2 Bed Semi-Detached House, Planning Permission, Castle Douglas, DG7 3NB £220,000

Finishing off outside, a concrete surface patio area and car parking space is situated to the front of the dwelling. To the rear of the dwelling is a stone chipped path, with steps up to a grass lawn and stone chipped driveway.
Boundaries are defined by timber fences, post and wire fences and dry stone walls.

TRANSPORT, SCHOOLS & AMENITIES

The nearest primary school is in the neighbouring village of Crossmichael (3.5 miles) with the nearest secondary school being Castle Douglas High (7 miles). Parton is on the local bus route and there is school transport available. Crossmichael primary school boasts a good local reputation, and the village is also served by a convenience store, pub/restaurant and village hall. The hamlet of Parton also has a village hall and church dating back to 1593 with its most famous former resident James Clerk Maxwell mathematical physicist commemorated by a monument beside the Parton war memorial in front of the church. Parton Row is the name of the cottages rebuilt in 1901 by the then laird, Benjamin Rigby Murray, of Parton House. One was used as a library and reading room. The Clock Tower was added to an existing byre but later converted to a communal laundry. In later years the building nearest the hall was the village shop and post office and was the home of Sam Callander who devoted much of his life to promoting the memory of James Clerk Maxwell. Parton railway station was part of the Portpatrick line, but closed in 1965. The station building was converted as a private house.

There is a community shop, cafes, restaurants and hotels in both New Galloway (7 miles) and St John’s Town of Dalry. New Galloway also has a renowned golf course with unrivalled views of the picturesque Loch Ken and is the home of the Glenkens CatStrand Arts and Community Trust. It is a popular tourist destination on the River Ken where there is also a wide range of water sports available. There is also a gp surgery and pharmacy. New Galloway provides access to the spectacular Galloway Forest Park, Scotland’s first Dark Skies Park offering many visitor attractions including Clatteringshaws Visitor Centre with coffee shop and views of the Loch and Merrick the highest peak in the Southern Uplands, Wild Goat Park and Red Deer Range as well as access to Newton Stewart and the Wigtownshire coast on the other side of the park. The surrounding area offers a wide range of country pursuits including sailing, water skiing and kayaking available from the Galloway Activity Centre, horse riding, mountain biking, fishing, bird watching and numerous coastal and woodland walks. Castle Douglas (7 miles), the region’s food town is a 20 minute drive away and offers a range of small independent shops, cafes, restaurants, hotels, pubs, cinema/theatre and swimming pool. From Castle Douglas the nearby A75 provides transport links to the east to Dumfries (23 miles) and west to Stranraer (44 miles), with Ayr and Prestwick (43 miles) to the north. There is a ferry terminal at Cairnryan near Stranraer with sailings to and from Northern Ireland. Dumfries is the region’s capital sitting on the River Nith and offers a combination of shopping facilities and historic buildings. The town is also the home of a substantial college and university campus located within beautiful grounds overlooking the town and has three golf courses. There are various close transport links including Dumfries train station providing links to Carlisle and Glasgow with high-speed rail services to both the north and south available from Lockerbie. Major Bus links can be accessed from Dumfries to Glasgow and to the south. The M6 and M74 networks are accessible at Moffat, Gretna and Lockerbie. Dumfries town centre offers several major supermarkets, popular High Street shops, shopping centre, schooling, university campus, a range of bistros and medical facilities. A brand new state of the art regional hospital is located on the outskirts of Dumfries just off the A75.

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