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Price: £475,000

Agent: Michael CL Hodgson

T: 01539-721375

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

THE picturesque Garsdale Valley, five miles from Sedbergh, is home to this impressive Grade II* listed former farmhouse.

With its rare corbelled gable,17th century East Rackenthwaite has been greatly improved over the years and extended into the neighbouring barn. The result is a five-bedroom family home with glorious views over the Yorkshire Dales countryside from its elevated setting.

There are three characterful reception rooms - a lounge with beamed ceiling, mullioned window, and open, stone-lined fireplace with woodburning stove; a dining room with oak-panelled partition, window seat, beams and stone fireplace; and a living room that boasts handcrafted cupboards, shelves and drawers, as well as a woodburner on a flagged hearth.

The flagstone-floored breakfast kitchen is fitted with superb, handmade hardwood cupboards, granite worktops, a twin Belfast sink and a Rayburn twin-hob stove. Ceiling beams and display niches with stone lintels add even more character, and there is also a traditional farmhouse pantry.

On the first floor are five good-sized bedrooms, one of which would make a perfect study; a beamed bathroom with modern white suite and oak-panelled bath; and a crisp white-fitted shower room.

East Rackenthwaite has a generous plot with pleasant gardens at the front, side and back, including lawns, stone-walled terraces, pathways, herbaceous borders, patios and a copse of larch trees. A beck trickles through the side garden. There is also a garage in a former byre, and a store,