Tosside, Easington

A four-bedroom farmhouse, with a self-contained integral annexe and a link-attached three-bedroom cottage, together offering over 6,280 square feet, restored by the current owners since 2008 - 5.37 acres with the Forest of Bowland behind and the Yorkshire Dales ahead.
Late morning is when the house shows itself best. The drive runs between two stone pillars and over a cattle grid, the slate roof and three chimneys rise into view, and by eleven the light is coming down through the dining room rooflights while open countryside fills the windows on both sides of the room.
The open viewing allows two hours to walk the farmhouse, the annexe, the cottage, the courtyard and the outbuildings in a single visit, with David on hand throughout.
The Main House. Stone walls two feet thick, hand-cut slate and heavy timber beams. The kitchen (21'6 x 20'0) is arranged around a Vulcano solid-fuel range beneath a stone canopy, with granite worktops and a central island. The dining and living room (30'4 x 24'10) has two rooflights, windows on both aspects and large-format stone floor tiles that run through to the kitchen. The sitting room (20'10 x 13'8) has exposed oak beams and a carved stone fireplace with multi-fuel stove, and leads to a study with French doors to the terrace. A snug with wood-burning stove, boot room, utility and ground floor shower room complete the ground floor. Upstairs, the principal suite (20'4 x 14'3) has a walk-in dressing room and en-suite shower room. Three further bedrooms, one with en-suite, share a family bathroom, all under beamed, vaulted rooflines.
The Annexe. Integral to the farmhouse with its own entrance and independent services. Lounge (21'7 x 11'1) with a wood-burning stove set in a rough-coursed stone stack, kitchen (11'9 x 8'6) with stable door to the outside, and a bedroom (15'5 x 11'1) with en-suite bathroom.
Shays Cottage. Linked to the farmhouse by a glazed timber corridor through an original stone arch, and removable if full separation is wanted. The living room (22'1 x 21'1) has full-height glazing and a Morso stove. Kitchen-diner (22'1 x 12'1), three bedrooms, the principal with en-suite, and a family bathroom.
Grounds and Outbuildings. 5.37 acres of dry-stone-walled Pennine pasture, suited to equestrian use or smallholding, with public footpaths leaving the boundary for the open fell. Stone double garage with twin electric doors, covered carport, timber-framed store, steel containers, log store and a service room housing the private borehole water supply. Enclosed rear courtyard and a forecourt with room for horse boxes.
Location. Tosside sits on the Lancashire and Yorkshire border, with the Forest of Bowland to the west and the Dales to the east. Slaidburn is three miles away, Settle fifteen minutes, Skipton within half an hour, and Clitheroe to the south-west.
Open Viewing Event
Saturday 3rd October, 11am to 1pm
Hosted by David Arnold, House & Heritage
Come at any point in the two hours to walk the farmhouse, the annexe, the cottage, the courtyard and the outbuildings, and to stand at the boundary where the public footpaths leave for the fell.
For further details, call 01257 441990
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