Map5 bedroom detached house
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Detached house
5 beds
3 baths
1,089,001 sq ft / 101,172 sq m
Key information
Tenure: Freehold
Council tax: Ask agent
Features and description
- Tenure: Freehold
- 5 Bedroom Farmhouse
- Detached County Home
- Equestrian Property
- 25 acres of land
- Outbuildings & Garage
- Close to Lake District National Park
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A Cumbrian rural smallholding with equestrian potential which includes a substantial five bedroom 18th Century farmhouse, granny flat with lift, varied and many outbuildings and stabling, gardens and around 17 acres of grazing land and 8 acres of woodland.
Situated in the rural hamlet of Thornthwaite just outside the magnificent northern fells of the Lake District National Park - it is a ten minute walk to Caldbeck Fell - the property is within easy reach of Wigton, Bassenthwaite Lake and Keswick.
With scope for some upgrading, there is exciting potential to create a unique and personal family home. The present owners also run their hairdressing business from one of the outbuildings.
Services
Mains water and electricity; solar panels feeding into the National Grid, Biomass boiler with oil option Private septic tank drainage.
Council Tax
Band F
Viewing Arrangements
Strictly by appointment only with Fine & Country
Directions
From the M6 at Junction 41 northbound, take the first exit onto the B5305 to Wigton. From southbound it is the third exit. Continue on this road, passing the first left turn for Hesket Newmarket and then - on the long straight section of the road - there is a crossroads signposted to Dalston and Carlisle to the right and to Caldbeck to the left. Take this left turn and follow the road to the top of the fell. At the crossroads, take a right signposted Wigton and the next left signposted Thackthwaite/Cleamire. At High Hall turn right towards Bolton New Houses and at the Bog Hall crossroads turn left towards Thornthwaite. At the end of this road, take a left - signposted to be a dead end - and after the bend the property is on the left.
Situated in the rural hamlet of Thornthwaite just outside the magnificent northern fells of the Lake District National Park - it is a ten minute walk to Caldbeck Fell - the property is within easy reach of Wigton, Bassenthwaite Lake and Keswick.
With scope for some upgrading, there is exciting potential to create a unique and personal family home. The present owners also run their hairdressing business from one of the outbuildings.
Services
Mains water and electricity; solar panels feeding into the National Grid, Biomass boiler with oil option Private septic tank drainage.
Council Tax
Band F
Viewing Arrangements
Strictly by appointment only with Fine & Country
Directions
From the M6 at Junction 41 northbound, take the first exit onto the B5305 to Wigton. From southbound it is the third exit. Continue on this road, passing the first left turn for Hesket Newmarket and then - on the long straight section of the road - there is a crossroads signposted to Dalston and Carlisle to the right and to Caldbeck to the left. Take this left turn and follow the road to the top of the fell. At the crossroads, take a right signposted Wigton and the next left signposted Thackthwaite/Cleamire. At High Hall turn right towards Bolton New Houses and at the Bog Hall crossroads turn left towards Thornthwaite. At the end of this road, take a left - signposted to be a dead end - and after the bend the property is on the left.
About this agent
Welcome to Fine & Country in Cumbria, selling homes across all the CA postcodes. Our business is family owned and operated, and is part of a national and international luxury brand - offering our clients the best of both worlds - we are the local agent with regional, national and global marketing reach. We specialise in selling individual, distinctive and higher priced properties, in the city and in the countryside. Properties whose owners want to achieve the best result when they sell. At Fine & Country North Lakes and Eden Valley we pride ourselves on a genuine commitment to personal service delivered by experienced property professionals combined with a unique blend of creative and comprehensive marketing, which is exclusive. Working closely with other Fine & Country offices regionally, nationally and worldwide, we can provide a seamless cover of marketing across the the northern Lake District and the Eden Valley including in and around the historic towns of Penrith, Keswick, Cockermouth, Appleby, Kirkby Stephen and Carlisle. With access to national publications such as The Sunday Times, the national and regional Fine and Country magazines, the Fine and Country office in Park Lane and the international website, you can be sure that your property will achieve the exposure that it deserves and needs, to connect with the people from all over the world who wish to buy in this special area.