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Delightful home in the country.


DATING from the 17th Century, this country home has a wealth of features such as original fireplaces polished wood flooring Wood flooring is a type of flooring made from the timber of hardwoods, or of spruce or hard pine. There are two basic manufactured types of hardwood. Wood flooring comes unfinished, and once installed is sanded, then finished on site. , deep cornicing and high ceilings.

Accommodation includes a hallway with fireplace and drawing room with marble fireplace and polished timber flooring. There is a study with marble fireplace, and dining room also with marble fireplace and French doors to the back garden. The living room includes a stone recessed re·cess  
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 inglenook style fireplace housing a cast-iron multi-fuel burning stove, and there are two conservatories. The kitchen includes a walkin pantry . A galleried landing provides access to two en-suite bedrooms and a third bedroom. A further staircase provides access to two more bedrooms, family bathroom with cast-iron roll edge bath, and two box rooms.

The property stands within mature and private gardens with paved pave  
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 patio and terraced areas, as well as a greenhouse.

The Gap, Gilsland, is for sale through Northumbria & Cumbria Estates for offers in the region of pounds 450,000, tel: (01434) 600 146.

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PERIOD FEATURES Bill and Fiona Winn at their delightful 17th-Century home in the heart of the countryside.
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Publication:The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Date:Aug 22, 2009
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