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  • A £250,000 Tardis

    A £250,000 Tardis

    Tardis-like Grade II listed lodge house currently for sale could be Britain’s smallest detached house; it measures 10-foot by 8-foot and today also we feature some other examples of the nation’s smallest character packed homes

    Whilst the Mirror wrote of what they called “Britain’s smallest detached house” in April – measuring 12-foot by 26-foot and priced at £140,000 – we can go one better and today feature a Grade II listed detached house in North Yorkshire measuring just 10-foot by 8-foot.

     

    More practical than the £810,000 2.5-foot by 65-foot Knightsbridge “corridor” mews house The Steeple Times included in March 2017, 481 square foot Sunset Lodge forms one of a pair of symmetrical lodges standing either side of decorative wrought iron gates to Grimston Park, near Tadcaster – a Grade II* listed Georgian mansion of the Italianate style that has now been converted into thirteen individual residences.

     

    Sunset Lodge, Grimston Park, Grimston, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 9DB, United Kingdom for sale through Carter Jonas – Grade II listed lodge house currently for sale could be Britain’s smallest detached house; it measures 10-foot by 8-foot and today also we feature some other examples of the nation’s smallest character packed homes.
    Sunset Lodge forms one of a pair of symmetrical gate lodges at the entrance to Grimston Park in North Yorkshire.
    Sunset Lodge, Grimston Park, Grimston, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 9DB, United Kingdom for sale through Carter Jonas – Grade II listed lodge house currently for sale could be Britain’s smallest detached house; it measures 10-foot by 8-foot and today also we feature some other examples of the nation’s smallest character packed homes.
    Grimston Park has been occupied as a grand country residence, was used by the RAF in the Second World War and subsequently became an events venue. It was converted into 13 residences more recently.

    Tardis-like internally in that it actually extends over 2 floors with a mezzanine sleeping platform also, the majority of the living space is actually underground. Featuring a kitchen with an “orangery style roof” with a sunken patio beyond, there is also a living area, a “barrel ceilinged” shower room and a dressing room also.

     

    Parking is provided outside for two vehicles and lawned gardens extend beyond. The estate beyond includes a stud-livery, parkland and buildings occupied on both a residential and a commercial basis.

     

    Agents Carter Jonas initially marketed the property at £299,950 in March 2020, but have since reduced that sum to £250,000. The present owners, Tom and Rebecca Hallisey, paid just £85,000 for the building 15 years ago and thus stand to return an increase of +194% if they sell at asking price.

     

    Speaking of the property to the Yorkshire Post in March 2020, Rebecca Hallisey remarked: “It was in a poor state of repair but [when we first saw it, but] we fell in love with it and we could see it had potential.”

     

    She continued: “We moved a lot before we came here but we have stayed because we love the building and it is such a beautiful, peaceful place to live. We wish we could stay forever and we are only moving for health reasons as we need a single-storey home.”

     

    Pictured top: Compact, yet deceptive Sunset Lodge.

     

    The Numbers – Sunset Lodge, Grimston Park, Grimston, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 9DB, United Kingdom

    May 2021 – Reduced in price to £250,000 ($355,000, €291,000 or درهم1.3 million) or £520 per square foot ($738, €605 or درهم2,700 per square foot) with Carter Jonas.

     

    March 2020 – Placed for sale for £299,950 ($425,700, €349,100 or درهم1.6 million) with Carter Jonas.

     

    June 2006 – Sold for £85,000 ($121,000, €99,000 or درهم443,000).

     

    Some Other Examples of Britain’s Smallest Homes

    Starborough Castle, Dormsland, Lingfield, Surrey

    Starborough Castle, Dormsland, Lingfield, Surrey

    Featured in The Steeple Times in April 2017, this Grade II* listed scheduled ancient monument stands in 10 acres and has a 44 million gallon moat. It features a mini great hall and was offered for sale for £1.75 million.

     

    20 Britten Street, London, SW3

    20 Britten Street, London, SW3

    Also featured in The Steeple Times when for sale in 2017 for £600,000, this 290 square foot detached house measured 8.5-foot by 14-foot. Estate agents estimated it could be worth £1 million when renovated, but as of May 2021, it remains in unloved condition.

     

    The Round House, Stanton Drew, Somerset

    The Round House, Stanton Drew, Somerset

    In December 2016, we wrote about this Grade II listed former toll house that extends to just 146 square foot. The 18th century, detached, thatched property was priced at just £110,000 at the time.

     

    24a The Boltons, London, SW10

    24a The Boltons, London, SW10

    At the other end of the price scale, but still the cheapest, smallest house on one of London’s smartest streets, The Boltons in London, this £6.5 million terraced residence was home to novelist Jeffrey Archer from 1972 to 1976. Surprisingly due to it widening as it goes back, it actually provides 3,123 square foot of accommodation over 4 floors – so is not as quite as small as it initially seems.

     

    More images of Sunset Lodge follow:

    Sunset Lodge, Grimston Park, Grimston, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 9DB, United Kingdom for sale through Carter Jonas – Grade II listed lodge house currently for sale could be Britain’s smallest detached house; it measures 10-foot by 8-foot and today also we feature some other examples of the nation’s smallest character packed homes.
    Sunset Lodge, Grimston Park, Grimston, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 9DB, United Kingdom for sale through Carter Jonas – Grade II listed lodge house currently for sale could be Britain’s smallest detached house; it measures 10-foot by 8-foot and today also we feature some other examples of the nation’s smallest character packed homes.
    Sunset Lodge, Grimston Park, Grimston, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 9DB, United Kingdom for sale through Carter Jonas – Grade II listed lodge house currently for sale could be Britain’s smallest detached house; it measures 10-foot by 8-foot and today also we feature some other examples of the nation’s smallest character packed homes.
    Sunset Lodge, Grimston Park, Grimston, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 9DB, United Kingdom for sale through Carter Jonas – Grade II listed lodge house currently for sale could be Britain’s smallest detached house; it measures 10-foot by 8-foot and today also we feature some other examples of the nation’s smallest character packed homes.
    Sunset Lodge, Grimston Park, Grimston, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 9DB, United Kingdom for sale through Carter Jonas – Grade II listed lodge house currently for sale could be Britain’s smallest detached house; it measures 10-foot by 8-foot and today also we feature some other examples of the nation’s smallest character packed homes.
    Sunset Lodge, Grimston Park, Grimston, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 9DB, United Kingdom for sale through Carter Jonas – Grade II listed lodge house currently for sale could be Britain’s smallest detached house; it measures 10-foot by 8-foot and today also we feature some other examples of the nation’s smallest character packed homes.
    Sunset Lodge, Grimston Park, Grimston, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 9DB, United Kingdom for sale through Carter Jonas – Grade II listed lodge house currently for sale could be Britain’s smallest detached house; it measures 10-foot by 8-foot and today also we feature some other examples of the nation’s smallest character packed homes.
    Sunset Lodge, Grimston Park, Grimston, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 9DB, United Kingdom for sale through Carter Jonas – Grade II listed lodge house currently for sale could be Britain’s smallest detached house; it measures 10-foot by 8-foot and today also we feature some other examples of the nation’s smallest character packed homes.
    Sunset Lodge, Grimston Park, Grimston, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 9DB, United Kingdom for sale through Carter Jonas – Grade II listed lodge house currently for sale could be Britain’s smallest detached house; it measures 10-foot by 8-foot and today also we feature some other examples of the nation’s smallest character packed homes.
    Sunset Lodge, Grimston Park, Grimston, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, LS24 9DB, United Kingdom for sale through Carter Jonas – Grade II listed lodge house currently for sale could be Britain’s smallest detached house; it measures 10-foot by 8-foot and today also we feature some other examples of the nation’s smallest character packed homes.
  • Caravan Calamity

    Caravan Calamity

    Angry caravan owner complains to local newspaper after he and his sardine tin are told to move on

    Nobody sane would wish to spend their holidays in a glorified sardine tin, but now “upset” caravan owners at the Low Wood, Haverthwaite site are distraught at being evicted.

     

    Moaning pensioner Lloyd Smith complained this week to The Westmorland Gazette about the matter. Pictured standing aside his scruffy looking metal box in his equally awful parka, the Queensbury resident bleated:

     

    “It’s all very upsetting. It’s been a lifetime of enjoyment… I can’t understand this… I’ve been caravanning for more than 60 years. The essence is that caravanning has been a way of life. It’s terribly sad that it has come to an abrupt end in such a way for myself and friends.”

     

    He retchingly continued:

     

    “I have not heard of a caravan site closing. I very much doubt there will be alternatives for the caravans.”

     

    As our regular comment maker Rod from Australia would say: “Yes there is. Send in the bloody wrecking ball.”

     

    Online on the Facebook page ‘Angry People in Local Newspapers’ the reaction was hilarious. Some of group’s members comments follow.

     

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    Caravan Calamity – Lloyd Smith and Low Wood, Haverthwaite caravan park – Angry caravan owner complains to local newspaper after his sardine tin is told to move on.
    Caravan Calamity – Lloyd Smith and Low Wood, Haverthwaite caravan park – Angry caravan owner complains to local newspaper after his sardine tin is told to move on.
    Caravan Calamity – Lloyd Smith and Low Wood, Haverthwaite caravan park – Angry caravan owner complains to local newspaper after his sardine tin is told to move on.
    Caravan Calamity – Lloyd Smith and Low Wood, Haverthwaite caravan park – Angry caravan owner complains to local newspaper after his sardine tin is told to move on.
  • Domesticity Above A Canal

    Domesticity Above A Canal

    Conversion of “one of Europe’s first purpose-built office blocks” for sale; £3.5 million Grade II* listed Georgian house in Bath literally straddles a canal

     

    Some people dream of living beside a lake or a river, but a Grade II* listed detached property recently placed on the market in Bath gives anyone with £3.5 million ($4.2 million, €4.5 million or درهم16.6 million) to spare the opportunity to literally live above a man-made waterway.

     

    Cleveland House – originally known as Canal House – stands on top of a bridge and tunnel that straddles the Kennet & Avon Canal and in spite of being built as “one of Europe’s first purpose-built office blocks” has a look that is very much “Georgian domestic”. The limestone ashlar, three-storey building was constructed to the designs of one of Bath’s greatest architects, John Pinch the Elder (1769 – 1827), between 1817 and 1820 and served as the canal’s management headquarters until 1864.

     

    Converted next to residential usage and then requisitioned for government use in 1939, the building again reverted to office usage. A property developer named Trevor Osborne then acquired it and commenced a transformation into what is described as “a truly exceptional Bath residence” in 2015.

     

    Aside from 7,218 square foot of accommodation, including 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms, what makes Cleveland House truly remarkable are its entertaining spaces. The 30-foot long former company boardroom, complete with a 20-foot high newly repainted domed ceiling, is now the house’s drawing room and in addition there is a formal dining room and a library. Whilst a fully prepared cinema room and wine cellars are housed in the basement, other points of note are a large, newly built family room, a first floor roof terrace and garaging for four cars.

     

    Cleveland House is offered by Carter Jonas.

     

    Domesticity on a Canal – Grade II* listed Cleveland House, Sydney Road, Bath, BA2 6NR – For sale for £3.5 million ($4.2 million, €4.5 million or درهم16.6 million) through Carter Jonas – Formerly known as Canal House and originally offices of Kennet & Avon Canal Company.Domesticity on a Canal – Grade II* listed Cleveland House, Sydney Road, Bath, BA2 6NR – For sale for £3.5 million ($4.2 million, €4.5 million or درهم16.6 million) through Carter Jonas – Formerly known as Canal House and originally offices of Kennet & Avon Canal Company.Domesticity on a Canal – Grade II* listed Cleveland House, Sydney Road, Bath, BA2 6NR – For sale for £3.5 million ($4.2 million, €4.5 million or درهم16.6 million) through Carter Jonas – Formerly known as Canal House and originally offices of Kennet & Avon Canal Company. Domesticity on a Canal – Grade II* listed Cleveland House, Sydney Road, Bath, BA2 6NR – For sale for £3.5 million ($4.2 million, €4.5 million or درهم16.6 million) through Carter Jonas – Formerly known as Canal House and originally offices of Kennet & Avon Canal Company.Domesticity on a Canal – Grade II* listed Cleveland House, Sydney Road, Bath, BA2 6NR – For sale for £3.5 million ($4.2 million, €4.5 million or درهم16.6 million) through Carter Jonas – Formerly known as Canal House and originally offices of Kennet & Avon Canal Company. Domesticity on a Canal – Grade II* listed Cleveland House, Sydney Road, Bath, BA2 6NR – For sale for £3.5 million ($4.2 million, €4.5 million or درهم16.6 million) through Carter Jonas – Formerly known as Canal House and originally offices of Kennet & Avon Canal Company. Domesticity on a Canal – Grade II* listed Cleveland House, Sydney Road, Bath, BA2 6NR – For sale for £3.5 million ($4.2 million, €4.5 million or درهم16.6 million) through Carter Jonas – Formerly known as Canal House and originally offices of Kennet & Avon Canal Company.Domesticity on a Canal – Grade II* listed Cleveland House, Sydney Road, Bath, BA2 6NR – For sale for £3.5 million ($4.2 million, €4.5 million or درهم16.6 million) through Carter Jonas – Formerly known as Canal House and originally offices of Kennet & Avon Canal Company. Domesticity on a Canal – Grade II* listed Cleveland House, Sydney Road, Bath, BA2 6NR – For sale for £3.5 million ($4.2 million, €4.5 million or درهم16.6 million) through Carter Jonas – Formerly known as Canal House and originally offices of Kennet & Avon Canal Company.Domesticity on a Canal – Grade II* listed Cleveland House, Sydney Road, Bath, BA2 6NR – For sale for £3.5 million ($4.2 million, €4.5 million or درهم16.6 million) through Carter Jonas – Formerly known as Canal House and originally offices of Kennet & Avon Canal Company. Domesticity on a Canal – Grade II* listed Cleveland House, Sydney Road, Bath, BA2 6NR – For sale for £3.5 million ($4.2 million, €4.5 million or درهم16.6 million) through Carter Jonas – Formerly known as Canal House and originally offices of Kennet & Avon Canal Company.

  • Cupboards by Harrods

    Cupboards by Harrods

    Two studio flats near Harrods for sale for extraordinary sums offer ideal homes for pint-sized people

     

    A typical London Underground carriage provides about 464 square foot of space. In Knightsbridge and just seconds from Harrods, a property offering just over half that area has just come on sale on a short lease for £450,000 ($553,000, €525,000, درهم2.03 million).

     

    The 258 square foot raised ground floor ‘cupboard-like’ property in Jefferson House at 11 Basil Street is offered at a price that equates to £1,765 per square foot ($2,170, €2,050 or درهم7,965 per square foot) consists of a single room decorated with Austin Powers-esque wallpaper, a kitchen with, the selling agents boast, the luxury of “an electric hob” and a shower room. Carter Jonas point out that the lease on the studio is extendable but neglect to detail what that will cost.

     

    For pint-sized people with a larger budget, Beauchamp Estates have also just launched a slightly larger third floor studio to the west of Harrods in Beaufort Gardens, SW3.

     

    Priced at a much more punchy £1.65 million ($2.03 million, €1.92 million or درهم7.45 million) or £3,061 per square foot ($3,760, €3,570 or درهم13,815 per square foot), the 539 square foot flat is within a redeveloped building of nine properties and features an open plan sitting, dining and kitchen area with a corridor to a separate sleeping area. It has a full-sized bathroom and lift access.

     

    Pictures and plans of the Basil Street studio:

    Cupboards by Harrods – Two studio flats near Harrods in Knightsbridge, London, SW3 for sale for extraordinary sums offer ideal homes for pint-sized people – January 2017 – Carter Jonas and Beauchamp Estates – Raised ground floor at Jefferson House, 11 Basil Street at £450,000 ($553,000, €525,000, درهم2.03 million) – Third floor at Beaufort Gardens at £1.65 million ($2.03 million, €1.92 million or درهم7.45 million) Cupboards by Harrods – Two studio flats near Harrods in Knightsbridge, London, SW3 for sale for extraordinary sums offer ideal homes for pint-sized people – January 2017 – Carter Jonas and Beauchamp Estates – Raised ground floor at Jefferson House, 11 Basil Street at £450,000 ($553,000, €525,000, درهم2.03 million) – Third floor at Beaufort Gardens at £1.65 million ($2.03 million, €1.92 million or درهم7.45 million) Cupboards by Harrods – Two studio flats near Harrods in Knightsbridge, London, SW3 for sale for extraordinary sums offer ideal homes for pint-sized people – January 2017 – Carter Jonas and Beauchamp Estates – Raised ground floor at Jefferson House, 11 Basil Street at £450,000 ($553,000, €525,000, درهم2.03 million) – Third floor at Beaufort Gardens at £1.65 million ($2.03 million, €1.92 million or درهم7.45 million) Cupboards by Harrods – Two studio flats near Harrods in Knightsbridge, London, SW3 for sale for extraordinary sums offer ideal homes for pint-sized people – January 2017 – Carter Jonas and Beauchamp Estates – Raised ground floor at Jefferson House, 11 Basil Street at £450,000 ($553,000, €525,000, درهم2.03 million) – Third floor at Beaufort Gardens at £1.65 million ($2.03 million, €1.92 million or درهم7.45 million) Cupboards by Harrods – Two studio flats near Harrods in Knightsbridge, London, SW3 for sale for extraordinary sums offer ideal homes for pint-sized people – January 2017 – Carter Jonas and Beauchamp Estates – Raised ground floor at Jefferson House, 11 Basil Street at £450,000 ($553,000, €525,000, درهم2.03 million) – Third floor at Beaufort Gardens at £1.65 million ($2.03 million, €1.92 million or درهم7.45 million)

    Pictures and plans of the Beaufort Gardens studio:

    Cupboards by Harrods – Two studio flats near Harrods in Knightsbridge, London, SW3 for sale for extraordinary sums offer ideal homes for pint-sized people – January 2017 – Carter Jonas and Beauchamp Estates – Raised ground floor at Jefferson House, 11 Basil Street at £450,000 ($553,000, €525,000, درهم2.03 million) – Third floor at Beaufort Gardens at £1.65 million ($2.03 million, €1.92 million or درهم7.45 million) Cupboards by Harrods – Two studio flats near Harrods in Knightsbridge, London, SW3 for sale for extraordinary sums offer ideal homes for pint-sized people – January 2017 – Carter Jonas and Beauchamp Estates – Raised ground floor at Jefferson House, 11 Basil Street at £450,000 ($553,000, €525,000, درهم2.03 million) – Third floor at Beaufort Gardens at £1.65 million ($2.03 million, €1.92 million or درهم7.45 million) Cupboards by Harrods – Two studio flats near Harrods in Knightsbridge, London, SW3 for sale for extraordinary sums offer ideal homes for pint-sized people – January 2017 – Carter Jonas and Beauchamp Estates – Raised ground floor at Jefferson House, 11 Basil Street at £450,000 ($553,000, €525,000, درهم2.03 million) – Third floor at Beaufort Gardens at £1.65 million ($2.03 million, €1.92 million or درهم7.45 million) Cupboards by Harrods – Two studio flats near Harrods in Knightsbridge, London, SW3 for sale for extraordinary sums offer ideal homes for pint-sized people – January 2017 – Carter Jonas and Beauchamp Estates – Raised ground floor at Jefferson House, 11 Basil Street at £450,000 ($553,000, €525,000, درهم2.03 million) – Third floor at Beaufort Gardens at £1.65 million ($2.03 million, €1.92 million or درهم7.45 million)

     

  • Religious Pigeons

    Religious Pigeons

    Grade II* listed North Yorkshire hall for sale; it comes with a converted chapel and a converted pigeon loft

     

    £925,000 ($1.14 million or €1.03 million) will barely buy a broom cupboard in Kensington and Chelsea, but for the same sum a 3,893 square foot Grade II* listed medieval hall in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

     

    Standing on a plot of 2½ acres, Kilnsey Old Hall in the picturesque village of Kilnsey, near Grassington was built as an administrative centre for the Cistercian Monks of Fountains Abbey. It was from here that they managed their grazing land and all flocks of sheep were driven to Kilnsey for their annual shearing. In 1648, the majority of the current hall was built by Christopher Wade, a relative of Armagil Wade, an adventurer who was known as the ‘Columbus of the North’. It has now been restored and certainly makes for a charming family home.

     

    In addition to there being four bedrooms in the main house, Kilnsey Old Hall comes with a former pigeon loft on the third floor and a former chapel that was converted into a stable and hayloft and now a one bedroom cottage. This has been used as a holiday let and is described as “bringing in a useful source of income”.

     

    The joint selling agents for the property are Carter Jonas and Harrison Boothman.

     

    Religious Pigeons – Kilnsey Old Hall, Kilnsey, North Yorkshire, BD23 5PS – £925,000 ($1.14 million or €1.03 million) – Carter Jonas and Harrison BoothmanReligious Pigeons – Kilnsey Old Hall, Kilnsey, North Yorkshire, BD23 5PS – £925,000 ($1.14 million or €1.03 million) – Carter Jonas and Harrison Boothman Religious Pigeons – Kilnsey Old Hall, Kilnsey, North Yorkshire, BD23 5PS – £925,000 ($1.14 million or €1.03 million) – Carter Jonas and Harrison BoothmanReligious Pigeons – Kilnsey Old Hall, Kilnsey, North Yorkshire, BD23 5PS – £925,000 ($1.14 million or €1.03 million) – Carter Jonas and Harrison BoothmanReligious Pigeons – Kilnsey Old Hall, Kilnsey, North Yorkshire, BD23 5PS – £925,000 ($1.14 million or €1.03 million) – Carter Jonas and Harrison Boothman Religious Pigeons – Kilnsey Old Hall, Kilnsey, North Yorkshire, BD23 5PS – £925,000 ($1.14 million or €1.03 million) – Carter Jonas and Harrison BoothmanReligious Pigeons – Kilnsey Old Hall, Kilnsey, North Yorkshire, BD23 5PS – £925,000 ($1.14 million or €1.03 million) – Carter Jonas and Harrison BoothmanReligious Pigeons – Kilnsey Old Hall, Kilnsey, North Yorkshire, BD23 5PS – £925,000 ($1.14 million or €1.03 million) – Carter Jonas and Harrison BoothmanReligious Pigeons – Kilnsey Old Hall, Kilnsey, North Yorkshire, BD23 5PS – £925,000 ($1.14 million or €1.03 million) – Carter Jonas and Harrison Boothman Religious Pigeons – Kilnsey Old Hall, Kilnsey, North Yorkshire, BD23 5PS – £925,000 ($1.14 million or €1.03 million) – Carter Jonas and Harrison BoothmanReligious Pigeons – Kilnsey Old Hall, Kilnsey, North Yorkshire, BD23 5PS – £925,000 ($1.14 million or €1.03 million) – Carter Jonas and Harrison Boothman

  • Britain’s most expensive hut?

    Britain’s most expensive hut?

    Tiny converted hut in the Lake District placed on the market for the same price as a flat in Kensington, London (more…)

  • Five of the Best: Rambling ruins

    Five of the Best: Rambling ruins

    Five British mansions that require new owners with bottomless pockets for sale at prices from £950,000 to over £10 million (more…)

  • Stabling Frankie

    Stabling Frankie

    Frankie Dettori puts his Voysey designed country house up for sale

     

    Champion jockey Frankie Dettori is best known for his “flying dismounts” and for having won seven out of seven races at Ascot in 1996. He currently lives at Stetchworth on the Cambridgeshire-Suffolk border near Newmarket but is now selling his home there. (more…)

  • Picture of the Week: Cheers!

    Picture of the Week: Cheers!

    A Bactrian camel named Jeffrey who loves a pint

     

    When we heard about a beer loving Bactrian camel named Jeffrey, we just had to make an image of him our Picture of the Week. (more…)

  • Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication

    Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication

    The former home of renowned Kendalian architect George Webster comes to the market

     

    Eller How House, the home where one of the North of England’s finest architects of the 19th century, George Webster (1797 – 1864), lived and died, has recently come to the market at a price of £1,450,000. (more…)