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PRICE: £450,000

AGENT: Thomson Hayton Winkley

T: 01539-815700

W: www.thwestateagents.co.uk

THE delightfully named Primrose Bank is a charming three-bedroom detached cottage at Gatebeck, just a short drive from Endmoor village.

This former farm worker's dwelling still has many of its original features and is on the market with Thomson Hayton Winkley for an asking price of £450,000.

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Primrose Bank's substantial private grounds extend to just over an acre, with natural grassland sloping down towards a stream and pond. Inside as well as outside, the accommodation has been carefully maintained by the owners.

An entrance porch leads to the sitting room which has an inviting feel and boasts a traditional cast-iron open fireplace with granite hearth and stone surround, and a library alcove. The solid wood-floored hallway, which is spacious enough to accommodate a study area, leads on to an excellent cottage kitchen with oil-fired AGA, Belfast sink, granite worktops, integrated fridge, freezer, microwave and dishwasher, and slate-tiled floor; and a delightful garden room with dining space.

There is also a utility room with cupboards, fitted shelves, coat hooks, oil central heating boiler and plumbing for washing machine; and three-piece family bathroom to the ground floor.

The first floor offers three bedrooms with fabulous views over open countryside towards the Lakeland fells beyond. The cottage benefits from double glazing to the most part and oil-fired central heating. There is potential to extend, subject to necessary planning consent, and outside the property offers a garage with light and power, car port, workshop, outbuildings and a gated driveway. B4RN hyperfast fibre broadband - 1000MB - is signed up for and pending.

The cottage is reached through a timber gate and its grounds feature a lawned garden bordered by traditional stone walls, planted beds, fruit trees, shrubs and seasonal flowers, a vegetable plot and two greenhouses, gravelled pathways and a recently decked seating area. There is also a timber hen house as the vendors

have free-range chickens and ducks.