Craigend Cottage, 23 Craigmore Road, Rothesay, Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute, PA20

Description
The house is perfect and well set up for principal family living. The Isle of Bute is also a well-known west of Scotland holiday and short break destinations and so the property offers considerable scope as a second, or income producing self catering holiday letting home.

Ground Floor
Outer door to entrance vestibule/boot room, inner front door with glass insert to fully integrated contemporary kitchen cum informal dining and breakfasting area, cupboard housing the electrical switch gear, window to front gardens and waterscape views. Formal sitting room with fireplace, all open plan to formal dining room, window to waterscape views, hall with fitted wardrobe space, family shower room with linen stores and heated towel rails, bedroom 1 with fitted wardrobes and cupboards, windows to side gardens. Rear hall to utility room housing the boiler, conservatory/sunroom set up as sitting and dining with uninterrupted waterscape views, twin leaf doors to gardens.

First Floor
Via a carpeted space saving staircase to first floor landing with window enjoying waterscape views, wc, bedroom 2 (principal) with 2 x fitted wardrobes and 2 x windows to waterscape.

Outbuildings
Detached general purpose store completed in white painted stone, greenhouse.

Gardens
Via twin leaf gates set within an exposed stone wall leading to gravel vehicular hard standing and parking. The gardens at Craigend Cottage are low maintenance by design and laid to lawn at the front with an assortment of colourful flower beds and bushes at its fringes, further bound by a stone wall. A slightly raised alfresco patio area lies in front of the conservatory, which is ideal for enjoying evening sundowners and from where there are completely uninterrupted waterscape views. The rear gardens are overgrown and are laid to a combination of matured beds, bushes and specimen trees.

Situation
Craigend Cottage is situated in an area known locally as Craigmore on the eastern side of the Isle of Bute’s capital town of Rothesay.

From its immediate foreshore vantage point on the Craigmore Road, the house commands uninterrupted views across the firth of Clyde towards Wemyss Bay, Skelmorlie and Largs on the mainland.

Access to the famous and highly scenic Kyles of Bute is just to the northwest and is always lively with the coming and going of the Caledonian Macbrayne Ferry service to and from Wemyss Bay as well as the movement of pleasure boats and sailing yachts as they venture through the famous and highly scenic Kyles of Bute.

Rothesay town has thriving shopping, leisure and educational facilities including a larger sized Co-op. Caledonian MacBrayne operates a frequent ferry service to Wemyss Bay, which has direct rail links to Glasgow. A second ferry service runs between Rhubodach on the north of Bute to Colintraive giving access to Argyll and the West Highlands.

The two nearest airports are Glasgow and Prestwick, which are approximately 40 and 50 minutes’ drive respectively from Wemyss Bay.

Leisure
Rothesay has an 18 hole golf course, from most of which there are outstanding views of the Firth of Clyde and Arran. Smaller courses are at Port Bannatyne and Kingarth. Bute is an area of significant natural beauty and mild climate, with many opportunities for coastal and hill walking and mountain biking. Fresh water and sea fishing are available, and there are shooting and stalking opportunities. The island has its own grass airstrip for light aircraft and microlights.

Sailing
The area is well known for its sailing on the Kyles of Bute, which is a National Scenic Area. Tighnabruaich and Colintraive to the north, and the Crinan Canal and Tarbert to the West, are centres of lively sailing activity throughout the season. There are marinas, chandlery services and sheltered moorings in Rothesay and Port Bannatyne.

Local Authorities
Argyll and Bute Council
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Services
Mains water supply, mains drainage, gas fired central heating, part double glazed.

Council Tax
Craigend Cottage is in band E and the amount payable for 2025/2026 is £2869.72 including water and sewerage charges.

EPC
Rating D.

Viewing
Strictly by appointment with Robb Residential, telephone .

Travel Directions
From Glasgow, travel west on the M8 to Greenock, and then continue on the A78 to Wemyss Bay. Take the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry to Rothesay (35 minutes). On leaving the ferry at Rothesay, follow the exit road to the traffic lights and turn left, proceed along the coastal road (A844) for about 1.8 miles to find Craigend Cottage on the right hand side."
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