4 bed Attached House | Priory Corner Cottage | | Brampton | CA8 2HQ Guide Price £600,000

An outstanding home circa 1874 of immense charm and character with delightful private gardens and paddock in all around 1.16 acre. Beautifully presented and versatile living space including a studio annex. Wonderful setting in an historic area close to Lanercost Priory and Hadrian's Wall.

ACCOMMODATION SUMMARY

House

Vestibule | Charming sitting room | Superb open plan kitchen/diner with living area | Pantry | Entrance lobby linking to the annex | First floor landing | Double bedrooms one and two | Spacious bathroom | Loft room | Oil fired central heating | Energy Performance Rating – E | Council Tax Band - E awaiting re-assessment | | Detached outbuilding/utility | Beautiful gardens, south and west facing | Summer house | Pond | Greenhouse | Vegetable plots | Chicken shed | Paddock | Shared (with one other) private drainage | Freehold

Annex

Beautiful living area open into potential kitchen area (services in place) | Double bedroom three with ensuite shower room | Double bedroom four | Shower room | First floor | Outstanding studio/sitting room | Separate boiler providing underfloor heating to ground floor and radiators to Studio | Split electricity and water supplies | Studio rateable value £2,350 - full exemption

APPROXIMATE DISTANCES IN MILES

Cricket Club and COE Primary School 0.3 | Brampton 2.5 | Roman Fort 4.5 | M6 J43 9.8, J44 11.4 | Central Carlisle - Mainline Station 11.9 | North Pennines AONB - Alston | Solway Coast AONB - Bowness On Solway 24.8 | Lake District National Park - Caldbeck 25.7, Ullswater 32.7 | Hexham 27 | Newcastle International Airport 45.3

WHY LANERCOST

Delightful setting amongst open countryside the focal point being the Priory, historic ruins and the Dacre Hall (village hall). There are delightful walks on the door step including by the River Irthing and just up the hill is access to Hadrian's Wall Path, a national trail stretching 84 miles coast to coast from Wallsend to Bowness On Solway. There are several fine examples of the wall nearby including the Roman Fort at Birdoswald a little over four miles by car. Lanercost has an active local community and a superb amenities including a primary school, cricket club and tea room. The nearby market town of Brampton has a good range of shops and services and is bypassed by the A69 providing easy access for Newcastle, Carlisle, the M6 and Lake District. Brampton has a golf club and station on the Newcastle Line. The regional centre and historic City of Carlisle provides a broad range of social, leisure and retail opportunities. The city has a growing café culture and an excellent variety of bars and restaurants. The Westcoast Mainline has direct services to London in around three hours fifteen minutes. Other direct services include to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Manchester and Birmingham.

DESCRIPTION

Priory Corner Cottage has considerable appeal and much loved home by the current owners for over 30 years. Formally the Estate Manger's House for the nearby Estate it was built in 1874 and still incorporates many original features. The adjoining stable, cart shed and hay loft have been skilfully converted to extend the accommodation. The result is an excellent annex with superb first floor studio/sitting room. The annex as a variety of potential uses including holiday cottage or Airbnb.

From the moment you enter the wonderful grounds it is apparent that this is a home of interest. The house and

gardens are delightful and beautifully maintained. The sitting room is a charming space with original open fireplace and private dual aspect to the garden. The heart of the home is the spacious open plan living kitchen with Shaker style units and reconstituted 1950s oil fired Aga. The living area has a fireplace with stove creating a pleasant ambience and calm space for dining and relaxing. The pantry is a most useful room. These rooms are in the original house and above are two double bedrooms, a spacious bathroom and good loft room. The stylish bathroom has a shower and a freestanding bath which is perfectly placed in front of the window to take advantage of the rural views.

The conversion of the outbuildings which started in 2018 has been a great success and provides an appealing, versatile addition to the house increasing the total ground floor area to 1,700 sq feet. The living area incorporates original features and has services in place for a kitchen. The main bedroom has a beautiful ensuite shower room and the second double is next to its own shower room. Of particular interest is the fabulous first floor studio/sitting room, generous in size at over 1,100 sq feet. The north elevation is fully glazed not only providing a pleasant private aspect over the paddock but also the perfect light for an artist studio. To the west French doors and glazed Juliet balcony open to the view and let in the afternoon and evening light. generous parking area for several cars. Beyond this the OUTSIDE paddock provides a wonderful amenity with orchard, wildflower meadow and wooded areas. Wildlife is The gardens are an absolute delight being beautifully laid encouraged. The owners keep bees and chickens. out and thoughtfully planted. The summerhouse house is perfectly placed beside the established pond providing an idyllic setting from which to enjoy the peace and tranquillity of the surroundings. There are formal areas of box hedging and the borders that line the path from the front gate are magnificent. A stone outbuilding has been converted into an excellent utility room. There is a greenhouse and productive vegetable plot. Vehicular access is from from a private road and public bridleway. The drive leads to a

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