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Glebe Cottage

Offers Over £460,000

Station Road, Rhu, Argyll & Bute, G84 8LW

Glebe Cottage is a large, five bedroomed, detached family villa which has been significantly upgraded and re-modelled to offer nine principal apartments of approximately 2271 square feet. The property enjoys an idyllic setting, within the conservation village of Rhu and it offers extensive garden grounds and spectacular views from a large elevated terrace across the Gareloch and surrounding countryside. The grounds are mostly lawned and are well screened by a number of mature trees. A long tarmacadam driveway continues up to a parking and turning area along with a double integral garage with power and lighting. A choice of patio areas at the front and rear offer ideal vantage points from which to enjoy the colourful, well-stocked gardens.


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Detached
5 Bedrooms
3 Public rooms
3 Bathrooms
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Glebe Cottage

Station Road, Rhu, Argyll & Bute, G84 8LW

Offers Over £460,000

Detached
5 Bedrooms
3 Public rooms
3 Bathrooms

Contact Agent

Seona Cashmore

01436 670780

Seona Cashmore

Glebe Cottage is a large, five bedroomed, detached family villa which has been significantly upgraded and re-modelled to offer nine principal apartments of approximately 2271 square feet. The property enjoys an idyllic setting, within the conservation village of Rhu and it offers extensive garden grounds and spectacular views from a large elevated terrace across the Gareloch and surrounding countryside. The grounds are mostly lawned and are well screened by a number of mature trees. A long tarmacadam driveway continues up to a parking and turning area along with a double integral garage with power and lighting. A choice of patio areas at the front and rear offer ideal vantage points from which to enjoy the colourful, well-stocked gardens.


An entrance vestibule opens into the hall which leads to the lounge which then opens to the dining room and features a lovely wood burner and sliding doors at the far end, to the patio and gardens. The heart of the home is unquestionably the superb dining kitchen/family room. Formerly two rooms, this impressive, sociable room is formed around a large centre island with breakfast bar area, two tone units, feature brick wall, integrated Bosch appliances including two separate ovens, microwave and a down draft extractor fan. There is ample provision for a dining table and chairs and a family area sits adjacent to broad sliding doors opening to the terrace. Along the hall, the utility room features a Belfast sink and back door to the rear garden and there are five bedrooms in all, three of which are on the ground floor (one currently used as a sitting room) and two upstairs. A large, walk-in storage cupboard lies off the hall and a three piece bathroom completes the ground floor. Stairs lead to a galleried landing off of which are two of the remaining double bedrooms, the master bedroom, with adjoining dressing room, there is a wc and a beautifully tiled, refitted shower room with textured wall tiles and mains shower with large rainwater shower head. Within the roof space, there is a sizeable games room where at the far end, a door accesses the floored attic room which as mentioned, could potentially be converted into further accommodation, subject to planning consents.


This picturesque setting is only a two mile drive from the centre of Helensburgh and the wide selection of amenities available therein. Rhu itself offers a multitude of activities to suit the outdoor enthusiast including wonderful sailing on the River Clyde and the Gareloch and is surrounded by picturesque countryside. There is a village primary school, post office, local hotel and general store and Rhu is also home to the Royal Northern & Clyde Yacht Club and the nearby Helensburgh Sailing Club. Glasgow is also within easy commuting distance along with Glasgow Airport via the Erskine Bridge and Loch Lomond is also a short distance with the exclusive Cameron House Hotel, Loch Lomond Golf Club and The Carrick Golf Course and Spa. EPC - Band D.

Key Features

  • Modern detached family home
  • Extensive garden grounds
  • Quiet location
  • Stunning views over the Gare Loch
  • Five bedrooms
  • Four public rooms
  • Walk-in attic with development potential
  • Double garage
  • Double glazed
  • Gas central heating

The town is served by three railway stations, Helensburgh Upper on the West Highland Line, Craigendoran, on the North Clyde Line and Helensburgh Central, the terminus of the North Clyde Line. It takes 50 minutes to reach the shops and offices of Glasgow City Centre and another 50 minutes to Edinburgh and the East Coast.

The seafront has an indoor swimming pool, an esplanade walk, a range of shops, cafes and pubs and sailing facilities including a marina in Rhu. The streets are built on a gentle slope rising to the north east, and at the brow of the hill a golf club has views looking south out over the town where numerous other sports are active including football, rugby, cricket, athletics, netball, hockey, curling, bowling, sailing and fishing.

The locality is well served by a number of excellent state primary schools providing the high attainment secondary school, Hermitage Academy, with an annual influx of children eager to learn about well known townspeople such as John Logie Baird, the inventor of television; Henry Bell, who built the first passenger steamship ‘The Comet’ ; architect William Leiper ; actress Deborah Kerr ; poet WH Auden ; writer AJ Cronin ; and Prime Minister Bonar Law amongst many others. Lomond School, an independent, co-educational and boarding school also offers private education in central Helensburgh.

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