BOATCROFT GLENLOCHAR, CASTLE DOUGLAS. Boatcroft

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3 BOATCROFT, GLENLOCHAR, CASTLE DOUGLAS Boatcroft is a traditional cottage with outbuildings beautifully situated on the banks of the River Dee. The cottage enjoys an idyllic location and could, with the required modernisation, provide a peaceful rural family home. Castle Douglas 3 miles Dumfries 20 miles Ayr 48 miles Accommodation over two floors comprises: Ground Floor: Entrance Porch. Hallway. Living Room. Bathroom. Dining Room. Kitchen. First Floor: Two Double Bedrooms (coombe ceiling) Paddock (0.85 acres) Stable. Hay Store. Store/Workshops. Log Store. About 1.4 acres in all. 93 King Street Castle Douglas DG7 1AE castledouglas@galbraithgroup.com

4 GENERAL The nearby market town of Castle Douglas has a good range of shops, supermarkets, and other services, and is designated Scotland s Food Town. The regional capital of Dumfries, about 20 miles distant, offers a wider range of shops, retail outlets and services including the Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary, cinema, and the Crichton Campus providing further education courses, and railway station. The harbour town of Kirkcudbright, also known as Scotland s Artists Town, is very popular with tourists, particularly in the summer months with a range of festivities and events including an annual Arts and Crafts Trail, Jazz festival, and a popular farmers market runs throughout the year. The Southwest of Scotland is well known for its mild climate, attractive unspoilt countryside and abundance and diversity of its recreational and sporting pursuits, such as shooting, stalking, as well as trout and salmon fishing on the region s numerous rivers and lochs. A wide variety of beaches, coastal paths and beautiful walks are within easy reach of the property. There are water sports and sailing on nearby Loch Ken as well as on the Solway, along with excellent hill walking in the nearby Galloway Hills and cycling along some of the numerous cycle routes, as well as a nationally renowned network of mountain biking routes in the hills and forest parks making up the Seven Stanes centres. The Galloway Forest Park well known for its beauty and tranquillity is also recognised as Britain s first Dark Sky Park, and provides astronomers phenomenal views of the stars with a newly opened Observatory. For golf enthusiasts there is an 18 hole course in the town as well as several courses within a short driving distance, and the Championship course at Southerness on the picturesque Solway Coast. Communications to the area are very good, with a regular daily bus service from the town, and railway stations in both Dumfries and Lockerbie. The M74 motorway is about 50 miles distant allowing easy access north and south. Regular flights to parts of the UK and Ireland as well as continental Europe depart from Prestwick Airport, which is 54 miles to the north. Both Glasgow and Edinburgh with their international airports are 88 and 116 miles respectively. A daily ferry service to Northern Ireland operates with Stenna Link from Cairnryan 58 miles to the west, close to Stranraer. DESCRIPTION A charming property on the Banks of the River Dee with great potential to become a beautiful, rural family home with an abundance of outside space. The property, now in need of modernisation, has real potential for extension (subject to local planning) by incorporating the adjoining outbuildings into the accommodation space of Boatcroft on the Ground Floor. The property is partially double glazed with a UPVC framed casement style the Kitchen window and front door is also single glazed. The property further benefits from Oil fired central heating and two open fires situated in the living and dining room. Boatcroft enjoys the rural lifestyle within a generous plot and beautiful outlook, yet only a few miles from local amnesties on offer within the town of Castle Douglas. The accommodation comprises: Ground Floor: Entrance Porch. Hallway. Living Room. Dining Room. Bedroom (off living room). Kitchen. Bathroom. First Floor: Two Double bedrooms. Gross Internal floor area extending to 108 square meters. Ground Floor Entrance Porch External door opening to porch with part wood panelled walls and hanging cloakroom space. Glazed timber door opening to: Hallway Stairs rising to first floor. Access to all ground floor accommodation. Living Room Open fire with tiled hearth, surround and overmantel. Window overlooking paddock and River Dee beyond. Door to: Bedroom 1 (Off Living Room) Window to garden, driveway and countryside towards village of Glenlochar.

5 Dining Room Open fire with tiled surround, hearth and overmantel. Window to front over paddock and River Dee. Alcove shelving. Kitchen Fitted base and wall units with worktop. Sink with drainage board. Window overlooking garden. Tiled flooring. Bathroom WC and wash hand basin. Bath with Triton electric shower over and tiled surround. Vinyl flooring. Under stair storage cupboard. First Floor Bedroom 2 (Master) Bay window overlooking paddock and River beyond. Storage cupboard. Door access to eaves storage space. Bedroom 3 Bay window overlooking paddock and River. Storage cupboard. GARDEN AND GROUNDS Boatcroft benefits not only from a stunning riverside location but also from an abundance of outside space. The property occupies a slightly elevated location within the site, approached via a farm track and through the metal gate the track continues to the stable block and round to the entrance to the paddock suitable for vehicular access if needed. There is a large turning/ parking area for a range of vehicles. To the north of the property there is a fully enclosed garden area which is predominantly laid to lawn with some mature planted beds. To the east of this, situated directly in front of the stable blocks is a larger area also laid to lawn. It could be possible to extend the paddock to include this as additional grazing, leading directly to the front of the stables. Continuing around to the entrance of Boatcroft is a gravel pathway which continues around the Southerly side, accessing the property, log store and utility outhouse. The Land The land would be suitable for horses and extends from Boatcroft down to the boundary nearest the River. Accessed via metal gate from property and fully enclosed with stock fencing. The paddock currently extends to 0.85 acres but as previously mentioned, this could be extended to include the grass area to the front of the stable block. OUTBUILDINGS Detached Stable Block (5.5m x 8.9m) Containing two stable units, with one single stable door and one double stable door to the front. Concrete block construction. Hay Store Open fronted with corrugated roof. Log Store/Boiler House (4.3m x 4.2m) Attached to the west gable of the house of stone construction. Utility Outhouse/Workshop Attached to the east gable of the house. SERVICES Electricity Mains Water Mains Heating Oil fired central heating (Boiler in the attached Boiler House) Drainage Septic Tank EPC F 28 DIRECTIONS Traveling from Castle Douglas follow the A713 North heading for Ayr. After about 2 miles upon entering the small hamlet of Townhead of Greenlaw, take the left turn signposted Laurieston. Follow this road into Glenlochar, crossing the river and take the first left turn. Continue along this road for a short distance, Boatcroft is signposted on your left. Follow the track to the end, through the gate leads to Boatcroft. POST CODE DG7 2PA NB It is highly recommended not to rely on a Satnav in a rural location to always check on a route map or CKD s particulars prior to any scheduled viewings.

6 ACCESS Access to the property is via a driveway from the public road. The track is a Right of Way to Boatcroft as far as the gate and maintenance is shared by the farmer and one other property is our understanding. LOCAL AUTHORITY Dumfries & Galloway Council. Carruthers House, English Street, Dumfries DG1 2DD Tel: Fax: 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. Well River Flow Guage Boat Croft OUTGOINGS For Council Tax purposes the property has been assessed as Band C. VIEWINGS By appointment with the Selling Agents. INTERNET WEBSITE AND INTERNATIONAL COVERAGE This property and other properties offered by Galbraith can be viewed on our website at as well as our affiliated websites com; and www. uklandandfarms.co.uk. Galbraith is proactive on both Facebook (www. facebook.com/galbraithpropertyconsultancy) and Twitter (twitter.com/galbraith_group). Our dedicated social media officer ensures our pages are updated on a daily basis. Social media marketing is an excellent way of ensuring your property is exposed to a wide national and international audience and journalists are now using twitter to source properties for editorial in newspapers, magazines and websites. MORTGAGE FINANCE Galbraith has an alliance with Matthew Griffiths, an independent mortgage broker Fox Private Finance, who through his 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 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 Closing Date A closing date may be fixed. Prospective purchasers who have notified their interest through lawyers to 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 Galbraith, 93 King Street, Castle Douglas DG7 1AE. Tel: 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. Deeview 0m 25m 50m 75m

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