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Number 19 Harbour Street is in the centre of the National Trust Village of Plockton, on Scotland’s spectacular western highlands coastline about 7 miles from Kyle of Lochalsh and the Isle of Skye bridge. The house is on the main street of the village, facing Plockton Bay which opens out into Loch Carron which in turn opens into Lochash the Skye Inner Sound. Plockton was built as a ‘model village’ for the Scottish western highlands mostly in the second half of the 1800s. Drumbeg sits in about three quarters of an acre of land with an extensive lawn and ornamental lotus pool in front garden and a large almost impenetrable jungle on the hillside behind the house, behind what must be one of the largest fuchsia hedges in Scotland! There are a series of outhouses /workshops and a spacious conservatory immediately behind the house with a secluded picnic and BBQ area. Three of the four bedrooms have sea views to the front of the house, overlooking the small Rhu peninsula, the loch, and the impressive “Crags” across the bay.

 

The house was originally a crofter’s cottage built about 150 years ago, with a byre for the cows and two large multipurpose outbuildings at the back for crofting implements. It later became the home of the Matheson family who built and operated schooners up and down the West Coast. Later it was the house and workshop of Alec the Plummer, where a number of the local lads undertook their apprenticeships. The house is traditional in design, warm and cosy inside with thick stone walls and much of the traditional tongue-and-groove wooden wall lining inside.  

The house has two double bedrooms, two twin bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room and kitchen, and as mentioned - a large conservatory which serves both as an informal sitting area and also as a dining room. There are two outdoor picnic tables (one at the back, and one in the front garden) and BBQ facilities for eating and entertaining outside.

The mezzanine layout of the cottage provides:

• Two twin rooms and a shared bathroom on the ground floor
• The open plan kitchen and dining room and conservatory on the mezzanine level with floor to ceiling glass windows opening out onto the alpine garden terrace at the back
• The living room & master bedroom on the second floor overlooking the front garden and sea

All modern conveniences are available in the house, including

• electrical off-peak space heating
• Skye satelite cable TV
• two flat screen 29" television sets
• wifi broadband Internet
• two DVD players and a large collection of DVDs for rainy days
• a CD player with a wide collection of music, or alternatively plug in your own iPod with a monster cable and play your own tunes
• games, cards, and a huge selection of books (on a take one – leave one basis!)
• automatic dish washer
• automatic washing machine
• a baby play pen/travel cot for infants
• barbeque set.
• microwave oven
• There is both on and off road parking available and parking is not a problem.