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Feb 2022
Plan to convert Harrogate's Alexa House into family home
Plans have been submitted to convert a Victorian guest house in Harrogate into a family home.
The Alexa House on Ripon Road was sold last year for an undisclosed sum by former owner Sandra Doherty.
Mrs Doherty, who owned the property for 15 years, sold the bed and breakfast after she stepped down as chief executive of Harrogate District Chamber of Commerce to retire to Northumberland.
She had previously had an application to convert the guest house into seven apartments rejected in January 2021 after Harrogate Borough Council said it would not “contribute to local distinctiveness”.
Now a fresh proposal has been tabled to the council to convert the guest house into a family home.
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The application by the Architect Design Studio Ltd on behalf of Laura Harvey includes converting the outbuildings at the property into a garage and workshop area and reducing the size of the car park.
Harrogate Borough Council will make a decision on the proposal at a later date.
Alexa House was built in 1896 by the renowned art collector Baron Conrad Adolphus du Bois de Ferrieres.
It was built as a hunting lodge for its London-based owners to spend time enjoying Harrogate’s spa waters and riding in the nearby countryside.
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