Outstanding modern country house, with land Astwood House, Pitlivie Wood, Panmure, by Carnoustie, Angus DD7 6LW Freehold Outstanding modern country house with land and outbuildings, including stabling and menage. Hallway • Sitting room • Dining room • Open plan kitchen/ family room • Sun room • Utility room • Cloakroom • Office • Principal bedroom with balcony, dressing area and en suite shower room • 3 further bedrooms • Family bathroom • Attic room / additional bedroom Integral double garage • Enclosed garden with decking Extensive stable block, modern shed and all weather ménage Paddocks and woods In all about 13.8 acres EPC rating = C Situation a railway station at Carnoustie Astwood House is most and mainline stations at conveniently and attractively Arbroath and Dundee, with situated on the edge of Pitlivie services to Aberdeen and to Wood, just 3.5 miles inland the south. Dundee provides an from Carnoustie, in Angus. The excellent range of shops and coast is not far away and the professional services, together seaside town of Carnoustie is with good leisure facilities. It is best known for its golf course an established centre of which has hosted the Open excellence in education and life many times and most recently sciences, and has renowned in 2018. There are a number of cultural facilities including the other fine links courses in the new V&A museum. It offers all area including Barry and the services expected of a Monifieth. The courses at St major city, together with an Andrews are also within easy airport with direct flights to driving distance. There are London City. The A92 dual pleasant sandy beaches along carriageway between Dundee the coast and the Angus Glens and Arbroath allows for quick lie to the north. It is extremely and easy access. Arbroath has well placed for commuting to an historic harbour marina and Dundee or to the surrounding abbey, along with further local Angus towns. shopping. Broughty Ferry, on Carnoustie is well served by the edge of Dundee, also has a shops, business facilities, a wide range of shopping and leisure centre, primary and the Royal Tay Yacht Club. secondary schools. There are Crombie and Monikie Country also rural primary schools at Parks are easily reached, and Monikie and Carmylie. Local there are walks within the private schooling is available at nearby Panmure Estate. The Dundee High School. St well known Milton Haugh and Leonards, Kilgraston, Corn Kist farm and coffee shop Strathallan and Glenalmond are is close by. also easily accessible. There is Description which also has been re-fenced Astwood House is a stunning and benefits from steel framed modern country house, which mirrors. In addition a new uniquely benefits from some garden shed was erected, new 13.8 acres of land, including floor matting put in to the paddocks, some wooded stables and the track to the areas, a completely refurbished buildings has been re-tarred. and all weather ménage, As such it is a wonderful together with a stable block country property with with five loose boxes, and a outstanding equestrian useful storage shed. The house facilities, but given its position dates from 2004 and was and accessibility, together with designed by the well known its outbuildings, has potential architects, Project for many other functions as Management, based in Forfar. well. The house was built to an Internally the house is very extremely high standard and well presented and laid out, while modern has a traditional both for modern family living feel to it with a harled finish, and for entertaining. There are corner quoins and a tiled roof. pine finishings to the stairs, In 2008 the sun room was doors and skirtings. It is fully sympathetically added, which double glazed and although blends in very well with the modern, features such as original house, and now creates cornicings throughout give it an ideal living space off the very much a traditional country open plan kitchen / family house feel. The sitting room room and links to the garden. connects to the open plan At that stage bedroom 4 was dining kitchen and on to the enlarged, with Velux windows sun room, which creates a being fitted in this and in the fabulous entertaining and attic room, currently used as an family space, linked to the additional bedroom. A garden by the decking. Also at condensing boiler was installed ground floor level is the dining in 2011, and the agricultural room, a bedroom and an office, storage shed and the which has spiral stairs up to a greenhouse were put up in further room, which could be a 2009. Landscaping works, wonderful space for a including the planting of trees teenager. Completing the along the drive, the orchard downstairs is a useful utility and a further area of woodland, room, which accesses the were done in 2007 and 2008. integral garage. Upstairs are In 2013 solar panels were fitted four further bedrooms (with which greatly assist in the the principal being en suite) running costs of the house and and a family bathroom. decking was added in 2015. Since then additional works have been undertaken, including completely replacing the ménage in 2019 with a new all weather silica sand and fibre arena, topped with Ridewell, Electric gates, with a video stainless steel sink, plumbing for entry system, open on to a a washing machine, back door tarred driveway which leads up to further decking and a door to past wooded grounds and a the integral garage. This has paddock to the house. The two up and over automatic drive also continues on to the doors and houses a Worcester stable block. Adjacent to the boiler, together with a work house is a gravelled parking bench and fitted storage units and turning area. and shelving. Solid wooden front doors Also off the hallway is a open to an entrance vestibule downstairs cloakroom with a with an understair storage washbasin and WC, together cupboard and a partially glazed with bedroom one, and the inner door to the hallway. This office which has spiral stairs to has stairs to the first floor and the attic room. three storage cupboards, one A staircase with wooden hanging and two shelved. banisters and handrail leads up Glazed doors open from the to the first floor landing, lit by hallway to the reception rooms an arched window. The and the kitchen. The dining principal bedroom suite has a room overlooks the garden as bedroom with French doors to a does the sitting room which has covered balcony, while the an open fireplace with mantel separate dressing area has an housing a wood burning stove, IGF Bedroom Design dressing together with a bay window and table and fitted wardrobes. The French doors to the decking tiled en suite shower room has a which links with both the shower cubicle, washbasin with garden and the sun room. The vanity unit and WC. Also off the impressive and open plan landing are bedrooms three and kitchen / family room has fitted four with the latter having IGF Kitchen Design beech wall access to useful floored attic and floor units with storage space, while the tiled downlighters, Franke stainless family bathroom has a bath, steel sink and fitted NEFF shower cubicle, washbasin with appliances include a dishwasher, vanity unit and WC. low level fridge, four ring The main garden is enclosed ceramic induction hob, by wooden fencing, and is extractor hood, microwave / linked to the house by decking. oven / grill and a further oven / There is an expansive lawn grill. It also has a breakfast bar, together with gravelled areas, and Karndean flooring. There is shrubs, raised planters, ample space for informal dining together with a greenhouse or as a family area and glazed (3.75 m x 2.55 m approx.) and doors link to both the sitting wooden garden shed (2.15 m x room and to the sun room 2.15 m approx.). To the side of which has a cupola roof light, the house another area of Esse wood burning stove and enclosed garden has further glazed doors to the decking. decking, providing another Beyond the kitchen is the utility sheltered outside seating area. room which has beech wall and On the other side of the fencing floor units incorporating a deep is a small orchard. The grounds are extensive, House, with stone gate piers being some 13.8 acres. These and gates, will be seen on the include six paddocks which are right after a further 0.2 miles. watered, together with a If coming south on the A92 further strip. In addition there from Arbroath, turn off at are areas of mature woodland Muirdrum and proceed as and more recent plantings, above. providing amenity and shelter. If coming from Forfar take The silica sand and fibre the B9128 signposted for ménage (25 m x 50 m approx) Carnoustie. After 9 miles is topped with Ridewell and has continue past the junction with post and rail fencing with the B961 (Dundee to mirrors. Adjacent is a block Friockheim road) and the built stable block, with a box turning into Astwood House profile roof and concrete will be seen on the left after a apron and which includes five further mile. watered loose boxes (one Alternatively if coming from sub-divided) with concrete the north on the A933 (Brechin floors and matting, together to Arbroath road), just after with a tack room with Hotpoint passing Friockheim, some 8 washing machine, saddle racks miles from Brechin, turn right and separate WC with on to the B961, signposted washbasin. There is LED Redford and Newbigging. lighting in the four main loose Proceed for 6.5 miles and at boxes.