BEAUTIFUL wood panelling, ceiling beams and slate-flagged floors are among the original features at our property of the week, Melody House in Haverthwaite.

With three reception rooms and four good-sized bedrooms, this semi-detached house is on the market with Corrie & Co for £399,950.

The lovely back gardens with lawn, patio, flower beds and rockeries offer open countryside views, and there is plenty of off-road parking.

Melody House was once a popular pub frequented by Arthur Ransome, of Swallows and Amazons fame.

The characterful entrance porch has slate-flagged flooring, wood-panelled walls and ceiling beams, and it leads into the entrance hall, with more slate flooring, wood panelling and beams.

A wood-burner set in an inglenook with slate hearth and stone surround gives a warm welcome in the lounge/diner with its slate-flagstone floor. This sociable room is full of character. There is a useful understairs cupboard and various arches and doorways leading to the kitchen, snug, entrance hall and stairs.

The snug/lounge is cosy with cornflower-blue decor, an original beamed ceiling and multi-fuel burner on a slate hearth with exposed sleeper-style beams.

Beautiful wood-panelled walls, ceiling beams and solid wood flooring are found in the study, which would also lend itself to other uses.

The country-style, slate-floored kitchen is fitted with attractive and traditional Shaker-style pine units with knob handles, Burlington slate work surfaces and terracotta-and-green mosaic tiles. Decorated in buttery cream with exposed stone and a slate flagstone floor, the beamed kitchen has a double Belfast sink with mixer tap, four-ring electric hob, double oven and extractor, ceiling spotlights and space for a table and chairs. Wooden double-glazed French doors lead out to the back garden.

The utility room is a useful space with cabinets, work surfaces, a drainer sink, Worcester oil boiler, space for a fridge freezer and plumbing for a washing machine.

Completing the ground floor is a handy shower room with white vanity basin, shower cubicle with electric shower, toilet, white tiles with floral border, and slate-flagged floor.

A spindled staircase leads to four good-sized bedrooms on the first floor, including a spacious master room with ceiling beams and a fitted cupboard.

The second bedroom overlooks the front and has an alcove shelf and neutral decor; while the third features a cast-iron fireplace and a scenic outlook onto the countryside.

The fourth bedroom has an original fireplace, in cream, and an exposed beam, and has been decorated with a sage-green feature wall.

The family bathroom has a traditional, white three-piece suite comprising a bath with mixer tap and shower attachment, pedestal basin and toilet. The bathroom is tiled in white and has exposed beams.

Also on the first floor is a versatile space with potential to create an en-suite or fifth bedroom, with plumbing, wiring, a Velux window and a double-glazed wooden window.

Completing the property are two attics on the second floor with a total of five Velux windows.

www.corrieandco.co.uk; tel 01229-525333.