Victorian Villa living in County Durham

Smiths Gore are currently marketing the Mill House, an attractive Victorian Villa providing well proportioned four bedroom accommodation with delightful gardens in a rural setting to the south of Durham City.

Mill House is a delightful property comprising an elegant and symmetrical detached dwelling believed to date from circa 1860 and thought to have been the Miller’s House for a water powered corn mill that stood at Shincliffe Mill until 1908.

The property provides well proportioned living accommodation over two floors comprising three formal reception rooms and four double bedrooms (one en-suite), with attractive and mature gardens situated in a rural setting approximately 2 miles south east of Durham City, with westerly views over arable farmland framed by steeply banked wooded hillsides.

The historical city of Durham is centred around its Norman Cathedral and is almost all now designated a Conservation Area. The River Wear, which flows north past the city, encloses its centre to three sides, with steep and densely wooded riverbanks adding to the picturesque beauty of the city. Durham is now a cosmopolitan city with an active community, a renowned University and a resident population of circa 43,000. The city provides a full range of educational, retail and leisure facilities, together with mainline rail services to London and Scotland and excellent access to both Newcastle International and Durham-Tees Valley Airports, which are both approximately 25 miles from the city.

James Abbott, selling agent at Smiths Gore’s Corbridge Office says:

“Mill House offers a rural setting and views, only 2 miles from Durham City.

“The attractive house is set within fabulous gardens and, whilst in need of a degree of modernisation, offers adaptable family accommodation in a beautiful and accessible setting”.

Mill House is marketed with a guide price of £590,000.

For more information, email james.abbott@smithsgore.co.uk.