What an interesting package this is - a substantial farmhouse with a range of outbuildings and 40 acres of grazing land plus a large attached art studio into which light floods.

It also boasts a barn converted to a high-quality house with three en-suite bedrooms that is currently used as a holiday let but which would make a lovely and secure home for relatives.

The main farmhouse has a bright and airy lounge with high ceilings, coving and ceiling rose, and a sitting room featuring inglenook with inset multi-fuel stove in a sandstone surround.

A door from the lounge leads to a conservatory while the sitting room has a door to a dining room which boasts exposed beams, a wooden ceiling and a dual aspect.

From here there is access into the studio which is a versatile space with a mezzanine floor and measuring 34ft by almost 16ft.

It was previously used as a gallery for the owner’s art work and has a lovely feature arch window and door. A mezzanine level provides an art studio to the first floor with storage cupboards and roof windows.

A study and spacious fitted kitchen with beams complete the ground-floor layout.

The first floor houses four bedrooms, a shower room and a bathroom with whirlpool bath.

Externally, Brown Dykes is set back from the road and approached by a long track, which leads into a paved courtyard providing parking, rear access to the house and entrance to Brown Dykes Stables. The double-fronted farmhouse has private wraparound gardens mainly laid to lawn with fruit trees, borders, seating area and pond.

The barn conversion - Brown Dykes Stables - has beautiful original features with exposed beams and sandstone to the first-floor reception rooms, dining kitchen, three en-suite bedrooms, wet room, partial underfloor heating, parking and a private garden to the rear with patio and open views.

Brown Dykes, Scaleby, near Carlisle, is on the market at £975,000 from PFK Estate Agents, tel. 01228 558666.