A 'rare' 18th century Grade II listed farmhouse and watermill has gone on the market for £795,000.
Leap Mill Farm, located at Busty Bank in Burnopfield, comes with three bedrooms, two reception rooms, and farm buildings.
The property is being listed by estate agents Vickers & Barrass.
The property includes a watermill, and farm buildings, and extends to about 3.07 acres.
This includes 1.51 acres of woodland, but additional grassland is available by separate negotiation.
It has retained many of its original features, including exposed beams and traditional shutters.
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The kitchen has white shaker-style units with a tiled splashback, and an integrated oven and electric hob.
Its living room boasts a large multi-fuel stove that provides heating and hot water for the property.
A second reception room has stone flooring and a stone fireplace with brick décor and a stone hearth.
All three bedrooms are located on the first floor, with the larger two featuring cast iron fireplaces.
A family bathroom is fully tiled and comes with a bath, WC, wash hand basin, and a storage cupboard.
The watermill is accessible both internally and externally, with a room housing mill stones and a ladder leading to the room below where the cogs are located.
The property's front features a lawned garden with mature shrubs, and beyond that, a mill pond feeding into a launder that carries water onto the mill wheel and into the Leap Mill Burn.
Farm buildings include a byre with a loft above, a stable, a pigsty/henhouse, a fuel store, a poultry shed, and a three-bay hay shed.
The Farmhouse, aqueduct wall, and attached pigsty/henhouse are Grade II* Listed, while the farm outbuildings and mill race reservoir retaining wall and sluice are Grade II Listed.
It is served by mains water and electricity while heating and hot water are provided by the multi-fuel stove in the living room.
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