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7 bedroom detached house
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Desirable corner plot with mature gardens
- Close to West Highland Way and Loch Lomond
- Located in the picturesque village of Drymen
- Versatile accommodation with additional cottage
- Garden room/home office with Fibre broadband to the premises
- Plenty of off street parking
- EPC Rating = E
Description
The Hawthorns is a superb, detached villa with a separate two-bedroom cottage, in its current form the house has seven bedrooms and occupies a substantial corner plot surrounded by a lawn with mature trees and shrubbery. The property dates back to 1873 and was built by the Duke of Montrose. The Hawthorns has previously been a bed and breakfast, this could be easily reinstated.
The accommodation on the ground floor begins with an entrance vestibule which opens into a welcoming reception hallway with staircase leading upstairs. There is a splendid formal lounge with focal fireplace and bay window looking onto the garden, spacious dining room, well-appointed commercial grade kitchen, study, laundry room/utility room and three versatile bedrooms to the rear of the ground floor.
Upstairs, the accommodation includes four ensuite bedrooms (some ensuite sanitary fittings have been removed) and a linen cupboard. The principal bedroom benefits from a dressing room and ensuite shower room.
Externally, the home has an excellent garden office with decked area, previously mentioned cottage with open plan living/dining and kitchen area, two bedrooms and a workshop to the rear. Parking is extensive with space for multiple vehicles within the courtyard accesses via the driveway.
The Hawthorns has been a fine family home and has also been run as a B&B ideally located for the West Highland way and Loch Lomond.
Note-The Hawthorns is non-traditional construction.
Location
The Hawthorns offers the perfect setting amidst the quaint village of Drymen. The surrounding area offers some of Scotland’s finest scenery, including Loch Lomond and the Arrochar Alps. Loch Lomond is crossed by the Highland boundary fault and the physical characteristics of lowland and highland Scotland can be seen within a few miles of each other.
The property lies in the village of Drymen which is a charming conservation village with its own primary school, village shops, pubs, hotels and bakery. The area is well placed for commuting to Glasgow (18 miles), Glasgow Airport (22 miles) and Edinburgh Airport (50 miles). There is a rail service from Balloch Station to Glasgow. There are a number of private schools within Glasgow such as High School of Glasgow, Glasgow Academy and Kelvinside Academy which has a direct bus service from Drymen, as does Lomond School in Helensburgh. The house is within the catchment of Balfron High school which has its own bus service and is highly regarded.
For sports enthusiasts the great outdoors awaits. There is superb hill walking and climbing in the area. The Arrochar Alps include four Munros (mountains over 3000ft) and six Corbetts, the best known of which is the Cobbler. The West Highland Way, Rob Roy Way and the Queen Elizabeth Forest are all in the area. Ben Lomond is only minutes away by car. Loch Lomond itself is well known for its water sports including wind surfing, sailing, excellent water skiing and wake boarding. There are a number of highly regarded golf courses in the area including the internationally acclaimed Loch Lomond Golf Club. Other golf courses include Strathendrick, Buchanan Castle, Hilton Park and Milngavie Golf Club.
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