Cairnmore House

Cairnmore House is approached off the main road via two private entrance drives which terminate in a parking area to the front and side. Originally constructed in 1865, later additions were added in 1900.

The current owner has refurbished the property over the years to create a comfortable family home with plenty of entertaining space. The property retains plenty of character and charm throughout, with a lot of the main rooms focusing on the south-facing aspect of the property with either a
garden or coastal view. Internal features include the reception hall and hallway with original Minton mosaic tiled floor, the drawing room and sitting room both with open fireplaces, the lovely dining kitchen with an island and
French doors out to the patio, and an elegant dining room.

Upstairs each of the bedrooms are well proportioned with five of the bedrooms benefitting from a sea view. The northern wing of the first floor would lend itself to being a self-contained flat, with a secondary staircase giving separate access. The games room is a large double aspect reception room on the first floor – requiring some decoration, it offers a multitude of uses. Constructed of local stone beneath a pitched slate roof, the accommodation is laid out over three storeys as follows:
Ground floor: sun room, entrance porch, hallway, drawing room (with open fireplace), sitting room (with open fireplace), WC, dining kitchen with doors out to patio, dining room, Butler's pantry, scullery with paint store, workshop, freezer room, garden room and WC.
First floor: landing, principal bedroom with en suite dressing room and bathroom, games room/sitting room, two further double bedrooms, family bathroom, WC, pantry, two utility rooms, office and laundry room.
Second floor: landing, eight double bedrooms, one en suite, further single bedroom, two family bathrooms and linen store.

Outbuildings
To the rear of the house there is a small courtyard of outbuildings including a potting shed, general store, coal bunker and log store.

Gardens
Doors lead out from the kitchen to a decking area and patio. Steps from the front of the house lead down to the front lawn. There are herbaceous borders planted to provide interest throughout the year, and mature trees including flowering Australian species. The coastal view expands to Rathlin Island, Co. Antrim in Northern Ireland, the village of Port Ellen, and the Kintyre Peninsula. At night there are as many as seven lighthouses visible across the sea. To the rear of the house the ground rises up with a south-facing vegetable patch, and an orchard including fruit and nut trees as well as a poly tunnel. This area is surrounded by a block of mixed mature woodland, while the garden is surrounded by a deer fence and a bordering drystone wall to the road.

Cairnmore Woods
Situated to the south side of the main road, opposite the rear (west) entrance driveway to Cairnmore, is Cairnmore Woods. Extending to about 10.56 acres with coastal frontage, the woodland has a path running through with special elevated views over Kilnaughton Bay. There is an old bathing hut beside the sandy beach with access onto the beach. The woods are a mixture of native deciduous trees, underplanted with daffodils, bluebells and primroses.

Rough grazing and foreshore
Adjoining the Cairnmore Woods to the East, there is a 2.99 acre block of rough grazing which has access to the foreshore. The land has not been used for livestock. The property includes about 400 metres of foreshore.

Cairnmore House is situated just outside the town of Port Ellen on Islay in an elevated and private position, with superb southerly coastal views towards Kintyre, Rathlin Island and beyond to Northern Ireland on a clear day.

Islay is the most southerly of the Hebridean islands off the West Coast of Scotland, with a population of around 3,228 people; it can be accessed by ferry or air.

Port Ellen village is within walking distance from the house and has shops, a Co-op, two pu

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