Live like a lord or lady in £2m Knapton Hall

While that may seem like a lifetime to many, it is hardly more than blink of an eye to the earliest part of the house, which is understood to date from the 1750s, and is not quite a quarter of the lifetime of the east wing of the property, which was rebuilt after a fire circa in the 1800s.

Knapton Hall is formerly the seat of Edward Tindall, a ship builder, owner of the whole parish and Lord of the Manor whose family name is remembered in the mounted plaques and pews within St Edmund’s Church. The estate remained within the Tindall family for some 200 years, so even in its long lifetime it has not seen many owners come and go.

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A magnificent country house beautifully situated in the Derwent Valley, the hall sits discreetly at the end of a long tree-lined drive looking out across its gardens and parkland with trees and far-reaching views to the Yorkshire Wolds.

Formerly an country estate of more than 1,000 acres it has retained its extensive range of traditional buildings which include a church of Norman origins, largely rebuilt by Victorian craftsmen. This building was acquired by the current owners in 2018 as a Cultural Monument and can be used for private functions.

Knapton Hall’s carriage drive is guarded by wrought iron gates and terminates in a circular carriage sweep. From there a flight of stone steps, flanked by Italianate stone balustrades, gives access to the grand front entrance under a handsome portico supported by twin Doric columns.

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The principal house encompasses over 7,800sq.ft of accommodation with high ceilings on the ground and first floors, elegant room proportions and fine architectural features including the original staircase with polished handrail; ornate ceiling plasterwork, cornicing and ceiling rose; traditional panelled doors with architraves; a number of fireplaces and internal arches echoed by a magnificent window on the half landing.

The primary reception rooms are lined with deep sash windows that face the garden and parkland ground, and two large bays span the full width of both the sitting room and principal bedroom suite.

Briefly, the accommodation comprises a spacious reception hall, sitting room, dining room, morning room, snooker room, drawing room, kitchen, laundry room, utility room and cloakroom, plus domestic offices.

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The first floor is home to the master bedroom with dressing room and en-suite bathroom, guest bedroom suite with en-suite bathroom, two further bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms and a fifth bedroom which shares Jack 'and Jill access to a bathroom. On the second floor are attic rooms and storage, then there are also extensive vaulted cellars in which there is a wine cellar and stores.

Currently incorporated into the house main house is flat 2, a ground floor self-contained flat comprising a kitchen, reception room, bedroom (currently used as a study) and bathroom.

Flat 1 is a first floor annexe, accessed from the outside. Recently renovated it is made up of a kitchen, sitting room, two bedrooms, a bathroom and utility room.

Still not enough accommodation?

You'll be pleased to know then there is also a cottage adjacent to the house. In need of complete renovation, it comprises a reception room, four bedrooms and bathroom.

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Knapton Hall is set back behind its own parkland grounds and has a stone-flagged terrace which lines the south and east elevation of the house.

Its gardens and grounds are home to garages, seven stores, a barn with lofts, an additional barn, five stables, two tack rooms, a dovecote, a potting shed, summer house and extensive traditional boiler-heated Victorian greenhouses in which figs, grape, vines and peaches flourish.

To the north west of the house is a lake fed by a stream that runs through the parkland.

Within the grounds, lies the Grade II listed St Edmund’s Church. Originally adjacent to the hall it was rebuilt in its present location by John Gibson & Son of Malton after a fire in the mid-1800s. Traces of the original building can clearly be seen in the exterior stonework and gargoyles.

The present, deconsecrated church, dates largely from the early 1870s.

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In all the property includes about 47.75 acres of gardens and grounds.

For a buyer who wants it all and then some there is also the opportunity to buy three further lots tied to Knapton Hall – lot 2 is pastureland and woodland extending to around 22.88 acres which includes a small area of woodland; lot 3 is around 28.61 acres of pastureland, and lot 4 is the Gardener’s Cottage, a two-bedroom cottage presently let under an Assured Shorthold Tenancy.

The property – which extends to about 99.27 acres in all – is available as a whole or in lots.

Situated in the small, rural village of West Knapton, around a ten-minutes drive from Malton, Knapton Hall is on the market at offers in excess of £2m without lots 2, 3 and 4.

For more information or to arrange a viewing, please contact Blenkin and Co on 01904 671672.