Millstone Cottage is ideal for principal family living, and due to its wonderful Island setting lends itself perfect as a second or income producing investment home.

Millstone Cottage is a delightful two-level detached cottage type property, presented in wonderful fresh condition and with front facing rooms enjoying uninterrupted waterscape views. Externally the house is of white painted render finish with smooth render relief, neatly presented under a dark grey slate roof.

The house is set amid relatively low maintenance by design gardens which are mainly to lawn, a generous timber decking offers an excellent space for summer furniture, alfresco dining and entertaining. Millstone Cottage has a unique health offering with an outdoor cold water ice bucket, and outbuilding housing a relaxation room, sauna and shower facility.

The property is well set up for principal family living, and because of the wonderful Island setting Millstone Cottage is also excellent as second or income producing investment home.

Ground Floor
Outer front door to stylish kitchen cum dining with picture frame windows to gardens and waterscape, formal sitting room with warming log burning stove and windows showcasing everchanging and often dramatic waterscape views, rear hall set up with cloaks hooks, utility cupboard housing the electrical swich gear, family bathroom with separate shower enclosure, bedroom 1 with window to gardens.

First Floor
Via a carpeted staircase with laundry pulley, first floor landing with access to property eaves, bedroom 2 with 2 x velux windows to countryside and waterscape views, bedroom 3 with double fitted mirrored wardrobes, access to property eaves, 2 x velux windows to countryside and waterscape views, linen cupboard housing the hot water tank.

Outbuildings
Detached timber general purpose shed, detached timber log stores, detached timber workshop with utility area. Outbuilding housing the relaxation room, sauna and shower facility with floor to ceiling window’s enjoying waterscape views.

Gardens
Via a steel swing gate to gravel driveway leading to ample vehicular hard standing and parking area. The gardens at Millstone Cottage are relatively low maintenance by design and broadly laid to lawn with an assortment of specimen planted trees and with a drying green. A generous timber decking which connects to the property is an excellent space for alfresco sitting, dining and entertaining guests, and from where there are sublime views across the sound of Gigha to the mainland adjacent. A further concrete patio area which connects to the outdoor spa facilities such as the cold-water ice bucket and outbuilding housing the relaxation room, sauna and shower facility. The gardens extend to circa 0.25 and are bound by a Rylock fence.

Services
Mains water supply, drainage by private septic tank, warming log burning stove which provides heat to radiators, double glazing.

Note: The services have not been checked by the selling agents.

Local Authorities
Argyll & Bute Council
Tel: 01546 602127.

Council Tax
Millstone Cottage is in council band C and the amount payable for 2026/2027 is £1,853.88p including water supply.

EPC
Rating C

Situation
Millstone Cottage is situated on the charming west coast of Scotland, on the Inner Hebridean Island of Gigha.

Gigha is 2.8 miles west of the Kintyre peninsula with an hourly ferry service, crossing c20 minutes. The property is situated on an elevated site with spectacular southerly views of the island, sea, and Kintyre peninsula.

Gigha is well known for the famous Achamore Gardens. The island has a primary school, shop, post office, hotel with bar, Michelin guide recommended restaurant, and a church with regular services.

There is a well maintained 9-hole golf course. The island offers wonderful opportunities to sail, paddleboard, canoe, snorkel, fish and walk. There is a recently upgraded pontoon and mooring.

Gigha has its own grass airstrip which is near the south end of the island lying in an east/west direction. The airfield can be used by private planes and microlights.

On the mainland, the town of Campbeltown is 19 miles to the south and has two major supermarkets, garages, a full range of shops and professional services, a secondary school, an A&E hospital with an emergency air-ambulance service to Glasgow, leisure facilities (including a modern swimming pool), library and a cinema. There are flights from Glasgow to Campbeltown.

Tarbert is 23 miles north and has good local shops and services. From Tarbert, there are ferry links to Islay, and to Portavadie which gives access to an alternative route to Glasgow via Dunoon and Gourock.
The west of Scotland is world famous for its scenic sailing waters. The area around the Mull of Kintyre leads to the protected waters of Loch Fyne, the Firth of Clyde, and the scenic Kyles of Bute. To the north of Gigha is the spectacular west coast with its numerous sea lochs, and the other Hebridean islands. On a clear day the north coast of Ireland is visible.

Productive sea fishing from shore and boat is available locally and there are trout and salmon opportunities by permit in surrounding islands, mainland rivers and hill lochs.

Gigha
Gigha is the most southerly and one of the most beautiful of the Hebridean Islands. Seven miles long by a mile and a half wide, Gigha is situated three miles west of the Kintyre peninsular, approximately three hours’ drive from the City of Glasgow, with a regular 20 minute roll-on roll-off ferry. Gigha is easily described as breathtaking with sandy beaches, clear blue green seas and a host of wildlife. The climate is pleasantly mild as a result of the Gulfstream.

The History of Gigha
Step ashore on the Isle of Gigha and you are following in the tracks of the Scots who settled on Kintyre and the Hebrides from Ireland, of the Vikings who plundered those settlements from distant Scandinavia, and of the Norse King Haakon, who gave the isle its name, Gudey, the Good Isle or God’s Isle. The Gaels changed the name to Gigha as time passed.

Around 1493 Gigha came into the possession of the family of MacNeill of Taynish. The family fought many bitter disputes with the Macdonald Clan to hold onto the island until finally selling it in 1790 to another branch of the Clan Neill, the MacNeills of Colonsay. Thereafter the island has had many owners - the Scarletts, Allens, Hamers - until in 1944 it was sold to Sir James Horlick, when the story of the creation of the famous gardens of Achamore began. The Isle of Gigha Heritage Trust now owns much of the Isle of Gigha, including Achamore Gardens.
The small island of Cara, to the south has remained the property of the MacDonalds of Largie, the last link with the Lord of the Isles.
There are still McNeills amongst the 160 Gigha inhabitants.


Travel Directions

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From Glasgow take the A82 and A83 to reach the west coast town/port of Tarbert. Take the A83 out of Tarbert following signs for Campbeltown. After about 18.5 miles arrive at the ferry port Tayinloan. The roll on roll off ferry is a short crossing to Gigha. Once on the island continue for circa 0.5 miles to find reach the ‘T’ junction with the post office on your right-hand side, turn right and follow the road due north for circa 1 mile before turning right at the sign ‘The Scottish Salmon Company’ proceed along the road to find Millstone Cottage on your right-hand side.