Property description

Saltire,

Shore Road,

Blairmore,

Dunoon,

Argyll PA23 8Offers in the region of £370,000

Saltire is a most desireable Victorian villa on the shores of Loch Long in the picturesque village of Blairmore. This property offers fantastic sea views across Loch Long to the hills beyond and is set within a large landscaped garden with driveway and ample off road parking, including coach house, outbuilding, water features, bridges and a great number of specimen trees, shrubs and plants. The impressive house itself comprises of many original features including attractive cornices and ceiling roses, traditional radiators and the house comprises of entrance porch, large hallway, drawing room, family room, cloakroom with shower, dining room, rear hallway, breakfast room, large kitchen, upstairs landing, four double bedrooms, one with large en suite bathroom and shower room. The coach house includes a garage, workshop and on the first floor, large snooker room including full size snooker table, there is also a separate outbuilding which is being used as a utility room.

The property benefits from LPG central heating.

Situation:

The much sought after village of Blairmore, on the shores of Loch Long and within the National Park, has an art gallery/coffee shop, a newly restored pier, which is a stopping-off point for the famous Paddle Steamer 'Waverley' during the summer months, a regular bus service to Dunoon which is located approximately 10 miles away and nearby primary school at Strone. There are good sailing facilities in the area with the Holy Loch Sailing Club and Marina situated at Sandbank. The area is ideally situated for hill-walking.

Dunoon itself is a small town set in the beautiful Cowal Peninsular of Argyll and yet within just over an hour's commuting distance to the centre of Glasgow. Glasgow Airport is only an hour away. Argyll Ferries run a half hourly service to Gourock connecting with trains to Glasgow Central, and Western Ferries run a more frequent service from nearby Hunter's Quay to McInroy's Point. McGill's run a bus service from Dunoon to Buchanan Street bus station Glasgow. The town has a modern leisure centre, two supermarkets, a variety of individual shops, restaurants and a cinema.

Entrance porch:

The entrance porch comprises of double storm doors and a further large attractive, glazed door giving access to hallway.

Hallway:

The large, spacious hallway comprises of carpet, radiator, five-light pendant fitting, ceiling rose and attractive cornice work. The hallway gives access to drawing room, family room, cloakroom/shower room, dining room, staircase to first floor and rear hallway.

Drawing room: 5.70m x 4.20m approx.

This elegant room is situated at the front of the property with large bay window giving fantastic sea views. The room comprises of carpet, ornate cornice work, fireplace with gas fire, radiator, pendant light fitting and door to walk-in cupboard with light.

Family room: 4.70m x 3.44m approx.

This cosy room is situated at the front of the property with window giving fantastic sea views. The room comprises of carpet, shelved alcove, radiator, cornice work, ceiling rose, pendant light fitting and fireplace with surround.

Cloakroom/shower room: 3.50m x 1.18m approx.

This room is situated at the side of the property and comprises of shower unit with shower, W.C., wash hand basin, partially tiled walls, tiled flooring, wall light, pendant light fitting and radiator.

Dining room: 3.75m x 3.48m approx.

The dining room is situated towards the rear of the property and comprises of window allowing great views of the landscaped garden, radiator and a five-light pendant fitting.

Rear Hallway:

The rear hallway comprises of carpet and wall light and gives access to Breakfast room, Kitchen and under stair cupboard.

Breakfast room: 3.62m x 3.20m approx.

The breakfast room is situated at the rear of the property and comprises of radiator, tiled floor, two windows, three-light pendant fitting, space for table and stable door giving access to rear garden.

Kitchen: 5.00m x 3.96m approx.

The large, attractive kitchen is situated at the rear of the property and comprises of two windows, again giving great views of the landscaped garden, fitted cherry wood wall and floor units, marble worktop, integrated double oven, large Belfast sink, built-in hob, space for dishwasher,multifuel range cooker, tiled floor, radiator, 3-3 spotlight fittings and central island.

Upstairs landing:

The upstairs landing comprises of large window at half-landing which allows a lot of natural light to both floors and again gives great views of the landscaped garden, five-light pendant fitting, ceilng rose,attractive cornice work, carpet and radiator. The landing gives access to the shower room and bedrooms 1,2,3 and 4.

Shower room: 3.10m x 1.54m approx.

The shower room is situated at the side of the property and comprises of W.C., wash hand basin, shower unit with shower, partially tiled walls, tiled flooring, pendant light fitting, loft hatch and window.

Bedroom 1: 4.80m x 3.50m approx.

This double bedroom is situated at the front of the property with window giving fantastic elevated sea views and comprises of radiator, carpet, five-light pendant fitting, shelved alcove and gives access to dressing area.

Dressing area:

The dressing area is situated at the side of the property between the master bedroom and its en suite bathroom and comprises of carpet, pendant light fitting, large wardrobe space and gives access to the en suite.

En suite: 3.60m x 3.25m approx.

The large en suite is situated towards the rear of the house and comprises of shower unit with electric shower, roll top bath, W.C., wash hand basin, bidet, carpet, four-light pendant fitting, window to the side of the property and radiator.

Bedroom 2: 4.19m x 3.60m approx.

This double bedroom is situated at the front of the property and comprises of featured window giving fantastic sea views, carpet, pendant light fitting and radiator.

Bedroom 3: 4.30m x 3.33m approx.

This double bedroom is situated to the rear of the property and comprises of carpet, pendant light fitting, radiator, fireplace and window to the side.

Bedroom 4: 4.15m x 3.70m approx.

This good sized double bedroom is situated to the front of the property with window giving fantastic sea views. The room comprises of carpet, radiator, fireplace, pendant light fitting and shelved alcove.

Coach House:

The large coach house offers a garage at the front, a workshop to the rear and on the first floor a large snooker room with full size snooker table.

Garage: 5.05m x 4.94m approx.

The garage which is situated at the front of the coach house, comprises of electric garage door, space for car, two strip lights, ample power points, staircase to first floor and door to workshop.

Workshop: 5.10m x 3.70m approx

The good sized workshop is situated to the rear of the coach house with ample space for storage and the room comprises of two strip lights and door to rear garden.

First Floor: 7.85m x 4.64m approx.

The first floor of the coach house has been named \"The Snooker Room\" and comprises of two windows, one to the front and one to the rear of the coach house, two wall lights, carpet and full sized snooker table with lights above.

The Outbuilding:

The outbuilding is joined to the back of the coach house and is currently being used as a utility room. The outbuilding comprises of Belfast sink, plumbing for washing machine and dryer, window and door to rear garden.

Garden:

The attractive front garden comprises of large lawn area, gravel driveway to the front and side of the property, the driveway leads to the garage at the front of the coach house and also allows plenty of off-road parking, with stone wall boundaries to the front and sides of the property and the front garden offers great sea views. The fantastic rear garden which has been imaginatively landscaped to include pathways, bridges, water features and a large number of trees, shrubs and plants. There is also a large area of lawn, garden shed, greenhouse, two patio areas, one outside the back door and the second at the top of the garden where you can fully appreciate the fantastic sea views looking over the top of the house, across Loch Long and up The Clyde. The garden also has a high stone wall boundary to the rear of the garden with a gate leading to the forestry track behind which makes it ideal for dog-walking, mountain biking and walking. The garden has been designed to such a high standard that last summer it was open to the public on National Gardens Day.

Property Features :

• Victorian villa
• Sea views
• Landscaped garden
• Driveway
• Coach house