A former Fairlie church with its own indoor swimming pool is currently on the market.
80 Main Road, which was the former St Margaret's Free Church of Scotland, was originally constructed in the 1940s.
It is now a stunning property which has undergone a transformation over three levels.
The property now includes a swimming pool, main lounge with original vaulted ceiling and a master bedroom suite with a viewing gallery.
The former church, which has four bedrooms and three bathrooms, is being marketed by Corum for offers over £650,000.
The description states: "In more detail the property is entered through the main arched door where a central gabled porch gives access to a reception hall opening to a ground floor double bedroom with doorway access to the original internal spiral stone staircase leading to the first floor. The reception hall leads to a magnificent heated indoor 8m x 4m swimming pool, with gym and seating area, and a 4m high acoustic ceiling. Doorways from both the pool and reception hall open into a changing area/bathroom/steam room suite; including WC cubicle, contemporary composite bath, whb/vanity unit and walk in rain shower with mosaic tiled seating and ‘Steamist' home spa/aromatherapy/steam system.
"To the rear of the swimming pool is a walk in storage cupboard and doorway access to the rear hallway, formerly incorporating the vestry. This hall opens to an office/study and a high quality dining kitchen fitted with a range of wall and base units with Range style cooker, integrated dish washer, microwave and coffee maker. The American style fridge freezer may be included in the sale. To the rear of the kitchen is a utility room with access to a WC/cloakroom. The utility room also has access to the home's boiler room which alongside the 2 boilers, houses the Heatstar pool climate control system and, down through a basement hatch, the pool pump and water filter equipment. In addition to the original spiral staircase at the front of the property, a solid oak bespoke ‘floating' stair leads, past an exposed sandstone feature wall, from the rear hallway to the first floor and beyond to the upper level.
"From the first floor landing and through a set of double fire doors, a wide corridor with inset structural glass floor panels with views down to the pool area, arrives at the breathtaking main lounge with a vaulted 7m high ceiling and original restored open timber roof trusses. This room features an expansive stained glass arched window and is further illuminated by roof lights and circular windows with westerly views to the Firth of Clyde, Cumbrae and Arran. The lounge and central corridor have ‘Junkers' oak flooring and bespoke oak skirting, walnut wall panels with concealed storage cupboards and a freestanding feature wall, housing an inset bio ethanol firebox and further storage space. A guest wc and two spacious apartments are accessed from the central corridor. To the rear is a large bedroom with views to sloping woodlands behind the property and an en suite shower room. The room on the opposite side of the corridor is currently used as a soundproofed TV/Cinema room with a built in bar area, but could equally be utilised as a 4th bedroom as required. There is underfloor heating throughout this level.
"Continuing up the oak staircase, past a stunning contemporary stained glass circular window and through an oak glazed fire screen leads to the master bedroom suite on the upper level. The master bedroom has exposed original roof timbers, solid timber ‘Junkers' flooring (reclaimed from the original church), a spacious dressing room and full ensuite with walk in rainfall shower. Natural light is provided by 6 large roof lights, along with views across the river and to the rear of the property. Again, there is underfloor heating on this level. Finally, twin doors from the bedroom open to a raised gallery with glass and reclaimed ‘pitch-pine' balustrade, providing elevated views of the lounge, ceiling trusses and main stained glass window and this completes the accommodation on offer.
"In addition to the above the property has high quality Porcelanosa tiling the main bathroom, poolside bathroom and En-suite. gas central heating (fuelling a mixture of radiators and underfloor heating), extensive driveway parking with detached garage and mature landscaped gardens with raised paved terrace and greenhouse."
For more information on the property go here.
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