Great Hartbarrow Farm, Cartmel Fell

Great Hartbarrow Farm, Cartmel Fell www.hackney-leigh.co.uk

Great Hartbarrow Farm £675,000

Great Hartbarrow Farm Cartmel Fell Windermere Cumbria LA23 3PA

This traditional Grade II Listed former Westmorland farm house is situated in a quiet and peaceful location within the heart of the Lake District National Park, enjoying fine views over the surrounding countryside. The present owners have with thought and attention to detail created a family home that blends original period character with 21st century living with four double bedrooms and two bathrooms being complemented by two receptions rooms and a family kitchen.

The house is set in approximately 1.86 acres of gardens and grounds including a stable and pony paddock, orchard with fruit trees and ample parking. The location is both idyllic and Sitting Room rural and yet within easy access of a village shop and not one but two pub/restaurants and the market town of Kendal and Bowness on Windermere are just a short drive away. Come and view a house of true period quality that is ready to move into and enjoy, for permanent living or perhaps as a holiday home.

Entrance Hall The Paddock

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Description: Great Hartbarrow is an attractive Grade II listed Lakeland farmhouse that dates back to 1684 being of traditional construction with a white rendered finish under a slate roof. The current owners have over the years, sympathetically restored the living space to a high standard of finish that has retained many original features including a wealth of beams, oak latch doors, flagged floors and the oak staircase. The accommodation briefly comprises of; living room, day room, living/family kitchen and utility/boot room on the ground floor, with four bedrooms and two bathrooms on the first floor. Outside there is ample parking space for 2/3 cars, a stable and useful outbuilding together with large formal and informal garden areas.

The property has been featured in various magazines including; Country Homes and Interiors, 25 Beautiful Houses and both Cumbria and Lancashire Life.

Accommodation with approximate dimensions:

Ground Floor

Open Porch original oak door opening into the:

Entrance Hall warm and welcoming with flagged floor with underfloor heating. Down lights and three Jim Lawrence wall lights. Exposed timbers, window with deep sill to the rear Day Room garden, radiator and inset display niche. Concealed oak staircase to first floor.

Sitting Room 17' 10" x 15' 3" (5.44m x 4.65m) a delightful room overlooking the front and rear gardens. Sash window with original shuttters to the front and a panelled window with deep sill to the rear, with a third window to the side. Attractive fireplace with slate hearth and wood burning stove. Exposed beams, down lights and four wall lights. Radiator, alcove with glass display shelves, TV aerial point.

Front Garden Sitting Room

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Living/Family Kitchen

Dining Area Living/Family Kitchen

Day Room 13' 8" x 13' 4" (4.17m x 4.06m) again with aspect to slate worksurfaces incorporating a bowl and half enamel sink garden. the front garden, two sash windows with shutters and seats. with mixer tap, slot in double oven with slate splash back and Attractive fireplace with tiled hearth, cast iron inset and open cooker hood over. Original feature stone fire surround, flagged Cloakroom pedestal wash hand basin and WC. Window with fire. Original built in wall cupboard and drawers, radiator and floor with underfloor heating, radiator and down lights. Sash deep sill, flagged floor and radiator. Understairs access. four Jim Lawrence wall lights. window with seat and shutters to the front and window with deep slate sill to the rear. Original plank oak door to sheltered First Floor Family Living Kitchen 18' 2" x 12' 0" (5.54m x 3.66m) enjoying porch. an open aspect to the front and rear gardens and with distant Half Landing with two windows both with deep sills to the side views across to Whitbarrow Scar. The kitchen has a range of Utility/Boot Room 12' 0" x 8' 6" (3.66m x 2.59m) with original elevation, exposed timbers fitted units incorporating original double floor to ceiling shelved flagged floor and stone keeping shelf. Worksurfaces, plumbing cupboard, base cupboards and matching dresser style unit and for washing machine and space for tumble dryer. Worcester oil central island unit with solid oak work tops. Complementary central heating boiler, exposed timbers and panelled window to

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En-suite bathroom

Master Bedroom with en-suite Landing

Landing with original wide oak plank floor boards, radiator and A three peice suite comprises; panel bath with shower mixer, Bedroom 4 17' 10" x 12' 0" (5.44m x 3.66m) a splendid dual down lights. Window with deep sill, useful understairs cupboard pedestal wash hand basin and WC. aspect room with sash window with seat to the front and and concealed staircase to the attic. panelled window with deep sill to the rear. Inset shelved alcove, Bedroom 2 14' 3" x 10' 11" (4.34m x 3.33m) with original wide radiator. Master Bedroom 12' 6" x 12' 1" (3.81m x 3.68m) a delightful oak plank floor boards, sash window with seat, radiator and dual aspect room with two windows with deep sills to the rear built in cupboard. Bathroom with two panelled windows enjoying open views to and panelled window with seat overlooking the front garden the side and rear. A four piece suite comprises; a large walk in and with distant views over the surrounding south lakeland Bedroom 3 11' 6" x 10' 8" (3.51m x 3.25m) with original wide tiled shower with thermostatic rain fall shower head and hand landscape. Two radiators. oak plank floor boards, sash window with seat, radiator and shower, Fired Earth free standing bath on ball and claw feet cupboard. with central mixer tap, pedestal wash hand basin and WC. Two En-suite Bathroom with window with deep sill, attractive slate heated towel rails and radiators, painted floor boards. tiled floor and complementary part tiled and part panelled walls.

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The Attic 17' 0" x 13' 7" (5.18m x 4.14m) plus 16'6" x 13'7" (5.03m x 4.14m) divided into two rooms being part boarded for storage, two skylights.

Outside:

Stone & Slate Stable with timber stable door, power and light.

Stone & Slate Garden Store

The Gardens & Grounds The property has the benefit of ample off road parking to the side of the house together with well tended gardens to all sides including a pony paddock and orchard with damson trees. To the front is a well stocked cottage garden with planted borders, lawns, central pathway and wrought iron railings and gate. To the rear is a pretty courtyard garden with planted beds that open to a large garden with formal and informal areas including sitting areas, lawns and mature trees and shrubs.

Services: Mains electricity. Shared private water and drainage. Oil central heating.

Tenure: Freehold

Council Tax: South Lakeland District Council - Band E Four Piece Bathroom Viewings: Strictly by appointment with Hackney & Leigh -

Kendal Office

Bedroom 2 Bedroom 4

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Attic Attic Room Room 16'6" x 13'7" 17'0" x 13'7" 5.03 x 4.14 5.18 x 4.14

Attic up

Bedroom 4 Bedroom 17'10"x 12'0" Bedroom 5.44 x 3.66 Bedroom 2 3 14'3" x 10'11" 1 11'6" x 10'8" 4.34 x 3.33 12'6" x 12'1" 3.51 x 3.25 (max) 3.81 x 3.68 (min)

First Floor

Utility/ Boot Room 12'0" x 8'6" 3.66 x 2.59

(min) up

Sitting Room 17'10"x 15'3" Hall Day 5.18 x 4.65 Room Living/Family 13'8" x 13'4" Kitchen 4.17 x 4.06 18'2" x 12'0" 5.54 x 3.66 (max)

Ground Floor Approx Gross Floor Area = 2710 Sq. Feet = 251.22 Sq. Metres

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Location: Just a few miles to the east of Lake Windermere lies the secluded and unspoilt Winster Valley, a tranquil area of rolling hills, verdant fields and wooded slopes, perfect for escaping the pressure of modern life. A network of country lanes and paths wind their way through the valley, making this an ideal location for gentle walking, particularly if you stop off at one of the excellent traditional pubs en route!

Take the A5074 out of Bowness centre, travel through Winster, pass the Damson Dene Hotel and bear second right towards Bowland Bridge. On entering the hamlet, you will find the Hare & Hounds pub on your left continue over the bridge and follow the road up and round to the Masons Arms at Strawberry Bank. Take right hand fork alongside the pub and carry on down the hill, following the lane along. The turning for the hamlet of Hartbarrow is then found on your right and the house is then second on your left.

From Kendal leave the town on the Underbarrow Road and follow the road through both the villages of Underbarrow & Crosthwaite. On leaving Crosthwaite take the turning left sign posted Bowland Bridge, continue down into the hamlet and continue as above.

Crosthwaite village also lies within the Lake District National Park and offers a vibrant village atmosphere and community spirit with local junior school, village hall, bowling green and tennis court, together with a popular church and first class pub/restaurant.

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