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The writer Sir Hugh Walpole spent more than 20 years at this charming house

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Brackenburn

Cumbria, £1.75 million

Brackenburn, Keswick 4 bedrooms, garden room, 1.75 acres Carter Jonas (01539 722592)

The writer Sir Hugh Walpole spent more than 20 years at Brackenburn and described it as ‘this enchanted place, this paradise on Catbells'. The current vendors have owned the house for 22 years and have been respon-sible for developing the gardens, which offer spectacular views over Derwent Water.

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Arabella Youens
Arabella Youens
Arabella began her career at Country Life on the website as an intern. She read Modern History at Edinburgh University and spent a year working (photocopying) for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Barcelona before moving to London where she still lives with her husband and two young daughters.