This Lakeland Home has Amazing Fell Views

Built in 1852 as a gentleman’s farmhouse, the house was built from locally-quarried stone and has a traditional slate roof, giving it a strong Lakeland identity.

Inside, you’ll find that the large Brathay flagstones, lime plaster and traditional joinery have been preserved, while more recent work has been carried out by highly skilled local builders and craftspeople. The result is a house that feels evolved rather than remodelled.

The lounge is a generous, well-proportioned space with a substantial fireplace and traditional sash windows. The adjoining sitting room is more intimate, with fitted bookshelves and a wood-burning stove. The dining room has space for a substantial dining table, and a sitting area around a large open fireplace within which the historic cooking arrangement survives.

The kitchen is one of the most distinctive rooms in the house. Traditional cabinetry sits alongside substantial flagstone flooring and an AGA cooker with the original fireplace opening – the original ‘backstone’, formerly used for cooking oatcakes, is still intact, and according to the vendor this is the only intact example remaining within a Lake District house.

The ground floor also includes useful spaces such a utility room, cloakroom and larder/wine store.

Upstairs, the principal bedroom has a period fireplace and views over the surrounding countryside. Further bedrooms are well proportioned, with deep sash windows and fitted cupboards built by a local joiner. Two bathrooms serve this floor, one of which is ensuite.

The mezzanine floor is home to a light-filled study with views over the garden, while on the second floor there’s a further bedroom and bathroom.

Outside, the gardens and grounds extend to over half an acre and are arranged across several levels, combining formal planting with more naturalistic areas. A small paved and cobbled beck crosses the garden, and there’s a pond, orchard and meadow too.

A covered flagged loggia provides a sheltered outdoor seating area beside the house, and the adjoining terrace enjoys both morning and evening sun. There’s also a timber summerhouse, a traditional smokehouse which has been adapted to incorporate an outdoor kitchen, and several further outbuildings.

The setting is completed by far-reaching views towards Esthwaite Water, Wetherlam, Coniston Old Man and Claife Heights, placing Croft Foot firmly within the wider landscape of the Lake District.