A charming traditional cottage in a delightfully secluded rural setting with lovely views of Ben Cruachan. Magnificent mature garden and grounds - about 2 acres in all. The house, as it exists today, comprises the original stone farm cottage extended by the conversion and incorporation of an attached byre, also of stone construction. This, complemented by the tasteful appointments employed by the present owners, has produced a charming home of immense character in a wonderful garden and location. Features of the accommodation include a beamed ‘cathedral’ ceiling in the spacious living area which also has an attractive open fireplace and hardwood floor and over part of which is a galleried mezzanine. Heating is by liquid propane gas which fires a combined cooking range and boiler in the kitchen, which is open-plan.
- Hall
- Large Sitting/Dining Room with Open-Plan Kitchen
- Studio
- Mezzanine Office/Study
- Shower/Toilet
- 3 Bedrooms
- Bathroom
- Open Fireplace and Propane Gas Central Heating
The Garden is an outstanding feature of this property which, covers an area of approximately one and a half acres. It was designed and built by a former president of the International Plant Propagators Society and was featured by Jim McColl on the BBC Beechgrove Garden programme in 2002. The garden is a mixture of formal and informal components and contains a Japanese garden courtyard, three interlocking large ponds, wooden boardwalks, and a formal pergola area covered in a variety of climbing plants. An additional half acre has been left as naturalised woodland. Over the last thirty years the garden has been planted with an
exceptional collection of rare and unusual trees and shrubs. This includes a wide variety of maples, rhododendrons, azaleas, a large collection of iris, primula and hosta and many more unusual plants. The pond edges are well planted and provide cover for duck and other wildlife. There is also a productive poly-tunnel for vegetables.
This appealing property is situated in great privacy in rolling hill farming country above Loch Etive, some 2 miles from the village of Taynuilt. It enjoys lovely aspects of the surrounding countryside and the towering west peak of Ben Cruachan, Argyllshire’s highest
mountain and ‘Munro’ at 1126metres (3693 ft). Taynuilt has an excellent range of shops and amenities including a butcher, grocer, newsagent/post office, hairdresser, pub, restaurant, doctors surgery/medical centre and a railway station stop on the Oban-Glasgow line. The village also has a primary school and a popular nine-hole golf course. Oban, twelvemiles to the west, is the principal town and ferry port of Argyll and offers a full range of commercial, business and professional services and secondary education. Oban’s airport at Connel (8 miles) handles light commercial, charter and private aircraft.
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