THE rare sight of 'For Sale' signs at a Tudor manor house near Kirkby Lonsdale and a secluded Lake District estate is attracting attention on the property market.

The Lowbridge Estate at Selside has been home to the Fothergill family since 1761, when George III was king, and is on the market for the very first time, for offers over £3.25 million.

Steve Fieldsend, of agents Strutt and Parker, said there was "really strong" interest in the 1,927-acre estate which features a grand seven-bedroom house set in parkland, a lake, ornamental boat house, grouse moor, red deer, stables, formal gardens with follies and 1,888-acre farm.

The Fothergill family are selling Lowbridge Estate because they are "looking to move elsewhere", said Mr Fieldsend, adding: "It's a fantastic house and a fantastic location; very private and secluded, which I think is quite rare to find, particularly in the Lakes."

Meanwhile, eight-bedroom Terry Bank, dating back to Henry VIII's reign in the hamlet of Old Town, near Kirkby Lonsdale, is being marketed by agents Davis and Bowring for a guide price of £1.6 million.

The Conder family, pillars of the community, built the 'aggrandised farm/manor house' in the 1540s. It passed from father to son for 15 generations until it was sold several years ago and luxuriously renovated by its new owners, complete with home cinema, guest annexe and hand-built kitchen with four-oven Aga.

Anne Conder was brought up at Terry Bank in the 1960s with her sister Sue and brother Jay, and she described her idyllic childhood as "a golden era". She has fond recollections of the once "very old-fashioned" home, with its four-poster beds, court cupboards, servants' bells, refectory dining table, fell ponies and the piggery where her late father Edward, known as Mike, had his workshop.

Mr Conder took early retirement from the Forestry Commission to pursue his many country interests, from carpentry to stone walling and chairing the Civic Trust. He died in 2001 and his ashes are buried near the blue Himalayan poppies he planted at Terry Bank with Anne's help.

Anne's mother, Maryllis, led the Mother's Union and played the organ at churches such as St Peter's, Mansergh.

"I feel very, very lucky to be the last Conder that lived there, but it's also very sad," said Anne, who moved to Chester after Terry Bank was inherited and sold by her nephew, following her mother's death in 2011.

"I have many happy memories of making a den up in the wood behind the house with friends; lots of hide-and-seek, just a free kind of life."