Cosses Country House • • KA26 0LR

Cosses Country House BALLANTRAE • AYRSHIRE • KA26 0LR

Spacious family house and business with cottage standing in colourful, mature gardens and grounds

Trading until January 2017 as a 5 gold star Visit Country House

Main House: Hall • Cloakroom • Drawing room • Dining room • Rear hall Family/TV room • kitchen • pantry • 4 bedrooms (1 ensuite) • Bathroom

Across the courtyard: 2 guest suites – Iona and Ailsa - each with sitting room, bedroom and bathroom. The Ailsa has hall access which also leads to an office and utility room

Party room/games room with kitchenette and WC • Kennel and carport

Burnside Cottage: Hall • Walk-in storage cupboard • Kitchen/dining room Sitting room • 2 bedrooms (1 ensuite) bathroom

Large kitchen garden and orchard with fruit cage • Large fitted storage shed for machinery and tools • Large lean-to green house

Mature colourful gardens with burn and woodland

Large pond and boat house

In all about 5.25 Ha (13 acres)

Ballantrae 2 miles • ,13 miles • 19 miles • Ayr 34 miles (All distances are approximate)

These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as statements of fact. Your attention is drawn to the Important Notice on the last page of the text. Situation Cosses Country House is situated within 13 acres of beautiful Scottish countryside, just south of the village of Ballantrae in . which is approximately one and a half hours travelling time south of Glasgow. From the south and east, the house is approximately two and a half hours west of the M6 at Gretna Green taking the A75 and then the A77.

South Ayrshire is a county of rolling hills, wonderful rivers, harbours and beautiful beaches.

To the east lies the massive UNESCO Biosphere, Galloway Forest Park, the largest forest park in the UK. There are miles of marked hiking and cycling trails with an abundance of wildlife including wild goats, otters, eagles and ospreys. It is also Europe’s first Dark Sky Park providing some of the darkest skies for star gazing. The Milky Way is frequently visible from the garden.

South of Cosses are the Rhins and the Machars of Galloway, two wild and remote peninsulas dotted with sandy beaches, small villages and beautiful gardens. From here, the most southerly point of Scotland, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Lake District are visible on clear days.

The area is famous for golf and boasts four championship courses, Royal Troon, Prestwick, Western Gailes and . Other local courses include Brunston Castle, Girvan, Creachmore, Stranraer, Dunskey and Glenluce.

South West Scotland is home to some of the most exciting and prolific salmon and sea trout fishing in the UK. Fishing is available on the Rivers Stinchar, Luce, Bladnoch, Cree and Urr. All of these rivers are within an hour of the house. Cosses has its own shooting rights and further shooting can be taken from neighbouring estates.

Prestwick Airport is approximately one hour by car and Glasgow International Airport is approximately one and a half hours and provides flights to the London airports and worldwide destinations.

The nearest railway station is at Girvan, approximately twenty minutes from the house from where there are regular trains to Glasgow Central via Ayr.

There is an excellent Primary school with approximately 60 children. Ballantrae is a very vibrant community with good local services including the award winning Glenapp Castle Hotel. Pebbles Spa and Bistro is 5 miles away and other services are available at Girvan and Stranraer. Directions From either the north or south take the A77 coast road to Ballantrae. If arriving from the north go through Ballantrae, over the , then take the first left. Cosses Country House is 2 miles on the right at the top of the hill. From the south approach the village and turn right before the 30mph signs – then as above. The house can also be accessed through the Galloway Forest Park and the A714. Description Cosses Country House is a substantial and attractively built family home the oldest part of which dates from 1606. The house sits in private grounds of about 13 acres hidden in a valley on the edge of Crailoch Burn, a tributary of the famous River Stinchar. Birds, wildlife, trees and flowers abound in the woodland, pond, river and garden setting.

The main house and garden are south facing.

The front door gives access, via an entrance vestibule, into the large entrance hall, off which there is a cloakroom with WC and wash basin. Off the hall is the main drawing room with an antique large open fireplace and views over the gardens. An inner hall leads to a fitted mini bar, downstairs bedroom with dressing room and the stairs to the upper floor. At first floor level there are two fully fitted bedrooms and a bathroom.

Also off the main hall is a dining room which leads to a fully fitted kitchen with ample space for informal dining and walk in pantry. There is pull down loft ladder with access to a fully floored loft the length of the house.

Beyond the kitchen there is a rear entrance hall with access to a family sitting room with wood burning stove. This leads to a second ground floor bedroom with an ensuite bathroom and walk in store with floor to ceiling wine racks. There are two spacious suites across the courtyard which have A paddock with access to a small burn is adjacent to open- views of the garden and woodlands. Each suite comprises a fronted stables and storage sheds. There are walks through sitting room, bedroom and bathroom. The Iona suite has a pull beautiful natural bluebell woodlands and along Crailoch Burn to down loft ladder with access to a fully floored loft and lined a most attractive large pond. Adjacent to the pond is a timber bedroom area. The Ailsa Suite has a hall also leading to a utility boathouse. room/ kitchen and office. Burnside Cottage was built about 10 years ago on a single The gardens at Cosses are a particular feature and include storey with a large floored loft with pull down ladder access colourful borders, fine specimen plants and mature trees. The from the hall. The accommodation comprises hall, walk in store grounds also comprise a large productive kitchen garden and cupboard, open plan dining kitchen, sitting room with French orchard with fruit cage, large fitted storage shed for machinery doors to the decking, 2 bedrooms, one of which has an ensuite and tools and a large lean-to greenhouse. bathroom, and a further bathroom. Burnside Cottage Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area Main House: 2529 Sq Ft - 234.94 Sq M

Carport (Including Coal House) 14'6" x 10'7" 4.42 x 3.23m Iona & Ailsa Apartments: 1221 Sq Ft - 113.43 Sq M Bedroom 1 Bedroom 2 En-suite 10'6" x 9'10" 10'6" x 9'8" Kitchen/ Games Room Building: 713 Sq Ft - 66.24 Sq M 3.20 x 3.00m 3.20 x 2.95m Dining Room Burnside Cottage: 840 Sq Ft - 78.04 Sq M Deck 20'5" x 13'11" 6.22 x 4.24m Kennel This plan is for guidance only and must not be relied upon as a 14'8" x 6'11" Hall statement of fact. Attention is drawn to the Important Notice on 4.47 x 2.11m Sitting Room the last page of the text of the Particulars 13'7" x 13'4" 4.14 x 4.06m Bathroom

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Games Room Iona & Ailsa Apartments 37' x 14'10" 11.28 x 4.52m

Bedroom 1 Office 19' x 10'2" 10'5" x 10'2" 5.79 x 3.10m 3.17 x 3.10m Bedroom 1 17'10" x 11'4" WC Living 5.44 x 3.45m Room Utility 17'10" x 9'9" 5.44 x 2.97m Living Room 11'7" x 10'2" Utility/ Hall 3.53 x 3.10m Bathroom Kitchen Bathroom Hall 11'7" x 7'7" Ground Floor 3.53 x 2.31m

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Master Bedroom 14'4" x 13' Bathroom 4.37 x 3.96m

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Bedroom 2 13'11" x 12'4" Coal Wine Vestibule 4.24 x 3.76m House Ensuite Cellar Bathroom WC Dining Family Room Hall Sitting Room Kitchen 14'7" x 12'7" Hall 21'9" x 10'4" Room 17'8" x 14'6" 4.44 x 3.84m 19'5" x 13'9" 27'8" x 14'9" Bedroom 4 6.63 x 3.15m 5.38 x 4.42m 5.92 x 4.19m 17'1" x 8'5" 8.43 x 4.50m 5.21 x 2.57m Pantry Dressing First Floor Room

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Bedroom 3 14'8" x 12' 4.47 x 3.66m Bar Services Viewing The house and cottage are served by mains electricity and water Strictly by appointment through Knight Frank on 0131 222 9600. 2. Deposit with private drainage. Solar panels were recently added to the roof. On conclusion of missives a deposit of 10 per cent of the Closing Date Solar thermal heat the separate water tanks for the kitchens and purchase price will be paid with the balance due at the date all but one bathroom. Solar PV provides electricity for heating and A closing date for offers may be fixed and prospective purchasers of entry. This deposit will be non-returnable in the event appliances and any surplus electricity feeds in to the national grid are advised to note their interest in writing to the selling agents. of a purchaser failing to complete the sale for reasons not which results in an annual income to the property of over £2200. The seller reserves the right to conclude a bargain for the sale attributable to the Sellers or their agents. ahead of a notified closing date and will not be obliged to accept Council Tax either the highest or any offer. Due to the current owners running a business from the property, Conditions of Sale part of the main house is subject to council tax and part to non-domestic rates. 1. Title The subjects are sold under the conditions in the Title Deeds, Cosses Country House Council Tax band D. rights of way (if any), water rights affecting the same, whether RV £1800 shown in the Title Deeds or not. They will be sold as possessed Burnbank Cottage Council Tax band C. by the Seller and no warranty is given. North Garphar Cottage

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