Thank you, but we are not looking for any further exchanges for 2023/4. However, there's always 2025!

Hilltop Cottage, dating back some 170 years, is located in a secluded spot on a hillside at the edge of the historic village of Kirkoswald, South Ayrshire.

The accommodation offers:
- compact kitchen
- main bedroom with king bed and en suite shower room (created spring 2023)
- 2nd bedroom - with double bed
- bathroom with over-bath shower (refurbished spring 2023)
- lounge with log burner (new Sept 2022). Heating and hot water are provided by an air-source heat pump (Nov. 2021).

The original part of this single storey building, constructed of sandstone and granite, is built in traditional style with a slate roof (once it would have been thatched like some buildings in the village). There is a small 1980's extension to the rear. We have fallen in love with our little cottage and the beautiful local area over the last 3 years; we are steadily making changes to update the facilities to make our visits, and those of family, friends and guests, as comfortable as possible.

Access is by a little-used farm track known as Ashpad. It is believed that, in days gone by, the Lord and Lady from Culzean Castle came along this route by carriage to worship in the village church. Ash was scattered to help the horses and wheels to grip, hence the name. There is one other cottage lower down the track, and at the bottom the A77 leads north and south close to the coast.

Behind the cottage are raised fields - cows sometimes pop their heads over the fence and look down into the kitchen, though there have not been any offers to help with the washing up as yet!

Arriving at the cottage, there is space for 2+ cars close to what is actually the back door, which itself opens into the fully equipped kitchen. New units were installed just before Christmas 2022; there is an electric oven, induction hob, microwave, warming drawer, dishwasher, washer-dryer and fridge-freezer.

There is a large, south facing garden at the front which gets the sun all day, with patio area and outdoor furniture. The garden is a 'work in progress', but there are mature flower beds and grassy spaces as well as areas which are left to encourage wildlife. Views extend down into the village and to the hills opposite.