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"A compact and characterful residential smallholding with huge potential, located in a quiet rural village close to the Yorkshire coast and within easy reach of picturesque and popular Sandsend and Whitby.Southfields has been in the same hands for over 100 years and comprises a traditional stone farmhouse with adjoining barns which offer the scope to extend the accommodation into, subject to all necessary consents and permissions. The farmhouse sits within land and grounds of 5.3 acres in total which offer the opportunity for a purchaser to explore a variety of uses for the land and buildings, and the scope to create a unique lifestyle and home in an attractive rural location.The living accommodation retains plenty of original character and is now in need of a thorough programme of modernisation and refurbishment, providing the opportunity to create a unique character property within a sought after National Park village. The house currently amounts to almost 1,300 square feet with the adjoining barns providing a further 490 square feet. In brief the accommodation comprises the following breakfast kitchen with rear porch, cloak and bathroom, inner hall with adjacent pantry, snug living room and a dual aspect sitting room. Upstairs are three bedrooms and the house bathroom. The windows were replaced with double glazed units only five years ago.Southfields is situated, aptly, on the southern fringes of the village and stands back from the village street in a slightly elevated position. Gardens lie to the immediate front and back, with a range of traditional outhouses and agricultural buildings standing beyond.The land comprises 5.3 acres of permanent pastureland, bounded by hedgerows and fencing and is currently arranged as 2 fields which offer a fantastic outlook and have the benefit of water. Ideal for those with equestrian or smallholding interests. LOCATION Mickleby is a small village, located only a short distance from the sought after coastal villages of Sandsend and Ruswick Bay. Mickleby itself has a pub within the village whilst a larger range of facilities can be found close by in either Whitby which is 8 miles away or Guisborough 13 miles distant."