Hawkhow and Hawkhow Cottage, Glenridding, Cumbria CA11 0NG

A landmark five bedroom home alongside Lake Ullswater with superb lake views and a three bedroom cottage set within over 3.5 acres of woodland gardens and grounds

The Lake District National Park Guide Price £240 000 Hawkhow, Glenridding

Hawkhow occupies a superb elevated site, with a layout which gives most of the rooms astonishing views over Lake Ullswater, looking straight across the water to Place Fell rising from the opposite shore. It is a very special property, the like of which rarely comes onto the open market. Hawkhow is an Arts and Crafts house completed in 1920, a five bedroomed detached property with a three bedroom cottage and garaging. Approached by private drive from the lakeside road, it stands in over 3.5 acres of extraordinary sloping woodland grounds and gardens, with Mossdale Beck cascading through, creating the sound of falling water.

It was commissioned as a country home by shipping magnate Hugh Teasdale Roberts, built by Arthur Pattinson builders of Glenridding and is for sale only the third time since it was built. The accommodation makes for a well-proportioned family home. The rooms are arranged around the impressively large hallway with its imposing oak staircase, guarded at the foot by the Hawk! The kitchen with four oven AGA range sits next to the dining room with a picture window looking straight out onto the Lake, with visiting red squirrels close at hand. The Long Room is a spacious sitting room with impressive open fire and antique oak surround, and with space for a grand piano; there is also a second sitting room/study and a cloakroom. Upstairs there are five double bedrooms served by the two house bathrooms and a shower room. In the basement, a full set of cellars lies beneath the ground floor. The house is in largely original condition with various improvements to the amenities having been Services undertaken in recent times. With further investment there is the scope to develop a unique Mains electricity, private water supply and private sewage treatment plant; oil fired family residence. central heating; telephone connected and Broadband available Local Authority and Council Tax In the grounds there is the three bedroom Hawkhow Cottage, in need of a complete makeover, Eden District Council Website www.eden.gov.uk. Council Tax Band G which offers great potential as a holiday letting property or family annexe. Viewing Reputedly, the grounds cost more to create than the house to build. Approaching the house by All viewings are strictly by appointment only with Eden Estate Agents telephone its long curved driveway, where there is a large double garage standing adjacent to the Cottage, 01768 869000. If you have specific requirements which are not covered in our sales details, please discuss them with a member of staff who has seen the property, the gardens sweep upwards towards the fells at the rear with a rather grand orangerie standing before you travel to a viewing. within, requiring renovation. The gardens have formal elements but largely comprise a series of Directions by Car ‘country walks’ through mature and extensive trees and shrubs, interspersed with ponds and st From Penrith take the 1 exit at the Rheged roundabout and follow the road to the water features. At a higher level there is a summerhouse with views to the Lake through the head of Lake Ullswater; turn right and head for Glenridding. Hawkhow is located on the right, about half a mile before Glenridding, immediately after a ‘falling rocks’ sign trees. The whole area is bursting with specimen plants, mature trees and shrubs, with an and layby on the left and just before the large layby on the right hand side of the road. Oriental influence in parts, providing a fitting setting for such a property.

Hawkhow

Hawkhow Cottage

Important Note We endeavour to make our sale particulars accurate and reliable. They should be considered as general guidance only and do not constitute all or any part of a contract. Prospective buyers and their advisers should satisfy themselves as to the facts and availability before arranging an inspection. Further information on points of particular importance can be provided. Services, fittings and equipment have not been tested. Room sizes should not be considered exact. Floor plans are not to scale and are intended to provide guidance on layout and room sizes. Council tax band information may be subject to revision. Any distances between places are approximate and are derived from RAC online Route Planner, shortest distance.