85 Queen Street

Filey, East Yorkshire

85 Queen Street is a well appointed Victorian terraced house with sea views and is just two minutes walk from the Beach and Cobble Landing.

Situated in a quiet cul de sac in ‘Filey Old Town’, 85 has private parking for up to 3 cars, a private courtyard with Pizza oven,

sea thrift green roof ,pretty flower garden with soft fruit, vegetables and herbs and a lilac Summer House with 15 movable red velour Cinema seats and TV/DVD. In March 2023. Blue plaque was added to the building to commemorate the .Caribbean servicemen who fought on behalf of the Uk in the .second world war.

 

The bedrooms are arranged over 3 floors and named after former Filey Lifeboatmen.

Antiques and unusual contemporary furniture and artwork have been used throughout to create an attractive and thought provoking holiday experience. The duvets are all wool made from our own rare breed flock of sheep.

The Conservatory is East facing and decorated with driftwood furniture and leads on to the  kitchen has a cooker, microwave, fridge and freezer washing machine and down stairs loo.

Next door the sitting room has a porch, tv, music system and wood burning stove.

The house boasts a number of unusual artistic features including cricket ball door knobs, a top hat lamp, a specially designed stained glass sea themed door panel and a cuckoo clock. The stairs have lights let in to the risers lead to;

Floor One
'Buggins' which has a partial sea view and bay window looking onto Queen Street. This floor also has a house bathroom and loo, a separate drying room and loo. The
house benefits from modern pressurised central heating throughout.
All 4 bedrooms have twin single beds, an ideal house for families or groups of up to 8 friends.

Floor Two

‘Laughy’ which overlooks Queen Street with a partial sea view and ensuite shower room and loo.

’ Tint’ (named after the lifeboatman who always said ‘tint my fault’) has twin beds and washbasin with views over the garden and to Filey Country Park and Brigg.

Floor Three

‘Crow’ as in Crow’s Nest is the Penthouse and could be one of the highest bedrooms in Filey with views East, South and West to Filey Brigg, Filey and Flamborough Head. It has an ensuite bathroom loo, fridge and solid oak wardrobes and bedside tables. I know because I helped carry them all the way up three flights of stairs!! I won't tell you about the freestanding bath, which is now in Cliff Top -  we also carried that all the way up, then all the way back when it wouldn’t go up the last few steps!!

Buggins, Laughy, Tint and Crow are equipped with kettles and hairdryers.

 

‘Filey Old Town’ was the original traditional fishing port and has many attractive painted cottages under red pan-tiled rooves with numerous little courts, yards,  wells and alleyways. It is part of the Filey Conservation Area and many buildings and Sail Lofts are listed.

 

Queen Street has a hard wired emergency lighting and smoke alarm system. Gill looks after the house and her husband Ray the garden.

What to do?

All of our properties are close to fabulous beaches or woodland walks, so pack up a picnic and enjoy the wonderful British summer countryside. Bathe in nature...............we will be adding Field sound recordings to further illustrate our properties in 2025.

 

Have you seen?

www.lindaslambs.co.uk

www.dunstarnfarm.co. uk

For all rental enquiries please contact May Rhodes on

updateholidays-mayrhodes@outlook.com or 07474449190 or Linda Burrows

07801651783 at pinkceb@aol.com.
 

Air B and B.
Dunstarn Cottage, Croft Cottage and 85 Queen Street and Gibbes Cottages can also be booked via air b and b.

 

Over the years we have hosted a walking theatre performance and two summer outdoor theatre events, as well as assisted Cinematography students to make a film for Leeds University and enabled Vet students to obtain valuable practical work experience, if you have a project in mind, we'd be pleased to discuss things.........l shall be attending a field recording workshop to learn to create sound maps for all our properties in 2025. We are currently investigating working with British hedgehog trust.

 

We host weekend gun dog training courses for beginners and advanced  through www.

Kirkbournespaniels.co. uk at the farm.

 

 

Last updated 19th oct 2024

Web photos courtesy Linda Burrows

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