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Price: £895,000

Agent: Michael CL Hodgson

T: 01539-721375

W: www.michael-cl-hodgson.co.uk

AN IMPOSING country house nestled a beautiful location at the head of the Gilpin Valley is for sale.

Bateman Fold House at Crook, a short drive from Kendal and Bowness-on-Windermere, has an attached cottage, traditional stable block, ranges of outbuildings, two paddocks and two adjoining fields offered as separate lots.

Lot 1 - £895,000 - comprises the stylish Victorian property with its many original features; the attached bungalow that would be ideal for a family member or for letting; outbuildings; a stable block; grounds and two paddocks, extending to just over four acres.

Lot 2 is an adjoining 1.5-acre paddock with livestock shelter (£30,000) and Lot 3 is a 2.4-acre field (£30,000).

Highlights of the main property, Bateman Fold House, include the lounge with its ornate marble fireplace, wood-burning stove and copper hearth rail; dining room with half-glazed French doors to the conservatory; and quarry-tiled kitchen with original cast-iron oven, slate hearth, fitted oak units and ceiling beams. The traditional dairy has a Lakeland slate fireplace.

There is a family bathroom and three bedrooms, including one with views over fields and fells, and with an en-suite shower room.

Bateman Fold Bungalow features a pine kitchen, lounge with wood-burning stove, two bedrooms and bathroom, lawned garden and decking.

The extensive, attractive gardens and grounds beyond Bateman Fold House offer lawns and a fine variety of flowering trees, shrubs, trees, a large fish pond, hedges and a summer house.

Beyond the parking area is a substantial stone-and-slate built stable block, a range of garden sheds and dog kennels, two substantial ranges of outbuildings, and a detached workshop and garage.

There is also an orchard/paddock of almost an acre; a three-acre enclosure of pasture land; and a small woodland.

Lots 2 and 3 will not be sold separately unless a sale of Lot 1 has been agreed.