This month’s property is one of Cottingham’s best-kept secrets. Sue Mason visits Beulah House – on the market at £725,000 . . .

Beulah House has a Yorkstone patio outside set with flower beds and a pond

You could walk past Beulah House and not notice it, for its best side, with classical Victorian facade and stunning entrance, is hidden from view. But with its walled gardens and detached coach house, this Cottingham property is well worth seeking out.

Built in 1896, it has been home to various doctors, surgeons, businessmen and company directors over the century-and-a-bit since then.

It hasn’t been extended over the years, so the whole house is Victorian, although the current owners recently converted a derelict rear lobby into a sunny plant room. They’ve also transformed the very overgrown gardens.

There are plenty of original features, including doors, working window shutters, deep skirtings and a three-room cellar. There are even three original Victorian lanterns in the grounds – much prettier than 21st century street lighting.

A gateway gives access to the parking area around the property, which is set at an angle to New Village Road.

Steps lead up to the front entrance, which has double opening doors with an ornate stained glass fanlight over.

The breakfast kitchen has a range of white wall and base units, Belfast sink and a Rangemaster oven, and is tiled in black and white

This leads into a split-level entrance hall, from where a spindled staircase leads to the first floor. The main reception rooms are located off the hall.

The elegant drawing room has an extremely ornamental ceiling with coving and a ceiling rose, an Adam-style fireplace and two sliding sash windows with working shutters.

The sitting room is similar in size and also has a decorative ceiling and sash windows with shutters. It also has an exposed feature brick fireplace.

At almost 20ft long, the double-aspect dining room is big enough to seat 10 people in comfort. It also has exposed ceiling beams and a feature brick fireplace.

The breakfast kitchen has a range of white wall and base units, together, with a Belfast sink, a Rangemaster oven, two fridges, a dishwasher, shelving and a wine rack; the tiling is black and white.

Also on the ground floor are the plant room (overlooking the garden and currently used as a study), the utility room, and a cloakroom.

On the first floor are four double bedrooms (one en-suite) and the family bathroom. Two of the bedrooms have fitted furniture.

The master suite is L-shaped and has a part-tiled en-suite bathroom with a spa bath, WC and washbasin.

The family bathroom has a corner bath, wash basin, shower cubicle and WC.

The sitting room has sash windows with shutters, plus an exposed feature brick fireplace

A concealed staircase leads to the second floor, formerly the servants’ quarters; this now offers two additional bedrooms.

Outside, a gravelled driveway provides plenty of parking space, with high double gates opening in to additional space in front of the coach house. Completely detached, it has a ground floor divided into two rooms, with a staircase leading to the first floor. Currently used as a workshop/workroom, this has had planning permission in the past for conversion to residential accommodation (now lapsed).

The garden is completely enclosed and private, with a high Victorian wall down one side and high hedges to the others.

There’s a Yorkstone patio outside the house, within which are set flower beds and a pond.

There’s also an extensive lawned area with plenty of mature trees, including a long-established, very tall poplar. There’s also a well-established palm tree and a central conifer island where a magnolia tree is also planted. Soft fruits grow next to a rose bed, with peach, pear and fig trees against the wall. On the other side of the garden are apple and plum trees.

Beulah House has plenty of space, inside and out, but it is manageable space rather than rambling and needy.

The property, which is on New Village Road, Cottingham, is on the market at £725,000 with agents Stanifords. For further details or an appointment to view, contact the Beverley office on: (01482) 866304 or the Swanland office on: (01482) 631133.