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A beautiful C listed laird’s house in grounds of about 2.5 acres Old Faskally House, Killiecrankie, , PH16 5LG savills.co.uk

A beautiful C listed laird’s house in grounds of about 2.5 acres Old Faskally House, Killiecrankie, Pitlochry, Perthshire PH16 5LG

Pitlochry 4 miles Perth 31 miles Edinburgh 74 miles Inverness 82 miles n reception hall n drawing room n dining room n family room n dining kitchen n butler’s pantry n laundry/ bootroom/ larder n 6 double bedrooms n 2 bathrooms n 2 wcs n independent 1 bed annexe n detached garage/workshop

EPC Rating F

Savills Perth 55 York Place, Perth PH2 8EH [email protected] 01738 477525 Viewing Strictly by appointment with Savills Perth office - 01738 477525. popular House of Bruar with a wide range of shopping, including house, to replace what is now Old Faskally House. The property a food hall, and a restaurant. is referred to in sales details of 1910 as the “Dower House”, Directions with a smoking room, dining room, drawing room, bedroom on Travelling north on the A9, after passing Pitlochry and crossing The City of Perth, about 31 miles to the south, provides a wider ground floor, six other bedrooms and dressing rooms. the bridge over River Tummel, take the next exit on the left onto range of facilities and services including restaurants, cinema, and the B8079 signposted for Killiecrankie. Continue for about 2.7 national retailers. Recreational pursuits are readily available in the Accommodation miles and after passing the National Trust Visitors Centre on your local vicinity including golf courses, hill walking and water sports The oak panelled entrance vestibule has parquet flooring and a left, take the next entrance on your right. Go up the hill, passing on the nearby lochs and rivers. glazed door to the reception hall. This too has oak wall panelling under the A9, and take the first driveway on the left which has and a herringbone parquet floor. A multi fuel stove is set in a white eagles on the gate posts. Continue to bear left to Old Description stone fireplace and a large window overlooks the garden. Faskally House. Old Faskally House is described in its Historic listing as “probably late 18th century” but is thought to have parts which To the left of the hall is the dining room which has two windows Situation date back to the 16th century.. It is Category C listed and is a overlooking the garden and a door to a service corridor which beautiful property with extensive south facing views, in about 2.5 Old Faskally House is situated close to the Pass of Killiecrankie leads to the kitchen. Adjacent to the dining room is a butlers acres of mature grounds of note. which is owned and managed by the National Trust for panty with glass and china cabinet and double sink. Scotland and is renowned for its outstanding natural beauty There is a fine balance of public rooms and bedrooms with the The sitting room, to the right of the hallway, has been extended and history. The nearby River Garry flows through the Pass of additional benefit of an independent annexe. There are many Killiecrankie and ancient woodlands dominate the sides. Only by adding a bay window with an atrium above and a fitted typical period features such as bay windows, high ceilings, window seat. It has an open fireplace and a connecting door 6.5 miles away is Queen’s View, one of the most popular and ornate cornicing and wall panelling. photographed views in Scotland. to the drawing room. This impressive and very light room has a bay window facing south west with fitted seating and a further The property is about four miles north of the popular Highland History window to the south east. It has an open fireplace with an ornate Perthshire town of Pitlochry. The town provides a good range The lands of Faskally belonged from the early 16th century to surround and shelved display alcoves. A further door from of services including a cottage hospital, dentist, supermarket, a branch of Clan Donnachaidh (Robertson). After the death the sitting room accesses a hallway with double doors to the banks and a number of individual retailers. Both primary and in about 1777 of the Jacobite George Robertson, the estate garden. There is a WC off this hall, which links through to the secondary schooling is available in the town. Pitlochry is also passed, with considerable debts, to his nephew, Charles inner staircase hall and thence to the service corridor and the home to the famous Festival Theatre. There is a mainline railway Duncan. In 1781, following a series of complicated financial kitchen. station which provides easy access to both the north and south, transactions, Faskally was acquired by Henry Butter. In 1831, including a sleeper service to London. Also nearby is the Henry’s son, Archibald Butter, described as a “gentleman- soldier”, commissioned William Burn to build a new mansion Old Faskally House, Killiecrankie, Pitlochry, PH16 5LG Gross internal area (approx) 500.73 sq.m (5390 sq.ft) (Including Log Store) Butlers Garage Pantry 3.17 x 1.83 Bathroom Dining 10'5'' x 6' Bedroom 1 Gross internal area (approx) Room 5.44 x 4.62 5.41 x 5.28 17'10'' x 15'2'' 48.68 sq.m (524 sq.ft) 17'9'' x 17'4'' For Identification Only. Not To Scale. © Square Foot Media.

Bedroom 2 3.99 x 3.86 13'1'' x 12'8'' Utility Dining 2.84 x 2.69 Entrance Kitchen 9'4'' x 8'10'' Hall 7.98 x 4.67 HW 8.05 x 3.96 26'2'' x 15'4'' 26'5'' x 13' Utility B 4.57 x 3.43 15' x 11'3'' Study Bedroom 3 4.55 x 2.74 Bathroom 4.06 x 3.28 14'11'' x 9' Vestibule Bedroom 7 13'4'' x 10'9'' 4.01 x 3.23 13'2'' x 10'7''

Store Larder Room 3.78 x 2.90 Sitting 12'5'' x 9'6'' Bedroom 4 Hall WC Room 4.62 x 2.62 6.48 x 4.57 15'2'' x 8'7'' 21'3'' x 15' Bathroom Coal Shed 2.77 x 2.44 Log WC 9'1'' x 8' Store 3.96 x 2.74 13' x 9'

To Loft Bedroom 5 4.11 x 2.64 13'6'' x 8'8''

Garage Drawing 7.70 x 6.30 Room 25'3'' x 20'8'' 6.65 x 6.48 21'10'' x 21'3'' Bedroom 6 5.16 x 3.89 16'11'' x 12'9''

Ground Floor Ground Floor First Floor The dining kitchen has windows on two sides and ample space Services made in these particulars. These particulars do not form part of for a dining table and chairs. It is fitted with base and wall Mains water and electricity and private drainage. The main part any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements mounted units in pine with contrasting worktops, a two oven of the house has oil fired central heating and the annexe has or representations of fact. Aga, a separate electric oven and a double sink and there is electric night storage heaters. The house is part double glazed, an understair pantry cupboard. A door leads through to a rear part secondary glazed and part single glazed. 2: Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The hall off which a laundry and boiler room with a Belfast style sink, text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not floor mounted oil fired boiler, space for larger appliances and Council tax necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the plumbing for an automatic washing machine. There is a further Perth & Council Tax Band G property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other hall which leads to the former maids’ quarters where the main consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment room is now used as a utility area, wine store and boot room. EPC rating - F or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or There is also a larder and a fuel store.. otherwise. 15/07/03 MW. Listing The staircase leads to a mid landing with a beautiful arched Category C listed. window overlooking the side garden. It has wood panelled walls and a double cupboard with carved doors. Fixtures and fittings Off this mid landing is the mezzanine level annexe which has a The fitted floor covering, curtains and the Aga are included in sitting room with a glazed door to an external staircase allowing the sale. The stone pots outside the garage are specifically for independent access. It has a double bedroom with a wash excluded from the sale. basin and a built in wardrobe and there is a bathroom with WC, wash basin, bath with shower above. A kitchen area has a base Servitude rights, burdens and wayleaves unit and an inset stainless steel sink with mixer tap. The annexe The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all could be easily adapted for families with teenagers or dependent servitude rights, burdens, reservations and wayleaves, including relatives, or used for holiday accommodation. rights of access and rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, water and wayleaves for masts, pylons, The bedroom wing to the right of the landing has two double stays, cable, drains and water, gas and other pipes, whether bedrooms, both with wash basins, and a large bathroom with contained in the Title Deeds or informally constituted and WC, wash basin and bath with mixer tap shower above. The whether referred to in the General Remarks and Stipulations or second bedroom wing has four further double bedrooms, a not. The Purchaser(s) will be held to have satisfied himself as to family bathroom with WC, wash basin and bath with shower the nature of all such servitude rights and others. above. There is a further WC with wash basin. Possession Grounds and outbuildings Vacant possession and entry will be given on completion. The grounds extends to about 2.5 acres with a tarmac drive leading to a traditionally constructed detached garage with a Offers remotely controlled door and workshop space with work bench, Offers must be submitted in Scottish legal terms to the Selling power and light. A temporary staircase leads to the garage attic Agents. A closing date for offers may be fixed and prospective which is floored and has Velux windows. This could be further purchasers are advised to register their interest with the Selling developed subject to object to obtaining the required Planning Agents following inspection. Permission. Important Notice The grounds provide a wide and colourful variety of herbaceous Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: borders and evergreens including a woodland area, a sizeable lawn and a drying green, a vegetable plot with a greenhouse, 1: They are not authorised to make or give any representations three timber sheds and a wood store and a timber summer or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, house. The woodland to the side of the property has a lawn and either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. rockeries. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be