Carradale, Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, PA28

Gorton Cottage is a delightful, detached cottage type home completed in re-clad quartz stone render exterior, the house is under a slated roof (renewed to the rear) and with box profile steel over a dormer projection. Internally the house is laid out over two light, bright and easily managed levels, there are a range of useful outbuildings and lovely sheltered country cottage gardens laid to grass with summer flowers, colourful bushes and mature trees at the fringes.

Ground Floor
Outer door leading to sitting room with cornice, dual aspects and a warming open fire with timber mantel and cast-iron slips, an open arch leads to the dining room with a cornice and window to rear, the kitchen is fitted with a range of matching hardwood fronted base and wall units, complementary coloured splash back and floor tiling, space for range type cooker, door to hall and outer door reformed to create cloaks and general purpose stores, fitted utility room with door to driveway, base and wall units with splash back and floor tiling, bedroom 1 with dual aspects, cornice and shallow press, bedroom 2/home office or study with window to side, cornice and fitted cupboard, well fitted bathroom with opaque rear facing window, instant shower over the bath and splash back wall and floor tiling.


First Floor
Staircase to first floor level, small upper hallway leading to bedroom 3 with front facing dormer window formation and fitted wardrobe, access from bedroom 3 to possible 4th bedroom with front facing dormer window formation, fitted wardrobe and door providing access to floored eves and long-term storage space.

Outbuildings
Vented open fronted log store, garden equipment and machinery store, well equipped workshop, open fronted refuse store.

Gardens
Access driveway to splayed entrance to Gorton Cottage, coping stone edged black asphalt driveway with vehicle hard-standing to both side and rear of the house. Mature forestry trees form the backdrop; the gardens are laid to mature lawns which surround the house and terminate at a gravel surfaced drying green. The fringes of the gardens feature spring bulbs, colourful summer flowers, mature trees underplanted with rhododendrons, azaleas, yucca palm, contorted hazel and many other bush plants.

A public footpath right of way to access woodland paths exists on the access approach to Gorton Cottage.

Local Authorities
Argyll & Bute Council
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Services
Mains water supply, drainage is by private septic tank, mains electricity, double glazing, mains electricity, oil fired heating, supported by the open fire in the sitting room.

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

Council Tax
Gorton Cottage is in Council tax band C and the amount payable for 2025/2026 is £2475.59 including water and excluding sewerage.

Situation
Gorton Cottage is situated just off the B879 which is the minor road which connects Glen Barr/Dippin and the picturesque small harbour village of Carradale on the eastern side of the Kintyre Peninsula.

The Carradale community shop and post office are only about 0.2 miles from Gorton Cottage and the Blackbird tearoom, café and gift shop are beside the house.The main harbour centre of Carradale is about 1 mile to the east where there is the quite charming and picturesque small fishing harbour, from which are panoramic views extending out across the lower reaches of the Kilbrannan sound and on to the high tops of Arran beyond. Carradale village has 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 sandy beach of Carradale is only 0.7 miles from Gorton Cottage.

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.

The town of Campbeltown is 14 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.

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. From Tarbert there is a ferry link to Portavadie, which gives access to an alternative route to Glasgow via Dunoon and Gourock. Gorton Cottage is 14 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 18 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.

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 0.2 miles turning left at The Blackbird Tearoom and immediate right, followed by immediate left to find the access drive to Gorton Cottage.

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 0.2 miles turning left at The Blackbird Tearoom and immediate right, followed by immediate left to find the access drive to Gorton Cottage."
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