3 bedroom detached house for sale

Tenure: Freehold

On amap dating from1743 there is a building labelled “WeeMill”where Inverdee nowstands, and the roof line of an older building is apparent in one of the gablewalls of Inverdee, though it is not known if this is the originalMill.Certainly,modern planning restrictionswould prevent any newbuilding on a location such as this now, and Inverdee enjoyswhatmanywould consider to be the best location in the Kirkcudbright area. The outlook across the Dee Estuary to Kirkcudbright is superb, as is the outlook to the south down the Estuary towards the sea.

Inverdee has been owned by the McKinnel family since the 1930s, and opportunities to purchase propertieswith locations like this are rare indeed. The house itself benefits from many features enhancing the character, such as the generous use of pitched pine panels onmanywalls, deep skirting boards, decorative cornicing, and four panelled wooden doors. It also benefits from LPG gas heating, and double glazing to some windows. The two fireplaces downstairs are used regularly. The two fireplaces upstairs have not been used formany years, though they didwork before being covered.

Kirkcudbright itself is an attractive harbour town situated on the banks of the River Dee. The town is of historic and architectural interest with its ancient High Street, Tolbooth Art Centre, Stewartry Museum and numerous galleries. Long frequented by artists, Kirkcudbright was home to the renowned artist, E A Hornel, one of “the Glasgow Boys”, and many other well known artists in the early twentieth century. This tradition is maintained today by a flourishing colony of painters and craft workers which has led to Kirkcudbright being named the “Artists’ Town”.

The south west of Scotland is a genuinely rural area with its gentle rolling landscape, mild climate and dramatic coastline. The area has a good range of sport and outdoor activities with opportunities to take shooting in the area, fishing on the nearby rivers and, of course, golf. The Solway is a popular yachting destination and Kirkcudbright has good berthing facilities.

ACCOMMODATION
ENTRANCE HALL 8’9” x 4’8” (2.69mx 1.44m)
An exterior door opens to the entrance hall which houses themeter cupboard, and has a door off to the downstairs shower room. Vinyl floor.

SHOWER ROOM 7’4” x 7’2” (2.24mx 2.19m)
This roomis tiled to one and a halfwalls and the remainder of thewalls and ceiling are finished in pine cladding. ContainingW.C., bidet andwash-hand basin, the shower room has a matching shower tray and a corner shower fittedwith aMira 723mixer shower. Obscure glazedwindow, wallmounted electric fan heater,windowblind. Vinyl floor.
An inner hall leads from the entrance hall through to the kitchen, and there are doors off this opening to a spacious understairs cupboard lined in pitched pine, and also a double cloaks cupboard incorporating ample hanging space, space for shoes.

KITCHEN 16’ x 14’ (4.88mx 4.29m)
The kitchen is fittedwith a range of floor andwall units finishedwith teak veneer doors. These incorporate a single drainer sink with mixer tap over, Electrolux double oven and grill, and four burner gas hob. There is space for awashingmachine, dish-washer, fridge and freezer. There is also room in the kitchen for dining, though there is the separate dining room if preferred. In the fireplace is the Ideal Mexico LPG central heating boiler. To one side of this is an integral
shelved cupboardwith display lights to the top. There is a sash and casewindowwith shutters to the kitchen area and a further sash and case window with shutters to the dining area of the room. Exposed wooden beams to the ceiling, and there are six spotlights mounted on these, with a further central light above the dining area. Clothes pulley. There is panelling in pitched pine to half-height to thewalls round the dining area of the room.

DINING ROOM 15’10” x 12’1” (4.85mx 3.70m)
This room enjoys an excellent outlook across The Dee towards the Yacht Marina and Kirkcudbright beyond, through the uPVC double glazedwindow. There are decorativewooden panels to either side of this window and beneath it. Open fire set in a brick surround with woodenmantel over, and tiled hearth beneathwith brass fender. This is aworking fire, though
heat can also be provided through the radiator to one side, fitted with a thermostatic control. Decorative coving to ceiling, deep skirting boards, carpet, curtains, four panel wooden door withwood surround.

SITTING ROOM 15’8” x 13’10” (4.79mx 4.22m)
Againwith an excellent outlook over the river through the sash and casewindow,which is set in wooden panelling painted white. This room also has an open fire, this time with a brick surround and hearth with wooden mantel over. There is a radiator with thermostatic control, carpet, curtains, decorative coving to ceiling, and deep skirting boards.

SUN ROOM 9’7” x 6’8” (2.93mx 2.06m)
This area incorporateswhat is actually the front door to the property, though all visitors tend to use the other door! Of older design, the sun roomhas good sizedwindowareas to three sides with the remainder of the roombeing finished in pitched pine panelling, andwith a pitched pine ceiling of decorative design. Tiled floor. There is a metal security grill which can be closed across the inner doors opening to the hall if preferred. These doors have decorative stained
glass panels to the upper part. Many purchasersmay choose to extend the current sun room to provide living space taking maximum benefit of the spectacular location and the views.

HALL 12’1” x 6’ (3.70mx 1.85m)
The hall has doors off to the kitchen, dining roomand sitting room. There are stairs leading to the first floor, and these are trimmed with pitched pine panelling to both the area beneath the stairs and the wall beside the stairs leading up to the first floor. Radiator with thermostatic control, carpet, double doors from sun room.

First floor accommodation
A carpeted stair leads to the half-landing, which enjoys a lovely view to the north through a sash and case window, over the adjacent farmland to hills beyond, including Bengairn. The first floor landing is carpeted tomatch the stairs and hall, has decorative coving to the ceiling, and pitched pine panelling to half-height continues round this area.

MASTER BEDROOM 16’8” x 16’2” (5.09mx 4.94m)
Againwithasuperbviewacross theestuary toKirkcudbright. Woodpanellingaroundwindow, coving to ceiling, carpet, curtains, radiator with thermostatic control, fireplace. A four panel wooden door opens to a full-height cupboard linedwith pine panelling, andwith ample space for storage, including on a shelf above. A hatch in the top of this cupboard opens to the attic

SECOND DOUBLE
BEDROOM 16’8” x 10’1” (5.09mx 3.08m)
Another room with an excellent view across to Kirkcudbright through a uPVC double glazed window. Partially coombed ceiling, radiatorwith thermostatic control,wood panelling around window, coving to ceiling, deep skirting boards, carpet, curtains, boarded up fireplace. A four panel wooden door opens to another full-height cupboard finished with pine panelling and providing extensive storage. There would be space using the cupboards in this bedroom and the master bedroom to form en-suite facilities if desired, though the sellers have not investigated the practicality of suchworks.

THIRD BEDROOM 10’6” x 10’5” (3.21mx 3.19m)
The sash and casewindowenjoys a viewdown the estuary towards the Ross and the sea. The bedroom itself has a shelved alcove, coved ceiling, carpet, curtains, and radiator with thermostatic control.

BATHROOM 15’8” x 5’1” (4.79mx 1.56m)
Recently modernised, and incorporating aW.C. and wash-hand basin set in a vanity unit, which incorporates space for storage. The W.C. is dual flush and the wash-hand basin incorporates a mixer tap. The bath also has a mixer tap and has aMira Sport electric shower over. The whole of the surround to the bath is tiled with decorative tiles of a neutral shade allowing purchasers to choose the wall colour that suits them best, and this tiling continues along the whole of the wall above the vanity unit housing the wash-hand basin and toilet. There is a sash and case window with pine
panelling around. Over thewash-hand basin is a mirror and light, and to the ceiling there are four recessed halogen lights. There is an extractor fan mounted in the ceiling near the shower unit, and at one end of the bath is the
built-in airing cupboard, housing the hot water cylinder, header tanks, and with shelves for towels. There is a stainless steel towel rail heated via the central heating system. To the side of the bath is a glass shower screen.

CELLAR 15’8” x 13’10” (4.78mx 4.22m) and 12’6” x 16’4” (3.83mx 5.0m)
The two rooms forming the cellar are accessed from the exterior near the main door to the house. These rooms provide ample space for storing flower pots, tools,wire, and other garden items. The cellar enjoys electric power and light, and also natural light through a uPVC double glazed window to each room.

OUTSIDE
To the front of the property, a concrete drive leads to:

TWO GARAGES
Sitting side by side, eachmeasuring 16’7” x 9’8” (5.07mx 2.95m). Each has a concrete base and walls,with corrugated concrete roof, awindowto the rear, and “up and over” door to the front. Both have electric power and light. Together with the area of concrete hard standing in front of the garages, and a lay-by area immediately in front of the property adjacent to the road, there is ample parking. To the left of the garages as viewed fromthe road there is an area of lawn and continuing down towards the river is a good size,well stocked flower bedwith lawn beyond it also. Agate in the
fence at the bottomof the garden opens to the shore. Continuing round the back of the house is a:

WORKSHOP
Measuring 11’9” x 10’8” (3.60m x 3.28m). This is fitted out with shelving and areas for storing tools, as well as work benches with joiners vice. There are two windows to the side and an area suitable for storing timber above. This workshop area has a pitched roof, and is mainly built of brickwith somewood also. It is linked to a further:

OUTBUILDING
Incorporating a coal house measuring 7’10” x 6’1” (2.41m x 1.88m). The other part of this building is a general purpose area measuring 6’4” x 6’11” (1.96mx 2.13m). This area enjoys electric power and light also, and has space for housing the freezers. To the right of the house as viewed from the road is the main area of garden,which is largely laid to grasswith a very good sized vegetable plot. TheMac Gas LPG tank is located here.

ALTON GREENHOUSE
Measuring 10’10” x approximately 6’ (3.31m x 1.80m) on a concrete base. There is an outside tap on the wall of the rear
of the house,with a further outside tap on awall at the front of the house. Continuing beyond the vegetable patch there is a further area of lawnwith two apple trees, and here there is a:

WOODEN SHED
Measuring approximately 7’10” x 7’6” (2.41m x 2.31m). This shed is very bright with three good sized glazed panels facing towards the river. To the rear of it is awater butt collecting rainwater fromits roof. There is a furtherwater butt collecting water from the roof of the garage.

BURDENS
The Council Tax Band relating to this property is F.

SERVICES
The agents assume that the subjects are served by mains water and mains electricity, but no guarantee can be given at this stage.Drainage is to a septic tank, andHeating is LPGvia the gas tank situated in the garden.

ENTRY
Subject to negotiation.

GENERAL ENQUIRIES, VIEWING & OFFERS
General enquiries regarding this property, or arrangements to view, should bemade through the Selling Agents, Messrs Williamson & Henry, at their Property Office, 3 St Cuthbert Street, Kirkcudbright DG6 4DJ (Tel: 01557 331049), (e-mail property@williamsonandhenry.co.uk), with whomOffers (in the appropriate Scottish form) should be lodged.
For the benefit of Solicitors, the DX Number is 580813, Kirkcudbright, the Legal Post Number is LP-1 Kirkcudbright and the Fax Number is 01557 332057. Reference: IMR/PL/MCKIG01-09