Berryby Cottage, Barbon, LA6 2LR

Here's our TOP TEN reasons to love Berryby Cottage:

1. Escape to the country and embrace Barbon village life with this idyllic cottage. A short stroll to the pub, church and village hall makes this an ideal choice for those wanting to be part of an active rural community.

2. A charming semi-detached Victorian stone cottage with a gross internal area of c. 928 sq (86.2 sq m) which has been extended and fully refurbished since the current owner's purchase in 2007. Tastefully presented, some lovely period features remain with - a stone fireplace with flag hearth and recess shelving in the sitting room, panelled window reveals, flag floor in the kitchen and pine tongue and groove doors.

3. Come on in... into a practical enclosed porch with slate tiled floor, then into the cosy sitting room with multi-fuel stove.

4. Welcoming dining kitchen and wonderful garden room - the kitchen is fitted with base and wall units with wood block worktops, a Belfast sink, integral appliances including a washing machine fridge/freezer, dishwasher and cream two oven Aga. There is also a useful shelved pantry. A glazed door leads from the kitchen in to the light and bright garden room with oak floor, four skylight windows and glazed doors out to the garden.

5. When the day is done... an enclosed pine staircase leads to two double bedrooms. Bedroom 1 has a built-in cupboard with bedroom 2 having lovely far reaching views to the Barbon Fells. The three piece bathroom has a free-standing roll top bath with shower over and an attractive outlook over fields to the rear.

6. Delightful south facing gardens being part flagged, part laid to gravel with established planted borders, outside water tap and log store. Beyond is a lawn garden with an open outlook. There is also a walled foregarden with planted beds and far reaching views toward the Barbon Fells.

7. Private parking - adjacent to the cottage is parking for up to four cars.

8. Village life - picturesque and popular, Barbon offers a popular country pub The Barbon Inn, - here you'll find good pub grub, beams and open fires. The village hall plays host to a range of activities and events as does St Bartholomew's Church. Nearby Casterton (2.2 miles) has a petrol filling station with garage and small shop along with The Pheasant, another popular country pub. The market town of Kirkby Lonsdale (4.3 miles) has independent shops, popular restaurants and pubs, a post office, doctors' and dentists' surgeries. Boots Chemist and a well-regarded Booths supermarket.

9. Accessibility - access onto the M6 is at either J34 or J36 depending on the direction of travel. The A65 is 3.3 miles and Oxenholme (14 miles) and Lancaster (19.2 miles) have stations on the main west coast line with direct trains into London Euston, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Airports are at Leeds Bradford (53.6 miles), Manchester Airport is (84.1 miles) and Liverpool Airport (89.7 miles).

10. For those who love the great outdoors, Berryby Cottage is within the Yorkshire Dales and the Lune Valley, close to the Lake District and the Forest of Bowland with the area providing a stunningly scenic natural adventure playground.