An Arts and Crafts Masterpiece by Sir Edwin Lutyens FERRY INN ROSNEATH, by HELENSBURGH
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AN ARTS AND CRAFTS MASTERPIECE BY SIR EDWIN LUTYENS FERRY INN ROSNEATH, BY HELENSBURGH AN ARTS AND CRAFTS MASTERPIECE BY SIR EDWIN LUTYENS FERRY INN,ROSNEATH , BY HELENSBURGH Ground Floor: portico w reception hall w drawing room w dining room w kitchen w breakfast room morning room w utility room. First Floor: master bedroom with en suite bathroom w 3 further bedrooms w 2 further bathrooms Stairway to extensive floored attic Lower Ground Floor: sitting room w bedroom w WC Garden & Grounds: front courtyard with stone chipped parking area w large parkland garden private beach and sea loch frontage w Around 4 acres Helensburgh 15 miles, Dumbarton 26 miles Glasgow 45 miles, Glasgow Airport 37 miles Viewing Strictly by appointment with Savills – 0141 222 5875 Directions From Glasgow Airport take the M8 northwest to Junction 30 and exit to the Erskine Bridge. Take the A82 north past Balloch and pass the entrance to Cameron House Hotel and Marina on the right hand side. At the next roundabout turn left signposted Helensburgh and then turn left at the roundabout following the road into Helensburgh. Continue down Sinclair Street and turn right into West Montrose Street (signposted Helensburgh Cricket and Rugby Club). Continue to junction with Clyde Street (Firth of Clyde facing you) and turn right (A814). Continue through Rhu, Shandon, pass Faslane Naval Base on the left and go through Garelochhead. Turn left signposted Rosneath (B833) and follow the shores of Gare Loch for 6 miles to the village of Rosneath. In Rosneath, turn left at the Co-op and follow this road, forking left, and, continuing to Ferry Inn, taking the second driveway on the left hand side just before the shore of the loch. Situation Ferry Inn is set in four acres of its own grounds on the Rosneath Peninsula with 250 metres of frontage to Gare Loch and ownership of the shingle beach in front. The grounds form the corner of the promontory on the edge of Rosneath which juts out into the sea loch. There are magnificent views from the house over the loch and to the marina at Rhu on the opposite shore. The Rosneath Peninsula lies to the north of the Firth of Clyde. The peninsula is reached by the road from Garelochhead in its neck to the north. The peninsula is bounded by Loch Long to the northwest, Gare Loch to the east and the Firth of Clyde to the south and is connected to the mainland by a narrow isthmus at its northern end. Gare Loch has been used as a naval base since the 1830s and Faslane on the opposite side of the loch is a key naval base to this day. There is also a naval yard at Coulport on the west side of the peninsula. The peninsula is about eight miles long and is only two and a half miles wide at its widest point. A ridge runs along the centre of the peninsula from where there are magnificent views in all directions. Villages situated along the coastline include Rosneath, Kilcreggan (where there is a foot ferry to Gourock) and Cove. Rosneath provides a primary school, two churches and local shops. The village has expanded in recent years providing housing for servicemen at the naval base and associated workers. There are further local shops at Garelochhead. Helensburgh on the opposite side of the loch is a larger town with a full range of supermarkets, high street stores, independent shops and both local authority and private schools. The accessibility of the Rosneath Peninsula has been greatly improved lower ground floor. The kitchen was refitted in 2003 in an Edwardian by the opening of the new Ministry of Defence road over the hills to style by Clive Christian of London. It is finished to the highest of Loch Lomond. The journey time to Loch Lomond, the Erskine Bridge specifications with solid granite and Corian work surfaces, a central and Glasgow Airport has been significantly reduced by the new road island and a number of integral appliances including a Lacanche which bypasses Shandon, Rhu and Helensburgh on the A814 on the range cooker. There is a small morning room to the north with a door other side of the loch. to the garden outside. There is a long landing on the first floor with four bedrooms off it. The master bedroom has its own well appointed Description bathroom and there are two further bathrooms, unusual for the The original Ferry Inn stood next to the main jetty for the ferry which ran period, in that they are original to the layout, and include a luxuriously between Rosneath and Rhu on the opposite side of Gare Loch. The inn appointed Art Deco style bath / shower room. dated from 1800 and was extended three times between 1862 and 1897. The basement has been recently developed to offer further In about 1896 Princess Louise, Queen Victoria’s daughter, instructed accommodation including a hallway, sitting room and a further a young architect called Edwin Lutyens to extend the inn as a private bedroom giving five bedrooms in total. residence. Princess Louise’s husband was the Marquis of Lorne, who succeeded his father in 1900 as the 9th Duke of Argyll. Ferry Inn Cottage The present owners bought Ferry Inn Cottage in 2009. It sits adjacent Lutyens was only 27 when he undertook this commission. His design to Ferry Inn and was comprehensively upgraded over a four year period added the part of the house which still exists today. The original inn to include a new roof, re wiring, re plumbing, new windows and a new was subsequently demolished, leaving Ferry Inn House and Ferry Inn heating system. Cottage which stands as a detached dwelling behind. Its accommodation is largely open plan with the main living space The house is one of only two Lutyens buildings in Scotland and is a combining the sitting area with a dining area and bedroom space. Its fine example of the architect’s style at this period. Lutyens created a kitchen and bathroom have been expertly designed, hand made and two storey house over a raised basement in the Arts and Crafts style. fitted by renowned local craftsman Drew Grieve. Both the kitchen and The house is unusual in that its three main elevations, to the south, living space have wood burning stoves. east and north, are all very different. The original drawings for Ferry Inn (which included a much grander Baronial style scheme which was Below the living space on a ground floor level is excellent storage in a not adopted) are held by RIBA. The importance Lutyens gave to the number of outhouses including a boiler room, wood store, workshop scheme and his royal clients is illustrated by the fact that he added and cold stores. Additional outbuildings include a tractor shed, green watercolour to his sketch drawings. house and garden shed. Princess Louise never moved into the house, due to the Marquis’ ill Grounds health, and during the Boer War the building became a convalescent Ferry Inn is set in gardens and grounds extending to some four acres. home for wounded soldiers. It was requisitioned by the government for This ownership includes 250 metres of loch frontage and the shingle military use in 1939 and after the war it was used as married quarters beach in front. until 1958. The house was acquired in 1959 by a local boat yard owner, Formal gardens surround the house, with a gravel courtyard parking Peter Boyle, who used his apprentice ship fitters to refurbish the house area to the south enclosed by railway sleeper walls with trees and with Limba wood panelling throughout. The current owners favoured shrubs. To the north of the house are a patio and a well stocked a more traditional and softer appearance and reinstated wooden garden enclosed by a thick beech hedge. This secluded garden is an panelling to dado height and deep sandstone sills to the windows in ideal spot for summer entertaining and is reached directly from the the reception hallway and the salon. In keeping with the original plans morning room. for Ferry Inn, the grand formal salon has been reinstated. The grounds to the north of the house are mown parkland, with some The many unusual features of the house include the dominant triple fine trees. chimney stack, the impressive stone entrance hall with its curving roof ends and the arched doorways. There are a variety of window styles at Pictures taken in August 2015 different levels, including outshot windows at first floor level on the east elevation overlooking the sea, arched windows on the ground floor and the near full length windows to the salon. Internally, the quality and character of the house are combined with excellent living accommodation. A large central hall gives access to the dining room, kitchen, breakfast room, morning room and re-instated salon / drawing room and has stairways leading to the first floor and Ferry Inn cottage Ferry Inn, Ferry Road, Rosneath, Helensburgh Gross internal area(approx.): 463.6 sq m (5000 sq ft)Main House Only. For identification only. Not to Scale. Ferry Inn, Ferry JaggyRoad, Pixels Imaging Rosneath, Ltd Oc Helensburgh Total gross internal area (approx): 5000 sq ft, 463.6 sq m For identification only. Not to Scale. Jaggy Pixels Imaging Ltd © Study 4.16m x 4.44m (13'8" x 14'7") Bathroom Kitchen 2.75m x 5.00m 5.79m x 4.10m Bedroom (9' x 16'5") (19' x 13'5") 5.42m x 4.84m Dressing (17'10" x 15'11") Pantry Room 2.57m x 2.40m 2.57m x 1.95m (8'5" x 7'10") (8'5" x 6'5") Dining Bedroom 4.22m x 7.10m Room (13'10" x 23'4") Porch 4.22m x 7.40m (13'10" x 24'3") Limekiln Point Bathroom Reception 2.00m x 4.90m (6'7" x 16'1") Hall Sun 2.00m x 6.80m (6'7" x 22'4") Room 2.80m x 4.22m (9'2" x 13'10") Cranford Bedroom 4.70m x 4.90m (15'5" x 16'1") Bedroom 5.90m x 5.80m (19'4" x 19') Drawing Room 4.20m x 12.20m Bathroom (13'9" x 40') 2.95m x 2.07m (9'8" x 6'9") First Floor Ground Floor Balcony Ferry Inn Ferry Inn Cottage WC Kitchen 5.88m x 2.54m Ferry Inn, Cottage (19'3" x 8'4") Approx.