EPC Rating - D

Council Tax Band - C

Home Report Value - £158,000

THE PROPERTY

Delightful deceptively spacious 1.5 storey terraced cottage dating back to 1880, offering generous outdoor space to the rear, situated in the heart of the popular small town of Newton Stewart, hub for the Machars, close to the Galloway Forest Park Cairnsmore National Nature Reserve, home of the Southern Uplands local peaks of Cairnsmore, The Merrick and Lamachan. The property layout is fully flexible and currently configured to provide, on the ground floor, a cosy lounge, a separate dining-room, kitchen, separate dining-room and downstairs family bathroom, while on the upper floor there are three double bedrooms and wash-room. Outside there are generous low maintenance, private, enclosed garden grounds to the rear with patio, drying green, summer house and shed. The property benefits from double glazing and gas-fired (combi boiler) central heating throughout. Ideally suited to small families, professionals and retirees, the property would make an ideal permanent or holiday home, providing an attractive peaceful base from which to explore the nearby unspoilt coast and countryside of rural Galloway and Wigtownshire. The flexible accommodation layout could be reconfigured to suit any modern living/working arrangements. Viewing is essential whether virtual or in person to appreciate all this enviable property has to offer both inside and out.

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ACCOMMODATION

The front door to the property opens into the welcoming vestibule with hallway beyond providing access to the lounge on the front to the left and dining-room to the front on the right with kitchen, separate utility room and downstairs family bathroom to the rear. A staircase leads from the hallway to the upper floor accommodation comprising three double bedrooms. The main bedroom is twin aspect running the full length of the property. The second bedroom is to the front and third to the rear. The main and second bedrooms both offer fitted wardrobes. Back on the ground floor the kitchen comprises a range of base and wall units with contrasting worktops and splash-back. There is a stainless steel sink and drainer unit, gas hob with extractor and electric oven with space for an under counter fridge. The separate utility room offers plumbed space for a washing machine and additional storage cabinets. The downstairs family bathroom has a three-piece white suite including a bath with shower over, pedestal wash hand basin and toilet while the upstairs wash-room features a vanity storage unit with wash hand basin inset and toilet.

Finishing off outside, to the front the house frontage adjoins the public footpath.
There is a shared access pend/close at the right hand side of the dwelling (when facing the front of the building).
The rear garden has a flagstone drying/eating area, flagstone/concrete paths, stone chipped areas, and planted borders.
Boundaries are defined by dry stone/brick walls, post and wire fences and hedges.


TRANSPORT, SCHOOLS & AMENITIES

The nearest primary school and pre-school nursery provision are in Newton Stewart with the nearest secondary school being Douglas Ewart High School in Newton Stewart. Newton Stewart is a bustling commercial centre and gateway to the spectacular Galloway Forest Park (Scotland’s first Dark Sky Park) with native red deer and wild goats, picnic sites, hill and forest trails and tranquil lochs. Newton Stewart has a wide range of local amenities including a modern health centre, pharmacies, banks, Post Office, supermarkets, cafes, pubs, hotels, restaurants, library, cinema and the Merrick Leisure Centre with gym, swimming pool and fitness suite.
As well as visiting the area’s historical sites you can enjoy cycling through the nature reserve literally on the doorstep and wider Machars area on marked cycle routes. There are opportunities for eating out and shopping at a number of locations throughout the area including Newton Stewart, Gatehouse of Fleet and Wigtown. The surrounding area offers a wide range of country pursuits including sailing, horse riding, mountain biking, fishing, bird watching and numerous coastal and woodland walks. Wigtown the Book Town’s annual literary festival attracts celebrity authors and international visitors. Stranraer is the hub for the largely rural area of Wigtownshire offering a wide variety of shops including major supermarket chains, services and businesses which provide visitors and local people alike with friendly, personal service. There is a leisure centre with swimming pool, gym and cinema. There is a good choice of cafes, bars and restaurants as well as the lovely marina undergoing redevelopment. The region is renowned for its outdoor pursuits, beaches, leisure facilities, social events, festivals and history. Some of the quieter country roads are popular for walkers and cyclists, and there is golf on local courses in Stranraer, Portpatrick, Wigtown, Monreith, Newton Stewart, Gatehouse of Fleet, Colvend, Dalbeattie, Kippford and Southerness. The coastline to the south of the region offers excellent sailing and sea fishing, and there are safe anchorages at Port William and the Isle of Whithorn. The popular Logan Botanic Garden is short drive away and attracts many visitors annually as an outpost of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh. There are a number of world famous craft distilleries in the area including Bladnoch, at over 200 years old, one of the oldest whisky distilleries in Scotland and the newer . Communication links in the area are good with railway stations from Barrhill to Ayr (50 miles) and Dumfries (45 miles). The M77, linking the area to Glasgow and central Scotland is also accessed at Ayr. The nearest international airports are at Prestwick (about 53 miles) and Glasgow (about 87 miles). Prestwick has regular flights to an increasing number of international destinations. Cairnryan lies about 20 miles away and is the main ferry terminal for Northern Ireland with services to both Larne and Belfast. Coach services link to Manchester airport, Birmingham and London Victoria.
Dumfries town centre offers several major supermarkets, popular High Street shops, shopping centre, schooling, college and university campus (with satellite campus in Stranraer), a range of bistros and medical facilities. A brand new state of the art regional hospital is situated just off the A75 on the outskirts of town.

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