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3 bedroom detached house for sale

Manor Glen, Ambleside Road, Keswick, CA12 4AG

PROPERTY TYPE

Detached

BEDROOMS

3

BATHROOMS

2

SIZE

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TENURE
Describes how you own a property. There are different types of tenure - freehold, leasehold, and commonhold.Read more about tenure in our glossary page.

Freehold

Key features

  • Outstanding detached period house dating from circa 1926
  • Superb approximately 0.9 acre elevated south facing site
  • Delightful views to the fells
  • Outline planning for two detached dwellings with local occupancy condition
  • Highly desirable and prestigious residential location
  • Under half a mile from Keswick town centre
  • Three double bedrooms and two bath / shower rooms
  • Living room, dining room and garden room
  • Beautifully mature surrounding gardens
  • Expansive on-site parking and detached garage

Description

An exceptionally rare opportunity to acquire an outstanding detached period house occupying a superb south facing approximately 0.9 acre elevated site nestling in a highly desirable residential location most conveniently situated under half a mile from Keswick town centre and benefitting from delightful fell views.

Outline planning consent is approved to construct a new vehicular access and two separate detached two storey dwellings subject to local occupancy conditions with respective plot sizes of approximately 0.5 acre and 0.13 acre.

There is scope to explore planning consent to relinquish the local occupancy conditions for one of the new dwellings if it is transferred to Manor Glen which is currently an unfettered open market dwelling. 

Accommodation  

Ground Floor:  

Garden Room
With external door. 

Inner Hall
With radiator. 

WC
With WC, wash hand basin. 

Living Room
With bay window, feature curved corner window, multi fuel stove, two radiators. 

Dining Room
With bay window, radiator. 

Kitchen
With fitted base and wall units, sink with mixer tap, integrated oven, induction hob and extractor unit, plumbing for dishwasher, radiator, walk in pantry. 

Rear Hall
With built in cupboards, external doors. 

Utility Room
With fitted base and wall units, sink, built in cupboards, plumbing for washing machine, external door. 

First Floor:  

Half Landing  

Landing
With radiator, access to loft via retractable ladder. 

Bedroom One
With feature curved corner window, radiator. 

Bedroom Two
With radiator, built in cupboard. 

Bedroom Three
With radiator. 

En-suite Shower Room
With WC, wash hand basin, shower cubicle, heated towel rail. 

Bathroom
With WC, wash hand basin, bath, shower cubicle, radiator. 

Outside:
Approximately 0.9 acre elevated site comprising entrance driveway, expansive on-site parking area, extensive mature surrounding gardens including tiered terrace, lawns, stocked and shrubbed borders, established trees, paved patios, shed, car port with log storage, electric light and power. 

Detached Garage
With electric light and power, electric entrance door, side access door. 

Services
Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage. Gas central heating. Fibre broadband available. 

Tenure
Freehold. 

Council Tax
Band F. 

Planning Consent
Outline planning consent is approved for the construction of two new detached two storey dwellings within the grounds under planning reference 7/2025/2197 with the approval notice dated 18 December 2025. The respective size of each building plot is approximately 0.5 acre (2,183 square metres) and 0.13 acre (527 square metres). Local occupancy conditions apply to each of the two new detached dwellings. There is scope to explore planning consent to relinquish the local occupancy conditions for one of the new dwellings if it is transferred to Manor Glen which is currently an unfettered open market dwelling. 

Local Occupancy Conditions
Please refer to the Lake District National Park planning application search tool and enter reference 7/2025/2197. 

Directions
From Keswick town centre proceed from Station Street onto St John's Street and continue onto Ambleside Road. The access road leading to the entrance to Manor Glen is on the left opposite the right turning onto Springs Road. 

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Viewings
By appointment with Hackney & Leigh's Keswick office. 

Price
Offers over £1,300,000 are invited for consideration. 

Anti-Money Laundering Regulations (AML)
Please note that when an offer is accepted on a property, we must follow government legislation and carry out identification checks on all buyers under the Anti-Money Laundering Regulations (AML). We use a specialist third-party company to carry out these checks at a charge of £42.67 (incl. VAT) per individual or £36.19 (incl. VAT) per individual, if more than one person is involved in the purchase (provided all individuals pay in one transaction). The charge is non-refundable, and you will be unable to proceed with the purchase of the property until these checks have been completed. In the event the property is being purchased in the name of a company, the charge will be £120 (incl. VAT). 

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COUNCIL TAXA payment made to your local authority in order to pay for local services like schools, libraries, and refuse collection. The amount you pay depends on the value of the property.Read more about council Tax in our glossary page.
Band: F
PARKINGDetails of how and where vehicles can be parked, and any associated costs.Read more about parking in our glossary page.
Garage
GARDENA property has access to an outdoor space, which could be private or shared.
Yes
ACCESSIBILITYHow a property has been adapted to meet the needs of vulnerable or disabled individuals.Read more about accessibility in our glossary page.
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