ABERTURRET HOUSEBY CRIEFF, PERTHSHIRE

ABERTURRET HOUSETHE HOSH, BY CRIEFF, PERTHSHIRE

Perth about 18 miles, Edinburgh about 60 miles, Glasgow about 49 miles

About 3.44 acres (1.39 ha)

A splendid former Dower House within well tended gardens and grounds in rural Perthshire.

Lynedoch House,

31 Barossa Place,

Perth PH1 5EP

Tel: 01738 451111

Email: perth@ckdgalbraith.co.uk

www.ckdgalbraith.co.uk

Ground Floor: Reception Hall, Drawing Room with Dining Room, Snug/Study, Office/Family Room,

Breakfasting Kitchen, Sitting Room, Games Room, Laundry, Boiler Room.

First Floor: Principal Bedroom, six further Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Shower Room.

Traditional three bedroom cottage.

Outbuildings providing four/five car garaging, machinery store and two stores.

Former coachman’s cottage/bothy.

Extensive gardens and grounds with sweeping lawns, mature trees and frontage to the Turret Burn and Shaggie Burn

GENERAL Aberturret House lies close to Crieff, above the Turret Burn and Shaggie Burn and close to the historic Glenturret Distillery, in the highly sought after county of Perthshire. Crieff provides an excellent array of facilities including independent shops, well stocked supermarket, health centre, cottage hospital, library, banks, two primary schools and a secondary school. In addition, there are the independent schools of Morrison’s Academy and Ardvreck Preparatory School whilst slightly further a field are Glenalmond, Strathallan, Craigclowan and Kilgraston.

Perth, recently granted City status as party of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, lies approximately 18 miles to the east and provides a wide range of services including national retailers, banks, restaurants, modern concert hall, theatre, cinema and both a railway and bus station. Dundee can be reached in approximately an hour’s journey by car and offers two universities, Olympia swimming pool, railway station and airport, with regular links to London City. The cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, with their international airports, lie approximately 60 miles and 49 miles respectively and both provide extensive city amenities.

Perthshire is a county offering a wealth of recreational activities. For the golfer there are a number of courses close to Aberturret House including the championship course in Crieff itself, Gleneagles Hotel lies approximately 10 miles distant with three championship courses and is to be the venue of the 2014 Ryder Cup with an 18 hole course in Auchterarder. In addition Gleneagles Hotel offers extensive recreational activities, including the country club, restaurants, spa, shooting school and equestrian centre. The surrounding hills and glens offer many interesting walks whilst Drummond Castle Gardens between Crieff and Muthill are open through the spring and summer months. The Crieff Hydro Hotel provides excellent recreational activities, including two swimming pools, equestrian centre, 18 hole golf course, tennis courts, gym and restaurants.

DESCRIPTION Aberturret House is a most charming former Dower House of the Ochertyre Estate. It is built of stone lying under a slated roof with pretty overhanging eaves and porch.

Aberturret House has undergone a significant programme of refurbishment under the current ownership resulting in a delightful period house with many original features including panelled doors with original door furniture, exceptional plasterwork, polished wooden floors, fireplaces and a sweeping staircase. The south facing drawing room is open plan to the dining room making a wonderful room for entertaining. The snug, adjacent to the spacious entrance hall, enjoys a double aspect and is centred on a period fireplace. At the heart of the house is a spacious breakfasting kitchen centred on a rayburn with a delightful dining area making it an extremely practical room for the modern family. The well proportioned sitting room, which enjoys a double aspect, is found beyond and adjacent to the games room. The bedrooms lie on the first floor. The principal staircase leads to five bedrooms, two of which are interconnected and are all serviced by a family bathroom and shower room. There are two further bedrooms, reached by the rear staircase and serviced by a family bathroom.

Lying across the courtyard is a traditional stone built three bedroom cottage, which is very well presented and currently let as holiday accommodation. Attached to the west of the cottage is a range of traditional outbuilding providing useful storage. Lying opposite is a further outbuilding providing garaging together with a former chauffeur’s bothy cottage which, subject to obtaining the necessary consents, could provide a further holiday let unit.

The accommodation of Aberturret House comprises:

Ground Floor Porch, Reception Hall, Drawing Room with Dining Room, Snug/Study, Office/Family Room, Breakfasting Kitchen, Sitting Room, Games Room, Boiler Room, Laundry, Cloakroom

First Floor Seven Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, Shower Room

ABERTURRET COTTAGEAberturret Cottage is a traditional stone built cottage with a painted white exterior lying under a slated roof and lying across the courtyard to the north of Aberturret House. It is well presented and fully furnished with good sized rooms lying over two floors.

Aberturret Cottage is currently run as a holiday let unit with a high occupancy level through the year with a strong number of repeat annual business. Alternatively Aberturret Cottage could provide annex accommodation to Aberturret House for family or staff. The cottage is being sold as part of the subjects of sale fully furnished.

The accommodation of Aberturret Cottage comprises:

Ground Floor Hall, Open Plan Sitting Room with Kitchen and Dining Area, Bathroom

First Floor Three Bedrooms, WC

To the rear of Aberturret Cottage is a courtyard area providing a useful covered storage area and gate onto the path which leads down to the lawned garden to the north east, bounded by the Shaggie Burn and which is currently offered to the holiday visitors for their own private use.

GARDENS AND GROUNDS Aberturret House lies within an immaculate and beautifully established mature garden giving a most attractrive backdrop to the house, together with great privacy and shelter. A sweeping gravelled drive leads to the front beyond which is an extensive lawn leading down to the Turret Burn and Shaggie Burn. The garden is enclosed by a fine selection of deciduous and coniferous trees. Flanking the house to the east is a pretty terrace leading directly from the dining room and giving a wonderful outdoor seating area from where to enjoy the views of the garden. To the north east is a further lawned garden with a wooden summerhouse and path leading to a small woodland area. A grass bank to the north west leads up to a lawned garden interdispersed with a greenhouse adjacent to a former game larder, which could be converted in to a charming studio.

SERVICES Water - Mains Electricity - Mains Heating - Mains Gas Drainage - Private Internet - Broadband

COUNCIL TAX Aberturret House falls under Council Tax Band H.

SOLICITOR Gillespie Macandrew, Broxden House, Lamberkine Drive, Broxden, Perth, PH1 1RA. Tel: 01738 231 000

POST CODE PH7 4HA.

DIRECTIONSTo reach Aberturret House from Crieff take the A85 road signposted for Comrie. After a short distance on leaving Crieff, turn right onto the minor road signposted for the Famous Grouse Experience. Continue on this road for approximately one mile and the entrance to Aberturret House is to be found on the right hand side.

VIEWING Viewing is by prior appointment only through the selling agents – CKD Galbraith. The person who may accompany you however, may not be an employee of CKD Galbraith.

MORTGAGE FINANCECKD Galbraith has an arrangement with independent mortgage brokers Springtide Capital Ltd, who may be able to assist purchasers with funding. For details contact Matthew Griffiths in our CKD Galbraith Edinburgh Office on 0131 240 6990.

IMPORTANT NOTES 1. These particulars are intended to give a fair and overall description of the property. If any points are relevant to your interest, please ask for further information, prior to viewing. Prospective purchasers are advised to seek their own professional advice. 2. Areas, measurements and distances are given as a guide. Photographs depict only certain parts of the property. Nothing within the particulars shall be deemed to be a statement as to the structural condition, nor the working order of services and appliances. 3. These particulars shall not be binding on our clients whether acted on or otherwise, unless the same is incorporated within a written document, signed by our clients or on their behalf, satisfying the requirements of Section 3 of The Requirements of Writing Scotland) Act 1995. 4. Closing Date A closing date may be fixed. Prospective purchasers who have notified their interest through lawyers to CKD Galbraith, in writing, will be advised of a closing date, unless the property has been sold previously. The Seller will not be obliged to accept the highest, or indeed any offer and has the right to accept an offer at any time or withdraw the property from the market. The Seller will not be liable for any costs incurred by interested parties. 5. Offers Formal offers in the acceptable Scottish form should be submitted, through a Scottish Lawyer, to CKD Galbraith, Lynedoch House, Barossa Place, Perth PH1 5EP. 6. Third Party Rights and Servitudes The subjects are sold together with and subject to all existing rights of way, servitudes, wayleaves and others whether contained in the Title Deeds or otherwise, and purchasers will be deemed to have satisfied themselves in all respects thereof.

NOT TO SCALE, FOR INDICATIVE PURPOSES ONLY

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