Bridgend, 1-3 Main Street Auchencairn, Castle Douglas OFFICES ACROSS SCOTLAND Bridgend, 1-3 Main Street Auchencairn Castle Douglas
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Bridgend, 1-3 Main Street AUCHENCAIRN, CASTLE DOUGLAS OFFICES ACROSS SCOTLAND BRIDGEND, 1-3 MAIN STREET AUCHENCAIRN CASTLE DOUGLAS Dalbeattie 7 miles Castle Douglas 8 miles Kirkcudbright 10 miles A delightful semi-detached cottage ideal as a home or holiday house. Accommodation on two levels comprises: • Ground Floor: Kitchen/Dining Room. Living Room. Sitting Room/ Bedroom 4. Bedroom 3. Shower Room. • First Floor: Two further Bedrooms. Bathroom. Laundry Room. • Boiler Room • Bothy Castle Douglas Property Department 120 King Street Castle Douglas DG7 1LU Tel: 01556 505346 Fax: 01556 503729 Email: [email protected] Website: www.ckdgalbraith.co.uk GENERAL Bridgend is located in the coastal village of Auchencairn which has a primary school, bowling green, village hall, church, a small shop with Post Office services, and also a small hostelry. The village has a good community spirit and was featured on the BBC Beechgrove Garden show casing the community garden, opposite Bridgend, featuring a meadow area, bog garden, edible forest garden and other areas. There are beaches and lovely walks in and around the village, and also along the two mile single track road from Auchencairn to Balcary Bay, with coastal views and stunning cliff walks. The South West of Scotland is renowned for its mild climate and long growing season which attracts gardeners from all over the country to this part of Scotland. The area also offers boundless sporting and outdoor activities including excellent varieties of fishing on many of the numerous rivers, lochs, and coastline. There is a centre for sailing and other water sports at Loch Ken, and many other moorings and marinas in the area. A variety of good golf courses are available including the championship course at Southerness on the Solway Coast. The popular Seven Stanes mountain biking routes are within close proximity, with the nearest one at Dalbeattie Forest. The Galloway Forest Park which is known for its beauty and tranquillity is also recognised as Britain’s first Dark Sky Park, which provides astronomers phenomenal views of the stars. The nearby market town of Castle Douglas is known as Scotland’s Food Town and has many local individual shops. The Artists’ Town of Kirkcudbright draws large numbers of visitors to the area throughout the year and has a wide range of galleries and exhibitions as well as events which are part of the annual Summer Festivities. Dumfries is the principal town in the area, and provides a wider range of schools, shops, retail outlets, and other services including a hospital, the Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary. Also in Dumfries there is the Crichton Campus providing further, and high education courses, as well as the multi-million pound sports and Leisure complex DG One offering a variety of events including; theatre cultural events, concerts, conferences and concerts. Prestwick Airport is 60 miles distant and offers regular domestic and international flights. In addition both Edinburgh and Glasgow are each around 100 miles distant. The mainline railway stations in both Dumfries and Lockerbie provide good links to both the north and south. DESCRIPTION Bridgend is a delightful cottage which has a distinctly modern interior feel within a traditional building. The large open plan kitchen/dining room space is perfect for entertaining and the flexibility allows for four bedrooms, should one wish to utilise the second reception room on the ground floor, as the current owner has done. In addition there is off-street parking at the side of the property, a small garden and a stream. The adjoined bothy to the rear has been used in the past as an artist’s studio and now provides excellent storage space, and could be used as a studio, or converted to further accommodation subject to the necessary planning consents. At the rear of the house is a covered porch with a glazed aluminium door to: Kitchen/Dining Room Laminate floor, large dining and seating area with pair of glazed sliding patio doors to garden and low wall with access around the side to kitchen. Fitted with a range of storage cupboards and drawers below a modern laminate work top with built-in stainless steel one and a half bowl sink and drainer. Built-in oven and grill/ microwave, built-in fridge-freezer and central island unit with four ring gas hob, built-in shelving to side. Door to hallway with built-in storage and doors to: Bedroom 3 Built-in wardrobes, windows to rear and side. Shower Room Tiled floor and walls, wall mounted wash hand basin, WC, large double shower unit with built-in power shower, heated towel rail. Living Room Large window and glazed door to front. Built-in shelves, exposed ceiling beams, stairs rising to first floor and a pair of glazed doors to: Living Room 2/Bedroom 4 At the side of the garden and attached to the cottage is the Bothy. The Bothy has a glazed door and window Exposed stone fireplace with recessed log store and wood burning stove, on a marble hearth, cupboard to under to side and is built of traditional stone construction under a pitch slate roof with large window light, and electric stairs storage. power and light. The floor is laid to concrete and flagstones. There is a treatment of Japanese Knotwood Guarantee for the property dated September 2011 valid until September 2016. First Floor Boiler Room Landing Space for storage. Loft access hatch, roof light, doors to: SERVICES Bedroom 1 Electricity Mains Double room, windows to front and built-in wardrobe. Water Mains Heating LPG fired central heating. Drainage Mains Bedroom 2 Double bedroom with window to front. EPC E 43 Laundry Room DIRECTIONS Built-in linen shelves, space and plumbing for a washing machine and tumble dryer, clothes drying pulley to Follow the A711 from Dalbeattie to Auchencairn. Upon entering the village 1-3 Main Street is on the right hand side ceiling. over the bridge at the bottom of the village, opposite the turning for Balcary Bay and Hotel. Bathroom Spa bath, wall mounted wash hand basin and WC, mosaic tiled floor and walls. SOLICITORS Gillespie Gifford and Brown GARDEN AND GROUNDS 135 King Street The garden is approached by five-bar gate from the village road, the garage has parking and turning area, Castle Douglas and landscaped rockery with flowering perennials and shrubs, an apple tree, and views of the village owned DG7 1NA community ground on the other side of the stream. Tel: 01556 503744 Fax: 01556 503094 LOCAL AUTHORITY Dumfries & Galloway Council. Carruthers House, English Street, Dumfries DG1 2DD Tel: 01387 260000 Fax: 01387 260225 FIXTURES AND FITTINGS Fitted carpets and curtains are included in the sale. No items are included unless specifically mentioned in these particulars. OUTGOINGS For Council Tax purposes Bridgend has been assessed as Band D. VIEWING By appointment with the Selling Agents. INTERNET WEBSITE This property and other properties offered by CKD Galbraith can be viewed on our website at www.ckdgalbraith. co.uk as well as our affiliated websites www.onthemarket.com and www.rightmove.co.uk IMPORTANT NOTES 1 These particulars are intended to give a fair and overall description of the property. If any points are relevant to your interest, please ask for further information, prior to viewing prospective purchasers are advised to seek their own professional advice. 2 Areas, measurements and distances are given as a guide. Photographs depict only certain parts of the property. Nothing within the particulars shall be deemed to be a statement as to the structural condition, nor the working order of services and appliances. 3 These particulars shall not be binding on our clients whether acted on or otherwise, unless the same is incorporated within a written document, signed by our clients or on their behalf, satisfying the requirements of Section 3 of The Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995. 4 Closing Date A closing date may be fixed. Prospective purchasers who have notified their interest through lawyers to CKD Galbraith, in writing, will be advised of a closing date, unless the property has been sold previously. The Seller will not be obliged to accept the highest, or indeed any offer and has the right to accept an offer at any time or withdraw the property from the market. The Seller will not be liable for any costs incurred by interested parties. 5 Offers Formal offers in the acceptable Scottish form should be submitted, through a Scottish Lawyer, to CKD Galbraith, 120 King Street, Castle Douglas DG7 1LU. Tel: 01556 505346 6 Third Party Rights and Servitudes The subjects are sold together with and subject to all existing rights of way, servitudes, wayleaves and others whether contained in the Title Deeds or otherwise, and purchasers will be deemed to have satisfied themselves in all respects thereof. MORTGAGE FINANCE CKD Galbraith has an alliance with independent mortgage brokers Springtide Capital Ltd, who through their excellent relationships with lenders and private banks can advise on the most suitable mortgage for your circumstances. For further information, contact Matthew Griffiths who is based in our Edinburgh office on 0131 240 6990. For further details please visit ckdgalbraith.co.uk and onthemarket.com. OFFICES ACROSS SCOTLAND View looking towards Hestan Island and the coast from above Auchencairn village.