The Square, New Abbey, Dumfries, DG2

EPC Rating = E Council Tax Band D

THE PROPERTY

A seven bedroom, seven bathroom semi-detached family home located in the hugely popular tourist village of New Abbey which, in the past few years has won the award for best small village in Scotland. Commanding a pivotal position in the central village square, a short walk from the 12th Century Sweetheart Abbey, this delightful character property, the former Criffel Arms Hotel, dates back to the 1870s. The property has been fully restored and renovated in recent years, with many period features sympathetically retained and enhanced, offering fully flexible accommodation layout, with an annexe suitable for separate occupation currently operating as a holiday let. Externally there are extensive garden grounds with sun-deck and driveway for off-road parking. This unique, spacious home is ideally suited to growing or extended families and clearly also presents a potential business opportunity to return to use as a boutique hotel, ideally situated on the main tourist route for the stunning Solway Coast and the renowned local peak of Criffel. The property benefits from double glazing and oil-fired central heating throughout.

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ACCOMMODATION
From the impressive entrance to the property, the hallway leads to the spacious lounge/diner to the front on the right with feature fireplace with multi-fuel burning stove inset. To the front on the left is a generous living room with sitting-room beyond, also suitable for use aa ground floor double bedroom if required, complete with feature fireplace with solid fuel open-fire and access to an adjoining shower room. The kitchen is to the rear and comprises a range of fitted base and wall cabinets units, range cooker with gas hob and extractor hood, integrated dish-washer and space for a free-standing fridge-freezer along with ample space for informal everyday family dining. In the basement there is a boiler room and utility room with plumbing and space for laundry appliances. On the first floor there are four spacious double bedrooms, all with ensuites and a further bedroom currently configured to provide a home office as well as a family shower room.

The annexe to the property has an open plan kitchen/dining living space, suitable for use as a further bedroom, separate double bedroom and shower room.

Finishing outside, there is a front forecourt laid to stone sets at the entrance to the property. The main garden area is to the side, mainly set to lawn with established planted shrubs. Adjacent to the rear of the building is a timber sun terrace. The property also enjoys vehicular access to the rear with an asphalt driveway. Boundaries are formed by a combination of stone wall and timber fencing.

TRANSPORT, SCHOOLS & AMENITIES

The village of New Abbey has its own Primary school which is held in excellent local regard. Dumfries offers a selection of secondary schools.
New Abbey itself is a hugely popular tourist village, winner of the best small village in Scotland award in recent years and is a highly desirable area to live. Benefiting from a village shop, public house/restaurant, award-winning tea-room, 'Historic Scotland' properties and highly regarded doctors surgery, not to mention the historic ruin of Sweetheart Abbey, where the hearts of John Balliol and Lady Devorgilla are buried, the village offers a peaceful and picturesque living environment.

Dumfries town centre is attractive and can be reached within a 15-minute drive and offers a combination of good shopping facilities and historic buildings.

The town is also the home of a substantial college and university campus located within beautiful grounds overlooking the town and has three golf courses.

A regular local bus servicing the town centre stops in the immediate vicinity within the village and for further afield transport links Dumfries train station provides regular links to Glasgow and all points south, as does the bus station situated on the Whitesands by the river. There are regular and quick train connections to Edinburgh from the small town of Lockerbie, just a few miles away, and which has a regular bus service with Dumfries.

The M6 and M74 road networks are accessible nearby at Moffat, Gretna and Lockerbie.

The surrounding area offers glorious countryside and historic ruins with easy access to the beautiful coast and a multitude of sporting and country pursuits including sailing, horse riding, mountain biking, fishing, golf and fine coastal, hill and woodland walks.

HOME REPORT :
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