A Superb Detached Grade II Listed Cottage of Character enjoying a private one acre site with panoramic views across Swaledale, within the heart of the Yorkshire Dales. Lounge, Kitchen/Dining Room, Pantry, 3 Double Bedrooms, Bathroom/WC, Ample Parking, Garden and Hillside Garth, Two Attached Stores, Oil Fired Central Heating. EER E40. NO ONWARD CHAIN.
Beamed ceiling, feature stone surround fireplace with cast iron range, chrome antique style radiator, stone flagged floor. Sash window to front. Entrance door to Front. Doors to Kitchen/Dining Room and Inner Hall.
Beamed ceiling, tiled surrounds, ceramic sink unit with chrome mixer tap, sage green cupboards and drawers, oak work tops, RAYBURN with double electric ovens, twin hot plate and central heating boiler, built in dishwasher, built in fridge, chrome antique style radiator, stone flagged floor. Sash windows to front and rear. Door to Lounge.
Stone steps leading upstairs. Window to rear. Doors to Pantry and to Lounge.
Feature ceiling beam and stone shelving, fridge/freezer space, loft hatch, stone flagged floor. Window to rear. Door to Inner Hallway.
Doors to Bedrooms and Bathroom.
Open beamed ceiling, pine boarded floor, radiator. Sash window to front. Glazed external door to side with wooden outer double doors and stone steps down to garden. Door to Landing.
Loft hatch, radiator. Internal high level window to Bathroom. Sash window to front. Door to Landing.
Feature stone surround fireplace with cast iron grate, loft hatch, airing cupboard containing hot water cylinder, radiator. Sash window to front with stone sill. Door to Landing.
Tiled surrounds, pedestal wash hand basin, roll top bath with electric shower over and curtain and rail, extractor fan, wc, ceramic tiled floor, ceiling halogens, radiator. Internal high level window to Bedroom 2. Door to Landing.
The total site area is around one acre and is approached by a gravel track from the road between Gunnerside and Crackpot.
Right hand attached store
Beamed ceiling, ceramic sink unit with hot and cold taps, light, double power socket, stone flagged floor, cupboard containing water filter equipment.
Left hand attached store
Light, double doors to rear, door to front.
South Facing Front Garden
Enclosed by dry stone walls comprising lawn, small stone store, further hillside garth with small stream.
Rear Garden
Lawn bordered by post and wire fencing, plastic oil tank.
Mains electricity. Spring fed water. Septic tank drainage. Oil central heating.
Nettlebed House and byre - II Farmhouse and byre under 1 roof. Probably late C18. Rubble with crude quoins, stone slate roof. 2 storeys, with stair turret and single-storey outshut to rear. House has 2 first floor windows. C20 4-panel door to right. Ground floor windows under large lintels, both containing 4-pane sashes, that to left partly infilled. First floor windows have slab lintels and reveals, with unequally-hung sashes with glazing bars. 2 end and 1 central stacks. Rear: central stair turret contains 2 very small windows, 1 blocked. Interior: large fireplace in centre right, stairs in turret. Byre added on left, not of special interest. In 1795 a building called Nettlebed House, probably this one, was pulled down and rebuilt by Richard Garth (Raistrick). A Raistrick, Buildingsin the Yorkshire Dales.
The property is on the south side of the Swale valley between the village of Gunnerside and the hamlet of Crackpot.
Having turned off the tarmacadam road (to the south of the road and through a metal gate), the property is reached after a short distance up a gravel track.
The postcode is DL11 6NJ
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Distances to Reeth 6 miles, Hawes 12 miles, Leyburn 14 miles, Richmond 17 miles.
Viewing - By appointment with Norman F. Brown.
Tenure - Freehold. The title register is NYK 207896.
Local Authority - North Yorkshire Council – Tel: 0300 1312131
www.northyorks.gov.uk
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Property Reference – 18757237
Particulars Prepared – March 2026.
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