Terraced house for sale in High Street, Snainton, Scarborough YO13

Character cottage, with huge potential for improvement, centrally located within this well served village.

Porridge Cottage is named after the building’s former usage as the village jail. Late 18th century in origin, the property has been much changed over the years and retains a Grade II listed status. The property is in need a thorough scheme of updating and modernisation throughout but offers huge potential to create a comfortable home.

The floor area amounts to 474 square feet and comprises, living room with open fireplace and to the rear the breakfast kitchen. Upstairs are two bedrooms and the house bathroom. To the immediate rear is a useful brick outhouse and the garden lies a short walk away, up the shared driveway to the side. The garden has a large, detached garage building and provides huge potential to be improved to create a garden with far reaching views and additional off-street parking which is a rarity for properties along the High Street.

Snainton is a well-served village some eight miles to the east of Pickering and approximately nine miles from Scarborough. The village has a primary school, doctors’ surgery, recreation ground, parish church, two pubs and a fish and chip takeaway with small shop and is also well placed for access to the A64 and the railway station at Malton. A regular bus service passes through the village from Scarborough to Helmsley. More comprehensive facilities can be found in Scarborough, with a train station at Seamer only 4 miles distant which provides a regular service to York where mainline connections to the rest of the UK can be found.