In A Quiet Conservation Area, Close To Town Centre
Available from £400 per week or from £300 for Short Breaks October - Easter
Sleeps 8 (4 Bedrooms)
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Ashness House is a traditional Lakeland green slate town house situated in a quiet Conservation Area close to the town centre. Heated by gas central heating Ashness House provides a 3 Star Visit England standard of accommodation for large families or groups of walkers. The house has two living rooms on separate floors enabling guests to spread out and find their own space. The house has free WiFi, two widescreen TVs, a DVD player and mini HiFI with iDock and DAB radio. Ashness House is entered through a hallway with a boot store and an extensive library of guidebooks and maps. The house has four bedrooms - two twins and two doubles (one en-suite). Both doubles have king size bed. All fuel and bed linen is included. Towels can be arranged at a cost of £5 per person. There are views to the fells from all the bedrooms and upper floors.
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| Rental Period | Per Night | Per Week | Per Month | Min. Stay (Nights) |
| 2 June 2012 - 14 July 2012 | £600 | 7 | ||
| 14 July 2012 - 1 September 2012 | £700 | 7 | ||
| 1 September 2012 - 29 September 2012 | £600 | 7 | ||
| 29 September 2012 - 20 October 2012 | £550 | 3 | ||
| 20 October 2012 - 27 October 2012 | £650 | 7 | ||
| 27 October 2012 - 3 November 2012 | £750 | 7 | ||
| 3 November 2012 - 22 December 2012 | £410 | - | ||
| 22 December 2012 - 29 December 2012 | £650 | 7 | ||
| 29 December 2012 - 5 January 2013 | £950 | 7 | ||
| 5 January 2013 - 16 February 2013 | £410 | 3 | ||
| 16 February 2013 - 23 February 2013 | £550 | 7 | ||
| 23 February 2013 - 23 March 2013 | £410 | 3 | ||
| 23 March 2013 - 13 April 2013 | £600 | 7 | ||
| 13 April 2013 - 4 May 2013 | £500 | 7 | ||
| 4 May 2013 - 25 May 2013 | £550 | 7 | ||
| 25 May 2013 - 13 July 2013 | £600 | 7 | ||
| 13 July 2013 - 3 August 2013 | £800 | 7 | ||
| 3 August 2013 - 31 August 2013 | £700 | 7 | ||
| 31 August 2013 - 29 September 2013 | £600 | 7 | ||
| 28 September 2013 - 19 October 2013 | £550 | 3 |
Notes on prices
Weekly - Week bookings run Saturday 4pm to the following Saturday 10am.
Short breaks - Available October to Easter (excluding school holidays) from £300 for 3 nights (Friday through Sunday) or 4 nights (Monday through Thursday).
Flexible days - We are happy to quote for any number of days not included in the options above, outside of the main holiday periods - please contact us.
Changeover day
Changeover day May to August and all school holidays is Saturday. Outside this period short breaks and alternative changeovers are possible.
Accommodation
| Bedrooms: | Bedroom 1 on 1st floor is a double with King Size bed and en-suite (shower / wc). Bedroom 2 on the 2nd floor is a double with King Size bed. Bedroom 3 on the 2nd floor is a twin. Bedroom 4 is a spacious attic bedroom with twin beds. |
| Bathrooms: | Bedroom 1 on the 1st floor has an en-suite (shower / wc). Also on the 2nd floor there is a bathroom with wc and shower over bath. |
| Kitchen: | Ashness house has a spacious well equipped kitchen with an electric oven and gas hob, washer / dryer, fridge / freezer, microwave and large farmhouse table. |
| Living Rooms: | On the ground floor there is a lounge with with sofa, armchairs, CD / DAB radio with iPhone / iPod Dock and widescreen freeview TV. The upstairs lounge has 2 sofas, coffee table, flat screen freeview TV, DVD player, Free Wi-Fi & plenty of books / maps. |
| Other: | There is a shared yard and outhouse where bicycles can be stored. In front of the house there is a small gravelled walled garden where bikes / canoes can be stored. |
| Cleaning/towels/ linen/maid service: |
Bedlinen is included and is changed as part of the weekly cleaning. Towels can be provided at a cost of £5 per person. The property is cleaned and managed by a local management company. |
| Amenities/Facilities: | hob/stove oven fridge/freezer microwave washing machine tumble dryer iron/ironing board tv internet access central heating cot |
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Notes on accommodation
The house has free WiFi access and there is an iPod / iPhone dock in the mini Hi Fi system that also has DAB Radio and CD Player. There is also an extensive library of novels, reference books, guides and maps and dozens of DVDs for rainy days. Ashness House is a non smoking house. Sorry we do not accept pets due to family allergies.
Accessibility
Ashness House is a townhouse and unfortunately is unsuited to people who can't use stairs.
Outside
There is a shared yard and outhouse where bicycles can be stored. In front of the house there is a small gravelled walled garden where bikes / canoes can be stored.
Coast/Beach
Fitz Park is 200 yards away and Derwentwater is a short walk via the Churchyard footpath. Supervised paddling is possible in the River Greta at Fitz Park when the river is not in spate. There are several grassy / pebble beaches on Derwentwater where bathing is possible.
The Cumbrian Coast is around 45 minutes drive.
Golf
Keswick Golf course is 5 miles east of Keswick on the A66.
Travel
Keswick is 17 miles west of J40 (Penrith) on the M6.
The nearest rail station is Penrith (3 hours from London Euston) and there are direct train services to Windermere from Manchester Airport. Buses connect both stations to Keswick.
Car hire is available in Penrith and Keswick.
Keswick has bus services to major towns (Carlisle, Penrith, Kendal, Lancaster) and local villages / surrounding countryside. Day tickets are available and don't forget your bus pass if you've got one.
Distances
Keswick town centre is 400 yards away. Fitz Park is 200 yards away and Derwentwater is a short walk via the Churchyard footpath. The leisure centre with flume and wave machine is 600 yards. The nearest shop (200 yards) is the Spar on Shorley Lane that is open until 10pm every day.
Further details
Keswick is a small town situated in the north Lakes on Derwentwater. There are many walks and cycle rides from the front door of the house, both low level and up onto the fells. There is also sailing, canoeing and rowing on the lake and a forest centre with mountain bike trails, ropes course and adventure playground 5 miles away. For the more adventurous there is a climbing wall near the Stone Circle and there are several local companies running climbing / abseiling and paragliding courses.
The town is particularly good for younger families with a leisure pool with waves and slide, new play park, level cycle path, cinema, crazy golf, climbing wall and the lakeshore beaches all within a short walk of Ashness House. Keswick also has the modern Lakeside Theatre with a varied programme. There’s plenty to do without ever having to leave the immediate area and even without moving the car!
Booking notes
30% deposit required on booking and balance required 6 weeks ahead of holiday.
Short bookings are available outside the season / school holidays. Please contact us for more information.
Guest comments
"Lovely house, full of character. Excellent base for our two families" T. Field, Cheshire.
"What a lovely clean well equipped house. I spent the week in the lounge reading and watching the changing light on the fells whilst dad entertained the kids downstairs and round at the parks, bliss" B. Carse, Dorset.
"A brilliant base for our activity week. The cycle store was very handy and we even managed to stow two large canoes in your front garden and then wheel them down to the Lake! Thanks again" R. Greenhalgh, Bolton.
House swap
Consider swap for house sleeping at least 4 people outside main season / school holiday.
Owner profile
About the owner
I first visited Keswick back in the sixties aged 7. My dad took my sister and I up Skiddaw in our wellies and I was hooked on fell walking despite suffering welly rash for a week! I have since returned on many camping / hostelling trips. My wife didn't visit until many years later but she too fell in love with the lakes. Many happy family holidays followed in our camper van until our lads outgrew it. We continue to use this house outside the season for holidays with friends and family. It was always our ambition to own a house in Keswick and eventually retire here. By letting the house in school holidays / during the season you are helping us to achieve this dream. In turn we have dropped our agents and are passing savings directly onto guests. We hope you will have an enjoyable stay.
Year purchased: 2007
Why the owner chose a home in this location
We bought Ashness House as a going concern - the house was previously a post office that closed in the 90s and then a corner shop / taxi office. Local people still know it as the old corner shop! It was divided from the neighbouring property and completely renovated in 2005. We have continued to upgrade the property replacing the boiler with an efficient condensing boiler. We have also replaced much of the furniture e.g. king size beds for the double beds. We are slowly replacing the fawn carpets we inherited with more sensible colours for a house often let out to parties of walkers. The collection of Monet Prints that came with the house have also been replaced with landscape photographs by local photographers.
Unique benefits of the property
Ashness house is ideally located in a quiet conservation area close to the town centre. However, many walks / cycle rides also start from outside the front door so there’s plenty to do without ever having to leave the immediate area and even without moving the car!
Occasionally it rains in the lake district but you can usually see the fells from the upstairs lounge / rooms on all but the foulest of days. To entertain you on such days the house has free WiFi. There are two widescreen TVs with freeview channels and iPod / iPhone dock as part of a mini hifi CD / DAB radio system. There is a DVD player and quite a collection of DVDs to be viewed. There are also three bookcases full of novels, reference books, local guides and maps to help you plan walks, etc.
For booking and further information
Property Ref E3895
Contact Name:
Martin Tonks
(UNITED KINGDOM) +44 01614456285
Alternate Contact Details:
(UNITED KINGDOM) +44 07904107717
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