Millom, LA18 5LX

Accommodation in Brief

Whicham Mill

Sitting Room | Kitchen/Dining Area | Conservatory | Master Bedroom with En-suite | Bedroom | Shower Room

Swallow Barn

Open Plan Sitting Room/Kitchen | Two Bedrooms | Bathroom

Externally

Garden | Parking | Two Stables | Double Door Garage Store | Woodland | In all around 0.81 acres

The Property

Tucked in a quiet green fold beneath Black Combe, Whicham Mill and Swallow Barn sit beside Whitecombe Beck with a private footbridge, mature trees and uninterrupted fell scenery. The two stone buildings are arranged with thoughtful separation, so each holds its own outlook and privacy. Together they offer a calm Lakeland base with the option of proven letting income. Planning permission has been granted to extend and reconfigure the mill to create further living space and an additional bedroom, details available on request.

At Whicham Mill, you arrive to a generous sitting room that reads as a comfortable evening space, slate flags underfoot, painted beams above and a wood burning stove set within a deep hearth. The plan moves through to a practical dining kitchen, shaker cabinetry and timber worktops set around a Belfast sink and range niche, with room for a kitchen table. Daylight gathers in the conservatory, a useful year round transition for boots and dogs after a walk along the beck.

Upstairs, the principal bedroom carries real character and volume, a vaulted ceiling with exposed trusses and an elevated area with a freestanding roll top bath beneath a rooflight. A second double bedroom sits across the landing. The shower room is smart and light, with a walk in enclosure, heated towel rail and contemporary tiling.

Swallow Barn stands a short stroll away, convenient yet discreet. The ground floor is open plan, slate flooring running throughout and seating organised around a modern wood burner. The L shaped kitchen provides generous preparation space and storage, with an adjacent dining area. On the first floor, two comfortable bedrooms sit either side of a central bathroom with a skylight above the bath and over bath shower, arranged for privacy and easy hosting.

The whole holding feels deeply rooted in its setting. The beck can be heard from the gardens, the footbridge draws the eye as you approach and the fellside rises behind the houses.