Baldersdale, Barnard Castle, DL12

Booze Wood is a handsome stone-built double fronted farmstead offering flexible accommodation arranged over two floors and period features including some exposed beams and original fireplaces. Configured to provide an ideal family and entertaining space, the ground floor accommodation comprises a welcoming reception hall with feature fireplace with woodburning stove, a well-proportioned reception room with wooden flooring and exposed brick open fireplace and a generous living room with flagstone flooring, a fireplace with woodburning stove and a door to the front aspect.

The large dual aspect kitchen/ breakfast room has flagstone flooring, a range of contemporary wall and base units, marble worktops, modern integrated appliances and a useful neighbouring boot room with a door to the garden. The ground floor accommodation is completed by an inner hall with feature flagstone flooring, giving access to a spacious utility room. The first floor provides three generous double bedrooms and a spacious family bathroom with bath and separate walk-in shower. The attached cottage offers an entrance hall with useful cloakroom and a double bedroom on the ground floor, with steps rising to a large open plan kitchen/breakfast/living room, a further double bedroom and a family
bathroom on the first floor.

Baldersdale occupies a stunning position overlooking Balderhead Reservoir in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Nearby Cotherstone is a picturesque village with a village green and a range of day-to-day amenities. The property is ideally situated for easy access to Barnard Castle and Darlington, both of which offer more extensive shopping, leisure and recreational facilities. The property is within easy commuting distance of the national motorway network while Darlington station offers regular services to Edinburgh, Leeds, York and London Kings Cross .

The area offers a good range of state schooling including Cotherstone Primary School and Teesdale School and Sixth Form (both rated Outstanding by Ofsted) together with Barnard Castle independent school.

The property is approached over a sweeping driveway leading to a large forecourt providing parking for multiple vehicles. Set behind low-level stone walling and benefitting from an enclosed rear garden with a spacious terrace, the house and attached cottage are flanked on each side by attached outbuildings, one with pens, 3 store rooms and a gardener's cloakroom and the other currently used as a store/tank room, together with a two-storey hayloft. The remaining outbuildings, some of which are arranged around the forecourt, include a detached outbuilding with double garage and 5 store rooms, a dog kennel, a 74 ft. Dutch barn with nine stalls, two stable blocks and a further outbuilding with three store rooms, the whole enjoying far-reaching views over the property's 17 acres of enclosed pasture and surrounding countryside