Mill Farm, Caldwell, Richmond

An outstanding, listed, former Mill House and converted Mill creating a unique residential property with mill lade and pond, stunning gardens, excellent equestrian facilities and about 27 acres of hedge-lined pastures.

Situation - Mill Farm is situated about half a mile south of the popular North Yorkshire village of Caldwell, well placed between the market towns of Barnard Castle (7 miles), Richmond (9 miles) and Darlington (11 miles).

Caldwell is a thriving village with an excellent pub and is conveniently situated to the business and commercial centres of North Yorkshire, Teesside, County Durham and Tyneside. Darlington station is on the main East Coast rail line with regular connections to York, Newcastle and London (about 2 ½ hours) and Durham Tees Valley airport connecting to Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport is about half an hour’s drive.

There is a well thought of primary school in Eppleby (2 miles) and both Aysgarth Preparatory and Barnard Castle Schools are within daily travelling distance.

Description - Mill Farm is a delightful rural property with a charming house set in stunning gardens with first class equestrian facilities and protected by 27 acres of farm and woodland. The accommodation is spacious and well-appointed with wonderful reception rooms. The character of a mill house has been retained, and two staircases provide the perfect split between family and guest bedrooms.

The original mill is thought to have been built in around early1800 and the integration of the adjoining mill house now provides accommodation over two floors extending to about 4670 sqft and include:

Ground Floor - Front door to reception hall and adjoining garden room, drawing room, dining room, clock room & WC, kitchen / breakfast room, snug, back hall & WC, laundry / boot room and a spacious office or playroom.

First Floor – Main bedroom suite with dressing room, bathroom and bedroom, second en-suite bedroom. Second staircase to three spacious bedrooms and a family bathroom.

The house is approached over a tree-lied drive to a gravel sweep at the front. At the back door are a range of useful stone built outbuildings wine room, tack room and log store.

Gardens - The stunning gardens have been created around the old mill lade, sluice gate and the mill pond. Mature trees and shrubs frame deep, fully stocked borders with a mass of colour created by snow drops, bluebells and daffodils in spring and rhododendrons, azaleas, magnolia and roses throughout the summer. Beautiful climbing plants adorn the house with wisteria, hydrangea, Virginia creeper and cotoneaster.

The gardens are a haven for wildlife drawing in a many of Britain's favourite birds from finches to ducks and geese on the pond. There has even been spotted an otter on the Caldwell Beck which marks the southern boundary.

There is a kitchen garden with raised beds.

Land & Equestrian Facilities - Behind the outbuildings and a short distance from the back door is a range of stone built stables which include four, good sized loose boxes and a feed store.

An open fronted steel framed barn (13.5m x 6m) has three bays, steel sheet cladding and a hardcore floor ideal for machinery and hay storage.

The outdoor schooling arena was built about 12 years ago (60m x 40m) is fully drained, enclosed with post and rail fencing and has a sand and fibre surface.

The farmland surrounds the property within a ring fence. It includes about 17 acres of excellent mowable pasture and a further 5.7 acres of permanent pasture, divided into seven fields by mature hedging and fencing. There are three, two bay, timber field shelters and water is available to all fields.