Property description

Location: Located in the picturesque and tranquil valley of Kentmere the property is situated just over three miles from the centre of the popular village of Staveley and can be found by taking the Kentmere Road out of the village and following alongside the river. Continue winding your way up the valley, follow the signpost for Kentmere and take the turning right into Long Houses (a bridle way). No 1 Long Houses is the first delightful white washed farmhouse on your left.  

Description: This delightful white washed former Westmorland farmhouse has been loved and enjoyed by the present family for nearly fifty years. The living space is generous and well balanced with the ground floor dining hall, splendid sitting room, study and breakfast kitchen, bathroom and utility room being complemented by the four bedrooms and bathroom to the first floor. The attached barn offers great potential for further living/ hobby space. Outside is an attached workshop with adjoining log store while the detached barn offers potential for alternative uses such as garaging. In addition, there is a delightful cottage garden and an orchard with vegetable garden. The views are simply superb and there is ample parking to the front.  

Accommodation with approximate dimensions:  

Ground Floor  

Entrance Porch with original batten and latched front door, and glazed panelled door and glazed side screen to the reception/dining hall.  

Reception/Dining Hall 16' 11" x 15' 1" (5.16m x 4.6m) a most welcoming room with secondary glazed window with deep sill overlooking the front garden and across the valley. Original built in cupboards and attractive open stone fireplace with flagged hearth and multi-fuel stove. Exposed beams, three wall light points and two radiators. Concealed staircase to first floor. Glazed panelled double doors to; 

Splendid Sitting Room 21' 6 plus bay" x 16' 0" (6.55m x 4.88m) enjoying fine views to the front and rear across the valley onto the surrounding fells. Two secondary glazed windows with seats to the front and a double glazed bay to the rear with deep shelved cupboard. Attractive stone fireplace with flagged hearth and open fire. Deep fitted cupboards, exposed lintel, two radiators and TV aerial point.  

Study/Snug 12' 4" x 11' 9" (3.76m x 3.58m) overlooking the front garden with secondary glazed window with deep sill. Exposed beams, radiator and telephone point.  

Fitted Breakfast Kitchen 13' 7" x 10' 5" (4.14m x 3.18m) perhaps enjoying the best view in the house across open fields to the distant houses and the church and the backdrop of the surrounding Kentmere fells. Fitted with a range of timber wall and base units including drawer fitments, shelved pot cupboard and a pull out pantry unit. Complementary working surfaces with inset single drainer stainless steel sink and co-ordinating tiled splash backs. Built in double oven and halogen hob, plumbing for dishwasher. Two UPVC double glazed windows, two radiators and telephone point. Walk-in pantry with shelving, power and light. Useful under stairs cupboard.  

Inner Hall with flagged floor, window and door to the rear. Radiator.  

Walk-in Boiler Cupboard with oil central heating boiler, hot water cylinder and light.  

Utility/Workshop Area with plumbing for washing machine, window to rear and door to kitchen.  

Bathroom a three piece suite comprises; panel bath with Mira shower over, pedestal wash hand basin and WC. Radiator, tiled splash backs and window.  

First Floor  

Half Landing with radiator and alcove with fitted mirror door which opens into a fully boarded loft space with light.  

Landing enjoying fine views over the valley, window with deep sill, radiator. Shelved linen cupboard. Access to part boarded loft with light via a retractable ladder. 

Bedroom 1 (front) 14' 3" x 12' 1" (4.34m x 3.68m) enjoying fine views, window with deep sill, radiator and two wall light points. Range of fitted wardrobes.  

Bedroom 2 (front) 12' 9" x 11' 1" (3.89m x 3.38m) overlooking the valley, window and radiator. Wash hand basin, wall mirror, shaver and light point.  

Bedroom 3 (front & rear) 21' 3" x 16' 3" (6.48m x 4.95m) a splendid room with open aspects both front and rear, four windows all with deep sills. Two radiators, exposed truss and purlins, wash hand basin, wall mirror and shave and light point.  

Bedroom 4 (rear) 10' 11" x 8' 10" (3.33m x 2.69m) window with aspect over open fields. Fitted drawers, cupboards and open shelving. Wash hand basin and wall mirror. Radiator.  

Bathroom having a three piece suite comprising; panel bath, vanity unit with wash hand basin and WC. Complementary part tiled walls, shaver and light point. Two windows and radiator.  

Outside:  

Outbuildings: The attached two storey barn offers scope for development of additional further living space/ hobbies.



To the rear is a stone and stone slate barn currently used as a workshop 15' x 14'4" (4.57m x 4.36m) with adjoining log store 14' x 7'1 (4.26m x 2.15m).



Detached Barn 24'9'' x 18'2'' (7.54m x 5.54m) has clear potential as a garage, workshop or perhaps even an office.



Tucked away at the rear of the barn and accessed via the sheep folds is a further detached single storey barn for storage 12'9" x 8'3" (3.88m x 2.51m) with adjoining coal shed.

 

Gardens & Orchard The property benefits from a pretty cottage garden to the front with paved patio, lawns and well stocked flower beds and borders. The sheep folds to the front and rear of the attached barn provide an excellent opportunity to extend the existing or create new areas of lawn or kitchen garden.



Across the front lane is the orchard garden which includes a vegetable garden, fruit trees and lawned area.  

Services: mains electricity. Shared private water with number 2 Long Houses. Private drainage to septic tank. Oil central heating. Telephone connected  

Council Tax: South Lakeland District Council - Band G 

Tenure: Freehold 

Viewing: Strictly by appointment with Hackney & Leigh - (01539) 729711 

Energy Performance Certificate: The full Energy Performance Certificate is available on our website and also at any of our offices.



 

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