4 bedroom house
Hutton John, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0LZ
Guide Price
£750,000
Residential Tags: Grade II, Water Mill
Property Tags: Holiday Cottage
Land Tags: Fishing Rights and Lakes, Pasture Land, Woodland
Summary Details
- First Marketed: Apr 2021
- Removed: Aug 2021
- Residential Tags: Grade II, Water Mill
- Property Tags: Holiday Cottage
- Land Tags: Fishing Rights and Lakes, Pasture Land, Woodland
Set in charming, landscaped gardens, Sparket Mill is a stunning, Grade II listed, example of a Lakeland water mill, carefully preserved with a host of original features including working water wheel, hoists and grinding room.
Still retaining a host of outbuildings, including Corn drying room and Blacksmiths forge with working bellows, the Mill offers tremendous scope for additional development, subject to necessary permissions, with an easy option to create a self-contained cottage / annexe with income generating potential as a holiday let.
Greatly improved in recent years by our clients the property sits in landscaped gardens with ample parking to the front and rear, leading to adjoining fields, with separate roadside access, which are bordered by the adjoining becks, Dacre and Thackthwaite.
Close to the A66, the property is situated approximately 6 miles to Penrith, 11 miles to Keswick and 3.5 miles from Ullswater with the stunning backdrop of Mell Fell and the Blencathra range of the northern fells.
Directions
From the M6 at Penrith take the A66 toward Keswick.
At the end of the dual carriageway take the left turn signposted towards Hutton.
Follow this road for approximately 1.5 miles, taking the 2nd turning, at Hutton John.
The mill is in the dip, below the junction.
Services
Mains electric and water are connected but have not been tested. Drainage to a septic tank and oil powered central heating.
The property benefits from wayleaves for electricity at £23.93 per annum and British telecom at £236.86 per annum.
Entrance Hall
With stairs to the first floor and doors to the lounge and kitchen / diner.
Lounge
With doors leading to the kitchen/ diner and utility room. A multifuel stove with an oak surround and mantel. Understairs cupboard. Carpeted with a radiator, exposed beams and sash windows.
Kitchen/ Diner
With a door leading to the garage via a rear hallway. A range of recently fitted light oak units with Granite worksurfaces, incorporating a 1½ bowl, stainless steel single drainer sink unit and a central island. Halogen hob, electric oven. Karndean flooring.
Dining Room
Open to the kitchen. carpeted with two radiators. Doors leading to the hallway and lounge.
Utility Room
With a range of fitted units incorporating a stainless steel single drainer sink unit. Plumbed for automatic washing machine and tumble dryer.
Shower Room
With a fitted three piece suite comprising low suite WC, vanity wash hand basin and corner shower unit. Tiled flooring.
Rear Hallway / Study
With stairs leading to the first floor galleried landing with bedroom and dressing room. An understairs cupboard and doors into the kitchen.
Bedroom 1
With a door leading to the ensuite. A cupboard housing the hot water cylinder. Carpeted with a radiator. Selection of fitted wardrobes.
Ensuite
With a fitted three piece suite comprising low suite WC, pedestal wash hand basin and shower cubicle.
Bedroom 4 / Dressing Room
Adjoining the main bedroom. Carpeted with a radiator. Ladder access to additional boarded internal storage running the length of the main house, carpeted with lighting.
Landing
Connecting the bedrooms and bathroom, with stairs down to the main entrance hallway.
Bedroom 2
Carpeted with a wash hand basin, radiator and sash windows.
Bedroom 3
With a door leading to the mill area. Carpeted with a wash hand basin, radiator, exposed beams and sash windows.
Bathroom
With a fitted three piece suite comprising low suite WC, pedestal wash hand basin and Jacuzzi bath. Linen closet. Carpeted with a radiator and sash windows.
Porch
Sandstone flagged flooring. Doors leading to the mill room and cottage sitting/ dining room.
The Cottage
None
Sitting/ Dining Room
With stairs leading to the study and a door to the porch. Fireplace with a sandstone surround and mantle. Understairs cupboard.
Study / Cottage Bedroom
Carpeted with a radiator and exposed beams. A wonderful room with staircase down to the sitting / dining room with a door leading into the upper mill room.
The Mill
None
Ground Floor
With a door leading to the drying room. Sandstone flagged with Chain hoist, grain chute and elevators to the first floor. Radiator.
Furnace Room
Coke furnace to heat the ceramic tiled flooring of the drying room.
First Floor
With a doors leading to the study, 3rd bedroom and courtyard. Mill area with power transfer mechanism to the grinding stones. Two radiators.
Drying Room
With a vented roof and special ceramic floor tiles designed for drying and roasting.
Outside
Externally the property retains a number of original features from the mill including the working water wheel and timber crane, used when the mill also had a former sawmill.
To the front of the property is ample vehicle parking and a turning area.
To the rear of the property is a cobbled courtyard with a potting shed, 2nd stone built garage / workshop, log store and the bunded oil tank.
The main garden area is mainly to lawn with established fruit trees.
Adjacent to the road at the rear of the property is the millpond and millrace with a run off to Dacre Beck.
The fields associated with the mill are shown on a separate plan and comprise grazing land, with a boundary of the Dacre Beck, Thackthwaite Beck and a strip of woodland. Please note there is a public footpath crossing the mill to reach the fields. The fishing rights are included in the sale.
Mill Dam Shed
None
The Forge / Workshop
With swing out doors to the parking area at the front and a door leading to the rear garden along with stairs to the mezzanine above. Ideal workshop with a saw bench, blacksmith's forge, bellows and anvil.
Mezzanine
With valve access for the water wheel.
Garage 1
Housing the oil powered boiler for the domestic hot water and central heating (neither this nor any radiators have been tested). Plumbed for an automatic washing machine.
Garage 2/ Store
None
Marketed by: HHLE, Penrith
Land Registry Data
- No historical data found.