5 bedroom detached house

Hilltop Farm House is a charming 17th century stone cottage that features almost 3,000 square feet of accommodation. The property has plenty of period character throughout, with original features helping to create a thoroughly pleasant and appealing home.

The flexibility of this accommodation offers the option for the property to be utilised as a five bedroom farmhouse, or a three bedroom farmhouse with attached two bedroom annex for the potential use as a holiday let.

The ground floor features a comfortable drawing room with an open fireplace, a cosy snug with a cast-iron fireplace with stove and oven, a sunny conservatory and a fully equipped farmhouse style kitchen with a range cooker and butler sink. A further living space is connected to the rest of the house by a door adjoining the kitchen and includes a formal dining room with feature fireplace and a sitting room with wood burning stove, both rooms feature exposed timber beams overhead. Leading onto a second kitchen and breakfast room again with a range cooker and butler sink. Off the second kitchen is another useful utility room and downstairs shower room.

The first floor comprises five double bedrooms including the principal bedroom with a door to its own private paved terrace and two bathrooms. One of which features a stand-alone roll top bath.

The property is connected to a local Wi-Fi scheme and benefits from 60 megabits broadband speed, perfect for those working from home.

The property is in a stunning setting in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, in an elevated position above Semerwater. It is part of a small collection of houses and buildings, surrounded by rolling countryside, while the small village of Bainbridge, three miles away, has a local shop, a pub and a primary school. Five miles away, Askrigg provides further amenities, including two pubs, a tea room and a delicatessen, as well as a primary school, while the small market town of Hawes has further amenities, including local shops, a pharmacy, a medical practice and several amenities, including pubs, restaurants and cafés. The A1(M) is 27 miles away, providing access towards Harrogate and York to the south, and Newcastle upon Tyne to the north.

At the front of the property there are gardens, bordered by dry stone walls, with paved terracing.

To the rear there are further gardens, with areas of lawn, paved terracing and well-stocked flowerbeds, with viewpoints taking in those spectacular Yorkshire Dales views.

The property also benefits from two paddocks, an orchard, spinney, greenhouse, summer house and vegetable garden. On the whole, two acres of land.