4-Bed Victorian House with Loch Awe Views & 1-Acre Garden – Holiday Home Near Taynuilt



Ardreoch, Kilchrenan, By Taynuilt, PA35 1HF, United Kingdom, Taynuilt (Great britain)
4 Bedrooms · 2 Bathrooms · 193m² Floor area
€725,400
House
No parking
4 Bedrooms
2 Bathrooms
193m²
Garden
No pool
Not furnished
Description
On a clear morning at Ardreoch, you stand at the bay window of the main lounge with a mug of tea and watch mist lift slowly off Loch Awe — Scotland's longest freshwater loch stretching into the distance like something from another century. The only sounds are birdsong and, occasionally, the creak of the greenhouse door in a light westerly. This is not a fantasy. This is Tuesday.
Ardreoch is a fully restored Victorian detached house on the edge of Kilchrenan, a small village tucked into the hills of Argyll and Bute, roughly seven miles south of Taynuilt along quiet single-track roads lined with dry stone walls and tall oaks. The house sits elevated on its plot — about one acre in total — and that elevation matters. Every principal room catches the views across the surrounding countryside toward Loch Awe, and the light through those original bay windows changes completely between morning and late afternoon, from pale gold to something almost amber.
The Victorian bones of this property are exceptional. Original ornate ceiling roses, deep plaster cornicing, and generous room proportions that modern builds simply don't replicate. The current owner spent years restoring rather than renovating — a crucial distinction — keeping the period character intact while quietly upgrading what mattered: a Stovax multi-fuel stove in the main lounge, a freestanding bath on the half landing, a fully fitted kitchen with induction hob and double oven. The result is a house that feels genuinely warm in the way that old houses can, without any of the cold drafts or crumbling plasterwork that usually comes with that charm.
Ground floor living at Ardreoch is unusually versatile for a house this age. Arrive through the glazed porch and sun room — oak laminate underfoot, light flooding in — and the hallway opens into a generous layout that includes a formal dining room with its own bay window, a main lounge, a sitting room with built-in cabinetry, and a well-proportioned kitchen. The utility room has a Belfast sink, washing machine, and tumble dryer. The boot room has a dedicated log store. These aren't incidental details — they're what make a house like this actually livable in a Scottish climate, where coming off the hills with muddy boots and wet waterproofs is a weekly reality for half the year.
Upstairs, the principal bedroom has dual aspect windows and fitted wardrobes, with an adjoining dressing room. Three further bedrooms, each with fitted wardrobes and those characteristic views, complete the upper floor. The bathroom at the half landing is genuinely thoughtful — freestanding bath, vanity unit, heated towel rail, well-tiled throughout. Four bedrooms, two bathrooms, 193 square metres. It has the right proportions for a family holiday home and more than enough room for extended stays or to share with friends.
Then there are the gardens, and they really do demand their own paragraph. Close to an acre, with sweeping lawns, gravelled pathways, raised vegetable beds, a greenhouse, fruit trees, a soft fruit cage, and a mature woodland section with paths and stone steps that feel like they belong to somewhere much larger. Stone walls and established trees create genuine privacy. A gated entrance leads to a gravelled parking area and a double garage. This is not a tidy patch of lawn with a few shrubs — it's a proper country garden that took decades to establish.
Kilchrenan itself is small in the best way: a village hall, a church, the Kilchrenan Inn, and two lochside hotels — Taychreggan and the Inn at Loch Awe — that have earned real reputations for their kitchens and wine lists, the sort of places where you book a table weeks in advance and eat slow-braised venison while watching the water. The loch is right there for fishing, particularly wild brown trout. Kayaking the wooded shoreline, exploring the islands — some of which contain Iron Age crannogs — or simply walking the forest trails through the Inverliever Forest is how mornings tend to disappear here.
Taynuilt, seven miles away, has everything needed for daily life: shops, a post office, a health centre, a tearoom, a nine-hole golf course, and a railway station on the Glasgow to Oban line. The train from Taynuilt to Glasgow Queen Street takes roughly two hours and fifteen minutes — not bad for a remote Highland property. Oban is eighteen miles west, a proper town with a harbour, a good range of restaurants, a distillery you can tour, a ferry terminal serving the Hebrides, and the kind of fish and chips eaten on a harbour wall in driving rain that you'll think about for years afterward.
The wider region is stacked with reasons to return. Ben Cruachan towers over the area — a 1,126-metre mountain known locally as the Hollow Mountain because a hydroelectric power station runs through its interior, which is genuinely one of the more surreal visitor experiences in Scotland. Glen Etive is a forty-minute drive northeast. Glencoe is an hour. In summer, the West Highlands sit in daylight until nearly eleven at night, and the hills above Kilchrenan turn purple with heather through August and September. Winter is quieter, properly quiet, but red deer wander closer to the house and the skies on a clear night are extraordinary — no light pollution to speak of for miles in any direction.
For international buyers exploring second homes in Scotland, Ardreoch sits in a market that consistently rewards long-term ownership. Argyll and Bute has attracted increasing interest from buyers across Europe and North America seeking genuine rural retreats with strong transport connections to a major city. The Glasgow link via Taynuilt station is the practical backbone of this property's accessibility. Scotland's property purchase process is distinct from England's — buyers should engage a Scottish solicitor early, as the offers-over system and missives process differs significantly from conveyancing elsewhere in the UK. There are no current restrictions on non-UK nationals buying residential property in Scotland, and the area falls under Argyll and Bute Council's tax band F.
Heating is oil-fired central heating throughout, with mains water and electricity, and private drainage — all standard for rural Argyll. The EPC rating is E40, reflecting the Victorian construction, though the multi-fuel stove and oil heating together make this a genuinely comfortable house year-round. Rental demand in this part of Scotland for quality rural holiday properties remains strong, particularly in the shoulder seasons of May, June, and September, when walkers, cyclists, and fishing guests drive bookings.
Key features at a glance:
- Fully restored 4-bedroom, 2-bathroom Victorian detached house, 193 sqm
- Elevated position with far-reaching views toward Loch Awe and surrounding countryside
- Approximately one acre of mature, landscaped gardens including greenhouse, fruit trees, raised beds, and woodland
- Original Victorian features: ceiling roses, deep cornicing, bay windows throughout
- Main lounge with Stovax multi-fuel stove and brick hearth
- Freestanding bath and half-landing bathroom with heated towel rail
- Well-fitted kitchen with induction hob, double oven, and full utility/boot room setup
- Double garage and gravelled gated parking area
- Oil-fired central heating, mains water and electricity, private drainage
- Seven miles from Taynuilt village, shops, and railway station (Glasgow Queen Street line)
- Eighteen miles from Oban, with ferry connections to the Hebrides
- Direct access to Loch Awe fishing, kayaking, hiking, and Inverliever Forest trails
- No restriction on international buyers; Scottish conveyancing process applies
- Strong short-term rental demand in the West Highlands holiday home market
- Offered with vacant possession; viewing strictly by appointment
If you've been looking for a vacation home in Scotland that actually delivers on the promise of the West Highlands — the space, the light, the unhurried pace — Ardreoch is the kind of property that rarely comes to market in this condition. Get in touch with the team at Homestra today to arrange a private viewing or to request the full property information pack. These enquiries move quickly.
Details
- Amount of bedrooms
- 4
- Size
- 193m²
- Price per m²
- €3,759
- Garden size
- 4047m²
- Has Garden
- Yes
- Has Parking
- No
- Has Basement
- No
- Condition
- good
- Amount of Bathrooms
- 2
- Has swimming pool
- No
- Property type
- House
- Energy label
Unknown
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