Inside ‘Britain’s loneliest house’: Breathtaking property has no sign of people for miles… but you better wrap up warm

THERE'S no sign of people for miles from Britain's loneliest house but its new owners will need warm clothes - and deep pockets.

Skiddaw House, near Keswick in Cumbria, is expected to sell for at least £10million at auction this week.

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Its serene setting is polished with an air of isolation, with the nearest pub in Bassenthwaite village nearly four miles away and the closest shop, in Keswick, five miles away.

Six bedrooms and five bathrooms are inside the home which sits on 3,000 acres of Lake District Land.

It is described by auctioneers as "the most remote home in England".

And with no electricity, gas or telephone mains - meaning no internet - prospective buyers will be cut off in more ways than one.

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There is no other dwelling or structure in sight other than an ancient dry stone wall, reports.

The shortest walking route to the village of Threlkeld takes around an hour and 20 minutes.

And it can't be reached by car as roads up to the house are too winding.

Instead prospective buyers must run, walk or bike to the remote house.

It has previously been used as a hostel for weary travellers.

Andrew Wright, head of Mitchell's Land Agency who's selling the property, said: "It is one of the largest areas of the Lake District national park ever to be sold."

Skiddaw House first went up for sale in 2021 but the lack of electrical facilities stopped it from selling.

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The house was used as a murder scene setting in Hugh Walpole's 1932 novel The Fortress'.

In it, he wrote: "It is one of the loneliest dwelling-places in all the British Isles, the only building from Threlkeld to Dash."

It was relisted with the sweeping land which includes including Skiddaw Forest, Skiddaw Mountain and Great and Little Calva. 

A sealed bidding process will begin on Wednesday with potential new owners submitting bids at the same time so no one will know the other offers.

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