An Talla, Lochpark, Carradale East, Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, PA28

Description
An Talla is a delightful, semi-detached stone built property the principal accommodation of which is laid out on the ground floor, there is secondary accommodation via a ship’s stair/ladder at the first floor/attic level. The house is of exposed red stone construction with smooth detail ashlar at quoins, windows and doors. There are elaborate overhung eves and soffits and the whole is under a slated roof. Internally, natural wood finishes to skirtings, facings and doors and many of the rooms feature picture rails and ceiling roses.

Ground Floor
Outer front door with Flemish glass and fanlight above to entrance reception hall with good cloaks cupboard. Sitting and dining room with ornate timber fireplace, tiled slips and hearth, French door to gardens and inset downlighters. Galley style fitted kitchen with pine floor, matching base and wall units, stainless steel sink and drainer, ceiling drier pulley, service hatch to dining room, general purpose store. Multi glazed door to bedroom 1 with side window and en suite wc, multi glazed door to bedroom 2, a bright dual aspect room with fitted wardrobe fronted by twin leaf louvre doors, restored pine floorboards, bathroom with instant shower over the bath, sliding glass enclosure, opaque window to side, splash back tiling.

First Floor
Via ships steps/ladder to floored and lined attic space of two connected rooms, the larger stepped at mezzanine and offering home office, craft, games/hobby/play area, door to floored and lined long term stores and attic room.

Outbuildings
Timber garden shed with corrugated sheet roof.

Gardens
Ball top finial gate piers and gate to flagstone pathway to front door, escallonia hedge over dwarf harled wall at the front, flagstone terrace at the side ideal for sheltered alfresco dining, gravel inserts, small retaining wall with shrubbery and step to slightly raised lawn bounded and neatly enclosed by escallonia hedging. Yucca palm, Chilean pine, hydrangea rhododendrons and a rotary drier. Front gardens are to a further well stocked bed. Private parking space at the front of the house.

Situation
An Talla is situated in the centre of the highly picturesque small harbour village of Carradale on the eastern side of the Kintyre Peninsula.

The house is about 150 metres from the quite charming small fishing harbour, from which are panoramic extending out across the lower reaches of the Kilbrannan sound and on to the high tops of Arran beyond.

Carradale village has a well provisioned community store, post office, a primary school and two hotels for local dining.

Carradale lies at the centre of a network of forest and coastal walks and the area is rich in wildlife with numerous bird species, several species of deer, red squirrels, dolphins, seals and otters all frequently seen. The area has three wonderful sandy beaches.

The village has a challenging 9 hole golf course and at Machrihanish (21.7 miles) there are now two of the most challenging and scenic 18 hole links courses in the West of Scotland, Machrihanish and Machrihanish Dunes. Some of the local estates run commercial shoots and there are opportunities to fish on some of the local rivers and hill lochs as well as sea angling in the Kilbrannan Sound. The 3 mile golden beach of Machrihanish Bay is well known for windsurfing and surf canoeing.

The west of Scotland is famed for its scenic sailing, and it is possible to safely moor boats in the area with associated chandlery and marina services.

A bus service operates between Carradale harbour and Campbeltown. There is a small airport at Machrihanish with a twice-daily service to and from Glasgow.

The town of Campbeltown is 16.2 miles to the South and has two supermarkets, a full range of shops and professional services, a secondary school, an A&E hospital, leisure facilities (including a modern swimming pool) and a cinema.

From Tarbert there is a ferry link to Portavadie, which gives access to an alternative route to Glasgow via Dunoon and Gourock.

An Talla is 13.6 miles to the south of the picturesque little ferry port of Claonaig, by Skipness, which connects Lochranza on the island of Arran to the Kintyre peninsula, whilst the Kennacraig ferry is circa 16 miles distant (just off the A83) and connects the Kintyre mainland with Islay, Jura and Colonsay. The Kintyre Express offers regular sailings to Ballycastle in the north of Ireland.

A long-distance footpath called the Kintyre Way was completed in 2006 and stretches from Tarbert at the North end of the peninsula, to Southend in the South and crisscrosses the peninsula, connecting communities, landscape, people and produce. The Kintyre Way is 100 miles long in total and with 4 to 7 days’ worth of walking, there is a combination of serious hiking and gentle rambles.

Services
Mains water supply, mains drainage, mains electric, electric heating, double glazing.

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

Local Authorities
Argyll & Bute Council
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Council Tax
An Talla is in Council tax band B and the amount payable for 2025/2026 is £1731.36

EPC rating
Band E

Travel Directions
From Glasgow city centre travel in a westerly direction on the M8 motorway. Leave the motorway at J30 following signs for Erskine Bridge. Proceed over bridge turning left onto the A82. Remain on the A82 for 25 miles going up Loch Lomond side. Bear left at Tarbet on to the A83. Remain on the A83 for 61 miles passing through Inveraray, Furnace, Minard, Lochgilphead and Ardrishaig before arriving in Tarbert. Taking the east side minor coastal road.
Continue through Tarbert on the A83 following signs for Campbeltown. On exiting Kennacraig follow the signs for B8001 (signposted Carradale and Skipness). Continue on the B8001 for about 4.7 miles to reach Claonaig. Bear right onto the B842 (signposted Campbeltown) and continue towards Carradale. After 13.4 miles turn left onto the B879 and proceed for 1.4 miles to reach Carradale East take the last turning on the right BEFORE reaching the harbour to find An Talla immediately on the left-hand side.

Taking the west side main A83
Leave Tarbert and remain on the A83 following signs Campbeltown. Continue on the A83 for 36 miles to reach Campbeltown. On arrival in Campbeltown, turn left onto Dalaruan St which becomes the B842. Continue on the B842 for 14.3 miles. Turn right on the B879 and proceed for 1.4 miles to reach Carradale East, take the last turning on the right BEFORE reaching the harbour to find An Talla immediately on the left hand side."
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