Craighouse, Barrmill Road, Beith, KA15

Description
Craighouse is an excellent combination of period property, outbuildings, equine infrastructure and land assets which enjoy a secluded, rural yet highly convenient location. The main house is a Victorian house of red sandstone construction under a slated roof, with attached white painted stone steadings under tiled and corrugated sheet roofing. Internally there are period features including picture rails, cornices, corbels, original fireplaces and hardwood flooring. A feature staircase with wood turned banister has fluted spindles and wood turned ball top newel posts. At the upper hallway there is a distinctive galleried upper hallway with natural light from large, glazed cupola lantern. Externally, there are numerous ancillary buildings which are suitable for the storage of fodder, machinery and equipment. A convenient rubber and silica sand base all weather arena and winter turnout area are beside the house as are 4 fields with good access tracks and gates. The railway siding offers additional turn out and grazing opportunity.

Ground Floor
Outer storm door to entrance vestibule with mosaic tile floor, multi opaque glazed door with matching side screens to broad entrance reception hallway with hardwood flooring, cloakroom with mosaic tile floor, drawing room with deep bay window, multi fuel stove set in timber fireplace with tiled slips, formal dining room with multi fuel stove set in dressed stone fireplace, hardwood floor, Edinburgh press, and indented wall mouldings, inner hallway with under stairs store, shelved electrics store, former butler’s pantry with original furniture now set up as home office/study room, fine family/TV room with twin leaf communicating doors from drawing room, multi fuel stove set in pine fireplace with slate tile slips, fitted dining/breakfasting kitchen with electric fired four oven Aga range cooker in cream enamel. Open plan breakfasting and informal dining island, ground floor shower room, internal door to garaging. Rear hallway and boot room, with door to rear gardens, large utility room, tack stores, wc and access to 4 loose boxes directly from house.

First Floor
Period staircase to three quarter landing leading to bedroom 1 with 4 velux windows, domestic hot tank store, trap with concealed secondary staircase to lower level, good sized refitted en suite shower room with tiling in art deco style. Full galleried landing with access hatch to substantial attic (unfloored), curved banister to family bath and shower room, gas boiler and second domestic hot tank store, bedroom 2 with fitted furniture, tiled fireplace and open fire, bedroom 3, bedroom 4 with open Edinburgh press, bedroom 5 with closed Edinburgh press.

Outbuildings
Attached large 4 vehicle garage and general purpose store accessed from kitchen, concrete floor and up and over roller door.

3 bay open fronted pole barn with box profile steel roof.

Box profile steel clad and roofed garage with new up and over roller door.

Open fronted tractor/machinery shed.

Box profile steel clad and roofed 4 bay steel portal frame shed with 3 good loose boxes with drinkers, feed and hay storage areas.

Open fronted, well vented log stores.

Open fronted hay store, loose box.

Attached steading with 3 large rubber floored loose boxes with drinkers, new panels and galvanised steel railings. 2 kennels including feed area and additional hayloft for additional storage.

Gardens
Stone bell mouth entry to tree lined access driveway to gravel surfaced vehicle turning and hard standing apron to the front of the house. Well maintained lawn and grass verges. Within the grounds are many mature semi ancient native trees including sycamore, horse chestnut, ash and limes. Enclosed lawn at rear and flagstone terrace beside the conservatory. Access drives to both southern and eastern sides to yard at the rear with gates and good access to surrounding fields. There is access under the sandstone bridge to 350 acres of recently planted woodland, which is owned by Scottish Forestry, and which is ideal for walks etc.

Arena/Manege
Silica sand base and pulverised rubber surfaced all weather and floodlit arena (approximately 25m by 52m), together with winter turn out area.

Land
The land holding at Craighouse extends to 24.17 acres (9.781Ha). The land is in a good ring-fenced block running from the northwest to the southeast. The land has been divided up into a number of fields (4) with free swinging gates and access tracks. The railway siding is broad and offers additional grazing opportunity. The fields are generally in good heart and are suitable for cropping, livestock grazing and equine pursuits. There are strips of semi ancient native woodland and Sitka spruce.

Registered Farm
Craighouse is a registered farm with Farm Code 69/201/0106.

Local Authorities
North Ayrshire Council
Tel: .

Services
Mains water supply, drainage is by private septic tank, mains gas, gas fired central heating, supported by multi fuel stoves, one of which fires a bathroom radiator and supplies hot water, double glazing, additional private spring water supply. Off peak night rate for electricity.

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

EPC Rating
EPC rating D.

Council Tax
Craighouse is in Band H and the amount of council tax payable for 2025/2026 is £4,362.57.

Situation
Craighouse is situated in pleasant countryside of North Ayrshire on the fringe of Beith and the hamlets of Gateside and Barrmill. It is only about half a mile from the town of Beith.

Gateside is a pretty and popular hamlet with an excellent primary school of some repute, a village hall and a popular and friendly country pub, and whilst enjoying all associated with rural living, Beith, Gateside and Barrmill are extremely well placed for a daily commute to Glasgow.

The A737 provides good access to the M8 motorway corridor and Glasgow city, (amazingly, some 22 miles away, only 1 set of traffic lights at the Bothwell Street off ramp before entering the city), as well as easy access to the ever-developing Ayrshire coastline. The closest main line railway stations are at Glengarnock (3 miles) and Lochwinnoch (3.7 miles). The international airports of Glasgow and Prestwick are 12 and 19.5 miles respectively.

Glasgow city (22 miles) provides an excellent range of all professional services, higher education, cultural and retail facilities normally associated with a major city centre.

Tourism is a thriving industry in Ayrshire. The main town of Ayr has its own racecourse hosting the Scottish Grand National and is arguably Scotland’s golfing Mecca with the home of the Open Championship at Prestwick and present day Open Championship links at Turnberry and Royal Troon. Alloway is the birthplace of Robert Burns and his legacy continues to draw people to the area.

For the field sportsman/woman the rivers of Ayrshire offer salmon fishing by permit. The Garnock water has a back-end run of salmon. The district also offers some commercially run and challenging low ground driven pheasant shooting and with permission some of the local estates and landowners allow the chance to stalk roe deer.

Sea fishing sport is available on the Ayrshire coastline.

There are marina, yachting and chandlery services at Troon, Largs and Inverkip. Inland sailing and paddle sports are available at the Clyde and Muirshiel Regional Park at nearby Lochwinnoch.

The quiet backroads around Craighouse offer many miles of hacking opportunity. Furthermore Craighouse is only 30 minutes by trailer to major show venues of Muirmill and Morris Equestrian Centres, Irvine Beach, Eglinton Country Park and also gallops to hire.

Travel Directions
From Glasgow City Centre proceed west on the M8 motorway. After 9 miles take junction 29 (A737) following signs for Irvine. Continue on the A737 for 12 miles to reach the Beith bypass, continue on the bypass and identify the BP filling station on the right-hand side. Continue for a further 400 metres taking 3rd left onto the B706. Continue on the B706 for 0.5 miles to find the entrance driveway to Craighouse on the right hand side."
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