Shield Cottage, Tighcladich, St. Catherines, PA25 8AZ

Description
Shield Cottage enjoys a slightly elevated position from the coast and foreshore and from where there are excellent vantage points to enjoy the lochs, glens, sea and landscape scenery.

Shield Cottage is of white painted rough cast finish under a mainly slated and part tiled roof. It provides accommodation laid out over two light and bright and easily managed levels.

Ground Floor
Outer front porch with half glazed door entrance vestibule with rustic timber seats, half Flemish glazed door to reception hallway, laminate flooring and new staircase, sitting room/dining room with window box seating, under stairs stores cupboard and warming multi fuel stove inset on a slated hearth and burr elm fireplace, refitted ‘L’ shaped kitchen with
click tile effect flooring, rear hallway with door to gardens and access to attic space, refitted shower room and wc, wet wall panelling to dado height and distressed timber effect linoleum floorcovering, family/tv room/possible bedroom 1 on the ground floor with box window seating, new timber staircase leading to;

First Floor
Bedroom 2, triple aspect room with fitted wardrobe and laminate flooring, bedroom 3 (principal) with fitted wardrobes, laminate flooring and en suite shower room with wet wall splashback at shower.

Outbuildings
A useful refurbished and dry set of outbuildings including, attached stone lean to and wood store, stone detached outhouse/workshop with additional shed at rear of painted finish under box profile steel roof, two stores formed by former stables, cobble stone flooring, painted stone finish under box profile steel roof.

Gardens
Generous gravel surfaced driveway opening to sweep with good space for vehicle turning and the hardstanding of second vehicles, trailers, boats. The front gardens are neat and level and laid mainly to grass with a black gravel pathway leading to house and outbuildings. There are dry stone walls and borders stocked with shrubs and small bushes. A small, paved terrace is at the front flanked by close board fencing. The rear gardens have been largely cleared and there are tiered stone beds a small gently sloping lawn and a stone retaining wall overplanted with rhododendrons and mixed shrubs and bushes, steps lead up to a layby on the side of the A815.

Situation
Shield Cottage is situated in a small cluster of coastal homes close by the pretty loch Fyneside settlement of St Catherines.

The house can be easily accessed from the old coastal road and a gravel resurfaced driveway, but it is also convenient to easily access at the rear from a lay bay on the A815 from where there are steps and railings which lead down to the cottage.

From its near coastal situation there are good south and west facing waterscape views over the head of Loch Fyne towards Inveraray as well as the imposing and often dramatic hills and glens that surround the loch.

St Catherines is on the eastern shore of Loch Fyne and is about 5 miles away from the pretty and popular Loch Fyneside village of Strachur where there are local shops and services that cater for most everyday needs and requirements.

Primary schooling is available at Strachur and secondary schooling which enjoys an excellent reputation is available at Dunoon Grammar (23 miles). There is a regular school bus run both to the primary and secondary schools. The
nearest independent school is in Helensburgh at 34 miles.

Inveraray is almost adjacent (15 miles around the loch) and also has good local shops and services. Inveraray is a former royal burgh, the traditional county town of Argyll and the ancestral home to the Duke of Argyll.

Glasgow is about 61 miles and offers a full range of higher and further educational services as well as all the cultural and professional services normally associated with a major city. Glasgow Airport is easily accessible and approximately one hour’s drive
away.

The A83 & A82 offer swift access to central Scotland.

Arrochar (18 miles) has a main line rail station with a regular enough service to and from Glasgow city centre and a sleeper service to London. The frequent western ferry service between McInroy’s Point and Hunters Quay provides alternative travel to Glasgow and the west of mainland Scotland.

The area offers much in the way of outdoor pursuits including cycle routes, challenging hill climbs, walks and several golf courses. The recently established Cowal Way stretches from Portavadie in the West and travels eastwards for 31 miles through some of the most dramatic and picturesque sea and landscapes in the west coast.

Sea, river and loch fishing are also available in the area as are a number of commercially run shoots. Some of the local estates allow stalking by arrangement.

For sailors, the sea lochs of the west of Scotland offer safe anchorages as well as spectacular coastal sailing; there are marina and chandlery services at Rhu, Inverkip, Portavadie and Dunoon.

Services
Shield Cottage is served by a mains water supply, drainage is by private septic tank, heating is by LPG heating.

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

Council Tax
Shield Cottage is in Band D and the amount of council tax payable for 2026/2027 is £2085.28 including water and excluding sewerage.

Local Authorities
Argyll & Bute Council
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Planning Permission
Lapsed planning permission to erect a single dwelling to the southern side of Shield Cottage had been approved. The question of waste water treatment remains unresolved and will be a matter entirely for an intending buyer to have approved, should they wish to activate the planning consent. (Lapsed Planning Reference 16/02580/PP).

Travel Directions
From Glasgow proceed in a westerly direction on the M8 motorway for about 15 miles taking junction 30 onto the Erskine Bridge. Turn left off the bridge on the A82 and continue for about 25 miles to reach Tarbet. Continue to the left at Tarbet onto the A83 and proceed through Arrochar for a further 13 miles. Turn left onto the A815 and travel for about 4.3 miles. Before reaching St Catherines look out for a layby on the right-hand side at the rear of which there are black railings and steps which lead directly to Shield Cottage.