Closing date announced for the sale of historic Ayrshire home, Hollybush House

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The sale of Hollybush House, near Ayr, has gone to a closing date.Shepherd Chartered Surveyors announced that a closing date of Thursday, March 9, at 12 noon, is the deadline for interested parties to submit bids for the property.Last month Ayrshire Live told how Hollybush House, a veterans’ charity’s former care facility, was going up for sale as a major development opportunity.The Category C listed building dates back to the early 19th Century and had been used as a hotel and more latterly as a residential care unit.Up until 2021, the small estate was occupied by veterans’ mental health charity Combat Stress, who support former servicemen and women suffering trauma, anxiety, depression and PTSD.But the charity decided to move out of the treatment centre in Ayr after 35 years in July 2021, to new premises in Edinburgh.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now.Get all the local news in your area – plus features, football news and the latest on the coronavirus crisis – at your fingertips 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories while you can customise your page with the sections that matter to you.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now on iOS and Android.A spokesperson for Shepherd Chartered Surveyors said: “Located in the settlement of Hollybush, a small cluster of houses around seven miles south-east of Ayr on the A713, Hollybush House offers an attractive yet accessible rural setting with agricultural land use predominating in the wider area.“Hollybush House is the largest and oldest building on the 34-acre estate with the accommodation including a range of attractive and generously proportioned public rooms together with the main kitchen, associated stores and