Lovely scenery, a spacious modern interior with quality as standard and gardens with a summer house and woodland, this impressive executive-style home has lots to recommend it.

It is set on a small prestigious development on the outskirts of the sought-after village of Hayton, which has an active community, pub and renowned primary school as well as being convenient for travel to Carlisle, Hadrian's Wall and the Lake District.

Chestnut House has an entrance hall with an understairs storage cupboard and doors to the cloakroom, study, dining kitchen, sitting room and snug.

The cloakroom has a white two-piece suite, part-tiled walls, a ceramic tiled floor and ceiling spotlights while the small study is ideal for home working with a built-in desk, drawer and cabinets.

Glazed oak doors open to the lounge which is a good-sized room with a feature fireplace, ceiling spotlights, a front window and French doors to the back garden.

A snug and a sitting room with bay window and French doors to the garden are the other reception rooms.

The impressive dining kitchen has quality oak wall and floor units with granite work surfaces. The centre island also has a granite worktop as well as a wine rack.

Appliances include a freestanding Stoves range-style cooker with five-ring induction hob and extractor hood and an integrated dishwasher and fridge.

There are French doors to the side, glazed oak doors to the sun room and an oak door to the utility which also has oak units plus a door to the integral garage.

A sun room with pitched ceiling, Velux windows and doors to outside complete the ground-floor layout.

The first-floor landing has a pull-down ladder providing access to the part-boarded loft space. Doors lead to the five bedrooms and family bathroom.

The master bedroom has fitted wardrobes with sliding mirror-fronted doors and an oak door to the en-suite shower room.

The second bedroom also has an en-suite shower room and of the remaining three bedrooms, the smallest at almost 11ft by 9ft 5in could be used as a dressing room, having built-in furniture.

The four-piece family bathroom has a double shower cubicle with rainfall shower head, part-tiled walls and a ceramic tiled floor.

The integral double garage has two electric up-and-over doors with an understairs storage cupboard and a door and staircase to the games room.

This is a large space at 23ft 6in by 15ft 5in withloft access, two radiators and undereaves storage.

Outside Chestnut House is a mature lawned front garden with borders housing a variety of plants and shrubs, and a sweeping block-paved driveway providing off-road parking for several vehicles.

Adjacent is a woodland area owned by the property and to the side of the house is an Indian Sandstone patio and wooden summer house with pitched roof housing a whirlpool bath.

At the back of the house is another well-established garden with Indian sandstone patio areas, a border with mature plants, shrubs and trees, a vegetable plot, a shed and a greenhouse.

Chestnut House, 3 The Woodlands, Hayton, is for sale at £600,000 from Cumbrian Properties. Full details available here .