Blairash

• 3 reception rooms. 3 bedrooms
• Extended to provide modern kitchen, additional living space and ancillary accommodation.
• Attractive easily maintained garden.
• Walking distance from highly rated village primary school.
• Close to village amenities.
• Convenient for all coastal destinations.

SITUATION Blairash sits in the middle of the village of Colvend, which is home to an excellent village store, an 18-hole golf course and the highest-rated primary school along the Solway Coast. Sandyhills a short drive east is renowned for its large sandy beach and has a shop close to the public car park. Barend, a holiday village nestling behind Sandyhills has a bar/restuarant. A few miles further west is the yachting village of Kippford. Kippford has beautiful coastal walks, a nature reserve and superb forest trails. There are two inns (serving meals and local ales), the RYA award-winning Solway Sailing Club, a cafe/gift shop, a village hall which serves as a thriving community hub, an RNLI station, 9 hole golf course with tea room, and a pottery. The nearby town of Dalbeattie has a useful range of shops, cafes, hotels, restaurants, veterinary services, primary and secondary schools, health centre, solicitors, garden centre and a park. The Dalbeattie forest offers yet more walking trails and 7Stanes mountain biking for cycling enthusiasts. Castle Douglas, a market town known as Dumfries and Galloway’s Food Town, has in addition, many independent retailers, a thriving livestock market, and a 9-hole golf course. The regional capital, Dumfries, (around 19 miles east) provides a wider range of services including a major hospital, Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary. The town, once the home of the National Bard Robert Burns, is now home to the Crichton campuses of Glasgow University and the University of the West of Scotland.DESCRIPTION Blairash is a traditional Victorian one and a half storey home which has been the owner’s home for many decades. Over that time, it has been extended to provide a modern kitchen, utility room, shower room, wet room and large living room which has patio doors overlooking the generous front garden. The traditional rooms of formal sitting room and dining room still retain their period charm and are ideal for formal entertaining. Upstairs, three good sized bedrooms and a box room provide ample space for a family or for guests. With LPG fired central heating and a log burner in the living room, Blairash is cosy in winter months. In summer, a patio provides a peaceful area in which to sit and relax or to entertain guests. To the rear, a large garage (7.78m x 4.99m) has power, lighting and a workbench. A handy log store (4.86m x 2.69m) can also house a lawn mower. There is parking for several vehicles including a larger vehicle such as a camper van.Blairash represents a rare opportunity to obtain a wonderful family home and village life or would make a fabulous second or holiday home nestled in the heart of the Colvend Coast area, popular with tourist year-round.ACCOMMODATION Ground Floor: Entrance hall. Sitting Room. Dining Room. Living Room. Kitchen. Utility Room. Shower Room. Wet Room. First Floor: Master Bedroom. Bedroom 2. Bedroom 3. BoxroomGARDEN A tarmac drive leads from the central amenity area of the village and sweeps up to a large area of tarmac parking. Standing sentinel by the entrance is a large mature ash tree. A grass border laden with sweet scented rosehips and other mature shrubs runs alongside the drive and a herbaceous border follows the curve of the generous front lawn, bounded by dry stone dyke topped with decorative coping stones. Mature plants and shrubs are planted around the house, giving colour and interest year round. The outside edge of the dyke near the entrance has an old gravestone, thought to be centuries old, embedded in the stone. The current owner found it split in two and being used as window lintels in an old ruined bothy which used to sit at the bottom of the drive.FLOOD RISKThere is no specific risk to the property.Flood maps of the area can be viewed at https://map.sepa.org.uk/floodmaps/FloodRisk/SearchACCESS/THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OF ACCESS/ SERVITUDES ETCBlairash has a right of access over the ground in front.DIRECTIONS Follow the A710 from Dalbeattie approximately 5.5 miles until you arrive in the village of Colvend. Blairash can be found off the central amenity area of the village to the left of the shop buildings.POST CODE DG5 4QD WHAT3WORDSTo find this property location to within 3 metres, download and use What3Words and enter the following 3 words: marmalade.informs.rejoins