A DELIGHTFUL detached house at rural Skelsmergh is on the market for £335,000 with estate agents Thomson Hayton Winkley.

Hylands Cote has fabulous, well-cared-for gardens and magnificent, open views of the countryside, over the valley towards Kendal and the fells beyond.

This attractive and charming property features two reception rooms, a welcoming breakfast kitchen, pantry, utility room, bedroom and bathroom on the ground floor. Upstairs are three more bedrooms, and the house benefits from double glazing, oil and electric heating, a detached double garage and fuel store.

The front porch and hallway lead to the first reception room, with its traditional open fireplace and polished limestone hearth. The second reception room has the cosy addition of a wood-burning stove and a tile and brick fireplace.

The breakfast kitchen has a country look and feel and is fitted with wall and base cupboards, tiled splashbacks, a sink and a fitted shelf, and has space for a fridge freezer, space for a cooker, and a built-in airing cupboard housing the hot water cylinder.

There is plumbing for a washing machine in the utility room, which has a tiled floor, fitted shelf and is home to the oil-fired heating boiler. The pantry also has fitted shelves for useful storage and is large enough to take a chest freezer.

The downstairs bedroom offers a built-in wardrobe and wall lights, and the family bathroom is fitted with a white four-piece suite comprising wash basin, bath, fully tiled shower cubicle with electric shower, and heated towel radiator. The walls are partly tiled.

On the first-floor landing a double-glazed Velux window lets in extra light, and there is a built-in cupboard and loft access.

Of the three upstairs bedrooms, first has a double-glazed window and built-in cupboard; the second has a double-glazed Velux window; and the third has a double-glazed window.

Outside, the double garage has a roller shutter door, sliding door, light and power. There is a timber door leading to the fuel store, which also has light and power, as well as fitted shelves.

Hylands Cote is surrounded by lovely, landscaped gardens that have been carefully maintained by the owners. There are seating areas designed to take full advantage of the beautiful views, alongside lawns, planted beds, established trees and shrubs and a vegetable plot.

The house has mains electricity, non-mains water supply, non-mains drainage,

and oil-fired heating. It is located approximately three miles from the A6 Shap Road on the northern edge of Kendal, and is convenient for the M6 motorway.

www.thwestateagents.co.uk, tel 01539-815700.