Detached house for sale in Dunyveg, Knockbuckle Road, Kilmacolm, Inverclyde PA13

Description
Dunyveg is a handsome detached house which is set on fine corner gardens on Knockbuckle Road and Knockbuckle Avenue. This is a mature residential village location with surrounding homes offering a pleasing mix of Victorian, Edwardian and Arts and Crafts styled architecture.

Dunyveg is an immediately appealing home, completed in mainly white painted harled exterior with mock Tudor strapping, smooth red ashlar stone detail to window mullions, doors and top bands at the gables. The house is under a slated roof and there are distinctive overhung eaves and a projecting canopy at the front entrance.

The house is set on level corner gardens which are well established and beautifully stocked with mature hedging, pollarded limes, all underplanted with wide ranging shrub, bush and border plants. Rhododendrons are a feature and provide a riot of springtime colour.

Internally the house is exceptionally well presented and beautifully decorated. There has been the careful and sensitive preservation of period features including heritage cast iron radiators, beautifully restored and French polished timbers, period fireplaces, cornices and detailed plaster work. All of the period features combine to provide a sense of style and establishment, and these have been carefully teamed with contemporary kitchen and bathroom ware, all with complementary coloured ceramics.

Ground Floor
Overhung outer canopy porch, outer storm door to entrance vestibule with mosaic tile
flooring, bevel glass door to broad entrance reception hallway with hardwood flooring in
herringbone effect, cloaks/wc, to under stairs stores, electrical switchgear, sitting room with
deep box bay window formation, part glazed Edinburgh press with detailed carving, limestone fireplace with slate slips and hearth and warming open fire, pitch pine restored flooring, drawing room with bay window formation, picture rail, restored pitch pine flooring, detailed plaster work to ceiling, intricate timber fireplace with marble slips and hearth incorporating coal burning,
living flame effect gas fire. Dual aspect formal dining room with restored pitch pine flooring, timber fireplace into chimney breast mantle with glazed cabinetry, slate slips and hearth with coal burning living flame effect gas fire. Former butler’s pantry with original painted furniture and tiled floor, communicating door to expansive kitchen with centre island incorporating deep Belfast sink set in polished granite worktops, 4 oven Aga range cooker, excellent space for informal dining/breakfasting table and chairs, large floor tile and complementary coloured ceramics, window box seating, door to fitted utility room with gas boiler (1), large floor tile, door to rear gardens and access hatch to small attic. Home office/study.

First Floor
Broad, natural pine period staircase with timber banister, fluted spindles and ball top newel posts leading to three quarter landing, steps to feature minstrel gallery, broad full upper hallway leading to bedroom 1 with front facing dormer window, original decorative white fireplace with tiled slips, bedroom 2 dual aspect to side and rear, original decorative white fireplace with tiled slips, linen cupboard with large capacity sealed domestic hot water tank system, family bath and shower room with opaque glazed windows to rear, tiling to floor and full height, bedroom 3 dual aspect to side and rear, bedroom 4 (master suite) windows to front, en suite shower room with opaque glazed window and tiling to floor and full height.

Second Floor
Staircase to second floor level with velux window illuminated upper hallway, bedroom 5 with 2 velux windows to rear, en suite shower room, convenient access to long term attic space stores, access to gas boiler (2) and further general-purpose stores.

Outbuildings
Double garage with separate up and over doors, velux windows, potting shed and garden equipment store at
rear, summer house.

Gardens
Steel outer gates set in stone perimeter wall leading to honey gravel driveway and vehicle hardstanding apron. A honey gravel path with well-defined stone edges surrounds the house and is fringed with well stocked herbaceous beds featuring colourful rhododendrons, contorted willow, pollarded limes, pieris, magnolia and yew tree in the western corner. The front gardens are to a mature level lawn fronted by well pruned mixed hedging over a dwarf stone wall to Knockbuckle Road. A steel pedestrian gate is to the eastern side and leads to a further honey gravel pathway via further well stocked beds and mixed hedging to the rear gardens. Rotary dryer, rear level lawn bounded by stone wall and further mixed hedging, well stocked and raised bark mulched alpine beds with mixed heaths and spring bulbs. A large slab flagstone pathway leads to the potting shed.

Local Authorities
Inverclyde Council, tel:

Services
Mains water, mains gas, gas fired central heating with 2 boilers, 1 servicing upstairs and 1 servicing downstairs, double glazing, mains drainage, light and power to garage, outside water point.

Note: The services have not been checked by the selling agents.

Council Tax
Dunyveg is in council tax band H and the amount of council tax payable for 2024/2025 is £4,882.95 including water and sewerage. Since these figures have been issued by the local council, a discount of 8% will be applied to the council tax element (excluding the water and sewerage).

EPC

EPC rating E.

Situation
Dunyveg is situated on Knockbuckle Road in the western side of Kilmacolm Village. The house is set amid mature, level and strategically stocked corner gardens, the shrubs, trees and hedging of which provide year-round colour, interest and good levels of privacy and seclusion.

The centre of the village is only about 0.5 mile away and is a pleasant, generally level walk via the lovely green of Birkmyre Park. Kilmacolm village centre has been nicely re-developed including hard and soft landscaping. The centre is pretty and has a real sense of community. There are local stores including a larger type Co-op offering good everyday provisions, as well as popular village restaurants, boutique type home stores and coffee shops. The community centre and library are now at the very pleasant pedestrianised heart of the village. As well as being a popular meeting and gathering point, it is also home to the occasional farmers Saturday market.

The village has a thriving social community and there are clubs catering for golf, tennis and bowling. Kilmacolm Golf Club is about a mile away to the northern side of the village. The course is a challenging 18-hole heath/parkland course designed by the acclaimed course architect James Braid. The village also has an excellent health and fitness centre at Birkmyre Park.

Surrounding countryside is some of the most attractive in West Renfrewshire and for the outdoor enthusiast this is fine walking country. The Sustrans cycle track leads to and connects with many other parts of central Scotland.

The Knapps is famed for its brown trout angling and the River Gryffe has runs of salmon at the back end, both require fishing permits. There are some small shoots run locally as well as rough shooting, both of which can be arranged with local land/estate owners.

Castle Semple Loch offers inland sailing, and the Firth of Clyde has excellent chandlery and marina services at Inverkip, Largs and Ardrossan as well as some of the UK’s most scenic and enjoyable coastal sailing.

Kilmacolm has an excellent local primary school and the independent St Columba’s, with its enviable record of academic achievement, richly deserves its sought-after label. Glasgow has further independent schooling.

The Braehead and Silverburn retail villages are around 15 miles to the south and there one can find a tremendous range of high street multiples together with M&S and Sainsbury anchor stores. Braehead also has an ikea furniture store.

Glasgow city at 17 miles has all the cultural, higher educational and leisure services normally associated with a major international centre.

The village has a regular bus service to Glasgow and there are main line rail links at Langbank (4.5 miles) and Johnstone (7 miles). Glasgow Airport is only 10 miles and offers domestic and international flights.

The A761 leads to the A737 and subsequently to the M8 motorway corridor which provides fast motor car access to central Scotland and beyond.

Travel Directions
From Glasgow city centre proceed in a westerly direction on the M8 motorway. After 10 miles bear left at junction 29 following signs Irvine on the A737. After 2.8 miles take the Johnstone exit and turn right at traffic lights. Continue straight at next set of traffic lights and turn left at the roundabout on the A761. Proceed for 6 miles through Brookfield and continue through Bridge of Weir before reaching Kilmacolm. On arrival in Kilmacolm, continue on Bridge of Weir Road to the cross then turn left onto Lochwinnoch Road. Continue down Lochwinnoch Road for about 0.3 miles then turn right onto Knockbuckle Road. Continue along Knockbuckle Road for 0.4 miles to find Dunyveg on the right-hand side."
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