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Built in approximately 1903, Chapel Cottage was originally the Sunday School for the adjacent Wesleyan chapel - itself is now a family home - and, arriving at the property, one will find much of the original character has been retained. The new Accoya wooden external doors and windows are both elegant and hard-wearing and are of bespoke manufacture by Marthwaite Joinery to suit the local vernacular and finished in Farrow & Ball Downpipe Grey, a colour familiar to properties in the region.
ACCOMMODATION
Step through the welcoming porch and find yourself in a warming home filled with fine attention to detail, choice of quality materials and considered design that achieves the best from this unique building. The beautiful central hallway with engineered oak flooring and heritage colour palette draws your attention to the full height windows to the rear and onto the living wall outside.
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The internal doors are all solid oak, with deep pitched skirting, profiled architraves and thoughtful use of tongue and groove panelling all combining to reassuringly retain the authenticity of the property. Adjacent is the spacious dual-aspect living room, the glazed double doors from the hallway allowing more of that lovely Lakeland light to bathe the space.
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The oak flooring continues seamlessly through where it meets the robust feature sandstone fireplace with its slate hearth and cozy wood-burning stove – the ideal spot to unwind after exploring the fells and foothills around Ullswater and valleys nearby. The front-facing aspect of the living room enjoys the morning sun whilst, later in the day, the deep window seat at the rear is definitely the place to while away a few tranquil moments.
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As mentioned, Chapel Cottage was the Sunday School for Glenridding village, which some of the locals remember attending as children. Originally one single space, open from ground floor to the rafters, the open feel has been retained throughout the home, with each room refreshingly light and spacious.
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This includes the first floor bedrooms: tri-fold doors with their Juliette balconies are a beautiful feature of the two front-facing rooms from where Place Fell and Ullswater provide an ever-changing vista. To the rear, the bedroom windows are an innovative combination of floor level and expansive roof lights, the latter framing the terraced garden and fellside cottages beyond. Each bedroom extends into the roof space, affording more height for that generous light. Against pristine white walls the original solid roof timbers are exposed, a reassuring reminder of the building’s steadfast construction.
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Chapel Cottage has two bathrooms on the first floor with both master ensuite and family bathroom feeling quite luxurious thanks to floor to ceiling porcelain tiling, underfloor heating, and Villeroy & Boch baths for contemplative relaxation.
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Back on the ground floor, the bespoke solid walnut kitchen by English Hardwood Design boasts Miele appliances, granite worktops, and a central island, with underfloor heating beneath the natural limestone flags adding extra comfort. It’s quite perfect for both casual meals and entertaining, with plenty of space for a large dining table. The ground floor also includes a practical boot room, separate laundry, and a shower room.
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There are well established gardens to the front and back of Chapel Cottage, along with generous parking for two cars and plenty of turning space. A path leads through the terraced garden at the rear with raised beds, mature shrubs and trees. Here you’ll also find a seating area with its own fire pit, all constructed in Honister slate. Elevated and private, it’s a great place to spend an evening nestled beneath the boughs of the trees and bushes behind.
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Chapel Cottage was fully re-roofed in 2014 and offers the perfect blend of local heritage, traditional craftsmanship and modern luxury and conveniences.
LOCATION
The picture postcard perfect Glenridding on the southern shores of Ullswater is a quintessential Lakeland village. There are wonderful views to be discovered at every turn and the village is well serviced by local shops and hostelries. Travelling by car from the South (Windermere and Ambleside), the journey to Glenridding takes one over Kirkstone Pass past the imposing Red Screes before the descent to Brotherswater and Patterdale. From the North, the road hugs the shore along the length of Ullswater from Pooley Bridge and through Watermillock, passing Aira Force waterfalls along the way.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Services: Mains Water and Electric. Oil fired central heating. Private Drainage via BioDisc domestic sewage treatment plant. Under the General Binding Rules 2020, we ask buyers make their own investigations regarding compliance of the septic tank/private drainage and take advice from their mortgage lenders or legal advisors.
Tenure: Freehold
Council Tax Band: G
