The house was put up for sale again in November 2023 with local agency Mitchell's Land & Property. They described it as “the most remote home in England”. This time, however, Bland threw in a whopping 3,000 acres (1,214ha) of land, including the world-famous summit of Skiddaw Mountain, two further peaks and the entire Skiddaw Forest.

A buyer was found and the property was snapped up for an undisclosed figure – although, according to the British newspaper The Guardian, the asking price was in the region of £10 million ($13.2m).

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