Elegant Mansion House in Idyllic Setting

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Elegant mansion house in idyllic setting

Carstramon House, Gatehouse of Fleet, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, DG7 2BL Grand reception hallway • Beautiful drawing room • Sitting room Dining room • Conservatory • Billiards room • 2 offices • Fitted dining kitchen • Laundry room • 2 cloaks/wcs 7 bedrooms (2 en suites) • Study/bedroom • 4 additional bathrooms • Detached coach house • Sitting room • Dining room 3 bedrooms • Kitchen • Bathroom • Shower room • Garages Outbuildings • Outdoor pool • Tennis Court • Paddocks Beautiful gardens • About 20 acres in all

Directions From Gatehouse of Fleet, take Gatehouse of Fleet lies within the road signposted to the Fleet Valley National Laurieston. Head north past Scenic Area and is surrounded Gatehouse Golf course, take by ancient woods and hills. the left fork and continue for The mild southwest climate is approximately 2 miles and the reflected in the many exotic entrance to Carstramon is on plants that grow in its gardens. the right hand side. Postcode There is sailing on both the for sat nav: DG7 2BL Solway Firth and local lochs, and the nearby Cardoness Situation shoreline has one of the finest Carstramon occupies one of beaches in the south of the finest positions in the Scotland. For lovers of sport, southwest of Scotland and is Gatehouse offers a cricket set in a particularly tranquil club, football club, bowling location within the Fleet valley. club and tennis club, while the There are magnificent challenging nine hole golf uninterrupted open aspects course is in excellent order and over the Galloway countryside. much admired. Gatehouse of Fleet is a The town has a primary charming Georgian town, school that feeds into widely admired for its historic Kirkcudbright Academy. There buildings. It owes its are three churches and several development in the 18th cafés, as well as good local century to the entrepreneur shops, a medical surgery, a James Murray of Broughton chemist and a variety of other whose mansion, Cally Palace, professional services, with is now an acclaimed hotel. In good bus links to Dumfries and Murray’s day, Gatehouse Stranraer. Kirkcudbright lies became a thriving centre of approximately 9 miles from water-powered industry and in Gatehouse and offers 1795 had four cotton mills, a additional shopping, transport brass foundry, a brewery, and professional services, as brickworks, tanneries and a does Castle Douglas, 14 miles substantial population. Today away. it is better known for the Gatehouse of Fleet is also remarkable beauty of its famous for its varied wildlife, setting. with the Red Kite Trail in close proximity.

The nearby Galloway Forest bedrooms and three Park extends to approximately bathrooms. On the second 300 square miles and has an floor, there is a seventh outstanding variety of wildlife, bedroom, a study/bedroom, including red squirrels, fallow bathroom and attic room. All deer and a variety of birds of bedrooms in the main house prey. As the first area in benefit from fitted wardrobes. Scotland to be awarded “dark In addition to the main house sky status” in 2009 by the there is a beautiful cottage - International Dark Sky the former coach house, Association, Galloway’s night comprising porch, sitting sky has a rare clarity. room, dining room, kitchen, three bedrooms and two Description bathrooms. Adjoining the Carstramon House is an cottage there are numerous elegant country mansion outbuildings including double believed to date from the late garage, single garage, 18th century. It was extended greenhouse, workshop and in 1929 by Mrs Elizabeth play room / games room and Murray Usher whose family two dog kennels. The still own the Cally Estate. property also benefits from a Carstramon has undergone a generator. There is potential detailed and comprehensive for future development for refurbishment within the last residential accommodation 10 years and there is a subject to the approval of the wonderful blend of traditional relevant planning authorities. and contemporary features The grounds surrounding throughout. Carstramon have undergone The accommodation on the substantial work and ground floor begins with a replanting and include a tennis porch leading to the grand court, outdoor heated hallway. There is an office and swimming pool with pool gun cupboard off, beautiful house which includes ladies and spacious drawing room and gents changing rooms and which leads into the kitchen. The gardens are substantial conservatory, an divided into herbaceous elegant formal dining room, borders with lawns sitting room with woodburning surrounding the swimming stove, study, fitted pool, a fruit and vegetable breakfasting kitchen including garden and within the wider an AGA, and a utility room. An policies there are beautiful office, inner hallway with specimen trees and numerous stores and large rhododendrons providing a billiard room complete the mass of colour in the spring/ ground floor. The summer. The pond at the foot accommodation on the first of the woodland garden is a floor comprises a principal haven for wildlife. Within the bedroom suite with dressing grounds there are three well room and bathroom, bedroom sheltered paddocks. two with en suite bathroom, four additional double

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Possession Vacant possession and entry will be given on completion.

Carstramon House Total area: approx. 771.8 sq. metres (8308.0 sq. feet) Carstramon Coach House Total area: approx. 220.1 sq. metres (2368.9 sq. feet) Savills Glasgow 0141 222 5875 savills savills.co.uk [email protected]

Carstramon Coach House Total area: approx. 220.1 sq. metres (2368.9 sq. feet) For identification only. Not to scale. copyright JPI ltdGross Internal Area (approx) Carstramon House Total area: approx. 771.8 sq. metres (8308.0 sq. feet) For identification only. Not to scale. copyright JPI ltdGross Internal Area (approx)

F irs t F loor Approx. 313.2 sq. metres (3371.1 sq. feet)

Greenhous e B athroom 4.63m x 1.57m Dres s ing (15'2" x 5'2") R oom 5.10m x 4.10m (16'9" x 13'5")

B edroom 4.90m x 5.60m (16'1" x 18'4") B edroom 4.60m x 5.50m (15'1" x 18'1") G round F loor Approx. 191.5 sq. metres (2061.3 sq. feet) Dres s ing Greenhous e Area Cottage 3.29m (10'10") max B edroom x 6.06m (19'11") 5.83m x 3.47m (19'2" x 11'5") S hower R oom Utility B edroom S itting 2.80m x 2.40m R oom Garage T ool Works hop R oom (9'2" x 7'10") B edroom Dining 4.60m x 6.20m S tore 4.60m x 5.50m 6.30m x 4.98m 3.79m x 3.60m (15'1" x 20'4") (15'1" x 18'1") S hower (20'8" x 16'4") (12'5" x 11'10") R oom 4.60m x 3.90m Games R oom 4.40m x 4.50m (15'1" x 12'10") R oom (14'5" x 14'9") K itchen 6.80m x 4.60m WC 2.80m x 2.80m (22'4" x 15'1") B athroom (9'2" x 9'2") 4.00m x 3.20m B athroom B athroom (13'1" x 10'6") B edroom 3.62m x 1.70m B edroom 3.33m x 2.30m 1.73m x 3.44m (11'10" x 5'7") 4.60m x 5.50m Dres s ing B edroom (10'11" x 7'7") (5'8" x 11'3") (15'1" x 18'1") R oom 6.01m x 3.50m 6.01m x 2.19m (19'9" x 11'6") (19'9" x 7'2") E ntrance Ves tibule 1.80m x 2.40m (5'11" x 7'10")

F irs t F loor Approx. 28.6 sq. metres (307.6 sq. feet) K ennels 2.20m x 4.60m (7'3" x 15'1")

Ground F loor Approx. 358.6 sq. metres (3860.1 sq. feet) B edroom B athroom 3.80m x 3.40m 3.80m x 2.88m (12'6" x 11'2") (12'6" x 9'6") E ntranc e Ves tibule WC O c e 3.43m x 1.81m 3.43m x 2.20m (11'3" x 5'11") (11'3" x 7'3") S econd F loor Approx. 100.0 sq. metres (1076.8 sq. feet)

S itting WC R oom Laundry Room 4.70m x 5.60m Study/O ce 4.60m x 3.20m (15'5" x 18'4") S tudy 4.60m x 2.12m (15'1" x 10'6") 4.80m x 5.60m (15'1" x 6'11") (15'9" x 18'4")

B illards R oom 6.02m x 8.10m R ec eption (19'9" x 26'7") Hall 4.90m x 6.00m (16'1" x 19'8")

L oft L oft S tore S tore Drawing R oom 6.10m x 10.68m (20' x 35')

K itc hen B edroom 4.50m x 5.42m 4.60m x 5.40m Dining (15'1" x 17'9") Larder (14'9" x 17'9") R oom 6.00m x 6.00m (19'8" x 19'8")

C ons ervatory B athroom 3.79m x 13.00m 2.30m x 2.40m (12'5" x 42'8") (7'7" x 7'10")

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