High House, a charming and extended home in a quiet and sought-after corner of the Lake District National Park, was built in the mid-19th century from local stone and is set in mature gardens with an attached wood together covering around two acres.

The house is an appealing, Lakeland-style home which has been sensitively extended by the previous owners while retaining much charm and character.

With many period features still in place, such as ornate Victorian plaster, double sash windows in most rooms with window seats, the property benefits from oil-powered central heating with radiators in all rooms.

It is approached along a recently replaced driveway with the ample gardens linking with a private block of mature natural woodland which is a haven for wildlife, especially the native red squirrels and common spotted orchids.

The accommodation on offer within High House briefly comprises two reception rooms and a garden room on the ground floor with five bedrooms, the master en-suite, upstairs.

A spacious and traditional entrance hall with wooden flooring has a spindled staircase with newel post and panelling concealing an understairs cupboard.

The large dual-aspect sitting room has a multi-fuel stove on a sandstone hearth, original coving, a ceiling rose and panelling with sash windows.

The dining room also has coving and ceiling. its sash windows have shutters and the fireplace is of slate and marble.

A breakfasting kitchen has an excellent range of fitted country-style wall and floor units with complementary worktops and incorporating a Belfast-style sink, built-in dishwasher and an extractor hood. There are ceiling spotlights and tiled flooring and an adjacent utility room with plumbing for washing machine.

The garden room has double doors leading outside and a door to a separate toilet.

Upstairs in High House the good-sized master bedroom has a dual aspect facing south and east with a three-piece en-suite shower room.

Three of the remaining bedrooms are doubles, the fifth is a single and they share the family bathroom which has a fitted three-piece suite in white with a panelled bath and sash window in a deep recess.

Outside are mainly lawned mature gardens to front and back with low-maintenance trees and shrubs. A patio area in the back garden is a pleasant place to sit with steps up to the lawn which is bisected by a cobbled path.

The garden extends southwards into a private, secure paddock which includes woodlands and has gated road access and the newly relaid driveway leads to the detached garage and further ample parking.

High House is perfectly positioned in Thackwaite which sits under Little Mell Fell in the eastern fells of the Ullswater Valley and Blencathra range.

Penrith is less than 15 minutes' drive away with Keswick a 10-mile journey.

High House, Thackthwaite, Penrith, is for sale at £625,000 from H&H King, tel. 01228 810799.