“Claremont” is a large and elegant detached Victorian stone built villa that sits in extensive gardens enjoying a glorious spot on the shore road, with uninterrupted views across the waters of the Firth of Clyde as far as Arran in the distance. Being of significant local interest, the property enjoys a C listed status and it comes with an adjoining, fully self contained cottage that was once the coach house. The cottage offers great scope for use as a holiday cottage/Air BnB and also has its own independent phone line, enabling independent guest internet or even business connections.
The gardens that surround the house are beautifully presented and offer almost total privacy on all sides being enclosed by walls, fencing and mature trees. The grounds are laid out on various levels allowing fantastic views over the water. Entered through twin gate pillars, a cobbled driveway and parking area (with a 7.4KW EV charger) can accommodate numerous cars to the side of the house and cottage. To the front, side and rear, large expanses of lawn wrap around the house and there are colourful bedded and shrubbed areas throughout. There is a decked area in the front garden, with a further raised decked sitting area at the rear. A vegetable garden has been formed to the side and there is a timber shed, potting shed, wood store and greenhouse. The gardens are perfect for those with families to enjoy and great for entertaining.
The house itself extends to almost 2900 square feet in total, with generously proportioned rooms over its two floors and with a very versatile layout that combines delightful period details along with a modern specification throughout. On the ground floor, an outer entrance vestibule (with mosaic tiled floor) leads in to the lovely reception hall which in turn gives access to a beautiful formal lounge, a separate dining room and further sitting room together with a modern and spacious shower room and with a beautifully refitted breakfasting sized kitchen that features an AGA, island unit and a range of other appliances. From the kitchen there are double French doors opening out to the gardens and off the kitchen there is a large utility room, a preparation area/rear hallway (with coal cellar/wood store off) and a pantry area that has stairs leading up to a home office/study. Moving upstairs, on the half landing, is the main family bathroom which is a large room with three piece suite (including a claw foor bath, vanity wash basin and wc). Off of the main landing, there are four bedrooms off, with the master bedroom featuring a bow window with glorious views over the water and with a sizeable walk-in dressing room off. This could easily be converted for use as an ensuite if required. The three other bedrooms are great sized double rooms, with one also enjoying water views and the other two having side facing windows. Heating to the property is by means of an oil fired central heating system and many of the windows in the house have been replaced with uPVC double glazed sealed units although some single glazed units do remain.
The former coach house (adjacent to the property on the right hand side) has been converted into a small cottage, with accommodation laid out over two floors and comprising: an entrance hall with small cloakroom/wc off, a modern well fitted kitchen, separate lounge and dining room on the ground floor and with a bedroom (with water views) and shower room on the upper floor. Extending to almost 600 square feet in total this has proved to be a very lucrative and well used holiday cottage and would also be perfect for extended family or guest accommodation.
Kilcreggan enjoys arguably one of the most idyllic locations on the west coast of Scotland, with Shore Road taking in the best views over the Firth of Clyde and as far as Arran on a clear day. Claremont is well placed for easy access to the centre of the village where a good selection of local amenities can be found. These include a range of shops, a bank, a post office, health centre, pub and garage and there are good transport links from the village, with a regular bus service to Helensburgh which is the nearest large town. Helensburgh can be reached in car in around twenty five minutes. A pedestrian ferry operates from Kilcreggan across the Firth of Clyde over to Gourock where there is a connecting rail link to Glasgow. Helensburgh is approximately forty minutes drive from Glasgow and it provides a wide selection of shops and supermarkets, bars, restaurants, cafes, banks and a post office. There is good schooling within Helensburgh (both at primary and secondary level) including the priavte Lomond School. There are an abundance of leisure facilities in and around the town of Helensburgh. Trains station within Helensburgh and the nearer village of Garelochhead provide services to Glasgow, Edinburgh and even a sleeper service to London. The iconic shores of Loch Lomond are also just a short drive away and provide world class leisure and accommodation facilities. EPC Band - F.
