About this property

Property Summary

Dating back to 1664, this impressive character property offers a wealth of period features and generous accommodation, together with a self-contained two-bedroom cottage situated above. The property offers a unique opportunity for a family home, multi-generational living or potential additional income.

Property Description

The main house is entered via a vestibule, providing useful space for coats and shoes, with an inner door to living room. The living room is full of character, featuring an imposing inglenook fireplace and a window overlooking the front garden. The dining room is also positioned to the front and boasts beautiful ornate panelled walls and ceiling, creating a particularly impressive and atmospheric entertaining space. Located off the hallway, the kitchen comprises a good range of wall and base units with complementary work surfaces and a 1½-bowl stainless steel sink with mixer tap. Integrated appliances include a stove cooker with a four-ring electric hob and two ovens beneath. There is space and plumbing for a washing machine, while a walk-in store off the hallway provides space for a larder-style fridge freezer and also gives access to the house shower room. The shower room is partly tiled and comprises a shower cubicle, wash hand basin and WC, together with a window to the front.
Completing the ground floor is a spacious hobby room, offering a versatile additional living space suitable for a variety of uses. To the first floor are four generously proportioned double bedrooms. The main bedroom and bedroom two both benefit from their own en-suite facilities.

The second floor comprises a separate two-bedroom cottage, accessed via an external entrance from School Hill. On entering, a central hallway provides access to all rooms. The cottage kitchen is fitted with a selection of base units, complementary work surfaces and a 1½-bowl sink with mixer tap. There is a four-ring hotplate stove cooker with two ovens beneath, while space is available for a fridge freezer within the hallway. Opposite the kitchen is the shower room, which features tiled walls, a shower cubicle, wash hand basin, WC and heated towel rail, together with a window to the side. The cottage’s well-proportioned living room benefits from windows to both the front and side. There are two double bedrooms, one of which is particularly spacious.

Externally, the main house benefits from a small lawned garden to the front, featuring established plants and shrubs, together with a private courtyard to the side. The cottage benefits from a patio seating area and an outside store.

A truly distinctive property combining historic character, substantial family accommodation and a separate two-bedroom cottage, with attractive outdoor spaces, all within easy walking distance of the town centre and local amenities.

The market town of Settle borders the Yorkshire Dales National Park and offers a varied range of amenities including a Market Place with a colourful ‘Tuesday’ market. A railway station on the famous Settle to Carlisle line offers commuter links to Leeds and Bradford. Settle is also well located for commuting to North and West Yorkshire, and the East Lancashire business centres as well as the northern motorway network. Schools include a primary and college, as well as a highly regarded public school in the neighbouring village of Giggleswick. Settle has a medical centre, swimming pool, library, golf club and a wide range of recreational facilities, lovely open countryside is on the doorstep.

Services
Main House: Mains Gas, Mains Electricity, Water and Drainage are installed. Gas fired central heating off Rayburn. Rayburn is no longer working (a new efficient combi boiler will be being installed next month in place of the Rayburn, which will be removed).
Cottage: Mains Gas, Mains Electricity, Water and Drainage are installed. Gas fired central heating.

Parking
No allocated parking.

Tenure
Freehold.
Grade II listed.
Situated in a conservation area.

Council Tax
Main House: Band E
Cottage: Band A