5 Bed Cottage For Sale

Home:
* Approximately 1800's build
* Council Tax Band D
* Freehold
* Beautiful original features
* 5 bedrooms
* 3 bathrooms
* Utility space
* Separate lounge with multi fuel burner
* Open plan kitchen/dining

Services:
* Mains electricity
* Mains water
* Mains drainage
* Heating: LPG gas
* Good internet

Grounds and Location:
* Driveway with enough space for 3 or more cars
* Rear garden with lawn and 2 patio's/terraced areas
* Woodshed and coal bunker
* Views over Lakeside and Haverthwaite steam railway
* Woodland next door has open access with a number of trails

Seeking Lakeland living outside of the hustle and bustle? Then it's full steam ahead, for life at No. 2, Park House Cottages. A respectfully renovated character home on the cusp of Newby Bridge.

Easily accessed from the motorway, discover life on the quieter side of Lake Windermere. Nestled on the edge of Backbarrow, this former ironworkers' cottage occupies a secluded and serene spot, elevated above the village and set to a backdrop of woodland, with the Haverthwaite to Lakeside, steam train passing by.

Pull up onto the private driveway, where there is parking available at the rear of the home.

Extensive refurbishments, completed in 2019 have seen this 1800s cottage revived and ready for modern living, with the careful retention of many of its original features, including Lakeland slate windowsills, cast iron fireplace and exposed oak beams.

Step inside onto the oak floor of the entrance hall, where glazing in the door spills light through for a bright and airy arrival home. Open and welcoming, inbuilt shelving features in the walls, edged in slate, as the staircase leads up to the left. Quaint nooks and eye-catching alcoves are to be discovered throughout the home.

Hang your coat and leave your shoes in the handy storage cupboard off the lobby, before making your way beyond the single door with glazed side panels ahead and into the living room.

Comfort and warmth emanate from the log-burning stove, nestled within a redbrick surround and surmounted by a slab of Lakeland slate. Lightly-toned oak beams amplify the cosy ambience, crossing the ceiling overhead, as light flows in through deep set windows with deep slate sills overlooking the garden. Both spacious and embracing, pastel tones soften the room for a peaceful, relaxing feel.

Returning to the entrance hallway, original stone peeps through the skirtings, cleverly carved to politely make way for the aged features of the home. Make your way left, arriving at the kitchen via a part-glazed oak door. Olive green, Shaker-style cabinetry houses a profusion of storage, with plentiful preparation space upon the chunky oak, blockboard worktops. Appliances include a Stoves dual-fuel range cooker, set before a tile splashback beneath an extractor hood. Built-in appliances include a fridge freezer and dishwasher, alongside a stainless steel 1.5 sink with drainer.

Windows to the side flood the room with natural light, whilst beyond the open plan dining space, bifolding doors open to the large dining patio, where views extend out over the valley and up towards Brow Edge.

From the entrance hall access the utility room, where a worktop lends itself to the stacking of laundry, and a suspended airer makes use of the full height of the room. Additional storage is available in the cupboard with plumbing for a washing machine and separate dryer and space for a boot bench.

A downstairs WC and wash basin are also to be found off the entrance hall.

Carpeted stairs wind up through different levels from the entrance hall, past a deep, slate lined windowsill, before emerging onto the original, sanded and varnished floor of the landing, its reddish, antique hue connecting both to the heritage of the home and to the woodland surroundings.

Straight ahead into the first bedroom currently being used as a study, where light flows in through a large window, picking out the honey-toned highlights in the original flooring. Original beams extend above.

Along the landing, on the right, refresh and revive in the family bathroom, where feature tiling in Mediterranean blue extends behind the centrally filling, double ended bath. Stash your lotions and potions in the storage cabinet. This room also features a WC and pedestal wash basin with cabinet over.

Currently used as a dressing room, bedroom two is alive with character. Nestled in the original part of the home, this room proudly wears its original features including wood plank flooring and a cast iron fireplace.

Admire the slate-edged alcoves, as you continue along the beam-bedecked landing, leading to two double bedrooms, ripe for relaxation and rest.

Elegantly wallpapered, the first of the bedrooms awaits on the left, with glorious views out over the garden and patio, fringed in woodland to the right and with enchanting views of the steam train as it puffs past between Haverthwaite and Lakeside.

Relax and recline in spacious comfort, with light streaming in through a large window to the front and side, their fastenings an ornate feature, serving to enhance the view that they frame.

Across the landing, another spacious double bedroom is serenaded by sunlight, soaking up views to the west. Both rooms offer ample space for wardrobes and drawers.

Both bedrooms neighbour a large shower room, furnished with a spacious 1500cm long shower, pedestal-wash basin, overhead mirrored cabinet and WC.

A further doorway opens to a second set of carpeted stairs, leading to a fifth secluded bedroom on the second floor. Large skylights draw down the blue skies, inviting natural illumination throughout and highlighting the tone of the reclaimed floorboards underfoot.

Oak beams embellish the vaulted ceiling, and there is ample space for a double bed before the heather-toned feature wall. Peaceful and private, this bedroom is full of character. The second attic space with single skylight, accessed by sturdy loft ladder and fully boarded out gives ample space to store those memories away.

Garden and Grounds

South-westerly facing, seek sunshine, shelter and shade in the glorious garden at No. 2, Park House Cottages.

Bask in the rays throughout the summer months on the lawn, or one of the tiered landscaped patio seating areas, where fragrance soothes the senses from the bordering herb garden and well stocked flower beds.

Enclosed by Lakeland stone walls, this garden is safe and secure for children and pets. A garden brimming with wildlife, nectar giving plants and wildflowers provide an appetising buffet for butterflies, whilst the burnished leaves of the copper beech tree glow like embers in the autumn months.

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Tenure: Freehold