A
charming traditional cottage in a delightfully
secluded rural setting with lovely views of Ben Cruachan and the surrounding countryside.
Hall : Large Sitting/Dining Room with Open-Plan Kitchen
Studio : Mezzanine Office/Study : Shower/Toilet : 3 Bedrooms : Bathroom
Open Fireplace and Propane Gas Central Heating
Magnificent mature garden and grounds - about 2 acres in all.
General:
This appealing property is situated in great privacy in rolling hill farming country above Loch Etive, some 2 miles from the village of Taynuilt. It enjoys lovely aspects of the surrounding countryside and the towering west peak of Ben Cruachan, Argyllshire’s highest mountain and ‘Munro’ at 1126metres (3693 ft). Taynuilt has an excellent range of shops and amenities including a butcher, grocer, newsagent/post office, hairdresser, pub, restaurant, doctors surgery/medical centre and a railway station stop on the Oban-Glasgow line. The village also has a primary school and a popular nine-hole golf course. Oban, twelve miles to the west, is the principal town and ferry port of Argyll and offers a full range of commercial, business and professional services and secondary education. Oban’s airport at Connel (8 miles) handles light commercial, charter and private aircraft.
The house, as it exists today, comprises the original stone farm cottage extended by the conversion and incorporation of an attached byre, also of stone construction. This, complemented by the tasteful appointments employed by the present owners, has produced a charming home of immense character in a wonderful garden and location. Features of the accommodation include a beamed ‘cathedral’ ceiling in the spacious living area which also has an attractive open fireplace and hardwood floor and over part of which is a galleried mezzanine. Heating is by liquid propane gas which fires a combined cooking range and boiler in the kitchen, which is open-plan.
Details of Accommodation:
Rear Lobby with external door to parking area, coat hooks, tiled floor, central heating radiator.
Bedroom: 3.54m x 2.44 with window, central heating radiator, fitted carpet.
Shower Room with window, shower enclosure with glazed door, wc, wash basin, wood lined walls, wall light, wall fan heater, tiled floor.
Studio: 5.37m x 4.26m, half glazed door to garden, 2 windows, central heating radiator, fitted carpet.
Sitting/Dining Room/Kitchen: 9.70m x 4.31m (overall) with beamed ‘cathedral’ ceiling, 4 windows and patio doors to garden, fire with tiled inset and slate hearth, fitted bookcases, hardwood overlay flooring. The kitchen area has a window to the garden and an overhead Velux window, a brick chimney breast flanking an inset Stanley cooking range/boiler, floor standing units with worktops, twin bowl stainless steel sink, a gas hob and oven, dishwasher, wall shelves, spot lights and a tiled floor. There is an open-tread timber staircase from the dining area to:
Mezzanine Study: 4.31m x 3.0m with Velux roof-light window, coombed ceiling, fitted bookcases.
Entrance Hall: 4.70m x 3.12m, half glazed external door and adjacent window, beamed ceiling, exposed stone walls, spot light track, fitted cupboards and recessed chest of drawers, cobbled stone floor.
An access corridor from the entrance hall with window, exposed stone wall, recessed spot lights, central heating radiator and fitted carpet, leads to:
Utility Room: 3.19m x 1.71m with work tops with shelving below, stainless steel sink, plumbed for washing machine, wall shelving, 2 spot lights, vinyl flooring.
Bathroom: 3.19m x 2.81m with window, bath, wc, wash basin with storage, recessed spot lights, heated towel rail, wall fan heater, fitted carpet.
Bedroom: 3.67m x 3.16m with window, recessed spot light, fitted wardrobe, central heating radiator, fitted carpet.
Bedroom: 4.38m x 3.81m with 2 windows, exposed stone wall, recessed spot lights, fitted wardrobe, central heating radiator, fitted carpet.
Store: There is an external store, approximately 7.00m x 4.5m.
The Garden is an outstanding feature of this property which covers an area of approximately one and a half acres. It was designed and built by a former president of the International Plant Propagators Society and was featured by Jim McColl on the BBC Beechgrove Garden programme in 2002. The garden is a mixture of formal and informal components and contains a Japanese garden courtyard, three interlocking large ponds, wooden boardwalks, and a formal pergola area covered in a variety of climbing plants. An additional half acre has been left as naturalised woodland. Over the last thirty years the garden has been planted with an exceptional collection of rare and unusual trees and shrubs. This includes a wide variety of maples, rhododendrons, azaleas, a large collection of iris, primula and hosta and many more unusual plants. The pond edges are well planted and provide cover for duck and other wildlife. There is also a productive poly-tunnel for vegetables.
Services: Mains electricity. Private water and drainage. Telephone and Broadband connections available.
Council Tax: Band F.
Entry: By mutual arrangement.
Title: Feuhold (the Scottish equivalent of Freehold). There is a right of pre-emption in favour of a third party.
Contents: The moveable items mentioned in the foregoing are included in the sale. The sale also includes the growing garden stock and most moveable items in it, including planters and statuary. The few items being taken by the sellers will be pointed out to prospective purchasers when they view the property.
Price: Offers in excess of Four Hundred & Twenty Thousand Pounds (£420,000) are invited and should be submitted to the selling agents.
Viewing: Strictly by prior appointment with the selling agents.