Pictures of this breath-taking Lake District mansion wouldn't look out of place if hung in an art gallery.
And that's kind of how its design came about
Architect Francis Whitwell, said to be close friends with Beatrix Potter, committed his idea for the perfect house in an painting.
Then he chose a stunning plot of land Clappersgate on which to build his family home, LancsLive reports.
READ MORE:
Peacefully nestled within hundreds of trees and high above the Brathay Valley in Ambleside, this remarkable home, designed in the Arts and Craft style, is named as one of the significant properties in The Lake District.
Now, the breath taking, 14 bed property has sympathetically restored by the current owners to enhance and preserve the period features and is now on the market for £4,950,000.
Crafted with oak floors and panelling, leaded windows and carved oak fireplaces this home has many of the period features still visible in every nook and cranny of the many bedrooms, 15 bathrooms and eight reception rooms.
The main entrance hall, reception room and dining room all exude the history and style of this period, and have truly breath-taking views overlooking the Brathay Valley.
A true sense of grandeur can be felt around this property, right from the moment you step into it- stunning windows line the walls delicately and bring in lots of warm sunshine.
The large dinning room- a perfect place to host guests and have family dinners provides a warm hub for the warm, leading on to the kitchen with commercial grade stainless steel fittings, which could easily be repurposed with domestic fittings.
This magnificent property contains 14 bedrooms , each meticulously renovated, with en-suite shower or bathrooms.
During renovations of this property, additional bedrooms set withing a mezzanine flooring space were built along with a suite with large reception room, two bedrooms, and kitchen that could be self-contained.
Off the main house are two annexes, each with very flexibly arranged accommodation, and individual access.
Much can be said about the surrounding gardens, full of beautiful lawned areas surrounded by planting of mature trees and shrubs, a stream, and mixed woodland.
The land surrounding the house all belongs to The National Trust, and Nanny Brow has a private gate from the grounds to directly access this.
For nature lovers, the location is ideal with many Lake District attraction only a shirt journey form the home- Langdale and Coniston Fells and cultural sites like Wordsworth’s Dove Cottage and John Ruskin’s Brantwood are around a 15-minute drive while Lake Windermere and Ambleside are just half an hour's walk away.
Nanny Brow is on the market with Chester-based Strutt and Parker.
