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Map5 bedroom detached house
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Detached house
5 beds
2 baths
Key information
Tenure: Freehold
Council tax: Ask agent
Features and description
- Tenure: Freehold
- Closing date 12 noon friday 26 th august
- Prime elevated position with magnificent views to the Loch.
- Five Bedrooms.
- Set within lovely mature garden grounds (including an area of woodland).
- Around 4 acres of land.
- Direct access to the shore and own mooring.
- EPC Rating = F
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Superb period house in magnificent west coast setting.
Closing date Friday 26th August at 12noon
Description
Kames Cottage sits in a commanding elevated position with stunning views over the Kyles of Bute. The property was built approximately 120 years ago in the Arts & Crafts style and was originally constructed for the manager of a gunpowder factory in nearby Millhouse. Today Kames Cottage is a handsome and spacious house which is beautifully presented. The house displays multiple windows throughout, ensuring the home is bright and light and makes the very best of the spectacular sea views. Other fine features include wooden floors, high ceilings and solid timber doors. The property boasts lovely mature garden grounds which also include an area of woodland, and there is direct access to the shore. The property also benefits from having its own mooring just off the beach below.
Accommodation on the ground floor begins with an entrance hallway which leads to a welcoming main hallway with skylight, off which sit all the rooms on this level. The drawing room has magnificent views and a log burner and there is an open plan dining room/kitchen again with a stunning view and doors leading out to the outside terrace. The kitchen itself has a four oven cream AGA and plenty of space for a large dining table. Further living space is found in the versatile family room which could be used for a range of purposes and there is also a downstairs double bedroom and a bathroom. The ground floor is completed by a substantial utility room, pantry and boot room.
A splendid original staircase with decorative balustrade sweeps upstairs to the first floor where there are a further four double bedrooms and an additional bathroom.
Location
Kames Cottage has one of the finest positions in the famous Kyles of Bute with panoramic views. The property is within walking distance of local grocery shops and hotels, as well as a nine hole golf course and a tennis court. The nearby village of Tighnabruaich has an assortment of shops and a doctor’s surgery with pharmacy along with its own primary school. Secondary schooling (day and boarding) is available at Dunoon (24.5 miles). Next door to Kames Cottage is The Kyles of Bute shinty ground. Shinty thrives in the village and there is often a gripping game played on Saturdays during the season. Tighnabruaich Sailing School - just outside the village at Carry Farm is one of the most highly regarded sailing schools in Scotland. There are two art galleries close by and Portavadie Marina has been a great addition to the area with its marina facilities, health spa and restaurants. From here there is a ferry across Loch Fyne to the village of Tarbert on the Kintyre peninsula giving quick access to that area. The 5 minute ferry from Colintraive makes the island of Bute another easy option for day trips from Kames. The only working ocean-going paddle steamer in the world, The Waverley, glides past the house twice a week during the season and is a magnificent sight. The view from the windows of Kames provides a constant source of interest with a changing seascape of boats sailing by.
The surrounding area offers much in the way of outdoor pursuits and is well known for its natural beauty and dramatic scenery. Ever popular with the sailing fraternity, the area also appeals hugely to wildlife enthusiasts – cormorants, herons, guillemots, seals, dolphins, porpoises and basking sharks have all been observed. Sea, river and loch fishing are available in the area. In addition, there are a number of commercially run shoots on nearby estates, which also offer stalking by arrangement.
The Cowal Way provides walkers with a new long distance footpath from Portavadie on Loch Fyne to Ardgartan on Loch Long, through little known and remote countryside. The route is divided into six one-day sections, with an additional seven circular walks linked to the main route.
Square Footage: 2,668 sq ft
Directions
From Glasgow city centre take the M8/A8 west past Port Glasgow, then take the A770 through Greenock and Gourock to the Western Ferries’ terminal at McInroy’s Point. Take the ferry to Hunter’s Quay, Dunoon. Leave the terminal and turn right on the A815 through Sandbank. Continue along and turn left on to the B836. Continue along and turn right on to the A886. After 1½ miles turn left onto the A8003 to Tighnabruaich.
On entering Tighnabruaich turn right at the hotel, keeping the sea on your left hand side. Proceed along the sea front and up past the playing fields (on the left) to Kames Crossroads, where the police station and post office/store are situated. Turn left at the crossroads and go down the lane immediately to the front on the left hand side. Kames Cottage is on the left hand side and proceed along the driveway to the house. Postcode for Sat nav PA21 2AD
Additional Info
Council Tax - Band G
Closing date Friday 26th August at 12noon
Description
Kames Cottage sits in a commanding elevated position with stunning views over the Kyles of Bute. The property was built approximately 120 years ago in the Arts & Crafts style and was originally constructed for the manager of a gunpowder factory in nearby Millhouse. Today Kames Cottage is a handsome and spacious house which is beautifully presented. The house displays multiple windows throughout, ensuring the home is bright and light and makes the very best of the spectacular sea views. Other fine features include wooden floors, high ceilings and solid timber doors. The property boasts lovely mature garden grounds which also include an area of woodland, and there is direct access to the shore. The property also benefits from having its own mooring just off the beach below.
Accommodation on the ground floor begins with an entrance hallway which leads to a welcoming main hallway with skylight, off which sit all the rooms on this level. The drawing room has magnificent views and a log burner and there is an open plan dining room/kitchen again with a stunning view and doors leading out to the outside terrace. The kitchen itself has a four oven cream AGA and plenty of space for a large dining table. Further living space is found in the versatile family room which could be used for a range of purposes and there is also a downstairs double bedroom and a bathroom. The ground floor is completed by a substantial utility room, pantry and boot room.
A splendid original staircase with decorative balustrade sweeps upstairs to the first floor where there are a further four double bedrooms and an additional bathroom.
Location
Kames Cottage has one of the finest positions in the famous Kyles of Bute with panoramic views. The property is within walking distance of local grocery shops and hotels, as well as a nine hole golf course and a tennis court. The nearby village of Tighnabruaich has an assortment of shops and a doctor’s surgery with pharmacy along with its own primary school. Secondary schooling (day and boarding) is available at Dunoon (24.5 miles). Next door to Kames Cottage is The Kyles of Bute shinty ground. Shinty thrives in the village and there is often a gripping game played on Saturdays during the season. Tighnabruaich Sailing School - just outside the village at Carry Farm is one of the most highly regarded sailing schools in Scotland. There are two art galleries close by and Portavadie Marina has been a great addition to the area with its marina facilities, health spa and restaurants. From here there is a ferry across Loch Fyne to the village of Tarbert on the Kintyre peninsula giving quick access to that area. The 5 minute ferry from Colintraive makes the island of Bute another easy option for day trips from Kames. The only working ocean-going paddle steamer in the world, The Waverley, glides past the house twice a week during the season and is a magnificent sight. The view from the windows of Kames provides a constant source of interest with a changing seascape of boats sailing by.
The surrounding area offers much in the way of outdoor pursuits and is well known for its natural beauty and dramatic scenery. Ever popular with the sailing fraternity, the area also appeals hugely to wildlife enthusiasts – cormorants, herons, guillemots, seals, dolphins, porpoises and basking sharks have all been observed. Sea, river and loch fishing are available in the area. In addition, there are a number of commercially run shoots on nearby estates, which also offer stalking by arrangement.
The Cowal Way provides walkers with a new long distance footpath from Portavadie on Loch Fyne to Ardgartan on Loch Long, through little known and remote countryside. The route is divided into six one-day sections, with an additional seven circular walks linked to the main route.
Square Footage: 2,668 sq ft
Directions
From Glasgow city centre take the M8/A8 west past Port Glasgow, then take the A770 through Greenock and Gourock to the Western Ferries’ terminal at McInroy’s Point. Take the ferry to Hunter’s Quay, Dunoon. Leave the terminal and turn right on the A815 through Sandbank. Continue along and turn left on to the B836. Continue along and turn right on to the A886. After 1½ miles turn left onto the A8003 to Tighnabruaich.
On entering Tighnabruaich turn right at the hotel, keeping the sea on your left hand side. Proceed along the sea front and up past the playing fields (on the left) to Kames Crossroads, where the police station and post office/store are situated. Turn left at the crossroads and go down the lane immediately to the front on the left hand side. Kames Cottage is on the left hand side and proceed along the driveway to the house. Postcode for Sat nav PA21 2AD
Additional Info
Council Tax - Band G
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