TEAL COTTAGE £1,100,000

Arkholme, LA6 1AX

Within one of the Lune Valley’s prime villages, a highly desirable setting with splendid far-reaching southerly views across adjacent paddock towards rolling open countryside and the .

Great for family life and wonderful for entertaining, a substantial detached house, built in 2005 and offering light and spacious accommodation with a high standard of finish. Beautiful established landscaped gardens offer many vantage points for the valley views. Single garage and good parking. There’s also a small paddock with stable. In all, 1.01 acres (0.41 hectares).

All you could want from a large village house.

www.davis-bowring.co.uk Welcome to TEAL COTTAGE £1,100,000 Arkholme, LA6 1AX

With splendid views, delightful gardens, a desirable village setting and spacious accommodation, there’s so much to love about Teal Cottage. Here are our highlights… The View - all the principal rooms enjoy the stunning views over the garden and adjacent paddock across open countryside to the River Lune and the beautiful undulating countryside of the valley beyond. Glazed doors lead out of the sitting room, garden room and kitchen onto the seating terrace but also worth a mention is the view from the main bedroom’s semi-circular window - to lie in bed here, cup of tea to hand and plan the day ahead must be a wonderful start to the day. Big and beautiful - with an approximate gross internal area of 4394 sq ft (408.2 sq m) including the garage there is no shortage of space. Built in 2005 by the current owners, the well planned interior is light, bright and spacious. Teal Cottage offers the best of both worlds - traditional good looks but built using modern construction methods and values, finished to a high standard. Great space for family and friends to enjoy - centrally positioned in the layout is the impressive dining hall with a York stone fireplace providing a great focal point. For more informal dining, head into the triple aspect living kitchen with flagged floor, quintessential four oven cream Aga with an integrated electric oven for flexibility when creating culinary masterpieces, cream painted shaker style units, granite worktops and a matching island unit with Iroko hardwood top. Leading from the central hall there is an elegant sitting room with marble fireplace and granite hearth, a cosy bookshelf lined snug with oak floor and fireplace and a lovely garden room where you can enjoy the garden and the view, whatever the weather. Onwards and upwards…. an oak staircase leads up to an impressive gallery landing, a room in itself being open to the apex with a skylight allowing light to flood in. The main bedroom has a fitted bedstead and cabinets, positioned for maximum enjoyment of the panoramic view. Here you’ll also find an en suite wet room and walk in wardrobe/dressing room. There are three further double bedrooms (one with en suite shower room), two having fitted wardrobes and bedroom 4 fitted with desk and drawers - perfect as a home office. Beautiful landscaped south-facing gardens are well-stocked and offer privacy and of course, the view. There’s a choice of seating areas; a large flagged terrace leading from the house, a lower terrace overlooking the ornamental pond and a terrace to the bottom of the garden. There are deep filled herbaceous borders, a lovely collection of scented roses, a circular lawn, an area of woodland, fruit cages and two small outhouses. A small paddock lies to the south of the garden with loose box and hard standing turnout area. To the front, the large driveway, partly laid with sets and with deep planted borders provides parking for several cars. In all, 1.01 acres (0.41 hectares).

Location, location, location - within the heart of the scenically beautiful Lune Valley

One of only two Thankful Villages in and within a Conservation Area, Arkholme is a popular and sought after village in the Lune Valley with a thriving community, reinforced by the school, pub and village hall. The pub is currently undergoing refurbishment and will reopen shortly. The Main Street (on which Teal Cottage is set) was described as 'a very pretty street' in Nikolaus Pevsner's 'Buildings of , North Lancashire'; part of the appeal is that it's a cul-de-sac and so doesn't get any through traffic. The attractive Cumbrian market town of (5.5 miles) is extremely popular and offers an abundance of independent shops, restaurants and pubs, a post office, a weekly market and a Booths supermarket. For the second year in a row, Kirkby Lonsdale was voted in the best top ten places to live in the North West by The Sunday Times. The (10.6 miles) offers a comprehensive selection of facilities as well as Lancaster University, Lancaster & College and the Royal Lancaster Infirmary. Known as the Gateway to the Lakes, Kendal (c. 18.2 miles) also offers a wide selection of education, employment and recreational facilities. Arkholme is a great choice for families with a well-regarded primary school in the village and is within the catchment area of both Queen Elizabeth School in Kirkby Lonsdale and the Grammar Schools in Lancaster with bus stops on the main road. Independent schools at Sedbergh, Giggleswick and Windermere are all within commuting distance or offer boarding facilities. For keen walkers, the Lune Valley ramble is on the doorstep, just over 16 miles from Lancaster to Kirkby Lonsdale taking in some beautiful undulating scenery. Canine companion or not, right from your front door, this could be your daily delight. To the east are the Yorkshire Dales, to the west is the Lake District and to the south, the ; you've also the Silverdale and Arnside AONB if you like a coastal walk - it’s the perfect base for outdoor enthusiasts. Travel by car - located on the B6254 between Kirkby Lonsdale and , J35 of the M6 is 5.6 miles distant so Arkholme is very accessible for the motorway. Access to the A65 for travelling east is 5 miles distant. Travel by train - Oxenholme (15.8 miles) and Lancaster have stations on the main West Coast line with a direct line to London Euston in 2 hours 35 minutes. Travel by air - Leeds Bradford (55.6 miles), Manchester (71.5 miles) and Liverpool (78.2 miles)

Interested to see and know more? To fully appreciate the setting and before booking a viewing, we’d recommend a ‘drive by’ so you can fully appreciate the lovely edge of village setting. The house is occupied, so please don’t go up the drive. To get yourself there, start at the middle of the village by the pub, The Bay Horse and turn opposite, down Main Street, almost to the very end; Teal Cottage is set back off the road on the right hand side, just after the fork in the road. Services and specification

• Mains electricity, gas and water

• Private sole use septic tank in garden to the east of the house. Tank installed in 2005

• Gas central heating with hot water to radiators. In addition there is a wood burning stove in the sitting room and open fires in the snug and dining hall

• Underfloor heating to ground floor apart from utility room

• Telephone connection subject to transfer regulations

• B4RN hyperfast broadband connected. For more details on this world beating local service visit the website b4rn.org.uk. Working from home has never been so easy!

• Sonos surround sound inside and outside on the main terrace (speakers set into the ceilings throughout but plug-in in the sitting room)

• Smart Home technology with motion detector camera on front door with remote door opening. Remote controlled blinds in bedroom 1 and the garden room, some skylight windows, lights throughout

• Disabled accessibility and lift Boundary plan - not to scale Useful information For illustrative purposes only

Council tax Teal Cottage is currently banded G for Council Tax purposes. Potential purchasers are advised to verify this information for themselves.

Local and Planning Authority Lancaster City Council. Town Hall, Lancaster, LA1 1QR. T: 01524 582000 W: www.lancaster.gov.uk

Please note: • Fitted carpets, curtains, curtain poles, blinds, light fittings and integral white goods are all included in the sale • The vendors have taken advice from a local firm of architects on the garden's development potential, and have been informed that a second detached house (or amenity building - annexe, office, studio, games room etc) would be in line with current planning policy but of course would be subject to obtaining planning permission, no such application has been made • Salmon, trout and sea trout fishing is available on the River Lune. There is the possibility of acquiring a rod in a local syndicate - any keen anglers should ask the Agents for further details

Money Laundering Prospective buyers should be aware that in the event that they make an offer for the property, they will be required to provide the agent with documents in relation to the Money Laundering Regulations; one being photographic ID, i.e. driving licence or passport and the other being a utility bill showing their address. These can be provided in the following ways: by calling into the agent's office with copies or by way of a certified copy provided via their solicitor. In addition prospective buyers will be required to provide information regarding the source of funding as part of the agent's offer procedure. Lane House, Kendal Road 015242 74445 Kirkby Lonsdale [email protected] Carnforth Lancashire LA6 2HH www.davis-bowring.co.uk

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