Moniaive, Dumfries & Galloway Guide price £638,000

A wonderful Georgian and Victorian Country house with literary connections, providing an excellent family home with a 3 bed annexe, & one bank of the Dalwhat Water River. 3 Reception Rooms. 4 Double Beds. 2 Attic Rooms. Outbuildings. Lawns. Garden. Paddock.Ardnacloich is the former home of the author Rumer Godden OBE one of the foremost English language authors of the 20th century, famous for “Black Narcissus” (1939) and around 60 other works including novels, biographies, children’s books and poetry. The house has Georgian origins at the rear, with a Victorian front added in approximately 1845. With generous proportions, the principle reception rooms are south facing and capture the light with two large bay windows to the front. The house has comfortable informal rooms also, with a snug, office and pair of ‘butt and ben’ rooms over the kitchen. There is also a substantial annexe adjoined to the back of the house, which could be used as additional accommodation, for a dependant family member or holiday letting. The house is private and peaceful, yet within easy walking distance of the village.

The gardens and grounds are stunning. Extending to about 2 acres in all, the garden areas have been subdivided to create a formal walled garden, with beds full of seasonal colour, a vegetable and fruit garden and a paddock with chicken run. There are also areas of woodland and access to one bank of the Dalwhat Water River.