the old manse, borgue, kirkcudbright dg6 4sh - Williamson & Henry ...

THE OLD MANSE,
BORGUE, KIRKCUDBRIGHT
DG6 4SH
www.williamsonandhenry.co.uk

THE OLD MANSE,
BORGUE, KIRKCUDBRIGHT
DG6 4SH
Fine detached country house, in typical “manse” style set in one acre of garden
grounds with separate third of an acre orchard in addition.
The house is essentially over three levels, through half landing levels.
MAIN GROUND FLOOR: Fine entrance vestibule and hall
Living Room (with Conservatory off)
Dining Kitchen
Dining Room
Large Laundry with WC Apartment (lower ground)
HALF LANDING: “Green” Sitting Room
FIRST FLOOR: Three Double Bedrooms and principal Bathroom
HALF LANDING: Shower Room
Bedroom 4
THIRD/ATTIC FLOOR: Attic Study
Store
Bedroom 5
CELLARS
Oil fired central heating; any fitted carpets included.
OUTSIDE:
Range of former agricultural buildings now comprising garage; large store;
carport and open work area, “stable”. (May have conversion potential).
GARDEN:
The garden ground extends to approximately 1 acre with extensive
tarmacaddamed driveway, lawns, formal and random flowerbeds and productive
vegetable area. Separate 1/3rd acre orchard.
OFFERS IN THE REGION OF
£460,000
www.williamsonandhenry.co.uk

The parish of Borgue is agriculturally productive and scenically extremely
attractive, incorporating the renowned shoreline round Ross Bay, Brighouse
Bay and the Carrick Shore. The principal population was always grouped
round the extensive farms and accordingly, the Village of Borgue itself is
surprisingly small, dominated by a large and imposing Parish Church. Within
the village there is a well regarded Primary School, traditional village Hotel,
Village Hall, and a high quality fish outlet.
There are lovely walks round and about and the shore road back to
Kirkcudbright is extremely attractive. Kirkcudbright is about five miles distant
and Gatehouse of Fleet and Castle Douglas are a short drive away.
The Old Manse itself sits about four hundred yards north of the Village on the
Gatehouse of Fleet road and is well back from the public road up a long
tarmacaddamed drive. There are good views particularly from the back of the
house, west.
According to the Rev. J. D. Henderson in his book “Borgue: Its Parish
Churches, Pastors & People”, an original Manse was built on this site about
1740 and indeed the back wing of the house is understood to incorporate that
original Manse. However, the grander “front” house was built about 1807, in a
typical Georgian style, although at a later date a fine stone front porch with side
pillars (probably repositioned from the original house) was added and the
ground floor windows enlarged. Typical of houses of this antiquity, it is clear
that there have been many variations and alterations over the years, although
not in recent years, and the house now presents as a spacious well laid out
house, which is an ideal family home.
The integration of the original Manse into the new has resulted in a good layout
with the Laundry, Green Sitting Room and Bedroom 4 above, all being at half
landing level from the staircase of the main house..
ACCOMMODATION
GROUND FLOOR
ENTRANCE VESTIBULE 8’ x 8”(2.48m x 2.48m)
The fine stone front porch creates an interesting feature to the otherwise
straightforward appearance of the front of the house. The front door is on the
side elevation reached by a fine flight of sandstone steps with wrought iron
side railings, with the twin leaf front door bordered by fine sandstone pillars
and pediment above. Large sash and case window. Tiled flooring. Glazed door
to hall.
HALL (Main Area) 17’4” x 7’10”(5.30m x 2.39m)
Glazed door from the vestibule with Georgian fan light above; main staircase
with Georgian paned opaque glazed door giving access to a short flight of steps
at the rear connecting with the Laundry and the cellar accommodation. Part
glazed doors to the Dining Room and Living Room.
DINING ROOM
21’4” x 15’6”(6.51m x 4.72m) (22’8” into the window area)
A well proportioned elegant room with twin sash and case windows to the
front (east) and a second sash and case window (south). Marble fire surround
with Dowling multi-fuel 12kw stove; stripped pine flooring; wall press.
LIVING ROOM 22’ x 15’6”(6.79m x 4.72m)
Again a very nicely proportioned room with a fine cornice and traditional dado
rail; arched recess (indicating that this room will originally have been the
Dining Room); twin sash and case windows; open fireplace; wall press; glazed
doors to Kitchen and Conservatory.
CONSERVATORY 15’ x 11’3”(4.56m x 3.34m)
A nicely proportioned room with very fine views west and a good outlook over
the garden ideal for summer dining and as a summer sitting room. Twin leafed
garden doors give access to a wide raised platform, large enough to
accommodate a bistro set and then a short flight of steps leads to the garden.
KITCHEN 18’9” x 11’6”(5.72m x 3.52m)
This is a spacious Kitchen divided between the working kitchen area and a
family dining area. The kitchen area is well fitted with base and wall mounted
units incorporating electric oven with hob unit and also oil fired Rayburn
(which also heats domestic hot water). Sash and case window west and two
sash and case windows facing north.

The dining area is a useful adjunct with dado rail, maple flooring, and recessed
window.
LAUNDRY
Part 14’ x Part 9’10” x 17’6” (Part 4.25m x Part 2.99 x 5.32m)
The measurements incorporate the WC Apartment. The Laundry is well fitted
and the dimensions include extensive floor to ceiling storage cupboards and
hanging wardrobes and work surface with units below incorporating the
central heating boiler (replaced in recent years) and twin original Belfast sinks.
There is a door from the back of the Laundry to a flight of stone stairs leading
down to the Cellar accommodation (which provides useful storage), and a few
steps turn back up to the main hall.
FIRST FLOOR
HALF LANDING:
“GREEN” SITTING ROOM 15’6” x 13’9” (4.75m x 4.20m)
A charming room with two south facing sash and case windows and a further
west facing sash and case window, all with working shutters. Delightful iron
register Montgomery fireplace with simple wooden surround; wall press.
The Upper Hall extends to 13’9” x 7’10” and gives access to Bedrooms 1, 2 and
3 and main Family Bathroom.
BEDROOM 1 (Rear Right) 15’ 6” x 10’3” (4.74m x 3.14m)
BEDROOM 2 (Front Right) 15’6 x 10’4” (4.75m x 3.16m)
Working shutters
BEDROOM 3 (Front Left)
13’9” x Part 11’9” Part 15’9” (4.21m x Part 3.59m x Part 4.82m)
Working shutters; good sized wardrobe (additional to measurements)
Side corridor, incorporating large airing cupboard with hot water tank gives
access from the Upper Hall to the Bathroom.
BATHROOM 11’8” x 7’ (3.57m x 2.16m)
Four piece white suite of cast iron bath, pedestal wash hand basin, WC and
corner shower; tiled to dado rail height round bath, W/H basin and WC; sash
and case window facing west with working shutters.
HALF LANDING
SHOWER ROOM 5’6” x 8’4” (1.66m x 2.55m)
White suite of W/H basin; vanity unit; WC and corner entry shower; pine dado
rail; pine lined to dado rail height; Velux roof light.
BEDROOM 4 12’3” x 11’8” (3.75m x 3.56m)
An attractive room with windows south and west, both with working shutters.
NOTE:
A door from the main staircase opens to a small hall shelved with bookshelves
and with light from a Velux roof window. Off this, there is the Shower Room and
Bedroom 4, so the Shower Room can either be en suite to Bedroom 4 or
available independently.
ATTIC FLOOR
STUDY 15’9” x 12’ (4.80m x 3.67m)
Full headroom in the centre of the room with side coombs; Velux roof window;
open fireplace; hatches to eaves space & attic.
CENTRAL STORE 7’10” x 5’5”(2.39m x 1.53m)
BEDROOM 5 15’9 x 12’ (4.80m x 3.67m)
Full headroom along the centre of the room with side coombs; pine lined end
wall sheltering cold water tank and incorporating shelves and hanging space;
hatches to eaves space and attic; velux roof window.
CELLARS
The Cellars are simply storage areas but they are useful enough, with a short
flight of stone steps leading from the Laundry. There are high level windows
lighting Cellar 1 and 2 and there is a hatch opening in the side gable giving
access to the coal/log cellar.
Cellar 1 (Left) 15’0” x 10’2”(4.54m x 3.11m)
Central Cellar 10’2” x 7’8” (3.11m x 2.35m)
Cellar 2 (Right) 10’2” x 6’2” (3.11m x 1.88m)
Connecting to:-
Coal Cellar 10’2” x 7’5”(3.11m x 2.25m)
With small external door useful for logs
NOTE:
The Cellars all have electric light and the central cellar has an electric socket
used for eg: deep freeze, power tools etc.
GENERAL
All principal areas of the house have traditional central heating radiators
served by the oil fired central heating boiler sited in the Laundry.
Bedroom 5 has one night storage heater.
The Dining Room, Bedroom 2, the Attic Study and Bedroom 5 all have stripped
wooden flooring but otherwise all fitted carpeting is included.

OUTSIDE
The main section of the tarmacaddamed driveway was resurfaced by the
present owners in recent years. The tarmacaddamed driveway sweeps to the
front of the house and also continues past the back door to the north end of the
garden where there is a range of former agricultural buildings that would have
been needed when the incumbent Ministers used to farm the surrounding
glebe. The central section has previously been removed but there remains the
large garage, large store (former byre), and end “stable”, all stone built under
a tiled roof. In addition, there is a large semi enclosed area with a concrete
base partly roofed to form a car port, useful also for the storage of logs. A
pedestrian door gives access through to the main garden.
NOTE:
The present proprietors did make preliminary enquiries through their Architect
about the possibility of converting this range of buildings to residential
purposes and while this was not proceeded with, it is thought that it would be
reasonably easy to do so.
GARDEN
The garden area is well laid out. By the drive there are grass areas well planted
with spring bulbs and honeysuckle. The main lawn in front of the house is
bordered by a mature shrub bed that again connects through to a more
extensive garden area incorporating a large vegetable plot and ornamental
shrub beds. Along the north gable, by the Conservatory, there is a good level
area of lawn, ideal for summer recreation, bordered by perennial shrub beds.
To the west of the outbuildings, there is a further area of grass culminating in a
raised concreted area, formerly the site of a greenhouse. The field surrounding
the Manse belongs to the Church of Scotland as Glebe and a narrow strip of
ground separates the Manse’s garden from the separate orchard at a lower
level. There is a right of access from the Manse to the orchard which is
presently laid out simply to grass, but some young fruit trees have once again
been reinstated. Much more could be made of this area for the enthusiastic
gardener and it would easily accommodate polytunnels.
BURDENS
The Council Tax Band relating to this property is “G”
SERVICES
The subjects are served by mains water and mains electricity. The central
heating, and the Rayburn in the kitchen, are both oil fired. Drainage is to a
septic tank located in the Glebe.
HOME REPORT
A home report is available for this property and can be obtained by going to
www.onesurvey.org.
ENTRY
Subject to negotiation.
GENERAL ENQUIRIES, VIEWING & OFFERS
General enquiries regarding this property, or arrangements to view, should be
made through the Selling Agents, Messrs Williamson & Henry, at their
Property Office, 3 St Cuthbert Street, Kirkcudbright DG6 4DJ (Tel: 01557
331049), (e-mail property@williamsonandhenry.co.uk), with whom Offers (in
the appropriate Scottish form) should be lodged.
For the benefit of Solicitors, the DX Number is 580813, Kirkcudbright, the Legal
Post Number is LP-1 Kirkcudbright and the Fax Number is 01557 332057.
Reference: INS/JH/STEEI02-01

www.williamsonandhenry.co.uk
PROPERTY OFFICE: 3 ST. CUTHBERT STREET, KIRKCUDBRIGHT DG6 4DJ TEL: (01557) 331049
GENERAL OFFICE: 13 St. Mary Street, Kirkcudbright, DG6 4AA Tel: (01557) 330692
GATEHOUSE OFFICE: (Tuesdays only), 32 High Street, Gatehouse DG7 2HP Tel: (01557) 814293
NEW GALLOWAY OFFICE: (Wednesdays only, High Street, New Galloway DG7 4RN Tel: (01644) 420440
Williamson & Henry is a trading name of Williamson & Henry LLP which is a Limited Liability Partnership registered in Scotland with Partnership No. SO303783.
Registered Office: 13 St Mary Street, Kirkcudbright, DG6 4AA
THE PROPERTY MISDESCRIPTIONS ACT 1991
Purchasers should note that the Selling Agents have NOT tested any of the electrical items or mechanical equipment (e.g. cooker, radiator,
etc.) included in the sale.
Any photographs used are purely illustrative, and may demonstrate only the surrounds. They are not therefore, to be taken as indicative of
the extent of the property or of what is included with the sale or that the photograph is taken from within the boundaries of the property.
Produced and Printed by Digital Typeline tel: 0131 657 1001