A Lake District house, once lived in by a prolific author, is on the market for £740,000.
Brackenburn Lodge, at Manesty, beneath Catbells was once the home of the famous novelist Sir Hugh Walpole and is now for sale with PFK.
The property was built in 1905 by the Richardson family as a music room and double garage to Brackenburn.
Sir Hugh extended above to create a writing room and described it as “this enchanted place, this paradise on Catbells.”
It was visited by many other literary greats, including Beatrix Potter and JB Priestley.
The property is set over three levels, garage and utility on the ground floor, kitchen, sitting room, enjoying lake views, on the first floor along with a bedroom and en suite. There are a further three bedrooms and two bathrooms on the second floor, with period features throughout.
Sir Hugh was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing.
Among those who encouraged him were the authors Henry James and Arnold Bennett. His skill at scene-setting and vivid plots, as well as his high profile as a lecturer, brought him a large readership in Britain and North America. He was a bestselling author in the 1920s and 1930s but has been largely neglected since his death.
After his first novel, The Wooden Horse, in 1909, Sir Hugh wrote prolifically, producing at least one book every year.
His first novel to achieve major success was his third, Mr Perrin and Mr Traill, a tragicomic story of a fatal clash between two schoolmasters.
During the First World War he served in the Red Cross on the Russian-Austrian front, and worked in British propaganda in Petrograd and London.
In the 1920s and 1930s, Sir Hugh was much in demand not only as a novelist but also as a lecturer on literature, making four exceptionally well-paid tours of North America.
Between 1909 and 1941 he wrote 36 novels, five volumes of short stories, two original plays and three volumes of memoirs. His range included disturbing studies of the macabre, children’s stories and historical fiction, most notably his Herries Chronicle series, set in the Lake District.
He worked in Hollywood writing scenarios for two Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films in the 1930s, and had a cameo in the 1935 film adaptation of David Copperfield.
