Crosslands Meethill Road, Alyth
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CROSSLANDS MEETHILL ROAD, ALYTH CROSSLANDS, MEETHILL ROAD, ALYTH A desirable, detached, charming family home with character and generous private walled garden Alyth centre 0.4 miles ■ Blairgowrie 6 miles ■ Dundee 17 miles Perth 22 miles ■ Edinburgh city centre 66 miles About 0.14 acres (566 sqm) ■ 2 reception rooms, 3 bedrooms, bathroom, wet room, conservatory ■ Appealing reception rooms with period features ■ Beautiful mature and secluded walled garden ■ Gated off street parking ■ Recent improvements and upgrades; ready to walk-in. ■ Convenient for amenities within historic Alyth Lynedoch House, Barossa Place Perth PH1 5EP 01738 451111 [email protected] SITUATION Alyth is a small historic market town founded in the 13th century with a river running through the centre, surrounded by attractive countryside and near to outstanding scenery, including several superb Perthshire glens, mountains, rivers and lochs. Alyth offers day to day amenities with doctor and dentist surgeries as well a number of independent retailers, shops, restaurants, cafes, takeaways. Also a museum and historic church arches dating from c1500, and the Den of Alyth, a site of Special Scientific Interest, with 22 hectares of oak woodland, paths over Alyth burn, picnic areas, dog-walking and playpark. Alyth boasts three golf clubs - Glen Isla, Alyth and Strathmore - and the renowned Cateran Trail of old drove roads passes through. Further comprehensive facilities can be found at the nearby larger Blairgowrie, including a large Tesco and other supermarkets; a leisure centre, independent retailers including antique, country and gift shops. There are primary schools in both Alyth and Blairgowrie and secondary schooling can be found at Blairgowrie High School as well as at Perth Academy, Perth Grammar School or Perth High School, with renowned independent schools in addition at the High School of Dundee, Strathallan, Morrison’s Academy, and Glenalmond College, and prep schools at Ardvreck, Craigclowan and Kilgraston. Perth and Dundee both provide comprehensive city amenities including railway stations, cinemas, theatres, concert halls, art galleries, museums (including the renowned V&A Dundee), and extensive shopping opportunities. Dundee also has two universities, a major teaching hospital at Ninewells and an airport providing regular links to London Stansted. Perthshire provides superb Scottish scenery and a rich environment for outdoor pursuits such as walking, hiking, climbing, cycling, country sports or driving; a great choice of recreational opportunities may be enjoyed in the surrounding countryside and the nearby mountains, hills, glens, rivers and lochs of both Perthshire and Angus (Glen Isla, Glen Prosen, Glen Clova, Glen Doll, Loch Rannoch, Loch Tummel, Loch of the Lowes, Schiehallion etc). There are great opportunities to observe and photograph Scottish wildlife such as eagles, red squirrels and deer and to pursue landscape photography and painting. The ski slopes of Glenshee are within easy reach along with Dunkeld, Pitlochry, Balmoral, Royal Deeside and the Highlands, and the famous Gleneagles resort. There are further golf courses at Perth, Piperdam and Rosemount in Blairgowrie. Edinburgh and Glasgow can be reached in around an hour and provide large city amenities, cultural activity, retail and leisure facilities, together with airports providing flights to UK and International destinations. DESCRIPTION Crosslands is a charming double fronted period house, dating from 1854 and positioned within a quiet street and enjoys an extensive mature Victorian walled garden which provides a high degree of privacy and includes a good sized pond. The reception areas and front bedrooms benefit from attractive views onto the gardens. The sitting room has an attractive mantelpiece and fire surround, ceiling rose and cornice with a recessed glass-fronted display cabinet and recessed book shelves, further shelving, and a cupboard with doors. The dining room, which would also make an attractive snug or family room, has a recessed alcove with a shelved cupboard with doors beneath. The adjacent dual aspect kitchen and breakfasting room have a good range of storage units with an integrated oven and hob, a washing machine and a substantial store. A spacious conservatory located to the rear and off the kitchen provides direct access into the gardens and offers further entertaining and family living space. The remaining accommodation on the ground floor includes a hall and recently installed wet room with modern fixtures and fittings. A lovely original curved Victorian staircase with wrought iron work and mahogany bannister leads to the first floor where there are three bedrooms, two of which benefit from lovely views overlooking the garden, together with a good sized family bathroom which has a roll top bath. The accommodation comprises:- Sitting Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, Breakfasting Room, Conservatory, Wet Room, Three Bedrooms, Bathroom date may be fixed. Prospective purchasers who have notified their interest through lawyers to 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 written Scottish Legal Form should be submitted to the local Galbraith office per these sale particulars, through a Scottish Lawyer, confirming; if an offer is in relation to the whole, or a specific lot, or a combination of lots, and if the offer is subject to the sale of a property, together with proof of funding and Identification. 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 GARDEN VIEWING to have satisfied themselves in all respects thereof. The extensive south facing walled Victorian Strictly by appointment with the Selling Photos taken in July 2021. gardens offer a particularly attractive Agents. Viewing appointments will be setting at Crosslands. The gardens enjoy arranged subject to Scottish Government sun throughout the day and have been legislation regarding COVID-19. landscaped to include lawn, seating areas, and a large organic pond, and feature a FIXTURES AND FITTINGS splendid clematis above the front door and No items are included unless otherwise a variety of colourful borders and mature mentioned. shrubs and trees. To the rear is an area for off ANTI MONEY LAUNDERING (AML) street parking, two spacious timber garden REGULATIONS sheds, together with a further seating area, Please note that under the 2017 AML and this good-sized area offers potential as regulations we are legally required to carry a space for a studio/home office/workshop. out money laundering checks against SERVICES, COUNCIL TAX AND ENERGY purchasers. To enable us to complete these PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATE (EPC) checks purchasers will need to provide along with their offer either: Water Mains a) originals of primary (eg a passport) Electricity Mains and secondary (eg current council tax or Drainage Mains utility bill) ID; or b) copies of such primary and secondary ID certified and dated by Heating Gas the purchasers’ solicitors as true copies Council Tax Band E along with written confirmation from the purchasers’ solicitors that they accept that EPC Band D we will be relying on this copy ID for AML purposes. Failure to provide this information SOLICITORS may result in an offer not being considered. Alison Hodge, Partner, Watson & Lyall Bowie, IMPORTANT NOTES Union Bank Buildings, Calton St Coupar 1. These particulars are intended to give a fair and overall Angus PH13 9AJ description of the property. If any points are relevant to your interest, please ask for further information, prior DIRECTIONS to viewing. Prospective purchasers are advised to seek From the market square within Alyth, head their own professional advice. 2. Areas, measurements and distances are given as a guide. Photographs depict along by the river then turn right into Toutie only certain parts of the property. Nothing within the Street, then right again onto Hill Street and particulars shall be deemed to be a statement as to the keep going onto Meethill Road. Crosslands structural condition, nor the working order of services and appliances. 3. These particulars shall not be binding is on Meethill Road, located on the left hand on our clients whether acted on or otherwise, unless side after the junction with Loyal Road, just the same is incorporated within a written document, before the corner with Hay Street. 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 .