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ST NICHOLASRICHMOND • NORTH YORKSHIRE
ST NICHOLASRICHMOND • NORTH YORKSHIRE
A romantic country house sitting in beautiful landscaped gardens with picturesque views over parkland towards
the ruins of Easby Abbey
House Hall • Drawing room • Sitting room • Library • Dining room • Inner hall
Kitchen/Breakfast room • Servery • Pantry • Utility room • Office • Stores
Vaulted cellars • Master bedroom suite and dressing room/ further bedroom
Guest bedroom suite • 3 further bedrooms • 3 family bathrooms • Store rooms
Integral flat: Sitting room • Kitchen • 2 bedrooms • Bathroom
Stable CottageSitting room • Kitchen • 2 bedrooms • Bathroom
Outbuildings/ groundsGaraging • Stores • Greenhouses • Garden stores
Beautiful Grade II listed landscaped gardens
Parkland • Paddocks • Woodland
In all about 49 Acres
For sale freehold
Richmond 0.5 miles • Darlington 13 miles • Bedale 13 miles • A1 5 miles
(All distances are approximate)
These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text.
SituationSt. Nicholas is an impressive Grade II Listed country house
situated on the fringe of the historic and picturesque market town
of Richmond, North Yorkshire. Crowned by its monumental
Norman Castle and possessing the oldest working playhouse
in the country, the Georgian Theatre Royal, Richmond provides
a wide range of local amenities including two cinema screens
and appealing artisan shops in the restored old Station beside
the River Swale. There are two secondary schools: Richmond
School and St Francis Xavier School, which is a slightly smaller
comprehensive for boys and girls, aged 11–16. Trains to London
are from Darlington (13 miles) and takes approximately 2 hours
20 minutes. The A1 is 5 miles east providing links to the country’s
motorway network. Leeds Bradford and Newcastle airports are
approximately 50 miles away
The History St Nicholas was founded as a mediaeval Hospital by 1172 and
remained as a Crown property, with a chapel and chantry, until it
was sold by Queen Elizabeth I in about 1585, when its religious
character was finally lost and it was largely rebuilt. Thereafter
in private ownership, and purchased in 1813 by the Dundas
family (later to become the Marquises of Zetland) who directed
restoration and improvements to be carried out by Ignatius
Bonomi. The Hon Robert ‘Bobbie’ James, an eminent gardener
and plantsman, moved to St Nicholas in 1901 and made further
additions to the house well into the 20th century. He began laying
out the gardens in 1905 and they remain as he planned to this
day. St Nicholas is included in English Heritage’s official Register
of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest. After his death
in 1960, Robert James’s widow, Lady Serena lived here until her
death in 2000 in her one hundredth year. The current owners
bought the property in 2001.
St. NicholasSt. Nicholas is approached off Maison Dieu (B5271) through stone
pillared electric gates to a gravelled forecourt at the front of the
house. It enjoys an elevated setting, with views across the pastures
to the ruins of Easby Abbey and the River Swale and to
the Hambleton Hills beyond. Steps ascend from the forecourt to
an arched covered entrance.
The front door opens to the main reception hall with an open
fireplace. Leading from the hall to the south, off the inner hall are
two large reception rooms; the drawing room is a particularly
fine room with wooden strip floor and wonderful views over the
gardens and parkland and the sitting room is a generous family
room with a log burner, fitted bookshelves and door to the garden.
From the north side of the hall is the well-proportioned dining room
which leads to the servery and on to the kitchen/ breakfast room
with a four-oven Aga. Leading from the kitchen are the scullery and
pantry. The servery also accesses a back porch area leading to the
old school rooms. The old school rooms are now used as stores
and an office. Below the house are traditional vaulted wine cellars
with original wine bins.
The bedroom accommodation at St Nicholas is reached via the
main staircase from the inner hall. The bedrooms consist of the
master bedroom suite with further bedroom, a guest bedroom
suite, 3 further bedrooms and a potential further single bedroom,
currently used as a storeroom and 3 family bathrooms. A large
library with craftsman-built bookcases and parquet floor features
far-reaching views to the east. To one end of the house is an
integral flat consisting of a generously proportioned sitting room,
kitchen, 2 bedrooms and bathroom.
Gardens and groundsThe gardens belonging to St Nicholas are perhaps its most
notable feature and have been featured in ‘Country Life’ in 1936
and 2013. The gardens consist of a series of compartments
laid out and planted from 1905 by the Hon. Robert ‘Bobbie’
James. Today the gardens are being sensitively resurrected and
replanted in the spirit of their founder. About 7 acres, amongst
the Garden Compartments are the Formal Gardens bounded by
topiary hedges, the Cottage Garden, the Rock Garden,
Potager, Herb Garden and splendid Long Borders. The gardens
were given a Grade II listed status and are occasionally open to
the public.
The remaining land at St Nicholas consists of parkland that lies
beyond the garden to the east and two further pasture fields
amounting to about 36 acres and Clink Bank wood that lies
beyond the garden fence.
Stable CottageSituated behind the house and accessed via a walkway from the north corner of the kitchen
courtyard is Stable Cottage. Stable Cottage is a 2 bedroom property having a sitting room and
kitchen/breakfast room on the ground floor. Adjoined and adjacent to the cottage is the old
coach house and garaging. The Stable Cottage has its own separate driveway.
ServicesMains electricity and water, private drainage. Oil fired central heating in house and cottage.
Calor gas central heating in the flat.
Local authorityRichmondshire District Council
T: 01748 829100
Directions (DL10 7EN)Leave the A1 at Catterick. Take the B6271 through Brompton on Swale towards Richmond.
Proceed past Easby and the discreet entrance to St Nicholas is on the left hand side and
bounded by high stone walling before reaching Richmond itself.
ViewingsStrictly by appointment through the vendor’s agent.
Fixtures and fittingsOnly those mentioned in these sales particulars are included in the sale. All others, such as fitted
curtains, light fittings, garden ornaments, paintings and pictures are specifically excluded but
may be made available by separate negotiation.
This Plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey Map with the sanction of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office. Crown Copyright reserved. (ES763454). This Plan is published for the convenience of Purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and it is expressly excluded from any contract. NOT TO SCALE.
This Plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey Map with the sanction of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office. Crown Copyright reserved. (ES763454). This Plan is published for the convenience of Purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and it is expressly excluded from any contract. NOT TO SCALE.
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Bedroom
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Bathroom
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Library
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Bedroom
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RoomSitting
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Bedroom
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Bedroom
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Bedroom Service
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Bedroom
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Bedroom
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Bedroom
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Bedroom
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RoomDrawing
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HallReception
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RoomDining
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RoomServery
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Pantry
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Utility
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KitchenBreakfast
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Room 1
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Office
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The Flat
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statement of fact. Attention is drawn to the Important Notice on
the last page of the text of the Particulars
First FloorGround Floor
