Simply spacious
Arts and Crafts gem has lots of room that any growing family would love, writes Jenny Shields
THE huge appeal of Point house is its originality, for this bespoke home is an architectural gem, designed in 1908 for a gentleman named Adam Cairns Smith. The property on Dundonald Road in Kilmarnock has been a much cherished home, staying in the same family for many years.
The house has a simple layout – there are no space-wasting long corridors, for example – and the rooms offer a lot of scope for both formal and informal use.
The front door opens into a large, wood- panelled reception hall with a beamed ceiling and green tiled fireplace. This is an ideal entertaining space or perhaps for a dining room.
There is an attractive drawing room with a bay window and Arts and Crafts fireplace, as well as two more good-sized rooms.
The morning room has a wall of original oak bookshelves, while the sitting room has a wall of original oak cupboards, both of which would cost a small fortune to fit today, even assuming you could find suitably skilled carpenters to carry out the work.
The breakfasting kitchen is a good size and there is a second smaller kitchen/utility room. On the first floor are six bedrooms and three bath/shower rooms.
The staircase is another impressive feature of Pointhouse, rising from the elegant hall, past a large stained glass window and with charming cut- out hearts on its balustrade.
In a more fashionable location such as Glasgow’s West End only 25 miles up the M77, or Alloway, 20 miles to the south, this property would be worth quite a bit more.
However, some fortunate buyer will acquire a large, highly desira- ble and well l ocated period property for well under half a million pounds.
Pointhouse has a garden which extends to a third of an acre with lawns, a drying green and ponds, one with a working fountain.
Offers over £385,000 to Mackintosh & Wylie in Kilmarnock.