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This property is no longer on the market
Floorplan
Map4 bedroom detached house
Study
Detached house
4 beds
3 baths
5,662 sq ft / 526 sq m
Key information
Features and description
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Description
A prominent feature on the corner of the road through Toward Point is the Old Pier House. It is thought that this house was intended as a show home in a development being built to house the visitors that the new Toward pier (built 1863) would bring. The pier did not attract the traffic it was built for, so the Old Pier House was never extended, hence the unique shape that the house still retains. Throughout the years it has served the community as a post office, shop and more recently a residential dwelling.
Internally, the accommodation, which is light, bright and spacious is laid out across two easily managed levels. Retained period features preserve the traditional feel of the Old Pier House which has been carefully teamed with a blend of contemporary decoration and soft furnishings.
Outer storm doors to entrance vestibule, front door to welcoming entrance hallway, enclosed Edinburgh press cupboard, hallway cupboard, under stair storage cupboard, formal dining room with window to side, formal sitting room with 2 x windows to front, fireplace. Kitchen come informal breakfasting & dining area, utility room, cold stores, informal sitting room/home office/potential bedroom 1, window and door to rear gardens, en suite shower room with shower enclosure, heated towel rail.
Via fitted carpeted staircase with bespoke glass panel balustrade, bedroom 2 (currently set up as a music room), dual aspect windows offering panoramic views across the Firth of Clyde. Bedroom 3 with fitted cupboard, window to front en suite shower room, family bathroom with bath & shower enclosure, heated towel rail and linen cupboard, door to rear staircase leading to side and rear gardens, bedroom 4 with window to side, fitted wardrobes.
Outbuildings
White painted stone constructed
garage/workshop which twin leaf timber
doors, all of which sits under a dark grey slate
roof. Timber general purpose garden shed.
Potting shed.
Gardens
Via private gravel driveway to vehicular hard standing and parking. Front gardens are low maintenance by design and area mainly to gravel with potted flower beds, all of which is bound by feature timber posts. The rear gardens can be access via the private gravel drive or alternatively via a personal timber gate access due North of the property. Via timber gate access to gravel pathway which leads to rear door of the property, a paved patio area sits at the foot of the property and is ideal for alfresco sitting and dining, the rear gardens are mainly to a level lawn area which is flanked with colourful beds and bushes at its fridges, there is a raised patio area located at the side gardens which enjoys views due South towards Toward light house, a further gravel area offers a collection of nautical ornaments and features, the rear gardens around bound by hedging offering privacy from the roadside and timber fencing.
Situation
Old Pier House is situated at the waterfront of the ribbon coastal hamlet of Toward, on the Cowal Peninsula in the west coast of Scotland.
Toward Lighthouse is the prominent and well known local landmark of the district and can be seen from Old Pier House.
The house is set on level, maturing and easily tended gardens from where there are open and uninterrupted views to the south toward the island of Bute, Rothesay Bay and the lower reaches of the Firth of Clyde.
The bustling west coast town of Dunoon is about 6.8 miles to the north. Dunoon is the main town of the Cowal Peninsula and has a complete range of shopping, leisure and professional services. The town has a good range of welcoming pubs and restaurants, a theatre, cinema, swimming pool, gym and leisure centre.
The area is well served by reputable primary and secondary schooling including Toward, St Muns and Strone Primary Schools and Dunoon Grammar School.
At Dunoon there are both the Caledonian MacBrayne and Western Ferries terminals from where there are frequent passenger and vehicular sailings across to Gourock. From here, the road and public transport links make it possible to commute on a daily basis to Glasgow and the central belt. Holiday makers to Cowal experience the feeling of apparent mainland detachment created by the pleasant short ferry crossing.
It is also possible to drive to Glasgow via Loch Lomond which takes a little longer but is via some of the most famous and breathtaking countryside in western Scotland.
Dunoon is the gateway to the Loch Lomond Trossachs National Park and it has some of the most dramatic and picturesque scenery in the west of Scotland.
Benmore Botanic Garden (13.2 miles North of Toward) is a large botanical garden situated in Strath Eachaig at the foot of Beinn Mhòr, on the Cowal peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The gardens are on the west side of the A815 road from Dunoon, between the Holy Loch and Loch Eck, and include footbridges across the River Eachaig. It is one of the sites of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
As with most parts of Scotland one is never too far from a golf course and Dunoon is no exception the district having three challenging courses.
The expanding Holy Loch Marina is nearby with its berthing and associated chandlery services, an excellent base from which to sail (Toward Sailing Club) and explore the world famous lower Clyde and Kyles of Bute inland sea lochs and waterways.
Sea fishing is available on the Firth of Clyde and it is possible to fish for salmon and sea trout by permit on some of the rivers and lochs of the district.
Some of the local estates can, by arrangement, offer rough and commercial shooting as well as opportunities to stalk for roe, sika and red deer.
The area is renowned for its spectacular scenery and wildlife, there are near endless walks, hill climbs and quiet country roads offering wonderful rambling and cycling country.
Local Authorities
Argyll & Bute Council
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Services
Mains water supply, drainage is by direct outflow, mains gas, gas fired central heating, triple glazing & double glazing.
Note: The services have not been checked by the selling agents.
Council Tax
Old Pier House is in Council tax band D and the amount payable for 2020/2021 is £1826.91.
Viewing
Strictly by appointment with Robb Residential, telephone[use Contact Agent Button].
Possession
Vacant possession will be given on completion.
Offers
Offers are to be submitted in Scottish legal terms to the selling agents Robb Residential, 150 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, G2 5NE. A closing date for offers may be fixed and prospective purchasers are advised to register their interest with the selling agents in order to be kept fully informed of any closing date that may be fixed.
Fixtures and fittings
All items normally known as tenant’s fixtures and fittings, However, certain items, including furniture may be available to a purchaser in addition, by separate negotiation.
Particulars prepared July 2021.
Travel Directions
From the Western Ferries terminal at Hunters Quay turn left on the A815 and proceed in a southerly direction through Kirn and Dunoon. Continue for 8 miles to reach Toward. Proceed on the A815 for circa 0.6 miles, take the left hand turning towards Toward Lighthouse, proceed for circa 0.2 miles and find Old Pier House is located on the right hand side before the track leading to the Toward light house."
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A prominent feature on the corner of the road through Toward Point is the Old Pier House. It is thought that this house was intended as a show home in a development being built to house the visitors that the new Toward pier (built 1863) would bring. The pier did not attract the traffic it was built for, so the Old Pier House was never extended, hence the unique shape that the house still retains. Throughout the years it has served the community as a post office, shop and more recently a residential dwelling.
Internally, the accommodation, which is light, bright and spacious is laid out across two easily managed levels. Retained period features preserve the traditional feel of the Old Pier House which has been carefully teamed with a blend of contemporary decoration and soft furnishings.
Outer storm doors to entrance vestibule, front door to welcoming entrance hallway, enclosed Edinburgh press cupboard, hallway cupboard, under stair storage cupboard, formal dining room with window to side, formal sitting room with 2 x windows to front, fireplace. Kitchen come informal breakfasting & dining area, utility room, cold stores, informal sitting room/home office/potential bedroom 1, window and door to rear gardens, en suite shower room with shower enclosure, heated towel rail.
Via fitted carpeted staircase with bespoke glass panel balustrade, bedroom 2 (currently set up as a music room), dual aspect windows offering panoramic views across the Firth of Clyde. Bedroom 3 with fitted cupboard, window to front en suite shower room, family bathroom with bath & shower enclosure, heated towel rail and linen cupboard, door to rear staircase leading to side and rear gardens, bedroom 4 with window to side, fitted wardrobes.
Outbuildings
White painted stone constructed
garage/workshop which twin leaf timber
doors, all of which sits under a dark grey slate
roof. Timber general purpose garden shed.
Potting shed.
Gardens
Via private gravel driveway to vehicular hard standing and parking. Front gardens are low maintenance by design and area mainly to gravel with potted flower beds, all of which is bound by feature timber posts. The rear gardens can be access via the private gravel drive or alternatively via a personal timber gate access due North of the property. Via timber gate access to gravel pathway which leads to rear door of the property, a paved patio area sits at the foot of the property and is ideal for alfresco sitting and dining, the rear gardens are mainly to a level lawn area which is flanked with colourful beds and bushes at its fridges, there is a raised patio area located at the side gardens which enjoys views due South towards Toward light house, a further gravel area offers a collection of nautical ornaments and features, the rear gardens around bound by hedging offering privacy from the roadside and timber fencing.
Situation
Old Pier House is situated at the waterfront of the ribbon coastal hamlet of Toward, on the Cowal Peninsula in the west coast of Scotland.
Toward Lighthouse is the prominent and well known local landmark of the district and can be seen from Old Pier House.
The house is set on level, maturing and easily tended gardens from where there are open and uninterrupted views to the south toward the island of Bute, Rothesay Bay and the lower reaches of the Firth of Clyde.
The bustling west coast town of Dunoon is about 6.8 miles to the north. Dunoon is the main town of the Cowal Peninsula and has a complete range of shopping, leisure and professional services. The town has a good range of welcoming pubs and restaurants, a theatre, cinema, swimming pool, gym and leisure centre.
The area is well served by reputable primary and secondary schooling including Toward, St Muns and Strone Primary Schools and Dunoon Grammar School.
At Dunoon there are both the Caledonian MacBrayne and Western Ferries terminals from where there are frequent passenger and vehicular sailings across to Gourock. From here, the road and public transport links make it possible to commute on a daily basis to Glasgow and the central belt. Holiday makers to Cowal experience the feeling of apparent mainland detachment created by the pleasant short ferry crossing.
It is also possible to drive to Glasgow via Loch Lomond which takes a little longer but is via some of the most famous and breathtaking countryside in western Scotland.
Dunoon is the gateway to the Loch Lomond Trossachs National Park and it has some of the most dramatic and picturesque scenery in the west of Scotland.
Benmore Botanic Garden (13.2 miles North of Toward) is a large botanical garden situated in Strath Eachaig at the foot of Beinn Mhòr, on the Cowal peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The gardens are on the west side of the A815 road from Dunoon, between the Holy Loch and Loch Eck, and include footbridges across the River Eachaig. It is one of the sites of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
As with most parts of Scotland one is never too far from a golf course and Dunoon is no exception the district having three challenging courses.
The expanding Holy Loch Marina is nearby with its berthing and associated chandlery services, an excellent base from which to sail (Toward Sailing Club) and explore the world famous lower Clyde and Kyles of Bute inland sea lochs and waterways.
Sea fishing is available on the Firth of Clyde and it is possible to fish for salmon and sea trout by permit on some of the rivers and lochs of the district.
Some of the local estates can, by arrangement, offer rough and commercial shooting as well as opportunities to stalk for roe, sika and red deer.
The area is renowned for its spectacular scenery and wildlife, there are near endless walks, hill climbs and quiet country roads offering wonderful rambling and cycling country.
Local Authorities
Argyll & Bute Council
[use Contact Agent Button].
Services
Mains water supply, drainage is by direct outflow, mains gas, gas fired central heating, triple glazing & double glazing.
Note: The services have not been checked by the selling agents.
Council Tax
Old Pier House is in Council tax band D and the amount payable for 2020/2021 is £1826.91.
Viewing
Strictly by appointment with Robb Residential, telephone[use Contact Agent Button].
Possession
Vacant possession will be given on completion.
Offers
Offers are to be submitted in Scottish legal terms to the selling agents Robb Residential, 150 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, G2 5NE. A closing date for offers may be fixed and prospective purchasers are advised to register their interest with the selling agents in order to be kept fully informed of any closing date that may be fixed.
Fixtures and fittings
All items normally known as tenant’s fixtures and fittings, However, certain items, including furniture may be available to a purchaser in addition, by separate negotiation.
Particulars prepared July 2021.
Travel Directions
From the Western Ferries terminal at Hunters Quay turn left on the A815 and proceed in a southerly direction through Kirn and Dunoon. Continue for 8 miles to reach Toward. Proceed on the A815 for circa 0.6 miles, take the left hand turning towards Toward Lighthouse, proceed for circa 0.2 miles and find Old Pier House is located on the right hand side before the track leading to the Toward light house."
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