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Inchgower House

Offers Over £275,000

Manse Brae, Rhu, Argyll & Bute, G84 8RD

Forming the entire ground floor of a handsome traditional villa, 1 Inchgower House is a delightfully unique and spacious conversion that offers an abundance of storage and features many lovely period details, along with tasteful décor and a modern, high end specification throughout, with solid oak floors in the hallways and many of the rooms. Perfect for those looking to downsize or even for family friendly living, the property enjoys a convenient location within easy reach of local amenities found within and surrounding the village.

The property enjoys its own main door access to the front of the property, with an additional rear/side door situated off the driveway. On entering, an outer vestibule opens into a beautiful and welcoming reception hall through a stained glass door. T

Apartment
4 Bedrooms
2 Public rooms
2 Bathrooms

Inchgower House

Manse Brae, Rhu, Argyll & Bute , G84 8RD

Offers Over £275,000

Apartment
4 Bedrooms
2 Public rooms
2 Bathrooms

Contact Agent

Seona Cashmore

01436 670780

Seona Cashmore

Forming the entire ground floor of a handsome traditional villa, 1 Inchgower House is a delightfully unique and spacious conversion that offers an abundance of storage and features many lovely period details, along with tasteful décor and a modern, high end specification throughout, with solid oak floors in the hallways and many of the rooms. Perfect for those looking to downsize or even for family friendly living, the property enjoys a convenient location within easy reach of local amenities found within and surrounding the village.

The property enjoys its own main door access to the front of the property, with an additional rear/side door situated off the driveway. On entering, an outer vestibule opens into a beautiful and welcoming reception hall through a stained glass door. The hall has feature decorative cornicing. Off the hall, is a bright and sunny lounge with bay window, log burning stove at its focal point, decorative cornicing, and with a large picture window overlooking the gardens (with working timber shutters). On the other side of the hall is a sizeable dining room. There is a good sized kitchen with a range of quality fitted base and wall units, a breakfast bar and central island unit. Incorporating an inset sink with mixer tap, integrated gas hob, fan assisted double oven, fridge/freezer, extractor hood, washing machine, waste extractor and underfloor heating. The stylish family bathroom is beautifully appointed with white “Villeroy and Boch” sanitary ware, attractive tiling and underfloor heating. The large master bedroom has mirrored wardrobes and its own fully tiled modern shower room and there are two further double bedrooms, and a fourth bedroom that could be used as as a study/home office. The subjects share a large garden to the front which is peaceful, south facing and enjoys views of the Gare Loch, with a private seating area, mature shrubbery, trees and a well maintained lawn with summer sun throughout the day. The side access to the building off Manse Brae offers great parking and access to a garage.

A local bus service operates to the town centre of Helensburgh and out to the Rosneath Peninsula as far as Coulport. Local amenities include a thriving village shop, football club, Scout Hall, Rhu Marina, village pub and cafe. Helensburgh is within walking distance along the coastal path which is suitable for cyclists. The property is located within the highly regarded Rhu Primary School catchment area and the private Lomond School is found in Helensburgh. In Helensburgh there are shops and supermarkets, bars, restaurants, cafes and delicatessens along with good leisure facilities and with train stations providing services to Glasgow, Edinburgh and even London. There is great sailing on the Firth of Clyde and the Gare Loch and Loch Lomond is only a short drive away and provides iconic scenery and world class leisure facilities and accommodation. Glasgow is also within easy commuting distance as is the International Airport via the Erskine Bridge.

EPC - Band D

Key Features

  • Traditional main door ground floor conversion
  • Entrance vestibule opening into reception hall
  • Sizeable lounge with log burning stove
  • Formal dining room
  • Refitted and modern breakfasting sized kitchen
  • Large master bedroom with ensuite shower room
  • Three further bedrooms (one used as a study)
  • Large family bathroom
  • Many traditional features
  • Gas fired 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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