Six of the best: Cumbria
BANK HOUSE FARM
KINNISIDE, CLEATOR
This includes a traditional converted Lakeland barn with Local Occupancy Restriction and three refurbished cottages with no occupancy restrictions. Adjoining the properties, and available by separate negotiation, are around 80 acres of ringfenced land fronting the River Ehen. The house is just over a mile from the village of Ennerdale Bridge with Cockermouth
10 miles away.
Agent: PFK
Tel: 01900 826205 Guide price: £1.25m
STAFFIELD HALL
STAFFIELD, PENRITH
Staffield Hall is a Victorian manor house in the Eden Valley. It has 10 bedrooms with the North Pennines stretching to the east and the Lake District National Park to the west. The property is currently configured as eight self-catering holiday apartments, as part of a successful lettings business, but, with its design flexibility, could revert to a private country house or be developed as a
wedding venue. Agent: Finest Properties Tel: 01434 622234 Guide price: £1.35m
ENGLISHTOWN FARM
LONGTOWN, CARLISLE
Englishtown is a mixed farm with extensive
buildings – for sale for the first time in 100 years. The farm runs to 462 acres and the sale includes a traditional stone-built,
seven-bedroom farmhouse, a threebedroom bungalow, three terraced cottages and a range of outbuildings. The property is an arable and stock-rearing farm, with Grade 3 agricultural land. It is for sale as a
whole or in three lots. Agent: H&H Land & Estates Tel: 01228 406260 Guide price: £4m
4 THE OLD PUMP HOUSE
PAPCASTLE, COCKERMOUTH
Set within an historic old Cumbrian pumphouse overlooking the River Derwent,
this three-bedroom, semi-detached property is a short walk to Cockermouth town centre. The dual-aspect living room, with decorative beams. looks out to the water; the main bedroom has a dressing area and an en-suite shower room. There’s a lawned garden and a private covered parking space, plus communal parking.
Agent: PFK
Tel: 01900 826205 Guide price: £210,000
PLUM CREEK HOUSE
THACKTHWAITE, PENRITH
This four-bedroom property is surrounded by sweeping countryside within the Lake District National Park. There’s an 18th-century barn renovation and farm cottage with just over five acres of grounds,
including paddocks, woodland and gardens. The private driveway runs through woodland and the lawned gardens include a stone terrace. The house has a Local
Occupancy Restriction. Agent: Finest Properties
Tel: 01434 622234 Guide price: £900,000
THE MILL HOUSE
SOCKBRIDGE, PENRITH
The Mill House is a six-bedroom, stone-built detached property surrounded by gardens, terracing, paddocks and land, extending to around five acres in total. Originally dating from the 17th century, the house has been renovated and updated, with the drawing room a particular feature. The paddock fronts the River Eamont and the property has single-bank fishing rights over a
quarter-mile stretch of the river. Agent: Finest Properties Tel: 01434 622234 Guide price: £1.25m