Lodge Bank House, Boarsgreave Lane, Cowpe, Rossendale, BB4

A stunning period stone home in this delightful rural location, complete with outstanding gardens with old mill pond. Boasting a double garage and driveway, three reception rooms including a conservatory, plus a quality summerhouse and three double bedrooms, plus a large loft room, with potential to extend (subject to PP). Please call Ryder & Dutton to arrange a viewing. EPC: TBC

Situated in this stunning rural location of Cowpe, in the green heart of the Rossendale valley yet close to shops, a highly regarded grammar school (BRGS) and with excellent links to the M66 for Manchester. Just off a quiet, country lane, there is a large, paved double driveway and a stone built double garage with pitched roof. You can enter the property at the side, or around to the west-facing front where the private gardens begin and where a porch extension leads into this generous, period family home. The porch features a downstairs W.C., ideally situated for use from the extensive gardens, as well as from within and a door from the porch leads into an entrance hall with doors to the two main living rooms and stairs to the first floor. To the left a spacious living room, which is almost 250sqft with front garden views, a cosy fireplace with redbrick back, slate hearth and floating wooden mantelpiece, plus patio double doors into a 120sqft conservatory, with delightful views overlooking the gardens and out to the mill pond, with a fitted living flame, stove-style gas fire and a side door into the c400sqft double garage which has two rear windows and two up and over vehicle doors.

At the opposite side of the ground floor, a second reception room, currently functions as a lounge, but could easily be a dining room, positioned adjacent to the kitchen. There are twin aspects front and side and a gorgeous living modern stove, with sympathetic period styling within a stone wall, with feature stone lintel. A door leads through to a long kitchen with units along most of the rear wall and forming an L-shape where the kitchen extends further. There is space and plumbing for appliances a sink by a rear window and an open rear porch with glass window between the two and door onto Boarsgreave Lane. A door leads down to the useful cellar space where the washing machine is neatly housed in an alcove and there is space for storage with a stone floor and stone table.

The first-floor landing gives access to three large double bedrooms, a modern shower room and stairs to the top floor. Bedroom one is a large double room in excess of 200sqft with twin aspects front and side, over the gardens on both sides and to the hills beyond and there is a gas fire for those cosy winter nights. Bedroom two is a generous 120sqft double room with views over the lodge, whilst bedroom three is 100sqft, extending beneath the stairs to the top floor. The loft room enjoy tall, pitched ceilings, two skylights and is around 220sqft with an open staircase, plus there are large rooms at each end.

The gardens are something else. Private external space there is a largely flat, with lawn areas to the front and side of the property and a fabulous summerhouse complete with two garden windows, parquet flooring and a log stove for year round use. Beyond this generous lawn is a stunning lodge, which has a stone path across the middle, featuring reeds and offering a haven for an abundance of wildlife. Beyond the pond, there is a small, sloped bank leading down to a further 0.3acre flat, lawn garden, offering a multitude of potential uses away from the main residence. The property is connected to mains gas and mains water supply.

Situated a short walk from Waterfoot, you are also just over two miles from Rawtenstall's bustling market town centre, each offering an array of cherished independent shops and facilities, such as Whitaker Park with a popular gallery, museum and bistro. The M66 can be accessed from here with Manchester just 15 miles away.