Orchard Barn and Derwent Lea
Keswick, North Lakes

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Derwent Lea - The lounge looks out at the wonderful view

Two stunning properties set in a sleepy little hamlet with hens, ducks, goats and sheep wandering free. With no more than a few dozen houses, Applethwaite is the most sought-after village around Keswick, and it's not hard to see why.

The village is a sleepy little hamlet, more reminiscent of Madeira than England, with hens, ducks, goats and sheep wandering over the lane. A lane that isn't going anywhere else as the the main road by-passed Applethwaite long before bypasses were thought of. Children and pets are pretty free to wander.

Beside the lane riotous gardens bloom azalea, rhododendron, every kind of shrub hugging the hillside. Streams cascade down Skiddaw on their way to the River Derwent, and tumble merrily beside the road and farmsteads, and yet, you're only a mile and a half from bustling Keswick, with all it has to offer. You can walk along the lane, or on one of the many paths cutting through the village, on their way up to Skiddaw, Latrigg, or into the woods around.

Orchard Barn: The barn has been specially converted for holiday use, and can sleep up to twelve in six bedrooms. Great for family get-together or for parties of walkers and friends! Here you can really enjoy each other’s company in the middle of lovely countryside, but with the delights of Keswick just 2 miles away.

The heart of the accommodation is the superb lounge with its coal fire for those cooler nights (coal provided) and the separate kitchen and dining area, all twenty feet square of it, with patio windows looking out due South over that magnificent view. Here there’s plenty of room to play games together, chat, watch the television (one in each room) or a video, or enjoy each...

other’s company over a leisurely meal.

The kitchen area has all home comforts, including dishwasher, microwave, electric cooker, fridge etc. A separate utility room houses the washing machine, tumble drier and freezer.

Outside on the patio is a great place to relax after a hard day out on the fells with a drink and a snack to watch the sun go down over Bassenthwaite Lake.

The three bedrooms on the first floor share a shower room and a separate WC, and all have built in wardrobes. One has a double bed, the others have twin beds. Upstairs again to the top floor brings three more bedrooms, again a double and two twins, with a very pleasant bathroom. All the rooms up here have Velux roof windows. Bedding in the Barn is sheets and duvets, all provided, though again you need to bring your own towels.

There is also a cot, an iron and an ironing board. Heating is by electric storage heaters, with ancillary electric fires, and the coal fire in the lounge. Sheets and duvets are provided throughout, but you do need to bring your own towels.

The bathroom features bath, shower, washbasin and WC and a very useful airing cupboard. A second washroom downstairs has a WC and washbasin.There are also a cot, high chair and iron. Heating: Oil fired central heating keeps the whole house snug even in deepest Winter. For additional heating in the sitting room there is an open fire.

The price includes oil, electricity, coal and linen.

Derwent Lea: Derwent Lea sleeps 8 in four bedrooms.

It is surrounded by a lovely garden, in which children and pets can play in safety. The lounge looks out at the wonderful view, and is comfortably furnished with a coal fire, colour television and video.

The fitted kitchen is well equipped, with built-in electric cooker, microwave, dishwasher, fridge/freezer, washing machine and tumble drier and of course all the usual kitchen equipment.

The dining room shares the fabulous view, and eight of you can eat here in comfort Upstairs there are four bedrooms.

The master bedroom has a double bed and again looks out on that view. There is also another room with a double bed. The third room has twin beds and the fourth, a set of full sized bunks.

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Orchard Barn and Derwent Lea
Applethwaite
Keswick
Cumbria
CA12 4PN

017687 71375

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Accommodation Type: Holiday Cottages

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Bedrooms: 6

Sleeps: 12

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Details for Orchard Barn and Derwent Lea

Two stunning properties set in a sleepy little hamlet with hens, ducks, goats and sheep wandering free. With no more than a few dozen houses, Applethwaite is the most sought-after village around Keswick, and it's not hard to see why.

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