Cut price entry into fine terrace

This is a rare chance to join the terrace set of Ayr for just over half price.

A ground floor conversion on Barns Terrace has come to market at offers over £ 185,000.

The ceiling price for the terrace is just under £ 400,000, with recent sales of up to £ 345,000.

You get communal pleasure gardens out front and your own private piece of garden out back.

A shared vestibule leads into a stunning conversion, stripped original wood floors and stunning two windowed lounge of 19 feet.

The layout packs in a dining kitchen, lovely snug and two bedrooms, one en- suite.

The formal lounge at the front has a feature fireplace and the large windows are framed by some lovely original - and light coloured - wooden detailing.

The snug is at the back and thanks to a ceiling up to the apex, a rooflight and double doors to the garden, feels much bigger than it really is.

A central island with gas hob is the main feature of the kitchen. Just off is a large walk- in cupboard or larder, presumably where the staircase originally was.

Out back there is more storage space, with an outhouse of 8’ 10 x 3’ and an attached garage ( 17’ 3 x 8’ 10) with access from the rear lane. Selling agents Corum say: “To the front there are communal lawned gardens with recently re- instated wrought iron railings and ample residents parking.”

There are 14 houses in B- listed Barns Terrace, built as seven mirrored pairs around 1850, as the Georgian expansion of a bustling town was at its zenith.

The area was part of the old Barns estate – the main house is still round the corner in the Crescent – and the farmer sold off surrounding fields for homes for “genteel families.”

Interestingly Barns Street was known colloquially at the time as “Maidens Row” for the number of spinsters in tenancy.

For viewing contact Corum in Ayr on 880888, offers over £ 185,000.