House For Sale £325,000
A rare opportunity to purchase a two bedroom former school house and attached former school with development potential as a large family home or small scale residential development scheme, subject to planning. Benefitting from front and side gardens, rear courtyard, driveway and parking.
Main Description
Former St Cuthbert’s School and School House comprises a significant holding situated within the central aspect of the village being adjacent to St Cuthbert’s Church and the village playing field. The property dates to the 19th Century with 20th century additions, retaining all of its charm with the former school offering a real opportunity to incorporate sympathetic conversion in order to maintain the character of the overall building and create a unique single dwelling or residential scheme.
The property has lovely features including the traditional three sectional pitched slate roof, double height school windows and original oak doors all coming together to create an interesting conversion/development
opportunity.
The grounds provide a mixture of landscaped gardens, attractive rear courtyard, private driveway and front lawned green, benefiting from a beautiful village setting.
Location
The property is situated within Great Salkeld, which is a small village in the district of Eden and developed to the west of the River Eden being around 6 miles north east of Penrith and 16 miles to the south east of Carlisle in North Cumbria and in the North West of England.
Great Salkeld is a desirable village within the parish of Great Salkeld being close to nearby surrounding villages such as Lazonby, Langwathby, Eden Hall and Kirkoswald. The village has an approximate population of 400 (2011 census) benefiting from attractive open rural outlooks, and having a village church, village hall a public house, central play area and footpath to the River Eden. Nearby villages of Lazonby and Langwathby benefit from train stations on the Carlisle to Settle railway line, a Co-Op, village store, and primary schools.
The nearest town is Penrith providing an attractive and affluent market town situated on the north east fringe of the Lake District. Penrith has a resident population of approximately 15,200 (2011 Census) and benefits from excellent access to the Lake District National Park as well as being situated on Junction 40 of the M6/A66 interchange. Penrith offers good retail and leisure facilities including Sainsburys, Booths, Morrisons and Aldi Supermarkets as well as a range of national retailers. The town has a train station on the Main West Coast Main Line with direct services north to Carlisle and Glasgow and south to the London Euston with a journey time of around 3 hours.
Great Salkeld is most directly reached from the B6412 which links with the main A686 and continues south west to the A66/A6 interchange, 4 miles away. The A6 travels north to Penrith and south to Eamont Bridge, Clifton and Shap. The A66 travels east to west connecting with Junction 40 of the M6 approximately 7 miles away and east to Scotch Corner and the A1 Motorway approximately 50 miles away. An unnamed road travels from Great Salkeld up the western side of The River Eden to Lazonby around 2 miles away and on to Kirkoswald on the eastern side of the River Eden some 3 miles away.
Description
School House
The School House is approached from a tarmacadam driveway leading to a parking area, detached garage and timber gate into a forecourt and reaching the front door of the house.
Ground Floor
Living room – timber flooring, plaster painted walls and ceiling, open fire with tile surround, downlighting and mullion windows with metal framed single glazed panes.
Dining room – carpeted flooring, plaster painted walls and ceiling, central multi-fuel stove, mullion windows with metal framed single glazed panes, understairs cupboard and leading through to the kitchen, boot room and utility/ cloakroom.
Kitchen – in need of refurbishment throughout incorporating solid concrete flooring, a range of wall and floor
mounted kitchen units, stainless steel sink and drainer, strip lighting and two no. Metal framed single glazed
windows.
Rear entrance/boot room – vinyl flooring, plaster painted walls and ceiling and door through to an enclosed yard linking to the garage and separate door to a rear courtyard/former play area for the school.
Utility/Cloakroom – vinyl flooring, plaster painted walls and ceiling, toilet, sink and metal framed single glazed window.
First Floor
A central staircase leads to a first floor landing with doors off to Master bedroom, bedroom 2 and a family bathroom.
Master Bedroom – a double with carpeted flooring, wallpapered and painted walls and ceiling, fireplace with cast-iron and tile insert, staircase viewing gallery and mullion windows with metal framed single glazed window.
Bedroom 2 – carpeted flooring, blocked up fireplace with surround in situ, plaster painted walls and ceiling,
downlighting and metal framed single glazed window.
Bathroom – carpeted flooring, lining papered and painted walls, plaster painted ceiling, downlighting, freestanding roll top bath with electric shower over, toilet, sink and metal framed single glazed windows.
Former School
Attached to the school house is the former school with pathway up to an imposing timber door entering into an entrance hall and cloakroom with doors through to a former classroom, large hall, second classroom, kitchen, rear hall and WC facilities.
Entrance Hall/Cloakroom – hard wearing vinyl flooring, plaster painted walls and ceiling, coat hooks run along both lengths of the corridor and a store room is at the far side.
Classroom 1 – a light and airy room with carpeted flooring, plaster painted walls and suspended ceiling, wall mounted radiators, strip lighting, built-in storage cupboards, 3 no. Traditional squared tiered windows and cantilever timber sliding door to the main hall.
Hall – a truly expansive room with hard wearing vinyl flooring, plaster painted walls, suspended ceiling, strip lighting, a range of built-in storage cupboards and work benches, sink unit and a range of large window openings. It is thought beyond the suspended ceiling will be the former arched hall ceiling.
Classroom 2 – providing similar accommodation as the first classroom including carpeted flooring, plaster painted walls and suspended ceiling, wall mounted radiators, built-in cupboards and 3 no. Window openings.
Kitchen – with secondary access point, hardwearing vinyl flooring, timber panelling to dado height and plaster painted walls above, angled ceiling, floor mounted kitchen units and timber framed single glazed window.
Rear Entrance Hall – hard wearing vinyl flooring, built-in benches, coat hooks and door to the rear courtyard and former playground.
WC Facilities – a range of former toilet facilities with hard wearing vinyl flooring, part tile/plaster painted walls, plaster painted ceiling, toilet and sink units alongside associated store rooms.
The grounds
Externally, the property is accessed via a vehicle driveway leading to a car parking area and adjacent detached garage at the western extent of the property. To the front/south is a lawned green which could be made into private gardens and to the rear is a pretty courtyard which was the former playground. The house has a secondary yard linking the garage to the rear boot room and an enclosed forecourt which is landscaped and bounded by mature hedging.
The garage is of single storey stone/block/brick construction beneath a flat felted roof incorporating a ‘up and over’ garage door solid concrete flooring, coal store and rear door to the secondary yard.
General
services
It is understood that mains electricity, water and drainage/sewerage are connected to the
property which benefits from an oil-fired central heating system supplying heating and hot water to the school building. The house is heated by electric panel heaters, coal fires and a multi-fuel stove.
Please note we have not been able to test services or make judgement on their current condition.
Prospective purchasers should make their own enquiries as to the services available for future use.
Tenure
It has been advised the land and property is owned freehold with vacant possession.
Energy performance certificate
(epc’s)
The Energy Performance Certificate is available on request from the selling agent and is available
to download from the Edwin Thompson Website.
Money laundering regulations
The successful purchaser(s) should be aware that they will be required to provide us with
documents in relation to Money Laundering Regulations. Further details are available upon
request.
Method of sale
The land is offered for sale by Private Treaty as a whole with a guide price of £325,000.
Unconditional offers should be submitted to the selling agent (Edwin Thompson, 23 Church Street, Windermere, Cumbria LA23 1AQ).
A closing date for offers may be fixed, and prospective purchasers are advised to register their interest with the selling agent following inspection.
The vendors reserve the right to amalgamate, withdraw or exclude any of the land shown at any time or to generally amend the particulars of sale.
VAT
All figures quoted are exclusive of VAT where applicable.
Legal costs
Each party to bear their own legal costs in the preparation and settlement of the sale documentation together with any VAT thereon.
Viewing
The property is available to view strictly by prior appointment with the Windermere Office of Edwin Thompson llp.
Contact:
Joe Ellis, ,
Suzie Barron,
Tel:
Property Ref:84_2525_4910303
Main Description
Former St Cuthbert’s School and School House comprises a significant holding situated within the central aspect of the village being adjacent to St Cuthbert’s Church and the village playing field. The property dates to the 19th Century with 20th century additions, retaining all of its charm with the former school offering a real opportunity to incorporate sympathetic conversion in order to maintain the character of the overall building and create a unique single dwelling or residential scheme.
The property has lovely features including the traditional three sectional pitched slate roof, double height school windows and original oak doors all coming together to create an interesting conversion/development
opportunity.
The grounds provide a mixture of landscaped gardens, attractive rear courtyard, private driveway and front lawned green, benefiting from a beautiful village setting.
Location
The property is situated within Great Salkeld, which is a small village in the district of Eden and developed to the west of the River Eden being around 6 miles north east of Penrith and 16 miles to the south east of Carlisle in North Cumbria and in the North West of England.
Great Salkeld is a desirable village within the parish of Great Salkeld being close to nearby surrounding villages such as Lazonby, Langwathby, Eden Hall and Kirkoswald. The village has an approximate population of 400 (2011 census) benefiting from attractive open rural outlooks, and having a village church, village hall a public house, central play area and footpath to the River Eden. Nearby villages of Lazonby and Langwathby benefit from train stations on the Carlisle to Settle railway line, a Co-Op, village store, and primary schools.
The nearest town is Penrith providing an attractive and affluent market town situated on the north east fringe of the Lake District. Penrith has a resident population of approximately 15,200 (2011 Census) and benefits from excellent access to the Lake District National Park as well as being situated on Junction 40 of the M6/A66 interchange. Penrith offers good retail and leisure facilities including Sainsburys, Booths, Morrisons and Aldi Supermarkets as well as a range of national retailers. The town has a train station on the Main West Coast Main Line with direct services north to Carlisle and Glasgow and south to the London Euston with a journey time of around 3 hours.
Great Salkeld is most directly reached from the B6412 which links with the main A686 and continues south west to the A66/A6 interchange, 4 miles away. The A6 travels north to Penrith and south to Eamont Bridge, Clifton and Shap. The A66 travels east to west connecting with Junction 40 of the M6 approximately 7 miles away and east to Scotch Corner and the A1 Motorway approximately 50 miles away. An unnamed road travels from Great Salkeld up the western side of The River Eden to Lazonby around 2 miles away and on to Kirkoswald on the eastern side of the River Eden some 3 miles away.
Description
School House
The School House is approached from a tarmacadam driveway leading to a parking area, detached garage and timber gate into a forecourt and reaching the front door of the house.
Ground Floor
Living room – timber flooring, plaster painted walls and ceiling, open fire with tile surround, downlighting and mullion windows with metal framed single glazed panes.
Dining room – carpeted flooring, plaster painted walls and ceiling, central multi-fuel stove, mullion windows with metal framed single glazed panes, understairs cupboard and leading through to the kitchen, boot room and utility/ cloakroom.
Kitchen – in need of refurbishment throughout incorporating solid concrete flooring, a range of wall and floor
mounted kitchen units, stainless steel sink and drainer, strip lighting and two no. Metal framed single glazed
windows.
Rear entrance/boot room – vinyl flooring, plaster painted walls and ceiling and door through to an enclosed yard linking to the garage and separate door to a rear courtyard/former play area for the school.
Utility/Cloakroom – vinyl flooring, plaster painted walls and ceiling, toilet, sink and metal framed single glazed window.
First Floor
A central staircase leads to a first floor landing with doors off to Master bedroom, bedroom 2 and a family bathroom.
Master Bedroom – a double with carpeted flooring, wallpapered and painted walls and ceiling, fireplace with cast-iron and tile insert, staircase viewing gallery and mullion windows with metal framed single glazed window.
Bedroom 2 – carpeted flooring, blocked up fireplace with surround in situ, plaster painted walls and ceiling,
downlighting and metal framed single glazed window.
Bathroom – carpeted flooring, lining papered and painted walls, plaster painted ceiling, downlighting, freestanding roll top bath with electric shower over, toilet, sink and metal framed single glazed windows.
Former School
Attached to the school house is the former school with pathway up to an imposing timber door entering into an entrance hall and cloakroom with doors through to a former classroom, large hall, second classroom, kitchen, rear hall and WC facilities.
Entrance Hall/Cloakroom – hard wearing vinyl flooring, plaster painted walls and ceiling, coat hooks run along both lengths of the corridor and a store room is at the far side.
Classroom 1 – a light and airy room with carpeted flooring, plaster painted walls and suspended ceiling, wall mounted radiators, strip lighting, built-in storage cupboards, 3 no. Traditional squared tiered windows and cantilever timber sliding door to the main hall.
Hall – a truly expansive room with hard wearing vinyl flooring, plaster painted walls, suspended ceiling, strip lighting, a range of built-in storage cupboards and work benches, sink unit and a range of large window openings. It is thought beyond the suspended ceiling will be the former arched hall ceiling.
Classroom 2 – providing similar accommodation as the first classroom including carpeted flooring, plaster painted walls and suspended ceiling, wall mounted radiators, built-in cupboards and 3 no. Window openings.
Kitchen – with secondary access point, hardwearing vinyl flooring, timber panelling to dado height and plaster painted walls above, angled ceiling, floor mounted kitchen units and timber framed single glazed window.
Rear Entrance Hall – hard wearing vinyl flooring, built-in benches, coat hooks and door to the rear courtyard and former playground.
WC Facilities – a range of former toilet facilities with hard wearing vinyl flooring, part tile/plaster painted walls, plaster painted ceiling, toilet and sink units alongside associated store rooms.
The grounds
Externally, the property is accessed via a vehicle driveway leading to a car parking area and adjacent detached garage at the western extent of the property. To the front/south is a lawned green which could be made into private gardens and to the rear is a pretty courtyard which was the former playground. The house has a secondary yard linking the garage to the rear boot room and an enclosed forecourt which is landscaped and bounded by mature hedging.
The garage is of single storey stone/block/brick construction beneath a flat felted roof incorporating a ‘up and over’ garage door solid concrete flooring, coal store and rear door to the secondary yard.
General
services
It is understood that mains electricity, water and drainage/sewerage are connected to the
property which benefits from an oil-fired central heating system supplying heating and hot water to the school building. The house is heated by electric panel heaters, coal fires and a multi-fuel stove.
Please note we have not been able to test services or make judgement on their current condition.
Prospective purchasers should make their own enquiries as to the services available for future use.
Tenure
It has been advised the land and property is owned freehold with vacant possession.
Energy performance certificate
(epc’s)
The Energy Performance Certificate is available on request from the selling agent and is available
to download from the Edwin Thompson Website.
Money laundering regulations
The successful purchaser(s) should be aware that they will be required to provide us with
documents in relation to Money Laundering Regulations. Further details are available upon
request.
Method of sale
The land is offered for sale by Private Treaty as a whole with a guide price of £325,000.
Unconditional offers should be submitted to the selling agent (Edwin Thompson, 23 Church Street, Windermere, Cumbria LA23 1AQ).
A closing date for offers may be fixed, and prospective purchasers are advised to register their interest with the selling agent following inspection.
The vendors reserve the right to amalgamate, withdraw or exclude any of the land shown at any time or to generally amend the particulars of sale.
VAT
All figures quoted are exclusive of VAT where applicable.
Legal costs
Each party to bear their own legal costs in the preparation and settlement of the sale documentation together with any VAT thereon.
Viewing
The property is available to view strictly by prior appointment with the Windermere Office of Edwin Thompson llp.
Contact:
Joe Ellis, ,
Suzie Barron,
Tel:
Property Ref:84_2525_4910303
