Old Gateside, Balmaclellan, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, DG7 3PW

The property

A charming rural property with large garden and extensive stone outbuilding. The property enjoys beautiful views over countryside to the rolling hills beyond. Old Gateside is a charming and characterful property, with beamed ceilings and rural views, overlooking open farmland to the hills beyond. The property benefits from a large byre, which is subdivided into several rooms providing excellent versatility. The garden grounds are extensive (0.6 acres) and well maintained. The property benefits from UPVC double glazing and Oil fired central heating throughout. The property sits very nicely back off the main A712 roadway that leads from the KenBridge Hotel, past Balmaclellan to Corsock/Crocketford and with the adjacent property, Craig View, it has the look of a Croft or Smallholding. Balmaclellan is an interesting village, quietly placed off the Kenbridge - Corsock Road so is convenient for the main A713 running between Ayr and Castle Douglas. The main local centre of Castle Douglas is little more than 20 minutes by car. Dumfries and Ayr are similarly easily accessible. New Galloway is less than 2 miles from Balmaclellan and Dalry is less than four miles away. Between them they have a reasonable range of local services including general grocery shops, hotels and restaurants. Dalry has a senior and primary school Balmaclellan itself has an excellent shop and is visited by a mobile Bank and Post Office. There is a Post Office in nearby New Galloway. The Village Hall in Balmaclellan enjoys a number of community activities. The Glenkens, scenically, is a delightful area located within the Galloway Dark Skies park and on the Galloway red kites trail. Nearby New Galloway at its heart used to be the smallest "Royal Burgh" in Scotland. That focus, and indication of civic pride, may explain why it has a surprising range of immediately local facilities for such a small town - there is a challenging 9-hole Golf Course affording magnificent views, an excellent Tea Room, a Post Office and community run modern General Store, a Medical Practice, two Churches (Church of Scotland and Scottish Episcopalian), a well regarded Primary School with a Secondary School three miles away at Dalry, and a modern and dynamic Community & Arts Centre at The Cat Strand. A whole range of rural pursuits are easily obtainable nearby, with the emphasis on walking, cycling. Water sports and fishing are readily available on nearby Loch Ken. Outside Byre The Byre is a large traditional building in excellent condition, which is presently subdivided into 4 areas; storage room, utility room, double garage and work shop. Storage Room 2.00m x 3.94m Solid floor; Worcester Greenstar Heatslave 18/25 Combi Oil Fired Boiler; hatch to floored storage loft; power and light; fuse box. Utility Room 4.82m x 3.30m (Including cloakroom 7'4" x 3') Handily located close to the main house this room provides good additional storage and is currently used as a laundry room by the current owners. Plumbing for washing machine. Stainless steel sink unit; vented for tumble drier; ceiling light. Tiled splashbacks; 3 windows with deep sills. The cloakroom containing wash hand and WC. Double Garage 5.50m x 4.58m Full Height double garage is presently used for storage and equipment, rather than garaging. The garage is a well decorated clean area with additional storage available in the large floored loft extending over the Utility Room; power and light; shelved recess; double sliding doors. Workshop 4.54m x 3.83m Work benches; power points; stairs leading to floored loft Woodstore and Car Port Garden From the A712 a shared driveway leads to Old Gateside and the adjacent property of Craigview. All of the ground to the right of the driveway pertains to Old Gateside which includes an attractive large grassy area incorporating mixed trees, including pine, oak, larch, spruce, silver birch, horse chestnut, there are well established shrubs and planted to bulbs. Near the house there are good gravelled and hard standing areas, including additional parking areas by the Car Port. To the rear and side of the house there are areas of private garden which are well maintained with established flower beds

Council Tax Band	C
Energy rating	D