Rusko House

Mid-18th century house with many later 19th century and 20th

century additions. Original house was 2-storey 3-bay piend

roofed with bowed central bay to garden elevation. Flanking

this, 19th century 2-storey asymmetrical wings, with circa

1930's addition to E. All walling 20th century roughcast with

exposed polished granite margins. Over doorway, inserted

stone panel with a small shield bearing arms: quarterly 3

boars heads and 3 crescents, probably indicating the Carson

family of Rusko Tower.

N elevation: 7-bay with projecting piend roofed 1930's bay to

left, central 3-bay 18th century part with advanced

castellated 2-storey 1930's porch to centre. To right, gabled

dormer to 1st, advanced piended bay to extreme right.

S elevation: 7-bay asymmetrical with advanced piend roofed

end bays, that to left more boldly advanced with bay window

on ground, dormer to 1st. Flanking central 3-bay part, single

bays with dormers to 1st with ball finials. Central 3-bay

18th century part has projecting 3-window canted bay to

centre; French door to ground left. Wide piended bay to

extreme right has 2 windows to ground and 2 gabled dormers

with ball finials to 1st.

All with piended graded slate roofs, tall coped axial stacks.

Terraced garden with central steps leading to Haha.