Somerset House, Kents Bank Road, Grange Over Sands

Centrally located within the picturesque Edwardian coastal town of Grange over Sands is this deceptively spacious B&B with separate owners' living and bedroom accommodation. Laid across four floors, the B&B accommodation includes eight comfortable en-suite bedrooms, with access to a communal dining and living room. There is also large working kitchen, pantry, laundry and store room, and private access to the owners accommodation on the lower ground floor. With the added benefit of a courtyard patio and easy access on foot to a wide variety of amenities, this property must be viewed to be appreciated. 

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Location

Situated within the heart of Grange over Sands, Somerset House B&B is conveniently placed for level access on foot to a wide range of amenities. These include cafés, bakeries, convenience stores, a chemist, boutique-style shops, a library and an award-winning butchers. Located a short distance away are the public gardens with a bandstand and ornamental gardens with a duck pond leading to the promenade for picturesque walks. Grange over Sands also boasts a train station for mainline commuting links to Lancaster, Barrow in Furness and Manchester Airport, and there is also a bus station connecting to Cartmel, Kendal and Ulverston.

Description

Somerset House is a successful, family run, eight bedroom B&B located within the heart of the Edwardian coastal town of Grange. Generously proportioned each room comes with free Wi-Fi, a flat-screen TV, desk tea and coffee making facilities and access to a private en-suite shower room, as well as the shared use of the communal dining and living room. The owners' living and bedroom accommodation includes a large double bedroom with separate walk-in-wardrobe, shower room and sitting room on the lower ground floor.

A private gate opens onto a flagged courtyard with space to sit and enjoy a morning cup of coffee. A front door opens into a vestibule, and a glazed door with a keypad entry system opens into the welcoming reception hall, with stairs directly ahead ascending to the first floor split landing and a glazed door through to the guest living and dining room. 

The formal dining space features a bay window, bathing the room in natural sunlight. The size and shape of the room allows a flexible arrangement of table and chairs, perfect guests in small or large groups. To one side of the room is a fitted storage cupboard and shelving for displaying a continental breakfast selection. The adjoining reception room provides an additional seating area for guests to relax on an evening.

Located off the living room is the kitchen, equipped with a range of high gloss and laminate fronted storage units and a complementary worktop, which extends around the room, providing invaluable preparation space. Fitted within the worktop is a stainless steel one and a half sink with a mixer tap and a five burner gas hob. Beyond the kitchen is a walk-in pantry, with stainless steel sink, fitted shelving and space for white goods. A door off the utility leads through to a large laundry room and workshop, with plumbing available for three washing machines. Glazed doors open out onto a covered and open terrace providing space for owners to sit out. 

Back in the kitchen a glazed door opens into a reception area to meet and greet guests, and a door provides stepped access down into the owners living accommodation, which includes a double bedroom, a shower room, sitting room and walk-in wardrobe/storage room. The walk-in wardrobe provides a versatile space that can be utilised for additional storage or alternatively as a home office/ study. The adjoining bedroom is a spacious double room, which has ample space around for wardrobes and drawers etc. Double doors from the bedroom opens into the sitting room, which is a comfortable sized room with modern fire and a glazed door opening out onto the terraced seating area. The shower room comprises of a three piece suite, including a shower cubicle with a wall-mounted  shower, WC and pedestal wash hand basin.

Returning to the entrance hall, stairs ascend to a half landing, where there are doors leading to two double bedrooms and a store room with WC and pedestal wash hand basin. Stairs continue up to the first and second floors, where there is a large family room, a twin and single on each level. 

Tenure

Freehold

Services

Mains gas, electric and water