MORE THAN 30 properties in the Bradford district sold for £1 million or more in 2019, the latest Land Registry figures reveal - and a number of them were in Wharfedale.

A total of 34 sales topped seven figures according to the latest Price Paid Data - and the most valuable were health and care facilities.

Curly Hill in Ilkley once again showed that it is among the most expensive roads in the district to buy with two houses in the £1m bracket.

A total of nine houses in Ilkley make the list of properties over £1m.

The most expensive property recorded this year was the £12 million Fern House on Fernbank Drive, Bingley, an Abbeyfield The Dales Society facility which has 49 independent living with extra care apartments and 30 residential apartments which are used for supporting people living with dementia.

The development was built in 2015 on the former Bingley Hospital site which closed in 2003.

The Three Valleys Hospital at Burley Court in Steeton was recorded as being bought for £9,760,000.

The development is run by Elysium Healthcare which provides 43 beds for rehabilitation and step down services for men and women with complex mental health issues.

The site was previously the Willows Nursing Home.

The third most expensive property was also a care facility - Anchor's Ashcroft Care Home at £7.1m.

In total there are four care home or healthcare sites on the list.

The land with the biggest price tag on the list was Throstle Nest Farm on Fagley Lane, Eccleshill, which used to house a riding school and was sold for £5,310,674.

The site is next to the Fagley Quarry housing development.

Two pubs went for prices around the £3m mark.

The Hare And Hounds, on Bradford Road, Menston, sold for £3,100,000 while The Noble Comb, Quayside, Shipley, was registered at £3,063,916.

Demolition plans for the former to build an apartment complex for elderly people with care needs was approved by Bradford Council in 2018 while the latter is run as part of the Hungry Horse chain of pubs.

Belfry House on the Euroway Industrial Estate was the priciest business unit on the list at £3,335,000.

The former home of Edmund Bell & Co Ltd fabrics on Roydsdale Way, Bradford, is now occupied by small domestic appliance and cookware distributor EPE.

A prominent Bradford business address is one of several on the list. Shire House, on the junction of Humboldt Street and the Shipley Airedale Road, was sold for £2.4m.

The home with the biggest price tag on the list was Apartment 714, one of the penthouses on the top floor of The Velvet Mill in Manningham Mills, which was recorded at £2.5m for the leasehold.

Velvet Mill was the second phase in the regeneration of the mills by Urban Splash and each of the penthouse homes featured a luxury specification and long-range views from their balconies.

In 2018 there were 47 properties recorded as being sold for £1m or more with Tong Garden Centre topping the list at £6,673,444.

There were a total of 60 properties in 2017 for which the price paid topped £1m with the former HMRC office block on St Blaise Way by Forster Square Station leading the way at £14,350,000.

The full list of million pound properties in the Bradford district in 2019:

£12,000,000 - Fern House, Fernbank Drive, Bingley

£9,760,000 - 2 Burley Court and 22A High Street, Steeton

£7,100,000 - Ashcroft Care Home, Kelvin Way, Bradford

£5,310,674 - Throstle Nest Farm, Fagley Lane, Bradford

£3,335,000 - Edmund Bell & Co Ltd, Roydsdale Way, Bradford

£3,100,000 - The Hare And Hounds, Bradford Road, Menston

£3,063,916 - The Noble Comb, Quayside, Shipley

£2,775,000 - Lindsay House, Brackenbeck Road, Bradford

£2,520,000 - Unit 3, Melrose Distribution Centre, Hillam Road, Bradford

£2,500,000 - Apartment 714, The Velvet Mill, Lilycroft Road, Bradford

£2,400,000 - Shire House, 2 Humboldt Street, Bradford

£2,215,000 - 11 Chase Way, Bradford

£1,750,000 - 26 Canal Road, Bradford

£1,750,000 - Overdale, Westwood Drive, Ilkley

£1,734,000 - Butterfield House, Otley Road, Shipley

£1,675,000 - Colonnade House, 201 Sunbridge Road, Bradford

£1,625,000 - 49 Great Horton Road, Bradford

£1,600,000 - 59 Curly Hill, Ilkley

£1,335,000 - Buzz Bingo, Oasby Croft, Bradford

£1,200,000 - The Angel, 9 Northgate, Shipley

£1,200,000 - Duttons (Bradford) Ltd, White Abbey Road, Bradford

£1,200,000 - Oakwood Court, City Road, Bradford

£1,200,000 - Riverview Nursing Home, Stourton Road, Ilkley

£1,175,000 - 121 Bolton Road, Keighley

£1,162,500 - 2 Myddleton View, Ilkley

£1,146,000 - 38 Rupert Road, Ilkley

£1,090,000 - Cornaro, Clarence Drive, Menston

£1,070,000 - 1 Ben Rhydding Drive, Ilkley

£1,050,000 - 14 Wilton Road, Ilkley

£1,045,000 - 29 Parish Ghyll Road, Ilkley

£1,025,000 - 6 Station Road, Bradford

£1,000,000 - 28-30 Easby Road, Bradford

£1,000,000 - 111 Curly Hill, Ilkley

£1,000,000 - Lower Fellstow, Backstone Lane, Ilkley