Crossaig Lodge, Skipness, Tarbert, Argyll and Bute, PA29

Description
Crossaig Lodge is of Georgian origin. Its architecture is typical of the period providing excellent family and guest accommodation over its three, light and bright and easily managed levels. Crossaig Lodge is a handsome former country estate house. It is of painted harled and stone exterior and under a slated roof with stone skews. The property is set amid grounds of some 3 acres which are fringed with amenity woodland and from its elevated position, there are wonderful and sometimes dramatic views to the Kilbrannan Sound and the high tops of the island of Arran.

Ground Floor
Outer door to tiled floor entrance vestibule, three quarter glazed door to entrance reception hallway, sitting room with dressed sleeper block fire surround and with warming log burner inset, door to side garden, dual aspect formal dining room with exposed ceiling beams and open fire, utility room and linens store with oil fired boiler, Belfast sink, concrete floor, tiled wet zone style shower room and wc, under stairs store, door to inner hallway with shelved general purpose store, home office, scullery with circular stainless steel sink and concrete floor, larder with freezers and refrigerator, half glazed door to rear gardens. Half glazed door to well-equipped and fitted kitchen with good space for informal dining/breakfasting table and chairs, freestanding warming, 9Kw multi fuel stove inset, white painted timber cladding to ceiling.

First Floor
Period staircase to three quarter landing shower room, full landing providing access to bedroom 1 with en suite bath and shower room, roll top claw foot bath, access via hatch to attic space. Door to upper inner hallway leading to dual aspect bedroom 2, bedroom 3, shower room, under stairs store.

Second Floor
Secondary staircase leading to second floor upper hallway and providing access to bedrooms 4 and 5, water tank store.

Mews Bedroom
Above garaging, a comfortable 6th, bed sitting room with 3 velux windows and en suite shower room. Electric panel heaters. Scope with the necessary consent to convert ground floor of the garaging to kitchen/sitting room and create self contained accommodation.

Outbuildings
Double garage with separate up and over doors, concrete floor, personal door access, light and power and workshop areas. Timber workshop and lean to (in need of repair). Aluminium framed greenhouse, integral cellar store, 2 general purpose outhouses, former poultry house. Log store and vehicle inspection pit.

Gardens
Bellmouth entry via galvanised steel gate to gravel surfaced driveway. 5 bar timber county gate to second access at northern side. The drive is flanked by mown lawns with mature trees, rhododendrons and evergreen bushes. A rylock fenced former vegetable patch is to the northern side. A screen of mature deciduous and evergreen trees is at the boundary fringes which provide amenity and shelter. A tall cypress tree has beneath a curved stone wall creating a pleasant zone for sundowners. A dry- stone wall is at the front with steps down to a lower lawn with sun dial and wetland habitat. Gravel parking, turning and hardstanding are in front of and to the side of the house and garage and lead around to rear gardens on the southern side. An area of mixed woodlands is to the southern side and has a pretty burn with bridges as it runs through the grounds and woodlands towards the sea.

Planning
Lapsed planning permission for a single dwelling at the site of the boat house.

Services
Private, UV lamped, filtered, bore hole supplied water, drainage is by private septic tank, oil fired central heating, supported by open fire and warming log burners, part double glazing, LPG tank.

Note: The services have not been checked by the selling agents.

Situation
Crossaig Lodge is situated in an area of great natural scenic beauty on the eastern side of the Kintyre peninsula. Crossaig Lodge enjoys a private elevated setting with superb views eastward over the Kilbrannan Sound to the Isle of Arran and north to the Isle of Bute and the distant Ayrshire coastline.

The property lies on the single track B842 which runs from the village of Skipness, 7 miles to the north, all the way to Southend on the Mull of Kintyre. This scenic little road also passes through Carradale, 10 miles and Campbeltown 23 miles.

Almost 4 miles north of Crossaig Lodge, the B8001 runs westward from its junction with the B842 at Claonaig, where the ferry crosses to the Isle of Arran. At its western end the B8001 connects to the A83 at Kennacraig, the terminal for the ferries to Islay, Jura and Colonsay.

The fishing village of Tarbert, where there is a ferry to the Cowal Peninsula, is some 5 miles further on the A83.

Everyday shopping is available in the village shops of Skipness and Carradale, where local eggs and milk can be purchased, Campbeltown, Tarbert and Lochgilphead (14 miles beyond Tarbert) provide an increasing diversity of shopping including delicatessen’s, local butchers, fishmongers and live seafood. Skipness has its own smokehouse and the wonderful Seafood Cabin.

Kintyre offers a wide variety of outdoor pursuits with many superb beaches, including the 7- mile Atlantic beach at Westport, popular with surfers, and the beautiful Carradale Bay, perfect for families as it is shallow and sheltered by its Point, home to one of the most scenic 9-hole golf courses in the country. Sailing, with marinas at Tarbert, Campbeltown and Portavadie, sea, river and loch fishing, sea kayaking and paddle boarding are all available.

Macrihanish has a Championship Golf Course and there is a very long, challenging course at Dunaverty. There are many beautiful walks throughout Kintyre, of which the spectacular Kintyre Way, which runs from Tarbert to Southend, crisscrossing the peninsula en route, is the most well-known.

As well as long distance cycling routes, Kintyre provides mountain bikers with exciting tracks on Ben Gullion, by Campbeltown. Campbeltown also has an airport, swimming pool, gymnasium and library and there is a swimming pool at Lochgilphead.

Kintyre has a wonderful diversity of wildlife and the area around Crossaig Lodge is no exception. Otters use the burn as a highway from the woods to the sea, seal swim in the bay, dolphin pods are often seen in the Kilbrannan Sound, pine martin and red squirrels pass through, Sika deer haunt the garden. There are newts, frogs, toads, bats, weasels and stoats. There are tawny owls, crossbills, goldcrests, spotted flycatchers, swallows, many songbirds and many predators such as sparrowhawk, merlin and golden eagle.

Local Authorities
Argyll & Bute Council
Kilmory
Lochgilphead
Argyll
PA31 8RT
Tel: 01546-602127.

Council Tax
Crossaig Lodge is business rated.

EPC
EPC rating E

Directions
Take the M8 west from Glasgow to J30, Erskine Bridge. Cross the bridge and take A82, signposted Crianlarich, up Loch Lomond to Tarbet where you carry straight on to follow A83 round Loch Fyne to Tarbert. Continue 5 miles on A83 to Kennacraig ferry terminal on your right. Quarter of a mile further on turn left onto the B8001 and follow this across to the east side of Kintyre. Ignore Claonaig junction and follow the road as it bends right down to a bridge and up past a cottage. From here it is just under 4 miles to Crossaig Lodge on your right.

An alternative scenic route to Glasgow is by ferry from Tarbert to Portavadie and then by A8000 to Dunoon and a further ferry from Dunoon to Gourock."
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