is a property that offers something genuinely different and must be viewed to be fully appreciated.

Sharrow is a small and peaceful hamlet set amidst the beautiful North Yorkshire countryside, just a short distance from the cathedral city of Ripon. Sharrow Lane enjoys a lovely rural setting, with attractive surrounding countryside and scenic walks on the doorstep. The nearby city of Ripon offers a good range of independent shops, cafés, restaurants, supermarkets and leisure facilities, together with well-regarded schools and everyday amenities. The area is also well placed for access to the A61 and A1(M), providing convenient connections to Harrogate, York and Leeds.