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20 bedroom detached house for sale
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Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Currently used as a private home with a number of rooms let and previously run as a successful hotel.
- Stunning position with amazing views to the sea and beach front access
- Historic house with original features, many rooms and versatile layout
- Previously extended and would lend itself to further expansion and development
Balcary Bay House currently offers over 17,000 sq. ft. of versatile living space and accommodation arranged over four floors. It sits within established grounds in an enviable position nestled within scenic Balcary Bay, enjoying direct beach access and some of the most impressive coastal and mountain vistas in the United Kingdom, looking out across Solway and to the towering Cumbrian Mountains. The property offers an exciting opportunity for a wide range of uses and improvement schemes, which have already been advised on by architects, subject to all the necessary consents and relevant permissions required.
The bright reception hall opens to a range of cloakroom facilities and two further hallways, one of which features a spiral staircase with an ornate barley twist balustrade. On the basement level is a vaulted cellar with a combed ceiling and wide range of versatile store rooms, with good potential for repurposing and conversion for several uses. The ground floor accommodation flows through a selection of elegant living spaces with a wealth of fine period features many of which have incredible sea views. There are two formal dining rooms, one of which has a walk-in bay window and wood carved fire surround and another with a curved triple window and adjacent conservatory, both of which overlook the seafront. Further is a 31 ft. drawing room/library and a central sitting room with painted ceiling beams and a handsome stone carved feature fireplace. The well-appointed professional kitchen sits beside a breakfast room and a utility, with a pair of larder rooms. There are four bedroom suites with bathrooms and a shower room, a bar and a store completing the floor.
A circular stairway rises to the first floor, with a further set of stairs giving access to the top floor. There are 17 further well-presented and light-filled bedrooms with modern en suite bathrooms and various fitted furniture arranged across the first and second floors, with either elevated coastal views or peaceful garden vistas. On the second floor is a larger suite previously used as staff quarters also benefitting from a seafront family room, a dining room and a kitchen.
The property sits within a prime position on Balcary Bay. It is approached via a pillared entrance with wrought iron gates opening to a long gravelled driveway, with plentiful parking beside the residence.
Towering and specimen trees surround and intersperse the mature plot, which also features neatly trimmed hedging and a plethora of expansive formal lawns and planting.
There are spectacular views and steps between a low stone wall down to the beachfront, along with various dining terraces wrapping around the property. Further is a dedicated timber-built yoga room and a large infra-red sauna complex complete with a shower room.
The pretty Galloway village of Auchencairn has a range of local amenities including a school, a restaurant, garage, village hall, award-winning community garden and a wealth of beautiful coastal and cliff walks.
A more extensive array of recreational, shopping educational and cultural facilities can be found at the market town of Castle Douglas under 10 miles distant. Dumfries also provides a mainline railway station, with convenient road connections available via the A75, A74(M) and airports at Prestwick, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Local Authority: Dumfries and Galloway
Services: Mains electricity, water, private drainage, further information can be provided upon request.
Council Tax: Band G. The owners let out the three bedroom block and operate a Café with a commercial Council Levy of £6,300 pa. A new owner can cancel this if they wish to be a private house only (subject to council adminstration).
Fixtures and Fittings: All fixtures, fittings, drapes, furnishings included except for some paintings, clocks, oriental rugs and antique pieces.
Tenure: Freehold
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