The Green & The Green Cumbria Holiday Lets, Ravenstonedale, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria

An excellent opportunity to acquire a lifestyle home and holiday let business, located in the glorious countryside of the Westmorland Dales National Park, comprising a well-proportioned 5 bed family home, along with 3 successful holiday cottages, sat in mature grounds & gardens circa 2 acres.

Situated at the foot of the Howgill Fells, in this peaceful corner of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, within easy striking distance of the Lake District National Park and Eden Valley, The Green is a most impressive and substantial, detached, five double-bedroom Victorian house, found in excellent order throughout.

Providing excellent and spacious living accommodation, with three reception rooms, a well-appointed kitchen, and a useful laundry room, the house has been much improved in recent years while retaining much of its original character and features retained such as flagged floors, a fine oak staircase and elegant fireplaces.

In addition, the adjacent Westmorland banked barn was painstakingly and thoughtfully converted in 2007 to create three separate holiday rental units run under the business name The Green Cumbria (

Run by our clients to suit their lifestyle and family needs, the cottages currently operate at around 50% occupancy, generating a turnover in the region of £110,000 gross per annum, with plenty of scope to increase if desired. Copies of accounts will be made available to genuinely interested parties only, following a viewing.

Each of the cottages is equipped and furnished to a high standard with impeccable interior design and recent investments in renewable energy including solar panels, battery storage and ground source heat pumps. The contents of each cottage are included in the sale along with the income from forward bookings. The largest cottage has three double bedrooms, while the other two cottages have two double bedrooms each. Highly regarded, with excellent reviews and repeat business, the cottages all have 5 Star Gold Ratings from Visit England and the business has been a finalist in the Cumbria Tourism awards in recent years.

Located at the end of a country lane, the house and cottages occupy generous grounds of circa 2 acres, comprising a mixture of mature formal gardens and wildlife habitat.

There is ample parking for both the house and cottages, along with a purpose-built 1,190 sq. ft. garage/workshop, ideal for a wide variety of uses or, subject to the necessary permissions, with potential for conversion into a gym, studio, or hobby room.

Perfectly placed to explore the surrounding countryside and conveniently located for Junction 38 of the M6 motorway and Kendal, The Green is within easy walking distance of the charming Westmorland village of Ravenstonedale, which boasts a strong community centred around its church and two excellent pubs. The village also offers a children’s nursery, park, tennis court, and golf course.

Easily accessible to the market town of Kirkby Stephen, which offers a comprehensive range of shops, leisure, cultural, and educational amenities, including a Grammar School and Kirkby Stephen mainline railway station. The village of Sedbergh, home to the renowned Sedbergh School, is approximately 20 minutes to the southwest.

An intriguing opportunity—viewing is highly recommended to appreciate all that The Green has to offer.

Directions
Ravenstonedale is just off the A685 Road which links Kirkby Stephen to the M6 motorway. From the centre of Ravenstonedale head south along the main street. On the very edge of the village turn right and then immediately left onto an open road. Follow the road for about a mile to reach a track on the left with a sign for The Green. Follow the track to the property.

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Outside
OUTBUILDINGS
Adjoining the house is a stone built outbuilding with a pitched slate roof, ideal for storage. This also contains an insulated water storage cylinder. Adjoining this is the boiler house containing the oil fired central heating boiler.

Adjoining the garage/workshop is a series of timber clad sheds, one for gardening equipment and the others serving as a wood store and shed.

Beyond the cottages is a detached stone built former agricultural building divided into two, providing useful storage for bikes and the like.

GARDENS AND GROUNDS
The house and cottages are set within delightfully laid out and extensive grounds of around two and a quarter acres comprising lawned gardens with shrubs and trees, a lovely strip of woodland which borders a beck and which is a favourite haunt of red squirrels, a paved courtyard and a small orchard. Timber garden shed.

A walled and gravelled driveway, secured by a pedestrian gate and cattle grid, leads to a wide parking area in front of the garage block and additional parking areas by the cottages, all with ample room for several motor vehicles.

To the rear of the cottages are paved patio terraces, further lawned gardens and a hazel wood. Tucked away behind the wood in an elevated position is another lawned garden which enjoys superlative views.

Services
Mains electricity. Private water supply from a borehole. Two septic tanks [new treatment plant for the main house installed 2018]. The main house has oil fired central heating. The three cottages are heated via a ground source heat pump. The house and cottages are double glazed. Neither these services nor any boilers or radiators have been tested.

There is a 19.6 kW solar panel system with a mixture of ground mounted and roof mounted panels. This generates in the region of 14,500 kWh annually, which equates to around 40% of the electricity consumption in the cottages and garage (heat pumps) being covered by solar. There is a solar storage battery and an EV charging point adjacent to the main house. There is the potential to add additional EV charging points to the cottages, subject to some additional works to the electrical infrastructure.

Material Information:
• Standard construction.
• We understand that superfast, B4RN FTTP, broadband is installed. For an indication of speeds and supply please see the OFCOM website:
• There is private off road vehicle parking.
• The property is in a national park.

Council Tax:
Westmorland & Furness Council.
The Green is rated with a band D, the cottages have a business rating with a current rateable value (1 April 2023 to present) £6,400, however they receive a 100% discount under the Small Business Rates Relief system.