Barbae House, Bellanoch Bridge, Lochgilphead, Argyll & Bute, PA31

Description
Barbae House is a delightful extended cottage type property which sits on a slightly elevated setting with uninterrupted views across the Crinan Canal, River Add, Dunadd Fort and beyond. The cottage itself is laid out over two easily managed light and bright levels with all front facing rooms enjoying wonderful uninterrupted waterscape and landscape views. Externally the property is completed in white painted render and neatly presented under a dark grey slate roof.

Barbae House makes for an excellent principal private residency for many in a situation of great natural scenic beauty; Bellanoch & Crinan are also a well-known west of Scotland holiday and short break destination and so Barbae House offers scope to new owners as a second or income producing, self-catered holiday home.

Ground Floor
Outer front door, cupboard with electrical switch gear, welcoming open plan sitting cum dining room, bay window formation overlooking front gardens and canal views, window to rear, wc with cloaks area, kitchen with informal dining and breakfasting area, window to front and side gardens, fitted cupboards, door to rear gardens. Formal sitting room with window to front gardens and canal views, original working fireplace, 2 x exposed Edinburgh press.

First Floor
Via carpeted staircase to half landing, door leading to rear gardens, first floor landing to bedroom 1 (principal) with window to front and side gardens, exposed Edinburgh press, fitted cupboard, wc with Velux window, bedroom 2 with window to front, landing with good linen stores, family bathroom with overhead electric shower, bedroom 3 with window to side and front.

Outbuildings
Attached coal stores, greenhouse, timber summer house.

Gardens
Two white painted wrought iron personal gates provide access to front gardens which are mainly laid to a paving stone pathway which provides access to the property’s front door. The front gardens feature various flower beds which provide all year round interest and colour, further bound by a shallow stone wall. A paving stone terrace area is ideally located at the front of the property, which is ideal for sitting, alfresco dining and enjoying the coming and going of boat craft on the canal. The rear gardens can be accessed via a gravel pathway located to the side of the property which is fringed with an area of lawn, beds and bushes. A further paved terrace area lies at the rear of the property with a stone staircase leading to extreme rear gardens, all of which is bound by colourful flower beds, bushes and a natural rockery backdrop. From part of the rear gardens there are sublime elevated views across the canal and rolling countryside. Due East of the property and across the canal there is use of a shared drying green area.

Parking & Garage
Due north-west of Barbae House there is an area designated within the title for vehicular hard standing and parking. Alongside the vehicular hard standing and parking area there is a detached garage/workshop which is completed in white concrete with painted timber twin leaf doors, personal door access, all under a corrugated sheet roof.

Situation
Barbae House is a detached house set in a prominent location at Bellanoch close to the coastal village of Crinan.

Crinan forms the western sea end of the Crinan Canal and in the summer months the canal is always a colourful spectacle with passing yachting, cruising and pleasure craft as they navigate the canal waterway to connect the inland sea lochs, the Clyde estuary and the Kyles of Bute with the more testing and scenically spectacular sailing waters of the western Isles.

The area is well known for its dramatic and natural scenic beauty, and this has always drawn people to the area making it a popular tourist destination.

Lochgilphead (4.9 miles) has a good range of local shops, a mid sized Co-op supermarket, Tesco express and amenities that adequately cater for everyday needs and requirements with further shopping including a Tesco supermarket available at Oban, it is possible to arrange grocery deliveries from both the co-op and Tesco. Glasgow is the nearest major city and has a complete and extensive range of shopping, cultural, higher educational and leisure services normally associated with a major centre.

Lochgilphead has both primary and secondary schooling with a school bus service which is also a service bus.

The area offers a fine range of relaxing outdoor pursuits with pleasant canal-side walks, cycle paths and more testing hill walks. Field sports are available in the area and include stalking, driven and walked up shooting as well as fishing, both sea and inland hill lochs.

The Mid Argyll swimming pool is in Lochgilphead.

A local bus service provides a local and city service, Barbae House is on the bus route, and the nearest main line rail station is at Oban.

Services
Main water supply, drainage is by a soakaway system, oil fired central heating, single glazing.

Note: The services have not been checked by the selling agents.

Local Authorities
Argyll & Bute Council

Council Tax
Barbae House is in Band E and the amount of council tax payable for 2025/2026 is £2475.59 including water and excluding drainage charges.

EPC Rating
Band F

Directions
From Lochgilphead take the A816 for approximately 2 miles. Turn left onto the B841 at Cairnbaan and follow this road for another 2 miles. The canal will be on your right. On entering Bellanoch you will see a swing bridge going over the canal. The house is the second house beyond the bridge, on the left. From Oban take the right hand turn, after passing through Kilmartin, onto the B8025. After about 3 miles you will cross the swing bridge of the canal, the house is the second house to the right, having crossed the swing bridge."
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