Duchray Castle

Duchray Castle Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire A beautifully situated farming estate with great sporting and amenity appeal, featuring a delightful primary residence and ﬁve additional cottages, all set within a 532 acre estate. Duchray Castle Aberfoyle, Stirlingshire, FK8 3XL

ABERFOYLE 3 MILES CALLANDER 14 MILES DRYMEN 14 MILES STIRLING 23 MILES GLASGOW 29 MILES EDINBURGH 59 MILES Fully refurbished 16th century castle in secluded setting with extensive wooded grounds Trading as wedding venue and exclusive B&B

Great hall, vaulted dining room, family room, kitchen, study, utility room. Four bedrooms, all with en-suite bathroom.

Annex Open-plan living room / kitchen, 2 bedrooms and bathroom.

Gate Lodge Living room, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, bathroom.

Four bay garage & wood stores. Stables & outbuildings. Savills EDINBURGH 8 Wemyss Place Victorian planted gardens. Tennis court. Edinburgh EH3 6DH 0131 247 3700 12 miles of migratory fishing on the Duchray Water. [email protected] savills.co.uk Forestry and grazing. About 80 acres in all SOLICITORS – HBJ Gateley Savills GLASGOW Exchange Tower 163 West George Street 19 Canning Street Glasgow G2 2JJ Edinburgh EH3 8EH 0141 222 5875 0131 228 2400 [email protected] savills.co.uk

If there is any point which is of particular importance to you, we invite you to discuss this with us, especially before you travel to view the property. DUCHRAY CASTLE

SITUATION HISTORY Duchray Castle is set in the middle of about 85 acres of its own grounds above the Duchray Water In 1509 a charter of “the lands of Duchra-Estir” was granted by King James IV to Dormund in the Loch Ard Forest. The location is secluded, rural and scenic but is within 30 miles of Stirling Makersane, who was obliged to build a dwelling house on the land, probably for use as a royal and Glasgow, meaning it is also highly accessible. hunting lodge. Early title deeds also record an obligation to provide the Crown with 70 armed men as and when required, and to guard the nearby ford over the Duchray Water. The Duchray Water and the Avondhu meet just outside Aberfoyle and together become the River Forth. The property is in the The Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. There is a MacGibbon & Ross’s The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland tells how Duchray delightful mix of lochs, forests, hills and glens. Golden eagle, peregrine falcon and red deer coexist came into the possession of the Graham family in 1569 with whom it remained until the 1940s: with roe deer, wildcat, fox, feral goats, pine marten, badger and red squirrel. The West Highland “William Graham became first of Duchray and was probably the builder of the castle.” Way is nearby and attracts walkers and trekkers. The historian and novelist Nigel Tranter wrote that the castle might have been built on the Aberfoyle provides a full range of facilities including a primary school, shops, post office, foundations of an earlier building and that “its massive walls would be highly necessary against the supermarket and a variety of hotels and restaurants as well as an 18 hole golf course. Nearby at depredations of the neighbouring warlike clan of MacGregor, seldom friends of the Grahams.” Lake of Menteith are the Lake Hotel and the Nick Nairn Cook School. Nevertheless, there is a story famously related by Sir Walter Scott, that Rob Roy MacGregor himself was in the castle when a party of Redcoats arrived to apprehend him. 4

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One of the two Graham sisters in residence at the time engaged the officers in talk, while the other Family Room Exposed beam ceiling. Exposed stone walls. Raised fireplace with solid fuel stove. helped Rob Roy make his escape. In the 1600s the English set fire to the castle, but succeeded Flagstone flooring with under floor heating. Fitted book shelves (solid birch from the estate). only in damaging the roof and timbers, not the walls. Duchray Castle was the meeting point for the Royalist forces raised by the Earl of Glencairn, who routed Cromwellian English forces under Side hall with double doors to courtyard. Oak dado paneling. Hall with spiral stairs up to first floor General Monk in the Pass of Aberfoyle in 1653. and down to cellar.

John Graham continued to support the King’s cause and suffered greatly as a result. Tranter Utility Room Running along the north of the house. Slate floor with under floor heating. Floor units relates that the castle was burned again after the Jacobite rising of 1745, and it was certainly with two sinks. Plumbed for washing machines and tumble dryers. Electric cooker. Fitted linen recorded as “in ruins” in 1815. It appears to have been rebuilt – or restored – in around 1825. The shelves. Gothic revival windows and crenellations date from that period, but subsequent alterations through the course of the 19th century and another fire in the mid 20th century have all left their mark on Kitchen Flagstone flooring with under floor heating. Solid oak timber kitchen units with sink. the historic structure. Dishwasher. Kenwood cooker with extractor fan above.

Refurbishment Study Wooden flooring with under floor heating. Fitted desk. Windows on three sides. French The castle was bought by the present owners in 2010. They have carried out a full refurbishment doors to patio outside. using local materials where possible. It is now an exceptionally comfortable and well-decorated property, which retains its original character as a castle. First Floor

Works done include renewing the roof, gutters and downpipes, floor joists, flagstone floors, under Great Hall Magnificent triple aspect Great Hall with Duchray oak beamed ceiling, oak dado floor heating, new bio-digesting plant, new drains, repointing and weather-proofing the stonework, paneling on three walls and full paneling on end wall. Stone fireplace with solid fuel stove. Oak insulation throughout the castle, upgrading the windows and full rewiring and re-plumbing. Many flooring and two presses. of the windows are arched with oak lintels. Much of the wood used in the house has been reclaimed from the castle previously or has been grown on the estate. Bedroom corridor with two WCs off.

The castle has a Category 2 fire alarm system. There are hard-wired internet and TV points in all Bedroom 1 Oak flooring. Walk-in wardrobe. En suite bathroom with bath with shower attachment, the bedrooms. WC, heated towel rail. Washbasin in window with wooden surround.

Description Bedroom 2 Wall paneling. Oak floor. En suite bathroom with bath with shower above, WC and Duchray Castle is a typical Scottish fortified house with a tower on the southeast corner and an wash basin. Walk-in wardrobe. arch with battlements connects the castle to the annexe to the side. Special features include the unusual gothic arched windows. Internally, the castle has a stone vaulted dining room at ground Uppers Floors floor level linked by spiral stairs to a Great Hall above. The north wing is more domestic with crow stepped gables and dormer windows. It provides two additional entrances from the west hall and From north spiral stairs door to: the study off the kitchen. Bedroom 3 Sloped ceiling. Walk-in wardrobes. En-suite shower room. Shower compartment. WC. Hand built studded oak doors to entrance with spiral stairs to upper floors. Archway to Wash basin. Electric under floor heating.

Dining Room Stone barrel vaulted ceiling. Exposed stone walls. Oak floors. Open fireplace with From main stairs door to: stone surround and an oak mantle, under floor heating. Master Bedroom Stone fireplace with solid fuel stove. Oak floor. Rob Roy Turret to side with arrow Door to cloakroom with fitted coat cupboards. WC with wash basin. Cupboard with heating slip window. En suite bathroom with free-standing bath. Shower compartment with rain shower. controls. Twin wash basins with Duchray oak surface and cupboards below. WC. Walk-in wardrobe. 10 11

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9 DUCHRAY CASTLE annex At the far side of the arch (previously linked by a room at first floor level off the Great Hall) is an annex, which is currently used as owners’ accommodation and has also been fully renovated. Open plan kitchen / living room with fitted units and Travertine flooring with under floor heating beneath. Stairs up to two double bedrooms and a bathroom.

Within the castle courtyard is an oak timber framed building, housing the biomass boiler, which provides all the heating and hot water for the castle. duchray lodge At the entrance to the castle is a delightful Victorian stone-built gate lodge, constructed around 1825, when Duchray Castle was restored / remodeled. Accommodation comprises sitting room, kitchen, two double bedrooms and bathroom. This has now been fully renovated and is currently a holiday let. gardens and grounds Duchray Castle sits in the middle of its extended policies extending to about 80 acres. Approximately 7 acres are formal gardens, 15 acres of grazing and the remainder woodland.

To the front of the house is an area of lawn with a lochan, trees and rhododendrons. A tarmac driveway passes the front of the castle and continues to the workshops and all-weather tennis court.

The gardens are principally lawns with a rockery, ponds, the original castle well, and a hedged rose garden with a 150 year old box hedge. The walk past the castle takes you round to a sloped lawn, and from this elevated position there are views over the river and the surrounding policies. Steps and a path lead down to a stone-built bothy, which given the necessary consents, could be developed into another holiday let.

To the north east of the property there is a barn and stables built of timber and corrugated iron with three loose boxes and a tack shed.

There are fields running down to the Duchray Water. The remainder of the grounds are woodland. There is a fine stand of oak trees above the Duchray Water. There is a private gravel pit on the estate. fishing Included in the sale is 12 miles of migratory fishing rights on Duchray Water, which is the main tributary to the River Forth.

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GENERAL REMARKS LIGHT FITTINGS The chandeliers at the top of the new tower and in bedroom 6 are excluded. directions From Edinburgh take the M9 north past Stirling. Exit the motorway at Junction 10 and take the Ramsay Memorial A84 west. After about 5 miles turn left onto the A873 signposted to Thornhill and Aberfoyle. In the southwest corner of the property is a stone cairn marking the site of ashes of a late Colonel Continue straight on joining the A81 to Aberfoyle. Ramsay. This area is not owned by the estate and the Ramsay family retains a right of access.

From Glasgow take the A81 north past Milngavie and Killearn and continue north to Aberfoyle. Local Authority Duchray Castle is classified as a Hotel and its Rateable Value is £9,500. Driving through Aberfoyle from the east go straight on where the road turns sharp right. Turn left Duchray Lodge is in Stirling Council Tax band E. over a narrow hump backed bridge. Duchray Castle is the third road on the right hand side. There is no road sign but there is a large oak tree on the right and a small letter box on the left. Servitude rights, burdens and wayleaves Follow this road for 2.5 miles through the forest to the castle. The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all servitude rights, burdens, reservations and wayleaves, including rights of access and rights of way, whether public or private, light, Weddings and Letting Business support, drainage, water and wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cable, drains and water, gas The current owners run Duchray Castle as a business and it is available to hire for weddings and and other pipes, whether contained in the Title Deeds or informally constituted and whether special events on an exclusive use basis. referred to in the General Remarks and Stipulations or not. The Purchaser(s) will be held to have satisfied himself as to the nature of all such servitude rights and others. www.duchraycastle.com/weddingsandevents/ Offers Duchray Castle also offers bed and breakfast accommodation throughout the year and Duchray Offers, in Scottish legal form, must be submitted by your solicitor to the Selling Agents. It is Lodge is rented out as a self catering cottage. intended to set a closing date but the seller reserves the right to negotiate a sale with a single party. All genuinely interested parties are advised to instruct their solicitor to note their interest www.duchraycastle.com/bedandbreakfast/ with the Selling Agents immediately after inspection.

Access Road Deposit Duchray Castle has a servitude right of access over the private road through the forest owned by A deposit of 10% of the purchase price may be required. It will be paid within 7 days of the the Forestry Commission. conclusion of Missives. The deposit will be non-returnable in the event of the Purchaser(s) failing to complete the sale for reasons not attributable to the Seller or his agents. Services As part of the renovations, the current owners also extensively overhauled the three mile long viewing private water pipe from Loch Katrine aqueduct. All the drainage has been replaced as well as the Strictly by appointment with Savills - 0131 247 3700. installation of a bio-digesting sewage treatment plant. Mains electricity. important notice Biomass Heating Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: 1. They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or Central heating and hot water to castle and annex come from a log-fired biomass boiler (ETA). on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in The boiler is subscribed to a 20 year non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive payment at £86 these particulars. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as per megawatt hour of heat produced, to run until 2033. The boiler is hand-fed three times a day statements or representations of fact. 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, but could be converted to pellets with an automatic feeding system. photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have Listing not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. Brochure prepared April 2016 Duchray Castle is listed Category B. The Lodge and Walls are listed Category C(S). 14 Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Not to Scale mapping with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office © Crown copyright (100041908) NOT TO SCALE

Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Not to Scale mapping with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office © Crown copyright (100041908) NOT TO SCALE