The subjects for sale comprise a substantial traditional three storey house with attached wings which was originally built as a Manse circa 1816 and was recently in use as a bed and breakfast establishment.
This impressive property is in need of substantial renovation and modernisation. The house is listed category “B” with Historic Scotland and it is important that the implications of this are fully investigated. Occupying a private, rural location on the western side of the Isle of Barra, and set in its own grounds which extend to approx. 2 acres, with agricultural land all around, and the added benefit of a walled garden and stone and timber outbuildings which are also in need of renovation. This property has huge potential either as a substantial family home or as self-catering and bed and breakfast accommodation.
The main commercial centre of Castlebay is some 10 miles distant and within easy reach of Cuithir. Amenities include supermarkets, bank, post office, doctor’s surgery and hospital together with the ferry terminal with sailings to Oban and Lochboisdale with a further ferry located at Ardmore with sailings to Eriskay. The Isle of Barra also boasts the unique airport situated in the shallow bay of Traigh Mhòr which is the only one in the world where scheduled flights use the beach as a runway.
The airport offers regular flights to Glasgow.