Historic Garsdale Station railway cottage up for sale

The property, located at Garsdale Station, is a 'wonderful opportunity' for railway enthusiasts, walkers, and nature lovers.

The original stone-built cottage, which is on the Settle to Carlisle Railway, was built in the age of steam to house the families that tended to this Victorian engineering feat.

H&H Land & Estates has now brought this piece of history to the market.

The property is adjacent to the railway line and offers three bedrooms, a family bathroom, a traditional living room with an open fire, a kitchen/breakfast room, a porch, an inner hall, and a utility room with a downstairs WC.

Outside of the property there is an original outbuilding and coal shed, which provides a handy home office and storage, as well as parking for two cars, and a garden area to the front bounded by the railway line wall.

No 12 Railway Cottage includes the original outbuilding, coal shed and a garden (Image: Supplied)

No. 12 Railway Cottages 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, said: "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."

The cottage offers a base for exploring and enjoying the history of Britain’s historic railway.

The restored Garsdale Station stands across the tracks, and a gate on the far side of the access lane opens up to a view across the open countryside.

Unlike the original inhabitants, the new owners of the cottage will enjoy living in a fully modernised country cottage deep in some of Britain’s 'wildest scenery' but conveniently located midway between the market towns of Sedbergh and Hawes.

For full particulars and to arrange a viewing, interested parties can contact the H&H Land & Estates Kendal office on 01539 721375, or email: kendal@hhlandestates.co.uk