A wonderful opportunity for railway enthusiasts, walkers, nature lovers to buy an original railway cottage at Garsdale Station in the North Pennines.
Built in the age of steam to house the families that tended the extraordinary Victorian engineering feat of the Settle to Carlisle Railway, the Railway Cottages at Garsdale Station near Sedbergh are a living reminder of a bygone era. Today it is the perfect place to buy a base for exploring and enjoying the history of Britain’s most spectacular railway located within the Yorkshire Dales.
The original stone-built railway cottage that H&H Land & Estates has brought to the market at Garsdale is adjacent to the railway line itself. The property offers three bedrooms and a family bathroom above a traditional living room with open fire and kitchen/breakfast room, a porch and inner hall, and a utility room with downstairs WC.
No. 12 Railway Cottages, Garsdale is For Sale by Private Treaty through the H&H Land Estates Kendal office at a Guide Price of £220,000
H&H Land & Estates Director, Rachel Bagshaw, says the overtones of The Railway Children at Garsdale are unmistakable. “I’m not sure Garsdale can lay claim to being a location for The Railway Children, book or film, but everything about the Settle - Carlisle railway, the station here, and of course the cottage itself, is exactly parallel to that story, and if you are lucky enough to own this cottage you’ll see the steam-drawn trains passing by like the Railway Children watched and waved to.”
Outside of No 12 Railway Cottage includes the original outbuilding and coal shed, which provides a handy home office and storage, parking for two cars, and a garden area to the front bounded by the railway line wall. Across the tracks stands the restored Garsdale Station, and through a gate on the far side of the access lane the endless view across unspoiled open countryside.
Unlike the original inhabitants, the new owners of 12 Railway Cottages will enjoy living in a fully modernised country cottage deep in some of Britain’s wildest scenery but conveniently located midway between the pretty market towns of Sedbergh and Hawes. The railway carries regular trains to and from Carlisle and Settle, and a trip by train just a few miles to the south will carry you more than 100 feet in the air over the 24 soaring arches of the stunning Ribblehead Viaduct.
For full particulars and to arrange a viewing please contact the H&H Land & Estates Kendal office on 01539 721375, or email the team direct