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Developers launch £1.6m collection of new homes on former site of historic Yorkshire pub

Yorkshire developers have broken ground in the creation of a £1.6m collection of new homes between Harrogate and Ripon, in a village coveted by TV and movie celebrities.

Tadcaster-based Kyme Homes has breathed new life into the site of the former Hare and Hounds pub in Burton Leonard, a hideaway of just 1,000 residents but one which boasts an interesting heritage.

The idyll was for many years the home of the late David Nobbs, the author of BBC series The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, starring Leonard Rossiter. He also worked with John Cleese, Frankie Howerd, The Two Ronnies, Ken Dodd and Tommy Cooper.

And it hit the front page headlines all over the world when it was rumoured that 007 James Bond himself, actor Daniel Craig, was house-hunting in the village in the search of a home that was licensed to thrill.

Now a bespoke collection of just five stone-fronted homes in the village has been launched to market this week through the Harrogate and Ripon offices of estate agent Linley & Simpson.

St Leonard’s Row is the latest development brought to life by Kyme Homes, an independent housebuilder based in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire.

It is spearheaded by co-Managing Directors Nick Wright, a qualified chartered surveyor who has specialised in the property industry for over two decades; and Dom Greeves, the former site manager responsible for the Yorkshire’s Xscape development, before switching his construction skills to residential developments. He can also claim an accolade for having one of his houses featured on national TV, receiving a resounding endorsement from Location Location’s Phil Spencer.

Nestling near the village green in the heart of a conservation area, St Leonard’s Row takes its identity from the same ancient church that also lent the village its name.

Its new-build cottages occupy the site of the former Hare and Hounds, a historic pub dating to the 19th century, which called last orders and closed its doors for the final time in 2017.

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