Pierhill House, Ayr, South Ayrshire, Offers Over £800,000

Pierhill House, a superb country house in rural Ayrshire with wonderful landscaped gardens, grazing land, stables and a charming ‘secret’ garden with woodland stream. The accommodation includes three elegant reception rooms, lovely kitchen, utility room, cloakroom, W.C., formal dining room, five double bedrooms, family bathroom and shower room. The setting is private and tranquil yet within easy reach of Ayr (7 miles), Glasgow (34 miles) and the coast. The property is 5.5 acres in all with two paddocks of about 3.7 acres. Good quality outbuildings including stables. Offers over £800,000.

Fieldview, Townhead, Cockburnspath, Scottish Borders, Offers Over £575,000

Fieldview sits in an attractive elevated south-east facing position with superb panoramic views overlooking the surrounding countryside towards the coast. Fieldview is an attractive modern detached country house built in 2006 standing in a colourful garden. The property provides well-proportioned family living accommodation including a large kitchen to the rear and a sitting room and dining room to the front. The principal reception rooms are well proportioned and face south and east, benefiting from stunning views overlooking the surrounding countryside towards Siccar Point and The North Sea beyond. The landscaped garden surrounds the house and provides an attractive back drop for the property.

 

Knockshinnoch Farm, Knockshinnoch Road, New Cumnock, Cumnock, East Ayrshire, Offers Over £335,000

Knockshinnoch Farm is a fine detached farmhouse with a good range of buildings and land in about 3.62 acres in all in a peaceful rural location by New Cumnock, East Ayrshire. This farmhouse has been home to the current vendors for some 25 years and they have renovated the property to provide a comfortable home with four bedrooms and two reception rooms including a bright living room with dual aspect windows and fireplace. The grazing land extends to about 2.03 acres in total. The enclosed paddock lying to the north is about 0.72 acres, lying east of the farmhouse is a shelterbelt of mixed woodland. The useful buildings which offer development potential (subject to planning), together with the grazing land, makes Knockshinnoch Farm an excellent lifestyle opportunity in an accessible rural location.

 

Drumbeg, Rockcliffe, Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, Offers Over £290,000

Rockcliffe is a popular holiday and summer destination, with a quaint waterfront of detached properties. Situated in an elevated position, Drumbeg cottage occupies a unique location in Rockcliffe that encapsulates views of Colvend Church, Castle Point and the iconic Hestan Island. On clear days these views are framed by the peaks of The Lake District to the South plus Screel and Bengairn to the west. The cottage is tastefully decorated and provides deceptively spacious accommodation. There are two reception rooms, the first a bright and sunny triple aspect sitting and dining space with patio doors leading out to the sheltered patio. A more formal sitting room with fireplace and log burner provides a cosy autumn/winter retreat from which to enjoy the changing seasons in this stunning part of the world. This is a rare opportunity to acquire a wonderful retreat in a much sought-after coastal location where stag in the neighbouring field, woodpeckers, red squirrel and red kites can be sighted form the garden.

Foinaven, Nether Burnhaugh, Netherley, Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Offers Over £625,000

Foinaven offers the perfect balance between quiet countryside living and being in easy reach of both Aberdeen City and the charming coastal town of Stonehaven. Boasting far reaching views and an idyllic setting, this property offers a wonderful sustainable family home. The property forms part of a small executive development of six homes, designed and built to an exceptional quality and standard, sympathetic to the environment and setting and includes slate roof and Scottish larch timber cladding. Internally there is under floor heating to the ground floor, timber windows throughout and solar panels to the roof. Foinaven sits in generous garden grounds enclosed by fencing and wall.