Those barns look lovely thanks but hoping for more of a really luxury cottage with stunning views, countryside, really top end! Willing to pay but cannot see anything
Can you link to some that fit what you see as top end, obviously from some other places in the country so posters can get an idea of what you mean?.
Traditionally the North West is made up of industrial areas, there are very few areas of outstanding natural beauty apart from the Lakes.
Also housing stock is different, there wasn't the lovely honey coloured stone that much of the Cotswold is built from. Cobb wasn't a usual building material that picture postcard cottages are made from. Thatch isn't common either in this area, it's more red brick and slate.
Perhaps there were the type of cottages that you seem to be after but they were lost to the industrial revolution, and probably tiny run down farm houses type of buildings.
I know people are going to disagree and say such a place still exist, but they are pockets dotted around, villages here and there where any views have long since replaced with 'progress' sadly.