THE north Lancashire village of Bolton-le-Sands is the location of this week's featured property.

Thwaite End Barn is set in 7.68 acres of gardens and grassland, and is luxuriously appointed with a stable block, triple garage, indoor heated swimming pool and gym.

This beautiful stone-built property is on the market with Armitstead Barnett for offers in the region of £1,250,000, and has planning consent for a self-contained holiday cottage in the stables.

Thwaite End Barn is approached through a private gated entrance and sweeping driveway with large open lawned and grassed areas alongside.

The property is entered through a sunroom overlooking the lovely gardens, and leads to the warm, welcoming kitchen living area. This superb room offers kitchen units topped with granite work surfaces, a central island and built-in appliances including a Rayburn range cooker. An informal seating area for dining and relaxing makes this the ideal family living space.

The separate lounge and formal seating area features a fireplace with timber surround, and there are windows on two sides.

A spacious dining hall is perfect for entertaining and has a wonderful feeling of character, with its red brick fireplace and galleried staircase. Completing the ground floor is a utility area, pantry and cloakroom.

The first floor rooms are set around a galleried landing. The main bedroom suite includes separate wardrobes and a beautiful en-suite bathroom. There is also another en-suite bedroom, two further bedrooms and a well-appointed family bathroom.

A gallery area on the second floor would make an ideal office space or library, and there is scope to create a fifth bedroom.

Thwaite End Barn's superb leisure facilities include a fully tiled and heated swimming pool, steam room, changing room and good-sized gym with exposed stone wall and beams.

Attached to the gym is a triple garage providing a further home office, garden kitchen and cloakroom. The garages offer ample parking and excellent storage.

Three stone-built, slate-roofed stables have planning consent for conversion into a holiday cottage. The outbuildings also include a general-purpose building previously used as a licensed helicopter hangar. Surrounding it is a useful yard with space for several cars.

The house is set in a cobbled courtyard with gardens in front and extensive lawns and grassland beyond. There is a paddock at the northern boundary, giving equestrian and agricultural potential to the property, which is a registered smallholding. In all, the grounds extend to 7.68 acres.

Thwaite End Barn has mains electricity and gas. The house is heated by mains gas via the Rayburn, and the pool, gym and garages are heated by an oil-fired system.

www.abarnett.co.uk, tel 01539-751993