This charming five bedroom detached period home enjoys an idyllic setting within this picturesque Nidderdale village featuring tastefully renovated accommodation, a former forge with many potential uses and far reaching views from an elevated "secret garden".

The Nook has been the subject of a tasteful programme of renovation in recent years, the end result being a tremendous Dales home with a wealth of period features including exposed beams, stone floors and fireplaces along with original mullioned windows and the unique feature of a former forge with a wide variety of potential uses.

An entrance vestibule leads to a magnificent family kitchen which is the hub of the house with an extensive provision of shaker cabinets, granite work surfaces and an oil fired Aga.

An archway leads to an elegant sitting room again with exposed stone floors, windows to two elevations and a full height Inglenook style stone fireplace with an open grate and canopy.

A separate dining room lies on the opposite side of the kitchen connected via a magnificent open stone fireplace with a dual fronted stove and this room connects via a rear hallway to a cloakroom/utility room and the ground floor layout is completed by a private study situated off the sitting room.

At first floor level, a master double bedroom has its own master en-suite facility and four further family bedrooms are served by a stylish wet room.

There is off road car parking to the front of a useful garage/store room (21ft x 15ft overall) with gated access to fully enclosed and exceptionally private lawned front gardens.

To the rear of the property, is an enclosed stone flagged courtyard area with access to a stone built former forge, the main body of which is 27ft x 12ft in addition to which there is an additional room with domed ceiling.

To the side of this unique building a short flight of steps lead to the "secret garden" made up of a combination of lawns and sun terraces and from which extensive views across Nidderdale over the roof of "The Nook".

Lofthouse is a picturesque Nidderdale village in the heart of the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with a public house, village hall and primary school. In Pateley Bridge there are leisure and recreational facilities area available as well as a secondary school. Further afield, Harrogate, Leeds and York are accessible by car and offer further amenities.

Proceeding from Pateley Bridge through Ramsgill and into the village of Lofthouse, take the right hand turning and proceed up the hill past the Crown Public House and the Nook will be identified on the right hand side by our For Sale board.