Property description

Rusko is a fine detached residence c.1926 pleasantly situated on elevated ground with a southerly aspect and commands uninterrupted views of the surrounding rural countryside of Cartmel Valley yet conveniently located just three miles from the southern shores of Lake Windermere and three miles from the popular town of Grange-over-Sands with it's numerous amenities including shops, cafes, post office, banks and a highly regarded primary school.



The accommodation briefly comprises five bedrooms, a dressing room, two reception rooms, breakfast kitchen, two bathrooms and cloakrooms, a study, laundry room, utility room, pantry, tack room and store and is completed by the magnificent entrance hall which boasts a circular galleried balustrade.



The grounds are laid to lawns and terraces with many flowering shrubs and mature trees and features a heated open air swimming pool overlooked by a sunroom, purpose built barbeque area and terrace.



In addition there is a four acre paddock and outbuilding together with a double garage and ample parking and turning on the substantial limestone gravel driveway.

 

PORCH 4' 11" x 4' 0" (1.52m x 1.23m) Timber door with fanlight over, tiled floor, coving. 

ENTRANCE HALL 11' 10" x 11' 10" (3.62m x 3.62m) Circular balustrade, traditional cast iron radiator, parquet floor, coving, corbels, wall lights. 

HALLWAY 13' 4 max" x 4' 11" (4.06m x 1.52m) Parquet floor, understairs cupboard housing oil central heating boiler, sliging sash window and external door. 

SITTING ROOM 19' 10 max" x 16' 0 max" (6.05m x 4.88m) Double glazed window, single glazed window, two radiators, traditional open fire with marble hearth and back panel and timber surround, wall lights. 

DINING ROOM 13' 10" x 11' 10 max" (4.24m x 3.61m) Two single glazed sliding sash windows, two radiators, feature alcove housing traditional open fire with tiled hearth and back panel and timber surround, built in cupboard, serving hatch, coving. 

LOUNGE 19' 3" x 19' 0" (5.89m x 5.80m) Double glazed window, single glazed sliding sash window, radiator, feature fireplace to alcove with tiled hearth and back panel and timber surround, coving, wall lights, television point. 

BREAKFAST KITCHEN 17' 0 max" x 13' 10 max" (5.18m x 4.22m) Two single glazed windows, radiator, good range of base and wall units, sink unit, AGA, built in oven, hob with extractor over, tiled splashback, tiled floor, built in cupboards, part granite worktop, coving. 

PANTRY 8' 11" x 3' 11" (2.73m x 1.21m) Single glazed sliding sash window, space for fridge freezer, tiled floor, fitted shelves. 

UTILITY ROOM 8' 4" x 5' 9" (2.56m x 1.77m) Single glazed sliding sash window, sink unit, plumbing for dishwasher, built in traditional base and wall units, built in cupboard, tiled splashback. 

BOOT ROOM 8' 11" x 8' 8" (2.73m x 2.66m) Two single glazed sliding sash window. 

SHOWER ROOM 8' 6" x 6' 6" (2.61m x 2.00m) Single glazed window, W.C. wash hand basin, bidet and shower cubicle with electric shower, recessed spotlights, tiled walls and floor, extractor fan, loft access. 

LAUNDRY ROOM 6' 9" x 6' 0" (2.06m x 1.83m) Single glazed sliding sash window, traditional butler sink with timber drainer, plumbing for washing machine, fitted shelf. 

STORE ROOM 6' 8" x 4' 11" (2.04m x 1.51m) Single glazed sliding sash window, built in cupboards. 

CLOAKROOM 8' 2 max" x 8' 0" (2.49m x 2.45m) Single glazed sliding sash window, heated towel radiator, wash hand basin, coat hooks, coving, telephone point. 

WC 5' 8" x 3' 5" (1.73m x 1.05m) Single glazed sliding sash window, W.C. 

LANDING 38' 1 max" x 17' 5 max" (11.61m x 5.31m) Galleried circular landing with feature ceiling including leylight above, double glazed sliding sash window, double glazed window, airing cupboard housing hot water cylinder, traditional cast iron radiator, corbels, library hall, loft access. 

BEDROOM 19' 3 max" x 15' 11 max" (5.87m x 4.85m) Double glazed window, wash hand basin, radiator, coving, picture rail. 

BEDROOM 19' 2 max" x 16' 2 max" (5.84m x 4.93m) Double glazed window, radiator, wash hand basin, mirror with wall light, shaver point, coving, picture rail, telephone point. 

BEDROOM 13' 11" x 12' 0" (4.26m x 3.67m) Two single glazed sliding sash windows, two radiators, wash hand basin, coving, picture rail. 

BEDROOM 13' 11" x 9' 6" (4.25m x 2.92m) Single glazed window, radiator, coving, picture rail.  

ADJOINING WASHROOM 7' 6 max" x 4' 9 max" (2.29m x 1.45m) Wash hand basin, fitted shelves, coat hooks. 

BEDROOM 8' 4 max" x 7' 2 max" (2.54m x 2.18m) Single glazed sliding sash window. 

LINEN CUPBOARD 9' 0" x 5' 0" (2.76m x 1.54m) Lead glass window, fitted shelves and hanging rails. 

BATHROOM 10' 6" x 8' 4" (3.21m x 2.56m) Single glazed sliding sash window, radiator, heated towel radiator, wash hand basin, bath with mixer shower, tiled walls and floor, recessed spotlights. 

W.C. 5' 8" x 3' 5" (1.74m x 1.05m) Single glazed sliding sash window, W.C. 

DOUBLE GARAGE 21' 10" x 20' 6" (6.68m x 6.27m) Two up and over doors, pedestrian door, three single glazed windows, light and power. 

SUNROOM 6' 6" x 6' 6" (2.00m x 2.00m) Single glazed French doors, single glazed windows, wall light, tiled floor - Overlooking the swimming pool. 

OUTBUILDING 17' 1" x 10' 11" (5.21m x 3.33m) Stable door, two double glazed windows, light and power. 

STORE 8' 6" x 4' 6" (2.60m x 1.38m) Light. 

OUTSIDE The gardens amount to just under an acre and offer an open air heated swimmng pool and a purpose built barbeque, fuel store and terrace together with hedges, rockeries, mature trees and bushes including three established magnolia trees, pampas grass, rhododendrons, shrubs and border planting. There are well proportioned lawns and patios including a wishing well and a paved patio overlooking the lawn and a delightful parcel of woodland.



There is a substantial limestone gravelled driveway providing ample parking and turning together with a double garage and in addition to the grounds is a four acre paddock and a outbuilding.