6 bedroom detached house for sale

Tenure: Freehold

Perhaps the most appealing property we have had the pleasure to bring to the market this year.

Absolutely stunning interior features and decorations.

6 Double bedrooms (4 in the main house and 2 en-suite doubles in the detached annex)

Large farmhouse kitchen with AGA and Inglenook.

3 Reception rooms including a spacious dining/living area with listed meat loft.

Delightful country cottage style gardens with a large paddock and a further 14 acres of grazing land.

• 6 Bedrooms
• The Property
• Starbotton and The Dales
• Scullery
• Pantry
• Kitchen Breakfast Room
• Dining/Living Room
• Drawing Room
• Sitting Room
• Music Room/Den
• Ensuite Bathroom
• House Bathroom
• Annex
• Ensuite Shower Room
• Ensuite Shower Room
• Grounds
• Paddock
• Grazing Land
• Directions


The Property    A Grade 2 listed building of exceptional merit. Superbly presented and nothing maintained.
Sat overlooking the pretty hamlet of Starbotton this superb 6 bed property has the unusual bonus of circa 15 acres of land. Currently used as a private home with B & B in a 3 double bed (ensuite) format, with a turnover of circa £30,000+ if required.
Cosmetically upgraded to a high standard in 2005/6 by the current owners who have a great flare for interior design and quality finishes. The previous owners had the property re-wired and the roof turned and checked over in circa 2001 This large family home is sure to impress.


.    Originally a working farm the house was owned by the Rathmell family from its beginnings until acquired by the current owners in 2005. Over the years it has changed from humble farmhouse to elegant family home with several early Georgian additions. Various colourful characters have occupied Hilltop over the years, including Clement Roebuck a well known Huddersfield businessman who collected over 140 paintings, many of which featured Hilltop and the surrounding area and were affectionately known as the Roebuck collection. The paintings were bequeathed to the town of Skipton on his death in 1987. Hilltop is perfectly placed for walking right from the door! Footpaths to Buckden Pike and The Dales Way are footsteps away! Beautiful views surround the house which overlooks the village.

Starbotton and the Dales    A small hamlet of around 70 dwellings. Starbotton has quite a number of interesting features, including a Quaker burial ground and several houses steeped in history. The name Starbotton was probably derived from 'Stauerboten' from the 12th century, meaning 'the place where stakes were got.' People have lived in this part of the dale since the Iron Age and the area has many pack horse trails from the time when great monasteries like Jervaulx and Fountains Abbey traded goods across the Dales.
The village pub The Fox and Hounds is warm and welcoming and offers good English fayre. Sit inside by the fire or in summer enjoy the pretty terrace area outside. There is a regular bus service providing links to the towns of Skipton and Ilkley, hop on just outside the pub! It passes through Kettlewell and on to Grassington before heading down the dale.


Entrance Hall    Entered by a solid timber and double glazed door into quarry tiled entrance hall showing exposed stone work with the date stone LDL1610.

Scullery    A good sized room also off the entrance hall with hot and cold water over a stainless steel sink. Plumbing and space for a washing machine and tumble dryer. Also providing for the oil fired central heating boiler. Hanging area for coats, tack and boots. Heating radiator providing drying facilities.

Pantry    Quarry tiled floor, ample sized pantry with a double glazed unit overlooking the front court yard. Space for fridges and freezers and plenty of room for storing house hold goods.

Kitchen Breakfast Room    Featuring a superb Inglenook fireplace incorporating an Aga with cupboards at either side and shelving over. A stunning focal point of this farm house sized kitchen. Offering a range of hand built and finished wall and floor cupboards hand painted and with pewter antique style knobs, with oak work surfaces. Central island with granite work top. Further butchers block island to the side of the Aga built in oak with a granite work top. Oak flooring. A door leading off down to the cellar providing good storage for wine and house equipment, paints, pots etc. 2 racks of low voltage adjustable cable spot lighting. Space for American style fridge freezer. Original door leading out into the entrance hall.

Hall    Spacious and charming main hall with black and white Harlequin style flooring with staircase off finished with white spindles and stained oak hand rail.

Cloakroom    Off the main hall. A large downstairs cloakroom with heating radiator and double mullioned window. Large, recessed built in storage cupboard. Armitage Shanks full pedestal basin with matching w.c and cistern. Further full height recessed cupboard with bi-fold door. Original stone shelving, recessed lighting. A very pleasant, spacious throne room! With original panelled door.

Music Room/Den    Off the main hall.With a small recessed window overlooking the court yard. Multi point spot lights. Currently used as a music room.

Dining/Living Room    Also off the main hall. A spacious living/dining room. The epicentre of the house featuring a large original fire place with exposed stone work and a multi fuel stove. A listed and meat safe is situated in the ceiling infront of the fire place and shows as a raised floor in bedroom 1 above. Mullioned window providing very pretty outlook across the cottage gardens with deep recessed window sill and shutters. Original built in antique corner display cabinet and cupboard below. Exposed beams, parquet flooring, further built in original display cupboard in oak. Picture light, heating radiator. A door leads out to the front of the property onto flagged terrace and lawned gardens overlooking Starbotton village.

Drawing Room    Off the living/dining room. An exposed stone fire place currently with an electric stove effect fire. Double heating radiator. Featured recessed splayed sash window overlooking Starbotton and the gardens with heating radiator underneath. Full height deep built in storage cupboard with original oak panelled door.

Sitting Room    Also off the living/dining room. Another spacious room. Again with exposed stone original fireplace with open fire, dog grate and canopy over, set on a stone flagged hearth. Yet another beautiful, period feature of this property. With three Georgian style sash windows, recessed and with deep sills and shutters. Two heating radiators, two wall lights, ample sockets. Currently housing the grand piano. Exposed roof timbers.

Landing    Deep recessed Georgian style sash window with a deep sill. Cornice. to ceiling. Heating radiator. White spindles with oak hand rail. Centre light point and some recessed lighting.

Master Bedroom    A generous sized room. Raised floor due the meat safe in the dining room below. Two heating radiators, two Georgian style, double glazed, recessed sash windows.

Bedroom 2    Two Georgian style, double glazed, recessed sash windows . Further recessed window with an outlook onto the court yard. A really pleasant, good sized, double room. A range of fitted wardrobes with cupboards above. Heating radiator

Ensuite Bathroom    A 1200 shower enclosure and a Mira 415 thermostatic shower. Full pedestal basin with mixer tap and a dual flush w.c. All in white. Small deep recessed window allowing natural light, heating radiator under. Spot lighting.

Bedroom 3    A large double room, with original fire place. Cornice to ceiling. Two Georgian style, deep recessed sash windows with delightful views down the gravel driveway and across Starbotton and with shutters to the sides. Heating radiator.

Bedroom 4    Further double bedroom with recessed Georgian style sash windows. Loft trap access. Heating radiator. Small original fireplace, currently blocked up. Original panelled door.

House Bathroom    With a free standing Victoria and Albert style roll top bath with mixer taps and shower attachment. Quadrant shower enclosure with brick effect white gloss tiling. Antique style drench shower head. Recessed spot lighting. Georgian style recessed double glazed window. Full pedestal Adelphi basin with chrome antique style taps. Recessed lighting. Antique style radiator with drying rail and a tall antique style cistern and w.c. A really good sized bathroom. A small further window overlooking the paddock.

Annex    Two bedrooms,Currently one twin and one double, both with en-suite bathrooms and independant hot water supply.

Double Bedroom    Heating radiator. Oak flooring. Built in wardrobe. Television point. Large timber multi glazed door. Cornice to the ceiling.

Ensuite Shower Room    Comprising thermostatic shower enclosure, chrome ladder style heated towel rails. Dual flush toliets. Full pedestal basin with tile splash back.

Twin Bedroom    Heating radiator. Oak flooring. Built in wardrobe. Television point. Large timber multi glazed door. Cornice to the ceiling.

Ensuite Shower Room    Comprising thermostatic shower enclosure, chrome ladder style heated towel rails. Dual flush toliets. Full pedestal basin with tile splash back.

Grounds    Absolutely delightful walled cottage gardens with herb and flower beds. Sitting out area. Green house. Large garden hut. surrounded by stunning country side and open views. Parking for four vehicles.

Paddock    Large paddock currently used as a pitching range.

Grazing Land    Further land to the North West currently providing grazing for horses.

Directions    From Skipton take the B6265 towards Grassington. Continue on this road for another 7 miles towards Kettlewell, do not turn off the B6265 for Grassington. Once in Kettlewell follow the road over the bridge and bear left out of the village. This is now the B6160, continue for another 1.5 miles until reaching Starbotton. Continue through the village and locate the Fox and Hounds pub. Turn up a narrow lane to the right of the pub, then turn left at the top of the lane and up the track signposted Hilltop B and B. On arrival please turn right and park at the rear of the house in front of the annex.