Directions from the north or south

Approach the area on the M6 motorway

Exit at junction 41 – signed – Wigton B5305 (point A on the map)

Follow this road past Hutton-in-the-Forest where there is a sharp left hand bend shortly followed by a sharp right hand bend

Continue past the Upfront Gallery on the left – (ahead are the aerials of a BBC radio station)

Pass two turnings on the left for Skelton – but after the second turning be prepared to turn left up a narrow road – signed – Ellonby / Pringle House (point B on the map)

Follow this road up to a T junction and turn left

Continue towards the village of Ellonby passing the village sign opposite a playing field on the right

Pass a farm on the right

A junction on the right is reached signed to Lamonby

Sycamore House is opposite this junction on the left

Continue beyond the junction to the end of a sandstone barn on the left and turn left, over a cattle grid, into the courtyard of Sycamore House

Sycamore Cottage is on the right hand side of this courtyard