A unique 60s bungalow is on the market for £565,000 in West Cumbria.
Rheda Cross, in Frizington, is a 1960s architect designed bungalow that boasts retro features including wood panel ceilings and floors, sliding doors, floor to ceiling windows, a fireplace with a long copper hood and a modernist garage.
The home on Rheda Park is being marketed by Lillingtons Estate Agents freehold and sits in extensive grounds, has four bedrooms, three reception rooms, two bathrooms and a detached double garage by the roadside.
It also has an enclosed tennis court, woodlands and a stable block with a tack room and hay barn, a patio, gardens, and a further five acre paddock directly behind the stables that may be available through separate negotiation.
A plot with lapsed planning for a two storey home and future development potential also sits to the right of the bungalow.
The home was built on the original site of the Rheda Mansion – which was home to the Dixon family from 1584 to 1952 before it was later demolished in the 70s.
In the mansion’s heyday, it is believed to have been a country retreat for actress Vivien Leigh.
In 2022, the ruined coach houses on Rheda Park, that were part of the mansion, were restored and transformed into holiday accommodation.
Several historic features from the plots time as mansion still remain, including dressed sandstone walling, garden steps and the Lacon Cross, a listed medieval stone monument.
The home also has a driveway leading to the house, which forms a carriage sweep with turning circle and covered drop-off.
At the home’s entrance it has a covered parking drop off area at the front of the property provides access to a glazed door and windows into a porch and hall.
The entrance hall is generous and has doors to the homes rooms, opening into the dining room with three windows to front, two double cupboards, each with twin doors, further built in cupboard.
The dining room has a double glazed window to side, sliding double doors open into living room, a door to the kitchen and space for family table and chairs, and wooden flooring throughout the home.
It also has a generous living room with a high ceiling and a glazed end wall with sliding double glazed patio doors to the garden, plus other windows to the rear, a fireplace with a copper style hood and slate hearth.
The kitchen and breakfast room has fitted base and wall kitchen units with work surfaces, a single drainer sink unit, integrated dishwasher, space for a washing machine and cooker, double glazed door to garden, four double glazed windows to rear, a breakfast area with space for a table and tiled flooring.
Two of the bedrooms also boast en-suite bathrooms that have bidets, cupboards and sliding doors.
Lillingtons Estate Agents said the property has potential to be re-built or renovated but that the site could also be developed on a bigger scale, subject to planning permission.
The home is also a short drive away from Cleator Moor and Whitehaven. It is also on mains water, gas, electric and drainage.
