SITUATION
The Pigeon Loft is part of a converted traditional B Listed stable courtyard for Knockbrex House. Knockbrex is situated close to the coast near the village of Borgue. Borgue has a hotel, The Borgue Hotel. A range of amenities are available in Kirkcudbright. Kirkcudbright is famous as Scotland’s Artists’ Town and its well-known connections to The Glasgow Boys. The town provides a range of services including two small supermarkets and individual specialist shops, 3 churches, museum, library, doctor’s surgery, optician, two veterinary practices, swimming pool, tennis court, bowling green, as well as a primary and secondary schools. The nearby market town of Castle Douglas also has a good range of shops and other services, and is designated Dumfries and Galloway’s ‘Food Town’. The regional capital of Dumfries offers a wider range of shops, retail outlets and services including the Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary and the Crichton Campus providing further education courses.
Communications to the area are very good, with railway stations in both Dumfries and Lockerbie. The M74 motorway is accessible at Moffat and Lockerbie, allowing easy access north and south. Regular flights to parts of the UK and Ireland as well as continental Europe depart from Prestwick Airport, which is 58 miles drive to the north. Both Glasgow and Edinburgh with their international airports are around two hours’ drive. Regular ferry services to Northern Ireland operate with Stena Link and P & O from Cairnryan around 51 miles to the west, close to Stranraer.


DESCRIPTION
The Pigeon Loft forms part of a traditional stables courtyard, once servicing the main house, Knockbrex, and dating back to 1900. It is a unique home with the most charming layout. The main living room, study/reception room and one bedroom are formed from the original stalls with the equestrian features still intact including the stall dividers, ironwork, water troughs and beautiful original green tiling. There even remain the horses’ name plates in each stall, albeit with new names added. A Dowling Stove warms the whole area from the living room stall. A mezzanine storage area sits over. The hallway forming the rest of this stunning space has been used as a dining room by previous occupants and has large windows overlooking the courtyard and fitted cupboards to one end as well as beneath the windows.

The kitchen is well appointed for modern life and has attractive fitted units with solid oak doors and Karndean floor tiles on a raised floor which preserves the original stone paved floor below, and the floor is also done this way in the family bathroom, which features a bespoke solid yew countertop with wash hand basin set in, and storage beneath. The WC is hidden in a bespoke wooden cabinet, adding to the charm of this unusual home. Fitted woodwork is by Ian Cameron-Smith (cameronsmithdesigns.co.uk).

The stairs to the first floor, or former pigeon loft from which the property takes its name, have handcrafted handrails leading up to the main bedroom. This striking room features a round window, around which a bespoke ash bedframe curves, with matching illuminated bedside tables, designed and created by Ian Cameron-Smith (cameronsmithdesigns.co.uk) – NB. this furniture is available by separate negotiation. Leading up from the bedroom are further stairs which land in the fabulous living room which features a bespoke jungle wallpaper mural on one wall and is flooded with light from the pagoda windows and the two large main windows. A flame effect electric fire is mounted in a room divider which hides the stairs and also has a small desk area.

Outside is a generous garden, mainly laid to lawn with a raised deck BBQ and seating area, and a wonderful summerhouse/garden room which features a wood burning stove and a sauna. It has been used as extra bedroom accommodation for visiting family in the past and would also make a wonderful home office.

In short, The Pigeon Loft is a rare opportunity to acquire a unique and history-steeped home which could serve equally well as a second home offering quirky accommodation for family, friends and guests, or as a full-time residence as has been the case for the last 20 years.

ACCOMMODATION
Ground Floor: Entrance Hall. Kitchen. Bathroom. Stable area with dining hallway, reception room with Dowling Stove, Bedroom, further Reception/Study/Bedroom

First Floor: Master Bedroom

Second Floor: Living Room 2

GARDEN
To the front there is parking on the cobbled courtyard, which is shared with the two neighbouring properties. To the rear the garden is mainly laid to lawn and features a raised timber deck which is ideal for summer entertaining. The summer house/garden room sits to one side and has a sauna as well as a wood burning stove. There are open views across the former walled garden beyond the fence line.
The driveway spur from the main Knockbrex drive and the courtyard are included, subject to the access rights specified below. Maintenance is the responsibility of The Pigeon Loft.

EPC Rating = E