One of Harrogate’s best known homes is for sale again – this time at half the previous asking price. 

Pineheath, on Cornwall Road, was listed for sale in June last year. At the time, prospective buyers were asked to make offers in excess of £3.1 million.  

It followed an unsuccessful stint at auction in 2023, when a guide price was set at £3.5 million. 

People were not able to view the inside of the property because of the state of disrepair.

Pineheath has now been listed with estate agent Carter Jonas. Those interested in the 40-home property are now looking at an asking price of £1.65 million.

The listing says Pineheath has been empty for a number of years and is protected by security hoardings due to its poor condition.

Owner Jason Shaw bought the property for £2 million in 2013. He was granted planning permission to convert the site into flats in 2016, but the development never came to fruition.

Carter Jonas says the property comes with planning consent to convert Pineheath into 10 flats.

Pineheath history

From 1927, Pineheath was home to Sir Dhunjibhoy Bomanji, a wealthy shipping magnate who divided his time between India, Windsor and Harrogate.

He was knighted for philanthropy in 1922 after reportedly donating £1 million to the war effort.

The house was said to have originally boasted a full flock of staff, gold-plated taps and even a centrally-heated garage filled with Rolls-Royces.

It was later taken over by his widow, Lady Frainy Bomanji, known affectionately as ‘Lady Harrogate’.

Following the Bomanji’s deaths, Pineheath was then kept alive by their daughter, who died in 2012.

Mr Shaw bought the property the following year and planned to restore it to its former glory. He was later fined £24,000 for cutting down protected trees outside the home.

His original plans to convert the house into 12 flats and the on-site cottages into two homes were rejected three times as the council felt the proposed houses were too big.