Woodlands Cottage, Burnockstone, Ochiltree, Cumnock, East Ayrshire, KA18

Woodlands Cottage is privately situated in a quiet rural location close to the small village of Ochiltree in East Ayrshire. Ochiltree has a thriving community hub with café and daily events/group activities, post office/shop, chemist, church and primary school (there is a school bus collection point at the end of the farm road). Secondary schooling is available at Auchinleck (about 3.5 miles). The County Town of Ayr is about 11 miles distant with an excellent range of amenities and facilities including cinema, hospital, a wide range of shops and supermarkets and a well-regarded private school. Glasgow, about 39 miles to the north, is within easily commuting distance via the M77 motorway. There are railway stations at Auchinleck and Ayr with regular services to Glasgow and beyond. Glasgow Prestwick Airport is served by a good range of international flights.

Ayrshire is renowned for its range of outdoor pursuits. There are a number of world-renowned golf courses including Royal Troon, Turnberry and Prestwick Golf Club. The racecourse at Ayr provides regular fixtures. Excellent yachting facilities are available at the marinas in Ardrossan, Troon, Largs and Inverkip. Ayrshire is famous as the birthplace of Robert Burns.

At Auchinleck Estate there are enjoyable riverside walks to Wallace’s Cave and Peden’s Cave and the River Ayr gorge walk at Mauchline is close by. Auchinleck Mansion House, was built by Lord Auchinleck, James Boswell in the late 1700s. The Scottish classic-style mansion was designed by Robert Adam, one of Scotland’s most famous architects, there is a popular coffee shop (Boswell’s Coach House) within the Estate grounds. Dumfries House Estate (about 4 miles) is one of Britain’s most beautiful stately homes with an outstanding collection of 18th century furniture, beautiful walled gardens and coffee house.

Woodlands Cottage is a former farmworkers' cottage, built of brick with a roughcast finish under a slate roof, on an elevated position and benefiting from stunning countryside views. It currently comprises two bedrooms, living room, dining kitchen, bathroom and porch/utility room however there is scope to build into the attic subject to obtaining necessary planning consents. It comes complete with about 3 acres of organic land including a beautiful woodland area, garden, wild garden and most useful area of hard standing. In more detail, the house extends to a porch leading to a welcoming hallway, with distressed look ceramic flooring and built-in cupboard, allowing access to all apartments. The bright dining kitchen with utility room off (with sink and plumbing for a washing machine) has a large south-facing window overlooking the wonderful views, a woodburner, Belfast style sink and base units under a glass worktop. The living room over-looks the fields to the front and has a multi-fuel stove set in a tiled hearth, wooden shutters, engineered oak flooring, coving and built in cupboard. There are two double bedrooms (the front one having a built in cupboard)and a large bathroom with modern suite including free-standing oval bath with floor mounted shower attachment, separate walk-in shower cubicle with dual head shower, w.c., wash hand basin and heated towel rail. The property benefits from oil fired central heating.

Woodlands has garden grounds to the side and rear, two garden sheds (one with light and power) and a covered storage area previously used as a dog run.

The garden, mainly laid to lawn has a variety of trees and shrubs including a lavatera, buddleia, dog rose and hawthorn. The natural ‘wild garden’ is well stocked and thriving diverse plant life. There is access from the garden to a beautiful woodland walkway bordering the grazing land.

There is potential to add stables/outbuildings to the large hard standing area adjacent to the house and land.

The land extends to about 3 acres in two stock-proof fenced paddocks. The field shelter has light, power point and water. There are two points of access into the land, one from the farm road and the other from the area hard standing area. The land is about 160m above sea level and has been classed at Grade 4.1 by the James Hutton Institute.

ACCESS/THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OF ACCESS/ SERVITUDES ETC
The access road is owned and maintained by the neighbouring farmer. Three properties contribute to the maintenance (approximately £100 per annum)

DIRECTIONS
From Ayr, take the A70 east towards Cumnock. Before reaching Ochiltree turn right at the crossroads (at the white house) and travel along this road for 1.2 miles then turn left onto the farm road. Woodlands Cottage is the first cottage on the right hand side.

POST CODE
KA18 2RH

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NOTE
There is a restrictive covenant whereby a business may not be run from the property due to the road access.

EPC Rating = D