Hill Top Cottage, Coniston Cold, BD23 4EA

Here's our TOP TEN reasons to love Hill Top Cottage:

1. Potential to upgrade - dating back to the early 18th Century, a Grade II Listed semi-detached stone and slate cottage offering a wonderful opportunity to refurbish.

2. Character features with exposed ceiling beams, a stone fireplace, exposed stone feature wall and recess shelving with cupboards.

3. Come on in... the entrance is open to the L-shaped dining kitchen. The kitchen is fitted with base and wall units, integral appliances and a breakfast bar. A glazed door leads to the decked seating area. With exposed stone walls, the dual aspect sitting room provides access to the
office. To the first floor are two bedrooms, a double and a large single, as well as a shower room.

4. Well-proportioned accommodation is set over two floors, with a gross internal measurement of c. 906 sq ft (84.2 sq m).

5. Outdoor space - a large lawn is situated to the north of the cottage with a private decked seating terrace to the south. A generous private parking and turning area for a number of vehicles has direct access off the A65; there is also a shared private track to the north of the property (shaded brown on the sale plan).

6. Outbuildings - there are a range of small stone outbuildings which provide useful storage and space for outdoor entertaining.

7. Coniston Cold is a small village, situated on the A65 surrounded by open fields. Overlooking its own lake and nestled on a 1400 acre estate, Coniston Cold Hotel, Country Estate and Spa is on the doorstep and offers award-winning dining, excellent conference and meeting facilities as well as a wide range of activities including shooting, off-road driving, archery and fishing.

8. Nearby are the villages of Hellifield (3 miles) with a village shop, doctors' surgery, post office, pub, primary school and two churches and Gargrave (2.2 miles) with a Co-op, church, village hall and several pubs. Long Preston, known as the 'Gateway to the Dales' being 5 miles distant, is an attractive village with a primary school, pubs, a post office, village shop and village hall.

9. Further afield - a larger selection of facilities can be found in the popular market towns of Skipton (6.6 miles) and Settle (9.2 miles) both with train stations (Skipton on the Airedale Line and Settle on the scenic Settle to Carlisle Line). Leeds Bradford Airport is 25.6 miles distant.

10. For those keen on outdoor life, the property is close to The Yorkshire Dales and, along with the Lake District National Park and the nearby Forest of Bowland National Landscape (formerly known as an AONB), this is an area where the outdoors can really be embraced. Surrounded by nature and wildlife, where walks including the Three Peaks, cycle routes, riding and caving are all at hand and yet it remains extremely accessible.