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Glenstriven Estate Glenstriven Estate Dunoon, Argyll An exceptional residential and sporting estate with a spectacular and secluded coastal setting at the end of the public road on the Cowal Peninsula Glenstriven Estate, Dunoon, Agyll, PA23 7UN Toward 9 miles, Dunoon 15 miles, Glasgow airport 41 miles, Glasgow city centre 49 miles, Edinburgh airport 89 miles Features: Glenstriven House A charming country house with 4 reception rooms, 10 bedrooms and 8 bathrooms (including self-contained overflow). Maintained and decorated to a high standard with stunning views over Loch Striven. Gardens and Policies Beautiful policy woodlands and coastal gardens including “the Glenstriven Arms” – a former generator building converted to a private pub. Outbuildings Panelled shoot room, laundry, estate office, general-purpose machinery and equipment storage buildings and Keeper’s maisonette. Houses/Cottages Four dwellings including a lodge cottage, a converted farmhouse, galleried lodge house, picturesque loch-side cottage and converted former smokehouse. Land and Woods 59 acres pasture/rough grazing, 79 acres woods, 834 acres of hill and 69 acres of gardens, grounds, shoreline and miscellaneous land. Sport and Amenity A renowned high bird pheasant shoot; red and roe deer stalking, world class sailing and yachting, sea fishing and crab/lobster potting; a pier and slipway. About 1,041 acres (421 ha) in total For sale as a whole or in 5 lots Situation Glenstriven Estate occupies a of miles of coastline and, as such, magical setting on the western side the sea is a feature of the working life of the Cowal Peninsula overlooking and leisure time of its inhabitants. Loch Striven. Th e southerly and westerly views from the estate are Th e quality of sailing off the Argyll magnifi cent and include the Islands coast and Inner Hebrides is of world of Bute and Cumbrae, together with renown and there are several the distinctive peak of Goat Fell and well-established commercial marinas the mountains of Arran. within close range of Glenstriven at Dunoon, Rothesay, Port Bannatyne, Access to the estate is via a minor Inverkip and Portavadie. public road which leads for about 15 miles from Dunoon through the In terms of land-based activities, there villages of Innellan and Toward are golf courses at Innellan (9 holes) before terminating at the entrance to and Dunoon (18 holes). Further afi eld Glenstriven Estate. With no through there are internationally acclaimed road beyond this point, traffi c is very golf courses at Loch Lomond and on light and the estate notably secluded the Ayrshire coast at Royal Troon, as a result. Trump Turnberry, Prestwick, Western Gailes and Dundonald. Th e vendors Th e village of Innellan has a Post are keen golfers and have, on several Offi ce, convenience store and two occasions, enjoyed day trips to the pub/restaurants. A wider range of Ayrshire courses via a fi xed hull services is provided in Dunoon, (inboard) launch. Th e journey time to with a good selection of shops, Turnberry (the southernmost of the professional services, a hospital courses) is about 1½ hours in calm Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Mapping with the with A&E and secondary school sea conditions. permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery with sports and community leisure Offi ce. Crown Copyright (ES763454). NOT TO SCALE facilities. Dunoon provides two ferry Historical Note links across the Clyde estuary to Th e story and success of Barnes Gourock. Th e journey time by ferry is Wallis’ Bouncing Bomb in WWII circa 20 minutes and ferries leave at is well documented. Th ese bombs 20-minute intervals during the day. were extremely eff ectively employed in targeting the diffi cult to destroy Th e closest airport with scheduled hydro-electric dams, as well as Glenstriven Estate domestic and international fl ights fl oating vessels moored in calm is Glasgow International Airport waters in the Norwegian Fjords. (41 miles) which can ordinarily be reached in around 1½ hours. Th e story of the testing of the boards Gourock has a railway station which on the waters of Loch Striven was well provides frequent services to Paisley documented by the BBC in recent (for Glasgow airport) and Glasgow years, when successful eff orts to recover city centre. Glasgow airport also has bombs from the sea bed were made. a heliport with helicopters available for charter. Th e journey time to Two sizes of bombs were used and Glenstriven by helicopter is about dropped by Lancaster Bombers and 15 minutes. Mosquito Fighters. Th e bombs were dropped at “precisely” 60 feet above With its many islands, peninsulas the water at 232 mph with back-spin and sea lochs, Argyll has thousands at 500 rpm. There are many accounts of test over 20 years. His determination, runs including Chesil Beach, Dorset creativity, attention to detail and the spectacular destruction of a and hard work have attracted redundant dam at Nant-y-Gro near international and UK-based shooting Rhayader in Wales; however, one parties who return year after year to of the secret test sites took place on shoot the most challenging of birds. Loch Striven, where the topography His son has now taken on the role of the surrounding hills at the head of Head Keeper and has continued of the loch was similar to some of the to ensure that Glenstriven provides hydro-electric sites in Germany. sport of the highest quality. All the local residents were evacuated The shoot was highly commended in due to the confidential nature of the the Purdey Awards in 2001 for Wild tests. Only one elderly lady remained Game Conservation in recognition of and she was resident at Glenstriven the quality of habitat, conservation House. We have been informed that and game management employed “during test flights, she was taken on the estate. into a back room with closed curtains until the end of the trial”. In addition to the pheasant shoot, the terrain at Glenstriven provides Description the opportunity for red and roe Glenstriven is an exceptional quality deer stalking on the open hill and residential, sporting and waterside woodland edge. Due to the mild estate, extending in total to about climate of the west coast and shelter 1,041 acres. It was purchased by the provided by the forestry, red deer current owners in the early 1980s thrive and tend to grow to a larger and during the past 35 plus years than average size with culled stags has been developed and improved of up to and over 20 stones being in many ways. Glenstriven House relatively common at Glenstriven. was comprehensively refurbished and modernised and has been One of the particular features of the maintained and run to a high estate is its network of vehicular standard. Each of the additional access tracks. Established in houses has also been modernised conjunction with the development to provide very comfortable of the pheasant shoot, these tracks accommodation – for letting as also provide excellent opportunities holiday accommodation and for for walking, riding and cycling/ employees. Each of the properties mountain biking. has stunning views over Loch Striven, a sea loch providing wonderful The estate pier provides direct access access to world-class yachting. to the sea and some of the best sailing in the British Isles and Europe. Amongst the improvements effected by the current owners is For the owners’ families, Glenstriven the establishment of an exceptional has been a most wonderful project pheasant shoot, which has earned over more than 30 years. A second the reputation as one of the best home in the truest sense and the shoots in Scotland. Much of the most wonderful environment in credit for this lies with the former which to enjoy family holidays and Head Keeper who built up the shoot entertain friends. The components of the estate are entertaining house parties of guests described as follows: with spacious and well-proportioned reception rooms, eight bedrooms Glenstriven House (including four bedroom suites) Glenstriven House was built in 1860 and extensive utilitarian and storage and is accessed by an attractive cobbled space including a purpose-built drive flanked by an avenue of lime wine cellar with capacity for around trees and specimen conifers. Whilst 500 bottles. the principal façade faces west towards Loch Striven, the drive leads to a gravel Features of the interior include a sweep adjoining the northern elevation sweeping central staircase with as a result of which, the large portico decorative cast-iron spindles and entrance at the northern elevation to wooden balustrade, decorative the house is the most actively used. cornices, panelled doors with brass door furniture and traditional sash It should be noted that the public road and casement windows throughout. terminates at the entrance to the estate. The services include private water Occupying an elevated position with supply, oil-fired central heating and westerly views over Loch Striven, the propane gas cooker. The electrical, house is of stone construction which plumbing and heating systems have is painted beneath pitched slate roofs. been comprehensively renewed during the vendors’ ownership. The The northern façade of the house services have the capacity to cater for features a portico with decorative house parties of up to 20 people on game-bird themed niches. Other a regular basis (e.g. over 40 shooting features include dressed stone parties occupied the house during quoins and a circular cupola above the 2017/18 shooting season). the stairwell. The layout and dimensions of the The internal accommodation is accommodation are as shown on the very well suited to the purposes of floor plans included in this brochure. Floor plans for Glenstriven House Glenstriven House, Approximate Gross Internal Area*: Glenstriven House Toward, House: 6,607 sq ft / 613.79 sq m by Dunoon, Laundry 11'2'' x 9'6'' Argyll, PA23 7UN 3.40 x 2.90m Bedroom 8 Wine 18'6'' x 14'3'' Illustration for identification purposes only.
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