Imposing red sandstone Church on the outskirts of the village of Holywood, 4 miles north of Dumfries town centre. The Church, which dates from 1779, is a Category B Listed building built to a T-plan with a square tower on the south elevation. The roofs are timber framed, pitched and slated with the exception of the roof over the tower which is flat. The building presents an excellent opportunity for conversion, subject to obtaining the usual consents, to a unique dwelling house with splendid rural outlook in this attractive part of Scotland within easy travelling distance of the M6/M74 corridor. The Church is situated in the Churchyard which is in the ownership of Dumfries & Galloway Council. The area of land for sale is only that on which the building sits and not any of the surrounding Churchyard.
Location
The village of Holywood links with Dumfries via the A76. Dumfries is a University town in the Southern Uplands, close to the Solway Firth. There are good transport links north and south from Dumfries including a main railway line linking Glasgow with Carlisle. Dumfries is within commuting distance by road or rail to Carlisle (35 miles), Glasgow (70 miles), Edinburgh (78 miles) and Stranraer (70 miles).
Accommodation
Ground floor
Two porches, vestibule (14.37 sq m. or thereby)
Main Hall (167.16 sq. m. or thereby)
First floor
Landing/meeting room (40.83 sq m. or thereby)
Outbuildings
The original hearse house is a small stone store, adjacent to the public road, which could be used for storage or converted into a garage, subject to the necessary consents being obtained.
Terms
Offers over £35,000 are invited
Specification
The property is Listed (Category B) and in response to enquiry the Planning Officer at Dumfries & Galloway Council has confirmed that the preferred alternative use would be as a house. The Church currently falls within Class 10 of the Town & Country Planning (Use Classes) (Scotland) Order 1997 which permits the building to be used, without the necessity of applying for Planning
Permission, for religious purposes, as a Creche, Day Nursery or Day Centre, for the provision of education, display of works of art, as a public or exhibition hall, public library, reading room or as a museum.