The Anchorage

• A charming property on the edge of a small rural hamlet, just over a mile from the shores of Luce Bay.
• 3 reception rooms. 4 bedrooms
• Filled with original features and character.
• Extensive garden with patio and polytunnel (0.5 acres)
• Views over the surrounding countryside
• In all 0.59 acres

SITUATION The Anchorage is situated on the edge of Elrig, at the top of Main Street, with views over the surrounding farmland. Elrig is a small rural hamlet, with just one street, approximately three miles from the nearest village Port William. Port William, a harbour village, has a primary school, general store and post office and café. Newton Stewart, the nearest town, known as the Gateway to the Galloway Hills, has a number of primary schools, the Douglas Ewart High School, Merrick Leisure Centre, a museum, three supermarkets, a post office which offers all postal and banking services, a cinema, and a wide range of shops, offices, businesses, hotels and restaurants. The area is well known for outdoor pursuits and sports, cycling, fishing, shooting, curling, golf and equestrian facilities are all readily available throughout the area. The Galloway International Dark Sky Park was the first forest in the UK to achieve dark sky status, and with the designation as a gold tier Dark Sky Park, Galloway Forest Park enjoys some of the best views and conditions for stargazing.Trains to Ayr and Glasgow are available at Stranraer, about 22 miles from Elrig, and ferries to Northern Ireland sail from nearby Cairnryan. Trains also run from the regional centre of Dumfries, 65 miles to the east. Domestic and international flights are available at Prestwick Airport, 68 miles north, and Glasgow and Edinburgh Airports, 125 and 124 miles respectively. Motorway links and trains are available at Lockerbie, 77 miles east, and Kilmarnock, 83 miles north. DESCRIPTION The Anchorage is a ‘C’ listed building, built around 1896, boasting an abundance of period features and charm. Double doors open into the entrance vestibule, with original feature tiles, continuing through the staircase hallways provides access off to 3 reception rooms continuing through to the Kitchen/Utility & Shower Room. All three reception rooms have beautifully high ceilings and sash and case windows, which have been sympathetically replaced with more modern double glazed wooden framed windows. The sitting room and dining room have solid wood flooring. The double aspect dining room is filled with natural light and has an open fire with recessed bookcase adjacent. The sitting room and study both have wood burning stoves ideal for those cooler evenings. All three rooms offer flexibility and can be utilised to suit the needs and requirements of the new owners. The kitchen has a Smeg range cooker with LPG gas hob and two electric ovens, and space and plumbing for a dishwasher. A utility/Cloakroom area together with a shower room are situated adjacent. Above sits storage space, or a home office/studio/craft room accessed via a wooden staircase. The main staircase leads to four bedrooms, three have traditional open fireplaces and stunning views over the surrounding countryside. The fourth room previously served as a nursery/playroom and has a Velux window. The bathroom and walk-in airing cupboard adjacent complete the accommodation on the first floor.Further outdoor storage is available in three small outbuildings, all with electricity, at the back on the property and accessed from the garden.Oil fired central heating is powered by an external Grant boiler, installed three years ago and the open fires and wood burning stoves add additional warmth when required. The Anchorage is a warm and welcoming family home on the edge of a small rural hamlet, with views over the surrounding farmland. An idyllic country home offering space both inside and out to enjoy ‘country life’.ACCOMMODATION Ground Floor: Entrance Vestibule, Sitting Room, Dining Room, Living Room/Study, Kitchen, Shower Room.Half floor: Studio/Craft RoomFirst Floor: Bathroom, 3 Bedrooms, Nursery/Office GARDEN The garden at The Anchorage stretches out behind the property covering approximately 0.5 acres. A traditional garden with raised vegetable beds, mature trees and fruit trees, and a sizable polytunnel will remain in situ for the next enthusiastic gardener. The garden is mainly laid to lawn and continues to the end of the plot, a bridge takes you over a small burn with a further area of mature shrubs and bushes. DIRECTIONS The Anchorage is at the top of the Main Street in Elrig, either the first house on you right as you enter Elrig, or the last house on your left, depending on the direction you have entered in to Elrig. POST CODE: DG8 9RD WHAT3WORDSTo find this property location to within 3 metres, download and use What3Words and enter the following 3 words: entitles.expose.vanished