McIntyre & Company Solicitors & Estate Agents

38 H IGH STREET , F ORT WILLIAM , PH33 6AT ♦♦♦ TTT. 01397 703231 ♦♦♦ F . 01397 705070 ♦♦♦ E . property@solicitors -.com

POLNISH HOUSE, LOCHAILORT

Large Detached Four Bedroomed Family Home in Secluded Rural Location

• Entrance Hall • Large Living Room/Dining Room • Family Sitting Room • Kitchen • Four Double Bedrooms (one en-suite) • Bathroom • Downstairs Toilet • Oil Central Heating • Spacious Secluded Garden Grounds • Double/Triple Glazed Throughout

PRICE: OFFERS OVER £275,000

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Polnish House, Lochailort sits in its own large secluded grounds, some two miles west of the Inn at Lochailort. Erected in 1856 the property was Polnish School and Schoolhouse, until 1894, following the death of its one and only teacher, Archibald MacDonald. It then became a hospital for the construction workers on the West railway line, funded from the profits of their alcohol consumption! Following completion of the railway line it was converted to a spacious dwellinghouse. A number of original features can still be seen throughout the property, most notably in the Living Room/Dining Room, which was the original school room. Like many properties of this age it is a “work in progress” and will benefit from some further renovation and/or repair.

The nearest village is Arisaig, some six miles further west which provides Post Office, shop, café and hotel, and the main district town of Fort William is a forty minute drive to the east. There is a railway station at Lochailort, on the . A regular bus service runs to/from and Fort William. The nearest licensed premises are the Inn at Lochailort.

Location – Travelling west from Fort William Main Living Room/Dining Room (4.8m x on the A830 “Road to the Isles” drive 8.8m) – Former school room with original approximately 1.8 miles beyond the Inn at features. Two feature fireplaces. Full height Lochailort. Once the road reaches its highest roof. Exposed timber beams. Dado rail. point then drops, with a large parking bay on Central heating radiator. Five windows (two to the left hand side. Immediately past that, front, three to rear). Door off to front garden again on the left, is the access drive to Polnish and drive. Window seats. Stove in one House. fireplace. Chandelier light fitting. Leading off to central Hallway with stairs to first floor accommodation.

Accommodation :-

Front Hallway – Fitted bookcase. Front Porch with ample room for footwear and coats. Stairs to first floor accommodation.

Family Sitting Room (3.7m x 5m) – Windows to front and side. Open fireplace. Central heating radiator. Telephone point. Fitted carpet.

Large Kitchen/Dining (3.4m x 6.3m) – Master Bedroom (4.m x 3.5m) (with en-suite Windows to back and side. Oil-fired Raeburn. Bathroom off) – Window to front. Timber Hand-crafted kitchen units. One and a half flooring. Central heating radiator. Partially drainer sink. Timber flooring. Telephone coombed ceilings. point. Large built-in larder cupboard. Door off to back Hall housing central heating boiler, En-suite Bathroom of shower, wash-hand washing machine, Belfast sink, built-in wall basin and wc. Velux window. Central heating units and back door. radiator.

Downstairs Bedroom (3.7m x 3.6m) – Bedroom (2.3m x 2.75m) – Windows to side Window to front. Timber flooring. Central and rear. Central heating radiator. Partially heating radiator. Double spotlight. coombed ceilings. Carpeted.

Downstairs Toilet (1.2m x 1.8m) – Window to side. Central heating radiator. White two- piece suite of wash-hand basin and wc. Medicine cabinet.

Bedroom (3.65m x 5.7m) – Windows to front and side. Carpeted. Central heating radiator. Partially coombed ceilings. Linen cupboard off landing.

First floor landing with eaves storage and skylight.

Bathroom (1.75m x 2.75m) – Window to rear. Externally – The house sits in extensive White three-piece suite. Heated towel rail. mature secluded wooded garden grounds. Half-timbered walls. Central heating radiator. There is a garage and a number of other outhouses including workshop and timber store. Mature rhododendrons and trees surround the property which also has extensive lawns. There is an established footpath leading from Polnish House to the coast.

Services – Private water and drainage supply and mains electricity.

Extras – The carpets, blinds and curtains are all included in the sale price.

Viewing – By contacting the Selling Agents.

Price Guide – Offers Over £275,000

Further Particulars from and Enquiries and Offers to the Selling Agents:

McIntyre & Company Solicitors & Estate Agents 38 H IGH STREET , F ORT WILLIAM , PH33 6AT T. 01397 703231 F. 01397 705070 E-MAIL : [email protected] WEBSITE: www.solicitors-scotland.com

These Particulars, while believed to be correct, are not guaranteed and are not to be incorporated into any formal missives of sale/purchase to follow hereon. The measurements and conversions are approximations only and are not to be founded upon. Offers should be submitted to the Selling Agents in Scottish legal terms. The Seller will not be bound to accept the highest, or indeed any, offer. Interested parties should register their interest with the Selling Agents lest a closing date for offers is set, but the Seller will not be obliged to proceed to a closing date.