An exceptional character home is for sale in Maryport, occupying an elevated position and with far-reaching views over the Solway Firth.

Alba House has been sympathetically modernised with care and attention paid to preserving character features such as high ceilings, ornate coving and moulding and stained-glass windows.

The accommodation has a sitting room, snug, sun room, open-plan dining kitchen, utility area with shower room, cellar workshop, three double bedrooms with office/dressing room and bathroom on the first floor and three double bedrooms with two storage rooms on the second floor.

From the entrance a door leads to the hallway with solid oak staircase up to the first floor, decorative coving, ceiling rose and chandelier lighting.

Also with coving, ceiling rose and chandelier lighting, the sitting room includes an open fireplace with tiled hearth and surround.

A snug has decorative coving, picture rail, pendant lighting, exposed oak floorboards and living flame gas fire in granite hearth and surround with doors to a sun room, which has a door out to the garden.

The dining room has chandelier lighting, decorative coving, ceiling rose, picture rail and gas stove in a feature fireplace with cast-iron hearth and surround and an archway into the kitchen.

Fitted with a range of contemporary units, the kitchen has space for a free-standing gas range cooker and fridge-freezer, integrated dishwasher, coving and exposed brick chimney breast. A door leads to a rear passageway and utility area.

A ground-floor shower room is fitted with a double shower cubicle with raindrop showerhead.

The utility has plumbing for a washing machine, space for a tumble dryer, built-in storage and doors to the back garden and cellar.

Accessed via sandstone steps there are two rooms in the cellar, both with power and lighting. This space offers an exceptional dry storage area with the ability to be used as a workshop.

On the first-floor landing is a wonderful feature domed skylight with decorative moulding and coving and stairs up to the second floor.

All three first-floor bedrooms benefit from lovely feature cast-iron fireplaces. Rooms two and three look out to the front and room one has rear aspect views.

Bedroom three has a built-in understairs storage cupboard and door to the office, which could be used as a dressing room or be converted to an en-suite bathroom.

The first-floor bathroom incorporates a four-piece suite with free-standing bath and double shower cubicle.

Bedrooms four, five and six all have Velux skylights and under-eaves storage. There are also a further two under-eaves storage areas on the second floor.

At the side and front of the house is on-street parking. At the side and rear is a spacious, enclosed sun trap garden complete with large lawn, patio seating area and raised decking to sit and appreciate the sea and harbour views.

Alba House, Maryport, is for sale at £320,000 from PFK Estate Agents. For more details see here .