6 MARKET SQUARE £1,400,000
Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2AN
Imposing and statuesque; one of Kirkby Lonsdale's landmark buildings.
Standing proudly at the east of the historic market square, this is an impressive Grade II listed period townhouse of great character, painstakingly restored since the current owner’s purchase in 2010. Classical architectural features provide the backdrop for the beautifully presented interior, finished to an exceptionally high standard. There’s extensive parking to the rear with an oak framed car port and garden store and surrounding gardens. In all, 0.25 acres (0.10 hectares).
One of Kirkby Lonsdale’s most impressive period properties - ready for you to move straight into and start enjoying life in this award winning town.
www.davis-bowring.co.uk Welcome to 6 MARKET SQUARE £1,400,000 Kirkby Lonsdale, LA6 2AN
If you are reading this there’s a high chance you already know and love Kirkby Lonsdale. Here in our office we all live in or near to this lovely market town and know it well. It’s an absolute gem and little wonder that there is a steady stream of buyers who have either always been drawn to the town or who have just discovered it and now want a slice of Lune Valley life; for the second year in a row it’s been voted in the best top 10 places to live in the North West. The town has much on offer in terms of places to eat, meet for a coffee or glass of something stronger, independent shops, churches, a Post Office as well as a branch of Boots and a Booths supermarket. There’s also a range of commercial businesses represented in the town as well as an opticians, two dentists and a large doctors’ surgery. Everything is within walking distance for the Market Square. One of the English countryside’s unspoilt gems, the Lune Valley boasts undulating rolling hills and scattered villages, it borders the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Together the historic market town of Kendal (13.7 miles) and the Georgian city of Lancaster (15.4 miles via the B6254)) provide a comprehensive range of commercial and recreational facilities. Lancaster is also home to Lancaster University, Lancaster & Morecambe College and Royal Lancaster Infirmary Schools are located in Kirkby Lonsdale with St Mary’s primary school and Queen Elizabeth secondary school, Dallam, a mixed comprehensive world school with state boarding is at Milnthorpe and there are Boys and Girls Grammar schools at Lancaster. The area is also well served by popular private schools, including Sedbergh, Giggleswick and Windermere. For fans of the great outdoors, Kirkby Lonsdale is close to the Lake District National Park as well as the Dales and Forest of Bowland. The area provides a stunningly scenic adventure playground for all. Likewise, Arnside and Silverdale AONB and Morecambe Bay are not too far away if you are drawn to the coast. Getting about by car is easy, accessibility to the motorway network is excellent at J34, J35, or J36 as well as onto the A65 for travelling east. Letting the train take the strain - there are stations on the West Coast main line at both Lancaster and Oxenholme with trains to London Euston (travel time approx. 2 hours, 30 mins). Historic Carnforth train station is on the Northern Line with services to Lancaster, Barrow-in-Furness, Leeds and handy when you’re holidaying, Manchester airport. Jetting off - there is a choice of airports: Leeds Bradford (50.8 miles) Manchester (79.4 miles) and Liverpool (86.1 miles).
An impressive period town house in an enviable central position
Striking, imposing, impressive, splendid, elegant - there are many adjectives which could be used to describe 6 Market Square and all would be accurate. Built in 1847 by Thompson and Webster of Kendal and standing proud at the east of the market square, the property, a former Trustees Saving Bank building, was converted, extended and thoroughly and painstakingly restored by the current owners since their purchase in 2010. Grade II Listed, the property is beautifully presented (much of the furniture would be available by separate negotiation) and offers a home of immense character and quality. With spacious accommodation there is room to spread out, an approximate gross internal area of 3825 sq ft [355.4 sq m] including the cellars gives you an idea of just how much space is on offer. A quick architectural tour reveals a host of period features - York stone fireplaces with woodburners in both the drawings and sitting rooms, decorative ceiling roses, panelled doors, deep skirtings, architraves, decorative cornices, panelled window reveals, working shutters, picture rails and a marble bedroom fireplace. Central to the house is the impressive hall and stairwell, with its handsome decorative wrought iron staircase with oak balustrade, stone steps and arched tall Westmorland style window giving a view over roof tops to the Barbon fells. Walk with us….through the porch with wrought iron gates into a wide entrance hall with flagged floor. The elegant and grand double drawing room is dual aspect and along with the cosy sitting room has views over the market square. Is there a better spot in the whole of town for a spot of unobserved people watching? The well equipped kitchen is fitted with a range of bespoke painted units with granite work tops, a double pot sink, Rangemaster gas stove and a matching island unit with wooden worktops. The kitchen is open to the atmospheric dining room, a light and bright room with oak flooring and windows to two sides. Whether it’s Friday night dinner with friends, a leisurely weekend brunch or celebratory Sunday lunch this is a welcoming room which invites family and friends to linger and enjoy. Double doors open out on to the seating terrace - this is the perfect spot for entertaining, both inside and out. A rear hall leads to cloakroom and a useful utility/boot room with Belfast sink and cupboards housing washing machine and tumble drier as well as the boiler and hot water cylinder. There are also four cellars rooms with flagged floors including two with windows and a vaulted wine cellar. This space could be used as storage but with good head height the rooms could be converted into a gym, a cinema room, hobbies room - the choice is yours. Onwards and upwards…. the attractive light stairwell and landing lead to four well proportioned double bedrooms, two with en suite shower rooms. The central bedroom has access on to the balcony which overlooks the square. With a wow factor all of its own, the house bathroom is incredibly stylish - the book marked marble providing a feast for the eyes and enabling bathing in the lap of luxury for sure - there’s marble surrounding the bath, in the shower and topping the wash basin console unit. Finishing it all off is a genuine parquet wooden floor and plantation shutters for privacy. Gardens - a haven in the centre of town - substantial double wooden electric gates provide privacy and security and open remotely to an extensive parking area with substantial oak framed car port with space for two cars, undercover storage and a lockable garden store. The flagged and cobbled foregarden is set off by wrought iron railings and there are walled gardens to three sides; to the north, there is a level lawn with planted borders and espaliered trees and to the south, an elevated flagged seating terrace. In all, 0.25 acres (0.10 hectares). To find the property - head along the A65 towards Kirkby Lonsdale and take the second turning into the town at the Booths roundabout. Turn right onto New Road and follow the road round to the right onto Main Street. Turn second left into the Market Square and No. 6 overlooks the square from the east side. Access to the parking area is on Jingling Lane. Services and specification
• Mains electricity, gas, drainage and metered water
• Gas central heating with hot water to radiators
• Underfloor heating to the ground and first floor
• Cast iron radiators to bedroom 4 and landing
• Wood burning stove to the drawing and sitting rooms
• Telephone connection subject to transfer regulations
• Broadband not currently connected
• Security alarm installed
• Single glazed sash windows in the front portion of the house, the dining room, utility/boot room and rear entrance were all extensions and have double glazing Boundary plan not to scale. Useful information For illustrative purposes only.
Council tax 6 Market Square is currently banded G for Council Tax purposes. Potential purchasers are advised to verify this information for themselves.
Local and Planning Authority South Lakeland District Council, South Lakeland House, Lowther, Street, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 7QU. T: 01539 733333 www.southlakeland.gov.uk
Please note • All fitted carpets, curtains, blinds, curtain poles are included in the sale. • Many pieces of furniture, the garden furniture, light fittings, white goods as well as planters, pots and troughs are all available by separate negotiation
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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