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Price: £649,500

Agent: Milne Moser

T: 01539-725582

W: www.milnemoser.co.uk

AN ATTRACTIVE period property with a successful and established cattery business has come onto the market in the village of Scales, near Ulverston.

Spring House is full of character and is beautifully presented, with wonderful gardens, plenty of parking, and a barn that offers great further potential, says the agent, Milne Moser. Extra land may also be available by separate negotiation, and the cattery can be closed if not required by the new owners.

The house is approached along a sweeping gravelled driveway. The scene is set by a stone-built porch with slate bench seats, and Gothic-inspired wall panelling makes for a striking, double-height central hall with gallery staircase.

The dining room looks onto open countryside and its features include an open fireplace, alcoves, an ornate ceiling rose and cornices.

The lounge has windows on two sides and a cream enamel multi-fuel stove set within a carved wooden surround and tiled hearth.

The parquet-floored study offers another fireplace, with green slate hearth, and the sun room has lovely views over fields to Mere Tarn.

Handmade oak units with granite worktops give a substantial feeling to the dining kitchen, which includes a Stanley cooking range that also provides the heating. A separate utility room has a spacious airing cupboard.

Upstairs, the master bedroom offers a walk-in wardrobe, dressing room and a large en suite with bath, vanity wash basin, shower cubicle and toilet.

There are three further bedrooms with pleasant views over the garden, fields and valley, and one of the rooms has a built-in cabin bed with drawers and shelves.

A heritage-style four-piece suite with a pretty floral motif is fitted in the family bathroom, which has a Velux window and oak floor.