Country house for sale in Lawkland, Austwick, North Yorkshire LA2, £5,250,000

5,250,000.00

Offer Nr.:
65767837
Type of ad:
for Sale
Property type:
Country house
Contact name:
Strutt & Parker - National Estates & Farm Agency
Phone(s):
020 8115 0263

* Freehold
* Grade I listed 16th century manor with 9 bedrooms
* Beautiful landscaped gardens, grounds and lake
* Two 3 - bedroom cottages
* Lawkland Hall Farm let on a long - term tenancy
* Commercial and amenity woodland
* Pheasant shoot, flight pond and roe stalking
* Income approx. £79, 000 per annum
* About 545 acres in all
* For sale as a whole or in up to three lots
Lawkland Hall is a beautifully private country estate located in open
countryside near Settle on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales. The estate is
centred around an historic Grade I Listed 16th century manor which extends to
8, 868 square feet over three floors. Importantly the house has been modernised
and maintained to a high standard in recent years, now offering nine bedrooms,
four reception rooms and an open - plan kitchen/dining room.
The house is surrounded by carefully curated gardens and grounds including a
lake which divides the grounds from Lawkland Hall Woods and the surrounding
land. Beside the house lies two three - bedroom, semi - detached cottages and an
array of stone outbuildings and stores.
The land within the estate surrounds the house on all sides. All of the
farmland is let to a dairy farmer on a long - term agricultural tenancy, which
includes a farmhouse and a range of farm buildings housing the dairy herd and
milking parlour.
Directly behind the house lies Lawkland Hall Woods, a mixed mature woodland of
almost 80 acres laid out in one block. The current owners run a shoot amongst
other sporting activities.
The estate is for sale as a whole or in three lots as set out below:
Lot 1 – Lawkland Hall: Grade I Listed manor | A pair of semi - detached cottages
| Gardens and grounds | About 7 acres
Lot 2 – Lawkland Hall Farm: Farmhouse, farm buildings and land subject to a
Farm Business Tenancy | woodland and game crops | About 459 acres
Lot 3 – Lawkland Hall Wood & Sporting Rights: Mixed mature woodland | Sporting
rights across Lot 2 | About 79 acres

Lawkland Hall Estate occupies
an enviable position in the Trough of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural
Beauty (aonb), close to the Yorkshire Dales National Park, in the county of
North Yorkshire. The surrounding landscape is characterised by mixed livestock
farming, ancient woodland and rolling countryside.
Lawkland is an attractive hamlet on a quiet country lane with good access onto
the A65 and to Austwick village. The pretty village of Austwick (1. 8 miles) is
well served by a church, post office/village store, village hall and tennis
club. There’s a choice of places to eat with the Gamecock Inn and the Traddock
Country House Hotel.
Giggleswick (3 miles) is in a well - deserved Conservation Area and an extremely
attractive village with many old and historic buildings. The village has a
railway station, on the Leeds to Morecambe line, historic church and two pubs,
the famous Giggleswick School (which opens up many of its facilities to
locals) and a popular nine hole golf course.
Settle (4 miles) offers a full range of commercial, educational and
recreational amenities including a Booths supermarket. The area is renowned
for excellent schools including independent schools at Giggleswick and
Sedbergh, Ermysted’s Grammar School for boys and the Girls’ Grammar School in
Skipton together with a good selection of state schools; Settle College in
Settle and Queen Elizabeth School in Kirkby Lonsdale. Primary schools are
either at Austwick, Giggleswick or Settle.
For those keen on outdoor life, Lawkland Hall Estate is on the edge of the
magnificent Yorkshire Dales National Park, an area of stunning scenery and
surrounded by thousands of square miles of dales and hills, nature and
wildlife. The area affords every choice of country pursuits on your doorstep.

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