The Fossoway Estate
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The Fossoway Estate Yetts o’Muckhart, Kinross-shire A superb residential and sporting estate in a very accessible location in the heart of Scotland within commuting distance of both Edinburgh and Glasgow Yetts o’Muckhart 1.5 miles, Kinross 6 miles, Perth 20 miles, Edinburgh 30 miles, Glasgow 45 miles Features: Fossoway Lodge A family-sized country house including 4 reception rooms, entrance hall and inner hall, conservatory, large farmhouse kitchen and breakfast room, master bedroom suite with dressing room and bathroom, large guest bedroom with en suite bathroom, 5 further bedrooms, 2 further bathrooms, shower room. Gardens and Grounds Beautiful formal and informal gardens and extensive grounds including ornamental pond, all-weather tennis court, summerhouse and wooded policies. Outbuildings A range of outbuildings including lofted double garage with temperature controlled wine cellar, stables with 2 looseboxes, hay/feed store, machinery and equipment store, kennels and log store. Gardener’s Cottage A traditional cottage with sitting room, kitchen, 3 bedrooms and bathroom. Extensive structural repairs and internal renovation in 2012 and potential for extension in the adjoining hay/feed store, subject to planning consent. Sportings Magnificent high bird pheasant shoot, roe deer stalking, duck flighting and trout fishing on the River Devon. Farming Productive stock farm producing useful annual income. Forestry and Woodland 67 acres of mixed woods including a combination of mature deciduous woodland and coniferous plantations strategically planted as game coverts. For sale as a whole or in two Lots. About 781 acres (316 ha). Situation Fossoway Estate is situated on many lovely walks and rides in the the southern edge of the Ochil surrounding countryside. Hills, about 1.5 miles from Yetts o’Muckhart in Kinross-shire. Loch Leven is famous for its varied birdlife and excellent trout fishing. From the top of Lendrick Hill There are good local golf courses there are spectacular views in all at Muckhart, Kinross and Dollar, directions but notably to the south whilst the Championship Courses towards the Forth Valley and at Gleneagles are 9 miles north and beyond, and to the east towards the world famous golf resort of Loch Leven. St Andrews is 35 miles east of Fossoway. The estate is conveniently located for the M90 motorway which Description provides fast access to Edinburgh. Fossoway is an outstanding Glasgow is about an hour’s drive residential and sporting estate of away. Both cities have international high quality and beauty. The estate airports. Perth is approximately rises from about 267 feet above sea 20 miles to the north. Kinross (6 level in the valley of the River Devon miles) is the county town with a to a high point of 1,520 feet above good range of shops, restaurants sea level at the summit of Lendrick and other facilities including a Hill. The house and indeed most of doctor’s surgery, swimming pool, the estate benefits from a southerly leisure centre, and bowling green. aspect with far-reaching views. Yetts o’Muckhart has a local shop The core of the estate is the with a café and a pub/restaurant. charming Fossoway Lodge, which has been fully refurbished and There are primary schools in Yetts redecorated and is well-maintained o’Muckhart, Crook of Devon and by the present owners. The house Cleish, and a secondary school in is ideal for a family, and there Kinross. There are a number of is an atmosphere of warmth, private schools within easy reach comfort and elegance. Outside, including Strathallan, Kilgraston, the vendors have created beautiful St Leonard’s, Craigclowan, gardens, grounds and policies Ardvreck, Glenalmond, and nearby which perfectly complement the Dollar Academy. house with a range of features including a small loch, barbecue There is a major livestock market hut, all-weather tennis court and at Stirling and a wide range of summerhouse. A particular feature agricultural merchants in the area. is the stream running through the heart of the garden. Situated a short Kinross-shire is rural and unspoilt distance from the main house, the with productive farmland rising Gardener’s Cottage is ideal for a from Loch Leven to the Lomond dependent relative or employee(s) Hills and the Ochils. There are and has the potential to be extended opportunities for a wide range into the adjoining hay shed, subject of outdoor pursuits nearby and to the appropriate planning consent. Fossoway Lodge Planted with advice from the Game Approached by an attractive drive Conservancy and now approaching through mature wooded policies maturity, the woods on the estate with rhododendrons and laurels, provide the basis for a really fun Fossoway has an elevated position and exciting high pheasant shoot with fine southerly views. The with 9 drives. Additional sport drive crosses over the stream by includes roe deer stalking, trout a charming bridge and into two fishing on the River Devon and gravelled roads with one each duck flighting. leading to gravel parking areas at the front and back doors of the The farm has several fields of house. All the principal rooms face enclosed lowground pasture south, with penetration of natural and extensive rough grazings on light and spectacular views from the hill. most rooms being key features of the house. Lot 1 – The Fossoway Lodge Estate – About 198 acres Having been extensively renovated The Fossoway Lodge Estate is and partially extended as a a delightful and compact estate family home where the current with a lovely country house and owners have brought up their gardens, a cottage, outbuildings, four children, the accommodation grazing lands, woods, a spectacular is perfectly arranged for shoot, fishing on the River Devon, contemporary family living. and a novice cross-country course. It is laid out as shown on the floorplans within this brochure: Fossoway Lodge Approx gross internal areas 6,907 sq ft = 641.66 sq m Garage and Loft: 1,126 sq ft = 104.61 sq m Illustration for identifi cation purposes only. Not to scale. First Floor Second Floor Ground Floor Ground Floor Outbuildings Close to the house is a block-built – all underplanted with camassia, double garage with up-and-over daffodils and wild flowers. doors and a concrete floor. Above In early spring paths and glades the garage is a floored spacious around the house are carpeted with loft with access via a hatch with snowdrops, daffodils and bluebells. Ramsay ladder. Adjoining the Foxgloves and wild garlic extend garage with access from within is a up the stream to the hill and, in the custom-built insulated wine cellar summer, the meadows adjoining with thermostatic control. Also the River Devon are full of incorporated within the building wild flowers. but with external access only is a single room store currently used as Beyond the gardens is an enclosed a tack room. all-weather tennis court with en tout cas surface beside which is Additional outbuildings serving a summerhouse and croquet lawn. the main house include a log shed adjoining the house, kennels with Whilst complementing the house outdoor enclosure and a walk- beautifully, the garden has been in shelter for four horses in the established for ease of management paddock behind the house. which does not require the services of a full-time gardener. Gardens, Grounds and Policies The house is surrounded by Gardener’s Cottage extensive mature gardens. There are Set in a secluded position, a short lawns, shrubs, herbaceous borders distance from the main house with and mature trees including beech, access off the main drive, this is yew, cedar and larch. Late spring is a traditional stone-built cottage a special time with rhododendrons which was substantially renovated and azaleas in flower and the and modernised in 2012. drive is heavy with their scent. A charming informal garden has The accommodation includes an been planted to the north with entrance hall, sitting room, kitchen/ an ornamental pond, a range of breakfast room, 3 bedrooms, a shrubs and ornamental trees and cloakroom with WC and bathroom a network of mown paths. There over two floors. is also a barbecue hut with inside seating and central open fire with The cottage is presently let on a chimney which opens on to an area Short Assured Tenancy, which can of wooden decking. To the west be terminated upon serving two there is a secluded small garden months’ notice in writing. The accessed through a yew hedge with current rent is £8,400 per annum. herbaceous plants and flowering shrubs. On the eastern side is the Outbuildings enclosed former kitchen garden for Adjoining the cottage and forming the estate, which is now planted part of the same stone range is a with mixed shrubs. Apple and double garage with log shed and plum trees grow on the south- storage area behind, a hay/feed facing slope in front of the house store and stables building with Fishing Forestry 2 looseboxes. This building has The estate includes about 853 There is a total of 53 acres of the potential to be converted to metres of double bank and about woodlands on Lot 1. residential accommodation as an 1,290 metres of single (left) bank extension of the existing cottage, fishing on the River Devon. This The deciduous woods of the policies subject to the appropriate planning is an attractive stretch of water and low ground around Fossoway consents. flowing through a picturesque Lodge are a particular feature of wooded glen. There is a good the estate and comprise a range of Further to this, there is a population of brown trout species including oak, sycamore, separate workshop building and providing enjoyable sport on light beech and birch. The estate has a triple garage.