A Grade 2* listed building, the Old Rectory is built round a 14th century Pele Tower,
designed to resist the Border Raiders.
Whilst still retaining its original architectural features it has been sensitively
modernised to provide 6 bedrooms, entrance hall, elegant drawing room, TV lounge, fully-equipped living kitchen and a sensational 650 year-old barrel-vaulted dining
room. Above this is a snooker room with a Tudor fireplace and full size snooker
table.
There’s a lawn/play space to the front, plus off-road parking in a gated drive.
The village has a church, two chapels, a small primary school, a playground, Asby
Beck, St Helen’s Well, Asby Hall, the Alms Houses, and a picturesque sprawl of cottages
and farms. If you fancy a break from self-catering then the friendly village pub,
The Three Greyhounds serves excellent pub grub at weekends - phone 017683 51428
for availability.
Walks
from the village take you to the renowned Great Asby Scar limestone pavements (a
must for geologists and botanists), Rutter Falls, Gaythorne Hall and Goodlie Hill.
Priests Lane, starting at the Old Rectory, takes you over peaceful picturesque fields
to Sunbiggin Tarn and Little Asby via a network of recognised footpaths.
By road, Kendal & the South Lakes, Kirkby Stephen & the Dales, Appleby &
the spectacular Settle-Carlisle railway, and Penrith & the North Lakes are all
within easy reach. Yet Great Asby isn’t en route to anywhere, so there’s little
traffic through the village.
We still 'reserve' the Rectory for our own family get-togethers for 6 or
7 weeks each year, so we can spread out and remember how comfortable a big house
can be.
We think you’ll like the house and the village as much as we do!