IVY COTTAGE £525,000 Casterton, The Yorkshire Dales, LA6 2RX Beautifully presented, a quintessential country cottage in the heart of this sought after Lune Valley village with delightful gardens and panoramic west facing views. Character sits alongside contemporary in this extended and sensitively refurbished detached cottage to create a charming family home with four bedrooms, three receptions rooms and a contemporary living kitchen. There’s a double garage, generous parking and delightful gardens enjoying splendid far reaching views across open countryside and towards Kirkby Lonsdale. In all, 0.27 acres (0.11 hectares). A cracker of a village home - highly convenient for road and rail links, this is one not to miss. www.davis-bowring.co.uk Welcome to IVY COTTAGE £525,000 Casterton, The Yorkshire Dales, LA6 2RX Ivy Cottage is a delightful detached period cottage offering spacious accommodation, character and charm alongside modern appointments and attractive gardens. There is much to recommend it whether you are seeking a first or second home - a place to raise the children or somewhere to enjoy your retirement. • Traditional period features - take a look around and you’ll notice the beamed ceilings, oak doors with Suffolk latches, oak window and door lintels, the part stone staircase and the period fire surrounds in five rooms. • A sociable flow of rooms - with an internal gross area of 1786 sq ft (165.9 sq m) the cottage has been extended over recent years and offers well-proportioned accommodation with a sociable flow of rooms - perfect for family life or for those who like to entertain. On entering the cottage, an entrance vestibule with stable door is open to a cosy snug with tiled floor, wood burning stove and understairs cupboard. Off this is a dining room, which leads through to a bright and light sitting room with woodburning stove. There’s also a small office for home work or working from home. The bright and contemporary fitted kitchen with limestone floor has a range of units with granite worktops, a breakfast bar and a Stoves five ring gas range. There's a west facing seating area with glazed roof and glass doors out to a private flagged terrace, a useful laundry/cloakroom and cupboard housing the boiler. • Onwards and upwards - the staircase leads to an attractive landing with Velux skylights and oak floor off which are four double bedrooms and a house bathroom. The spacious master suite has an en suite shower room. • Landscaped gardens 0.27 acres (0.11 hectares) with neatly kept lawns, mature shrubs and trees, slate paths, a rose garden laid out as a parterre, espaliered fruit trees and a concealed works area with open fronted log store. An elevated flagged terrace borders open fields and provides 180° west facing panoramic views of the countryside and toward Kirkby Lonsdale - it’s an absolute treat and a favourite place for the vendors to enjoy a morning coffee, afternoon tea or after work glass of wine. To the rear a decorative wrought iron gate leads through to a private flagged terrace. • Gated from the road, so good for children and dogs, there is great private parking and a large double garage with up and over doors, power and light. An attractive village with a network of facilities near by Just inside the western edge the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Ivy Cottage sits right at the heart of the popular Lune Valley village of Casterton, within walking distance of the shop/garage (for vehicle repairs, fuel and basic provisions), the Church of Holy Trinity, village hall, children’s nursery (The Mulberry Bush), school (Sedbergh Preparatory) and popular country pub (The Pheasant). Nearby Barbon has a village hall, a shop and cafe (The Churchmouse at Barbon) which hosts a locally renowned Friday night bistro, The Barbon Inn, a popular country pub and St Bartholomew's Church. On the doorstep of Casterton is the attractive market town of Kirkby Lonsdale (2.2 miles) which offers an abundance of independent shops, popular restaurants and pubs, a post office and a well-regarded 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. Yorkshire Dales market town Sedbergh (9.3 miles) offers a good range of local amenities and with its cobbled streets, the scenic village of Dent (14.6 miles) has a general store with outreach post office, an art gallery, a selection of tea shops, a church and two pubs. If you’re seeking bright lights then the market town of Kendal (14.9 miles) and the city of Lancaster (17.6 miles via the A683) provide a more comprehensive range of educational, commercial and recreational facilities. There are primary and secondary schools in Kirkby Lonsdale, Leck and Sedbergh. Independent schools are at Sedbergh, Giggleswick and Windermere. For those keen on outdoor pursuits, could there be a better placed village? The glorious unspoilt countryside of the Yorkshire Dales and Lake District National Parks, the Lune Valley and Forest of Bowland is all on your doorstep. The perfect playground for walkers, climbers, cavers, potholers, cyclists and sailors, and if you fancy a walk by the sea, the Arnside and Silverdale AONB and Morecambe Bay are close by. If, unlike Winston Churchill, you like a round of golf then there are courses at Casterton, Kirkby Lonsdale, Sedbergh, Kendal and Giggleswick. Planes, trains and automobiles… Hop in the car - access to the M6 is either at J36 (7.2 miles) or J35 (9 miles) depending on the direction of travel. For travelling east/west, the A65 is 1.2 miles distant. Let the train take the strain - the nearest station on the west coast main line is at Oxenholme (11.9 miles) or Lancaster (22.5) with direct trains to London Euston (approximately journey time is 2.5 hours from Lancaster). Historic Carnforth Train Station (12.4 miles) is on the Northern Line with services to Lancaster, Barrow- in-Furness, Leeds and Manchester airport. For jetting off - Manchester Airport is 80.7 miles distant, Liverpool Airport 78.3 miles and Leeds Bradford 51.4 miles. All mileages are approximate. Services • Mains electricity, gas, drainage and water • Gas central heating with hot water to radiators • Telephone connection subject to transfer regulations • A combination of single and double glazed windows set in painted wooden frames • B4RN hyperfast broadband available - check out this great local service at b4rn.org.uk - if you work from home, like to download films or have homework to consider - this will be make life so much easier! Getting there To find the property, from Kirkby Lonsdale on the A65 take the A683 signposted Casterton. On entering Casterton, proceed past the Town End Garage on the right hand side and Ivy Cottage is first on the left, immediately before The Pheasant. A five bar gate provides access onto the gravel parking area in front of the cottage. Useful information Boundary plan - not to scale For illustrative purposes only Council tax Ivy Cottage is currently banded E for Council Tax purposes. Potential purchasers are advised to verify this information for themselves. Local Authority South Lakeland District Council, South Lakeland House, Lowther, Street, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7QU. T: 01539 733333 www.southlakeland.gov.uk Planning Authority Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, Yoredale, Bainbridge, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 3EL T: 0300 456 0030 W: www.yorkshiredales.org.uk Please note • All carpets, curtains, blinds, curtain poles, light fittings and integral white goods are included in the sale • Freestanding white goods are available by further negotiation as are garden troughs, planters, pots and statues 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 IMPORTANT Davis & Bowring, for themselves and for the vendors or lessors of this property whose agents they are give notice that (i) these particulars are set out as a general outline only for guidance of intending purchasers or lessees, and do not constitute, nor constitute part of an offer or contract; (ii) all descriptions, photographs, measurements, areas, dimensions, references to condition and necessary permissions for use and occupation, and other details are given without responsibility and any intending purchasers or tenants should not rely on them as statements or representations of fact but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of them; (iii) no person in the employment of Davis & Bowring, has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatever in relation to this property nor have we carried out a detailed survey or tested the services, appliances or fittings in the property; (iv) all viewings are carried out at the sole risk of the viewer and neither the selling agent nor the vendor takes responsibility for any part of the property..