Former national watersports centre at Great Cumbrae Island set to go under the hammer

The Isle of Cumbrae is in the Firth of Clyde around 1.5 miles west of the mainland and the town of Largs and is served by a regular ferry crossing from Largs.

The town of Millport has a range of local amenities and is a popular tourist destination. A wide range of services and facilities are available via a short ferry crossing to the mainland at Largs. The island is popular with cyclists, walkers and watersports enthusiasts, and features an 18-hole golf course.

The former national watersports centre is located on the eastern shore of Great Cumbrae, 400m to the south of the ferry slipway with extensive frontage to the public highway. It includes a principal building together with four residential chalets, workshops/stores and yardage. In addition, to the west there is undeveloped land.

The main Sailing Centre building is of timber frame construction with accommodation comprising reception, four linked offices and private offices, kitchen, prep area and servery, dining hall, three classrooms, lounge, gym, sauna and WC facilities at ground floor and staff and visitor male and female changing facilities, former wet suit store, drying room and maintenance workshop and stores at lower ground floor.

The property includes four chalets; one attached to the main building with the three others to the north-most part of the site. All chalets offer broadly similar accommodation including seven bedrooms, WC facilities including en-suites together with dining kitchen/lounge areas. The properties remain fitted, and all movables are included within the sale.

Areas to the front of the property are laid in tarmac with car parking and open storage areas. The land around the main building and chalets are grassed with paved paths. Adjacent to the roadside is a detached unit offering storage and workshop accommodation.

Kevin Bell, partner at Shepherd Chartered Surveyors in Ayr, said:

“This is a unique opportunity to acquire a purpose-built facility with potential for conversion or redevelopment and we anticipate much interest in this lot.”

Planning consent permitting 34 glamping pods, creation of a kiosk and campervan parking was granted by North Ayrshire Council in March. Interested parties are advised to make their own enquiries direct with North Ayrshire Council Planning.

The online auction will be held on 21st August at 2:30pm and interested parties should register at https://www.shepherd.co.uk/auctions-remote-bidding/.

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For further information please contact Kevin Bell on 01292 267987