Violet Bank is an impressive home with character, period charm and lovely countryside views.

It sits in a large plot and has been fully renovated to a high standard by the current vendors and boasts a marvellous open-plan living kitchen with garden room.

Characterful features in the house include fireplaces, natural stone floors and original stripped wooden floorboards, complemented by high-quality fixtures and fittings and underfloor heating.

The house has a large attic space, currently reached buy way of a loft ladder, which would be suitable for conversion to additional accommodation.

Other conversion possibilities are offered by the double-storey detached byre at the rear of the house and a standalone stone former garage within a walled garden area.

The double-fronted stone-built house has reception rooms to either side of the hallway, both with restored wooden floors.

The sitting room has the benefit of an open fire and the living room, which could also be used as a formal dining room has a dual aspect and a wood-burning stove.

The spacious dining kitchen is open to a garden room, with multi-fuel stove and patio doors to the garden and countryside views. The tiled floor has underfloor heating and the kitchen units extend into a peninsula.

A range cooker sits under an imposing sandstone lintel. A utility room and cloakroom complete the ground floor.

Upstairs are three double bedrooms, one en-suite. This and the family bathroom both have underfloor heating and the bathroom also enjoys a freestanding roll-top bath and large corner shower.

The gardens extend to almost half-an-acre and are elevated with good views across adjacent countryside. They are lawned with an orchard, area of woodland and vegetable plot.

Violet Bank, Cumwhitton, is for sale at £389,000 from Hayward Tod, tel. 01228 810300.