When we lived in Yorkshire, one of our favourite trips out was to Skipton. It’s great for charity shopping, there’s a fab farm shop, antique centre, a regular outdoor market and some lovely cafés, coffee shops and fish & chip shop overlooking the Leeds & Liverpool canal. We often thought that we’d be happy moving to the town.
Skipton is considered the Gateway to the Yorkshire Dales National Park, the locality that we’ve chosen to be this week’s Property Spotlight. Once again, we’ve picked three properties in the area – the cheapest is £220,000 and the most expensive requires a budget of £1.6 million.
£220,000 – Buttercup Cottage, Millthrop, Sedbergh LA10 5SP
Buttercup Cottage is a charming characterful one bedroom stone built cottage situated in the popular hamlet of Millthrop, a stone’s throw from Sedbergh, an old market town within the Yorkshire Dales.
- Good sized double bedroom
- Bright spacious bathroom
- Lounge with stove
- Fitted kitchen
- Enclosed rear yard
- Designated parking for one car
- View over field and beyond
£465,000 – Yeoman’s Barn, Bridge Croft, Kirkby Malham, Skipton BD23 4BL
- A detached former Dales barn
- 4 bedrooms: Double en suite bedroom to ground floor, 2 further double en suites bedrooms, 1 large single / smaller double
- Living-dining room with wood-burner
- Breakfast-kitchen with AGA
- Cloakroom / WC and utility / pantry
- Manageable rear enclosed patio garden
- On-lane parking to the front
- Pub and church in the village
£1.6 million – Home Farm, Starbotton, Skipton, North Yorkshire BD23
Home Farm is a splendid Grade II Listed stone-built farmhouse that dates originally from 1621. With five bedrooms and four bathrooms, the property has 0.84 acres of land. It features magnificent original details, including exposed timber beams and stonework, flagstone flooring, ornate, decorative wooden panelling and grand open fireplaces.