A beautiful detached house in Lamplugh, believed to date from the 16th century and extensively modernised in recent years, is now on the market.

Bird Dyke Farm retains many traditional features and boasts an inner hallway, large high-quality living kitchen, sitting room, dining room, utility room, study and downstairs cloakroom.

Traditional stone stairs lead to four bedrooms, one with an en-suite shower room, two further bathrooms and a vaulted living room.

Benefiting from excellent open country views, the property has an entrance porch with stone lintel. A wooden door with wooden surround and lintel leads to the sitting room, which has exposed beams, a multi-fuel stove set on a stone hearth, oak flooring and door out to the rear hallway.

The hallway has traditional solid stone stairs to the first floor, with built-in understairs storage, oak beams and a door out to the garden.

A farmhouse-style kitchen with slate floor incorporates solid pine units, oil-fired Aga, four-ring ceramic hob and electric oven, under-counter dishwasher, Belfast sink, exposed beams and feature exposed stone wall. There is space for a free-standing fridge-freezer.

The dining room has exposed oak beams and looks out to the front.

In the utility room are floor and wall cupboards, oil-fired central heating boiler, plumbing for a washing machine, space for a tumble drier and door to the study, which has a range of bookshelves with cupboards under.

The half-landing has a window overlooking the garden and surrounding countryside, an airing cupboard and loft access via a hatch.

An en-suite master bedroom has lovely open country views towards the Galloway hills of Scotland.

Bedrooms two, three and four all look out to the front. Bedroom four has a door leading to an upstairs living room.

This first-floor living room has beams, a vaulted ceiling and excellent open country views. The room has storage units in a light cream finish with butcher block-style counter top, steel sink, space for an under-counter fridge-freezer and dining table. A door leads outside to a small balcony with stone steps down to the external ground floor.

A second bathroom has a three-piece suite. This bathroom, together with the living room and bedroom four, are currently used as a self-contained annexe for an elderly family member. They could also be used for a teenager or as a self-contained flat.

The family bathroom has a four-piece suite with corner shower.

At the back of the house there is a paved patio, lawn, borders and greenhouse. A pathway leads to further lawned areas, fruit bushes, trees and a large expanse of lawn overlooking open fields and views to the Solway Firth.

A gate leads to a paddock with vegetable garden and polytunnel.

The property has a gated drive with parking for several cars, large detached double garage with electric roller door, power, lighting and water supply, internal store room, gardener’s room with toilet and at the rear a further internal tool store, large enough to house a sit-on mower.

Bird Dyke Farm, Lamplugh, is for sale at £550,000 from PFK Estate Agents. For more details see here .