An Historic Village Home Overlooking Loch Leven
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An historic village home overlooking Loch Leven Millhouse, The Cobbles, Kinnesswood, Kinross, KY13 9HL Freehold Sitting room • Lower Sitting room • Dining kitchen • Office, utility room • 5 bedrooms • bathroom and shower room • Parking for 2 cars • Cottage garden and terrace with views over Loch Leven • EPC = E Distances popular farm shop and Kinross 5 miles restaurant is also close by. Perth 18 miles Loch Leven is renowned for its Edinburgh 30 miles National Nature Reserve, its excellent brown trout fishing Situation and its Castle, where Mary Millhouse is situated in the Queen of Scots was held heart of the village of prisoner from 1567 until her Kinnesswood at the foot of the escape in 1568. The Scottish Lomond Hills. Kinnesswood has Gliding Union airfield is about a friendly and active 1.5 miles away at Scotlandwell. community with a primary All distances and travel times school, church, village hall, are approximate. garage and village shop. Kinross (5 miles) has local Description shops, health and professional Millhouse is a characterful C services, secondary schooling, Listed building dating from and two golf courses. The M90 about 1805. Situated on one of (4 miles) gives quick access to Kinnesswood’s old and narrow both Perth (18 miles) and streets, the setting of Millhouse Edinburgh (30 miles) while is enchanting. In the days when Glasgow is about 52 miles Kinnesswood was a village of away. crofters and weavers the There is a Park and Ride Millhouse was a busy loom service at Kinross with regular shop. Today it is a much loved express coach services to family home arranged over Edinburgh and Perth. three storeys. The house is Edinburgh Airport is 27 miles situated opposite a well-tended away. There are some excellent memorial garden created by walking and cycling tracks in the village for Michael Bruce the surrounding countryside who was an 18th’ century poet including a path to the top of known as the ‘Gentle Poet of Bishop Hill which rises up Loch Leven’. behind Millhouse. The Loch A flight of stone steps from Leven Heritage Trail The Cobbles leads to the main circumnavigates Loch Leven, entrance of Millhouse which is linking natural, historic and on the first floor. The house is cultural heritage with a quirky and full of character. stunning variety of scenery. Particular features include the There are several coffee shops lower sitting room which was and viewpoints en route to added to the house in 2000 enhance the experience. Loch along with a utility room and Leven’s Larder which is a principal bedroom. The lower sitting room is a light and lofty Directions room which is partially vaulted Northbound, exit M90 at and has French windows junction 5 and follow signs to opening to a south facing Scotlandwell, then terrace. From here there is a Kinnesswood. Southbound, fabulous view of Loch Leven. exit M90 at junction 7, The sitting room at Millhouse is Milnathort and follow the A911 characterised by astragal out of the town heading east windows, an exposed stone for about 3 miles until arriving wall and has a wood burning at Easter Balgedie and then stove giving it a welcoming Kinnesswood. In Kinnesswood, and cosy atmosphere. The opposite Buchan’s Garage, turn kitchen has room for a dining up a narrow road called The table and pretty windows Cobbles. After about 90m park framing views of Bishop Hill in a shallow layby alongside the which rises up behind the stone wall of the Michael Bruce house. A galleried landing on memorial garden, just opposite the second floor leads to the Millhouse. Take flight of steps principal bedroom at the top from the road, which lead up to of the house and there are four the main entrance at the rear of other bedrooms in total, one of the house. which is used as study. Two of the bedrooms are situated on GENERAL REMARKS the ground floor where there is Viewings a charming ‘front’ door at Strictly by appointment with street level. The house also has Savills – 01738 477525. an office, shower room, bathroom and utility room. Services Mains water, electricity and Garden and grounds drainage A delightful garden has been Oil fired central heating landscaped around the house. To the rear an L-shaped area of Local Authority & tax band lawn is partially enclosed with Perth and Kinross Council tax hedging and has a pretty burn band E running down one side. Herbaceous beds create Listing wonderful colour in the spring Millhouse has been Listed and summer. On the south side Grade C by Historic of the house is a paved terrace Environment Scotland. which is ideal for sitting out in the summer and enjoying the Fixtures & Fittings glorious views. The light fittings, curtains, blinds and dishwasher are Parking included in the sale. The There is off street parking for washing machine and tumble two cars. drier are excluded from the sale. Photos taken and brochure All genuinely interested parties produced are advised to instruct their March 2021 solicitor to note their interest with the Selling Agents Servitude rights, burdens and immediately after inspection. wayleaves The property is sold subject to Deposit and with the benefit of all A deposit of 10% of the servitude rights, burdens, purchase price may be reservations and wayleaves, required. It will be paid within including rights of access and 7 days of the conclusion of rights of way, whether public or Missives. The deposit will be private, light, support, non-returnable in the event of drainage, water and wayleaves the Purchaser(s) failing to for masts, pylons, stays, cable, complete the sale for reasons drains and water, gas and other not attributable to the Seller or pipes, whether contained in the his agents. Title Deeds or informally constituted and whether Agents Note: We wish to referred to in the General inform prospective buyers of Remarks and Stipulations or this property that the seller is not. The Purchaser(s) will be related to an employee of held to have satisfied himself as Savills. to the nature of all such servitude rights and others. Offers Offers, in Scottish legal form, must be submitted by your solicitor to the Selling Agents. It is intended to set a closing date but the seller reserves the right to negotiate a sale with a single party. This Plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey Map with the sanction of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office. Crown Copyright reserved. (100024244). This Plan is published for the convenience of Purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and it is expressly excluded from any contract. NOT TO SCALE. Stephanie Clarke Millhouse, The Cobbles, Kinnesswood, Kinross, KY13 9HL Savills Perth Gross internal area (approx) 01738 477 523 Total 170.3sq m/1,833 sq ft savills savills.co.uk [email protected] For identification only. Not to scale. © 21/04/08 SC Important notice Savills, its 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 on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. 2: Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. 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