Thelmlea, a detached Victorian villa for sale in Braithwaite near Keswick, is a sizeable home, arranged over three floors and currently used for private residential purposes, but also suitable for use as a guest house.

Also available in addition to the main property are two building plots at £245,000 each and planning permission for two four-bedroom detached houses which could be sold separately.

Set back slightly from the road, Thelmlea is approached via a driveway with a side garden barbecue area, beech hedging and mature shrubs, a rustic rose arbour, further lawned areas and a Lakeland slate patio and pathway.

Entrance to the house is through a studded, solid oak front door under an open veranda with a slate roof and tiled floor. This leads into the vestibule, with a coved ceiling and hallway with door to the sitting room.

Boasting a walk-in bay window, the sitting room includes a gas coal-effect fire set into a marble hearth and grate with a white surround and mantle.

In the lounge/dining room are double sliding patio doors which lead out to the back of the house and a cast-iron wood-burning stove set into an open brick hearth, with a wooden lintel over.

The kitchen has a range of wall and base units, range cooker with three ovens and a seven-burner top, a stainless steel chimney extractor hood, plumbing for a dishwasher, space for a fridge/freezer and a tiled floor. The original external Victorian door leads into rear porch and there is also a downstairs cloakroom.

From the entrance hall a staircase with a dark wood banister rises via a three-quarter landing to the first floor.

Four of the seven bedrooms are on this level, the first and second including en-suite facilities. This floor is also home to the family shower room and bathroom.

From the landing, another single turn staircase rises to a second floor with undereaves storage and three more bedrooms.

The first of these is en-suite with views to the Skiddaw and Blencathra ranges through a dormer window to the front, and the second contains a washbasin and loft access. The third bedroom also has a washbasin.

Around the back of the accommodation is a brick-built detached outhouse, gravel car parking and a detached double garage.

Thelmlea, Braithwaite, near Keswick, is on the market for £545,000 through Smeatons Estate Agents, tel. 017687 72370.