A GRADE II-listed farmhouse and barn with amazing potential to improve and update has come onto the market in rural north Lancashire.

Four-bedroom Hilderstone Farmhouse, on the eastern side of the popular village of Yealand Redmayne, near Burton-in-Kendal, is priced at £299,500 with Armitstead Barnett.

The agents say it offers excellent scope for extending and alteration, not least because of the double-height, stone and slate-built barn attached to the back of the house. This outbuilding has the scope to offer a fantastic kitchen/dining space and room for a fifth bedroom or a bespoke master bedroom with en-suite, subject to gaining the necessary planning approval.

Hilderstone Farmhouse enjoys a much sought-after location in scenic countryside, near to the Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, yet is just a short drive from the A6 and M6.

The house is located approximately half a mile down a single track, Hilderstone Lane, in a lovely and quiet rural location, but there are other dwellings close by so it does not feel isolated, say the agents.

Dating from the early 19th century, the farmhouse is pebble-dashed with a sandstone dressing and slate roof, and has a large concrete driveway.

On the ground floor, a reception area leads to a living/dining room with a feature fireplace and a covered red quarry-tiled floor.

The lounge is characterful, with its exposed beams and French windows, and it leads to the sitting room, which has an open fire, more beams and built-in display units.

Meanwhile, the kitchen offers a good range of wall and floor cupboards, contrasting worktops, a tiled splashback, exposed beams and a tiled floor, and would benefit from a completely updated new look. A modern, oil-fired central heating boiler is housed in the rear porch.

The first floor is home to four bedrooms and a bathroom, and there are stairs leading to attic space. The first bedroom has a side window and built-in wardrobes, while three further bedrooms - two of them doubles - look out to the front of the house. The family bathroom offers a panelled bath, loo, wash basin, handy storage cupboard and airing cupboard.

Behind Hilderstone Farmhouse is a yard enclosed by random stone walls and a gate, giving private garden space. To the front is ample space for car parking and potential

space for a garage, together with an open landscaped garden, mostly established borders and raised beds.

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