Detached house for sale in Dundrennan, Kirkcudbright DG6

The property
This traditional Galloway stone dwelling dating back to 1870, offers a unique opportunity for full refurbishment and space to extend with potential to create your ideal country cottage personalised to provide your own desired accommodation layout. The current configuration provides a sitting-room with generous double bedrooms on either side and kitchen and shower room to the rear. From the sitting-room, there is access to the upper level where further living accommodation could be created with dormer windows already in place. The sitting-room and both double bedrooms all have feature fireplaces with solid fuel fires not currently in use but easily re-instated. The kitchen comprises a range of wall and base units with worktops and tiled splashback. The accessible shower room has a shower enclosure with electric shower, wall-hung wash hand basin and toilet. The cottage is set in its own grounds mainly laid to lawn with store, sheds and greenhouse, backing onto open farmland to the rear and offering unrivalled views to the front of the historic Dundrennan Abbey where Mary Queen of Scots spent her last night in Scotland in 1568 before fleeing across the Solway to Maryport. There is off-road parking to the front of the property. With some upgrading, this cottage would make a fabulous permanent or holiday home providing a delightful comfortable and cosy base from which to explore the picturesque coast and surrounding countryside. Viewing essential to appreciate the full potential of this property, its garden grounds and delightful location.

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transport, schools & amenities
The nearest primary school and pre-school nursery provision are at Kirkcudbright Primary with the nearest secondary school Kirkcudbright Academy (7 miles). The village of Dundrennan has its own tea-room and village hall available for community use. The historic monument of Dundrennan Abbey dates back to 1142. A wide range of individual shops, supermarkets, restaurants, pubs, hotels, offices, doctors and dentists is available in Kirkcudbright, the Artists’ town, along with the newly refurbished Kirkcudbright Galleries arts centre with its own coffee shop and exhibitions, celebrating the town’s links with the renowned Glasgow Boys (and female artists such as Jessie M King) artists’ colony. Kirkcudbright is a picturesque harbour town situated on the River Dee, surrounded by glorious coastline with holiday centres at Brighouse Bay, Borgue, Sandgreen and Auchenlarie with spectacular sunsets and views of the Murray Isles. Historic Kirkcudbright hosts annual arts festivals, summer activities programme, its own Tattoo with Ceilidh, jazz and traditional music events and the Kirkcudbrightshire County Show. It boasts a cookery school and award winning dining experiences including The Auld Alliance and Selkirk Arms Hotel, while Castle Douglas, the region’s Food Town is 15 miles away. A broader range of amenities, plus a university campus and a brand new, state- of-the-art, hospital are available in the regional capital of Dumfries, some 26 miles away. The South West of Scotland is well-known for its mild climate, attractive unspoilt countryside and the diversity of sporting and recreational pursuits. There are good hill walking opportunities in the nearby Galloway Hills and cycling along the newly-designated cycle routes, as well as the Seven Stanes mountain bike routes in the Galloway Forest Park. There are varied sporting opportunities such as trout and salmon fishing on the regions numerous lochs and rivers. For golf enthusiasts, there is the championship course at Southerness and several other courses nearby, including Kirkcudbright, Cally Palace, Castle Douglas, Dalbeattie, and New Galloway. Beautiful Loch Ken has a popular sailing centre with a number of water sports and activities available. The Solway coast is also popular with sailors with both Kippford and Kirkcudbright having safe moorings. The National Trust for Scotland's Broughton House is in Kirkcudbright as well as the wonderful garden and house at Threave Estate which provides training for a number of horticulture students each year and a modern Visitor Centre with an excellent café and shop. The picturesque town of Gatehouse of Fleet is 15 miles away, set in a recognised National Scenic Area on the edge of the magnificent Galloway Forest Park, Scotland’s first Dark Skies Park. There is a mainline railway station in Dumfries and Lockerbie, providing excellent links to both the north and south. The M74 motorway network can be reached in about an hour and there are regular flights to other parts of the UK, Ireland and Continental Europe from Prestwick Airport which is just over 60 miles away to the North. Edinburgh and Glasgow airports can be reached in around two hours. The is a direct rail service from Carlisle to Manchester Airport.

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