Colryn, Rockfield Road

Offers over: £295,000

FOR SALE

Bedrooms: 7

Colryn is a well positioned property enjoying a prominent position with lovely seascape views across Oban Bay to the Islands of Kerrera and Mull and enjoying stunning sunsets, considered by many to be the best in Europe. 

The property is a short walking distance from the town centre where there is a wide range of shopping and leisure facilities.  Oban also has a number of primary schools, a high school, a medical centre, a modern hospital and churches of various denominations. 

Oban, known as the “Gateway to the Isles” is an expanding port with an attractive sea front and busy harbour from which the Caledonian MacBrayne ferries operate serving the Inner Hebrides and some of the Outer Hebrides.

Travelling south down George Street, the towns main thoroughfare, turn left into Stevenson Street – just after the pelican crossing at Waterstones bookshop – and turn left again into Rockfield Road.  Follow the road around the sharp left hand bend and continue climbing the hill.  The property is on the right hand side just after the former Carmelite Monastery which is on the left.

Colryn is a well presented granite built semi detached villa occupying an enviable position on the fringe of the towns main thoroughfare and ideally located to take full advantage of its guest house potential.  Currently operating as an established bed and breakfast the property offers the purchaser the opportunity to continue running Colryn as a business or it would be equally suitable as a permanent family home.  The décor throughout is very pleasant and Colryn benefits from mains gas central heating and partial double glazing.   Built in the 19th Century, Colryn has retained many of its original period features including intricate cornice work, ceiling roses and high skirting boards.

Entering the property through the vestibule into the hall there are doors to the lounge, dining room, bedroom 4 and washroom.  A carpeted wooden staircase with painted banister and balustrade leads to the first floor.  The lounge has a large bay window to the front enjoying views across Oban Bay and there is a tiled fireplace housing a traditional open fire.   The dining room has a window to the rear and off the dining room there is access to the kitchen which has modern beech effect fitted floor and wall units with roll top work surfaces and tiling to the upstands.  A large mains gas 8 ring cooking range is at the rear of the kitchen.

Bedroom 4, which is the only bedroom on the ground floor has a window to the rear and there is access to the under stair washroom which is also accessed from the hall and can be used as a public or private washroom.  A stand alone shower cabinet with a mains shower is located in the bedroom.  On the first floor there are three double bedrooms all of which are en-suite.  Bedrooms 1 & 2 have windows to the rear and Bedroom 3 has a large bay window with superb views to the front.  There is also a small study with a window to the front which could easily be converted back to a single bedroom. 

There is a carpeted staircase to the second floor where there are two further bedrooms.  One of which is to the rear and has heavily coombed ceilings and ample built in storage.  The second bedroom has a window to the front and has expansive views across Oban Bay and beyond to the islands of Kerrera and Mull.  There is a modern family bathroom which has a three piece suite in white and a separate stand alone shower cabinet.  The bathroom is fully tiled with a tiled floor and there is a window to the front, probably making it one of the best located bathrooms on the West Coast.  A spacious storage room, currently used as a linen store completes the second floor accommodation.

Externally, the gardens to the front and rear are easily maintained and are mainly laid to gravel.  To the side there is off street parking for a number of cars and there are double gates to the rear garden.  The rear garden has terraced, paved seating areas and has gravel around.  There also two good sized sheds both of which have power.   One of the sheds currently has laundry facilities comprising 2 industrial washing machines and an industrial tumble dryer

• Well presented granite built semi detached villa with Guest House potential in a prominent position and within close proximity to the town centre and local amenities
• Superb views across Oban Bay to the Islands of Kerrera and Mull and enjoying excellent sunsets
• Mains gas central heating. Partial double glazing
• Easily maintained garden ground to front and rear. Two sheds with power
• Large driveway and off street parking