Glororum Farmhouse, Glororum, Bamburgh, Northumberland

Rare opportunity for a stunning stone built, period Farmhouse in Glororum, Bamburgh, with a lovely private garden of circa 0.9 acres, extensive driveway parking and great open aspect views to the surrounding fields and countryside.

The Farmhouse in Glororum is a handsome Grade II listed house, with a great history attached, having been the birthplace (1821) and home of John Turnbull Thomson, noted Chartered Surveyor, before he travelled to Singapore and New Zealand, who became the first Surveyor General of New Zealand. The farmhouse, in the same family for many generations, offers a great opportunity as a large family home, or as a holiday/second home or bed & breakfast. In recent years the main house has been used as a successful commercial holiday let, with Original Cottages, with the remainder used for as separate living accommodation.

The Farmhouse, built in ashlar Stone and with a Welsh slate roof, offers impressive and well proportioned accommodation over three floors, with many period features retained including; original twelve and sixteen pane sash windows with working shutters, decorative ceiling coving, an original balustrade staircase and attractive period cast iron fireplaces in the majority of the bedrooms.

Ground floor - Vestibule | Reception hallway with traditional balustrade staircase | Fabulous Drawing room with sash windows overlooking the garden, cast iron wood burning stove set into a period fireplace, wood floors and two storage cupboards | Formal Dining room with a sash window with shutters, cast iron wood burning stove and wood floor boards - small fitted kitchen area with sink, electric hob & oven & space for a fridge | Third versatile reception room | Second entrance vestibule/boot room | Generous farmhouse kitchen/breakfast room with a secondary staircase to the first floor | Large walk in larder/store | Utility room | Ground floor shower room/wc.

First floor - First floor landing | Large double bedroom one, with sash window with shutters overlooking the front garden, cast iron fireplace & storage cupboard | Double bedroom two with a sash window with shutters and fabulous rural views, a cast iron fireplace and built in storage cupboard | Good sized double bedroom three with cast iron fireplace | Double bedroom four | Bathroom/wc with a mains shower over the bath, wc & basin.

Second floor - Second floor landing | Large double bedroom five with a sash windows with west facing views towards the Cheviots, and a cast iron fireplace | Twin bedroom six with a west facing sash window and cast iron fireplace | Bathroom with white suite with shower over the bath, wc and basin and Heritage window to the roof.

Externally - The Farmhouse is approached via an attractive stone pillared entrance, leading to an extensive red gravel driveway with parking for a number of cars. The large gardens are predominantly lawned with a lovely traditional stone wall to the boundary, mature trees, gravel pathways and fabulous open aspect south facing views to the surrounding fields and countryside.

Services: Mains Electric | Septic Tank | Private Water | Oil Central Heating | Tenure: Freehold | Council Tax: Band F | Grade II Listed | EPC: F