House For Sale £395,000
Solway Place, Holm Street, Moffat, Dumfriesshire, DG10

An exceptional period house with attached well established holiday cottage.

Description

1 Solway Place is an exceptional attached villa which was refurbished approximately 10 years ago to the highest of standards and split into a wonderful terraced villa with an adjoining property known as The Wee Cottage.

The house was featured on BBC Scotland’s Home of the Year series in 2019 and drew praise for the quality of finish and the careful refurbishment blending the Victorian era with 21st century style and comfort.

The accommodation of the terraced villa begins with a hallway leading to a lovely sitting room with inset wood burner and cleverly designed log storage alcove. To the rear there is a magnificent open plan fully fitted contemporary white kitchen with a wide range of built in appliances, a large breakfast island and and folding glazed doors leading out to the courtyard. The accommodation on the ground floor also includes a beautiful downstairs bedroom with en suite shower room, an additional annex bedroom/office and a utility room.

The upper floor is reached by a spectacular spiral staircase and leads to the principal bedroom off which is a luxury en suite bathroom.

The Wee Cottage is a well established holiday let, is full of character and equally well finished. It comprises on the ground floor a hallway leading to the open plan living room with fitted kitchen to rear. There is also a shower room on the ground floor. A staircase leads to the upper floor where there is a double bedroom with en suite bathroom.

A stylish and extensive paved courtyard is located to the rear of the property. This is a fabulous outdoor living space with plenty of room for entertaining and dining and with a fixed sail type awning. There is also a hot tub and hedge-topped walls for privacy.

Please refer to photographs on the schedule and the virtual tour.

Location

Moffat is a picturesque and popular tourist town in Dumfries & Galloway offering a wide range of shops and professional services including hotels, restaurants, leisure centre and golf course, nursery, primary and secondary education. As a former spa town, Moffat grew in importance in the Victorian era and many wealthy buyers from Glasgow and Edinburgh purchased substantial villas in the town with many of these townhouses still exist today.
There are excellent opportunities for country sports in the area, with tennis, golf, shooting and fishing available locally and hill walking in the nearby Annandale and Queensberry Hills and links to the Southern Upland Way.

Dumfries, 25 miles to the south, is an active town which provides a wider range of facilities, including a hospital, a range of shops, supermarkets, sports clubs and further professional services. Carlisle, which also provides a variety of amenities, is 41 miles to the south.The M74, the main route between England to Scotland, is close to Moffat and provides a motorway connection both north to Glasgow and south to the M6, Carlisle, Penrith, central and southern England. There are railway stations at Dumfries, Lockerbie and Carlisle. Glasgow is about 54 miles to the north, while Edinburgh is 53 miles to the northeast and can be reached by the A701 or via the A702 through Biggar.

Square Footage: 1,191 sq ft