Property Details: - Type: Detached house - Bedrooms: 4 - Bathrooms: 3

Agent: eXp UK - North West Phone: 020 8128 5520

<p>What Happens When An 18th-Century Inn Stops Serving Pints And Starts Serving Family Life? You get a sprawling 3,600 sq ft home with a vaulted first-floor sitting room, a snooker room, four bedrooms including a self-contained annexe, stables and three acres.Property ref: KD0516</p><p>Last orders were called on the Far Boot Inn back in 1916 - since then, this remarkable building has had over a century to work out what it really wants to be. The answer, it turns out, is a home with room for the horses, the teenagers and your parents too.</p><p>The house itself sits just outside Houghton, around 10 minutes drive from Carlisle. The view from the road gives very little away - the whitewashed exterior is plain enough that most people would drive past without a second thought. That's their loss.</p><p>Once through the gates, the scale starts to reveal itself. </p><p>There's a large courtyard with parking for multiple cars, two garages and a workshop, and the garden wraps around the property in distinct areas - a south-facing patio off the back with French doors opening from the main living space, a large lawned garden to the side, and a separate gated section with its own access that might start you quietly think about potential and planning permission…</p><p>Inside, the ground floor has a proper country kitchen - with cream shaker units, terracotta floor tiles and a range cooker - that opens into a dining kitchen with a Tiffany pendant light and French doors straight out to the patio. </p><p>There's a separate dining room with an original fireplace and a staircase rising to the first floor, a sun room, a family room and a utility room. And then there's the snooker room - with space for a full size table, a beamed ceiling, its own fireplace and French doors to the garden. </p><p>The first floor is where the building's character really comes into its own. The main sitting room is a genuinely impressive space - with a vaulted ceiling and exposed oak trusses, a wood-burning stove set into a stone chimneybreast, and views out over open countryside. </p><p>Some won’t be able to get past it being upstairs and that’s a shame - but it is the room that changes how most people feel about the whole house. Off this level you'll also find four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a shower room, with the main bedroom benefiting from its own en-suite.</p><p>Then there's the annexe, which is accessed via a spiral staircase from the garage wing. It has its own living room and kitchen - again with vaulted beamed ceilings and countryside views - along with a shower room and a separate external entrance. Whether it's for a teenager who wants their independence, a parent who wants their own front door, or an Airbnb holiday let that helps with the running costs, it works equally well for all three.</p><p>If you love life in the saddle you’ll love having stables in the garden and three-acres on the other side of the road.</p><p>It’s only 2 minutes in the car to the centre of Houghton, a popular village thanks to the convenient location close to the city centre and M6. Both are around 10 minutes drive away. </p><p>There’s a village post office and store and the local primary school (rated "Good" by Ofsted). There’s even a Michelin starred fine dining restaurant, The Lounge On The Green.</p><p>If you’re not into fine dining you might prefer a scone from the Café On The Green or the nearby Houghton Hall Garden Centre, which is only a short drive away.</p><p>Far Boot is the kind of home that comes up once in a generation. There’s room for everyone you love, land you can actually use, and a building with more history and character than most houses manage in a lifetime.</p><p>It won’t be for everyone - but if you have a large family, love life in the saddle or are just excited by the scale and scope of what’s on offer here, get in touch to arrange a viewing.</p><p> </p>