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Bruckley House ST ANDREWS • FIFE Bruckley House ST ANDREWS • FIFE • KY16 9YF St Andrews 5 ½ miles, Dundee 10 ½ miles, Cupar 5 miles A Victorian farmhouse and walled garden with fantastic views towards St Andrews and the North Sea beyond. Kitchen, sitting room, drawing room, dining room, pantry, utility room, boiler room. Four bedrooms, family bathroom, WC Garden. Coal shed. Garden store. Wood shed EPC Rating D About 0.82 acres in all Solicitors Savills Thorntons Law LLP Wemyss House, 8 Wemyss Place, Whitehall House, 33 Yeaman Shore, Edinburgh EH3 6DH Dundee DD10 4BJ 0131 247 3700 01382 229 111 [email protected] Directions From Edinburgh cross the Forth Road Bridge and take the M90 north. Exit the motorway at junction 3 and take the A92 Fife link road following the signs towards the Tay Road Bridge. Continue past Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes. At the roundabout at the end of the dual carriageway, 4 miles beyond Glenrothes, turn right onto the A914 to Cupar. In Cupar turn right onto the A91 signposted to St Andrews. Continue through Dairsie and go straight on at the roundabout. The driveway to Bruckley House is on the right about 1½ miles after passing through Dairsie. Situation Bruckley House is situated in an elevated position with fine views over the Eden estuary and towards St Andrews Bay and “the turn” of The Old Course. Guardbridge (1 ½ miles) is a small village historically centred around a paper mill. The larger village of Leuchars is three miles to the north and has an RAF base and airfield. Access by rail, road and air is good. Leuchars railway station is on the main Aberdeen to London east coast line and provides a fast link to Dundee and Edinburgh. Edinburgh Airport with its frequent services to London and an increasing variety of both domestic and international services, is only 50 miles. Dundee Airport (12 miles) has scheduled services to London City. There is a dual carriageway and motorway connection to Edinburgh from Glenrothes (17 miles). Cupar, 5 miles to the west, is an active market town, also with a railway station. Bruckley House is only 5 ½ miles from St Andrews which is renowned world wide as the “home of golf”. The St Andrews Links Trust now operates seven golf courses at St Andrews including the Old Course, host to the Open Championship. There are many other golf courses in the area including Drumoig and St Michaels, both just inland, and Kingsbarns, Elie, Crail, Charleton, Leven and Lundin Links on the coast. As well as being famous for golf, St. Andrews is well known for its university which is one of the oldest in Britain. There are primary schools at Dairsie, Guardbridge and Leuchars, with good state secondary schooling at Madras College in St Andrews or Bell Baxter in Cupar. Private co-educational schooling is available at St. Leonards in St Andrews or at Dundee High School. St Andrews has a good range of shops, supermarkets and cultural and professional services. Description Bruckley House is a handsome traditional farmhouse which is thought to date back to 1840. The house is set in an elevated position overlooking the neighbouring farmland of Fife and out towards “The Turn” of The Old Course and the North Sea beyond. The house provides excellent accommodation which is ideal for contemporary family life. The drive leads up from the main road to a pillared gated access to the drive of Bruckley House which passes around the entire house. There is ample parking to the front and rear of the property. The front door is on the south of the house and leads into an inner porch where a partially glazed inner door leads into the main entrance hall. Situated off here is the drawing room. This has south and west facing double glazed windows overlooking the garden, an open solid fuel fireplace with wooden mantel, cast iron inset with decorative tiled surround and tiled hearth, a traditional decorative ceiling rose and cornice. Opposite is the sitting room which also has large south facing windows, a wood burning stove and cornice with picture rail below. The adjacent dining room has views to the north and east and a shelved recess. A corridor with a large walk in storage cupboard off leads through to the kitchen/breakfast room. This features a range of fitted wall and base units with granite surfaces, a central island, breakfasting area with glass fronted wall cabinets and integrated appliances including a Bosch dishwasher, a Lacanche range cooker (fuelled by Calor gas cylinders) with five hobs and extractor fan over and a 1 ½ bowl sink. There is a free standing Smeg fridge which is included in the sale. To the rear of the house is a utility room with fitted base and wall units with integrated sink, freezer, Miele washing machine and Miele tumble dryer. A door from here leads through to the large boiler room which provides excellent storage space and has a door leading to the courtyard. Adjacent to this there is separate pantry and a further back door to the courtyard. The first floor is accessed by a staircase which leads up from the main entrance hall. Half way up the stairs there is a WC and the accommodation beyond is split on two separate levels. To the front of the house there are two south facing double bedrooms, one of which has windows on three aspects; the other features a traditional press. There is a further north facing bedroom here. To the rear of the house a corridor leads through to the fourth bedroom which has north facing windows overlooking the walled garden and a wash hand basin. This bedroom is currently used as a studio. The accommodation is completed by a family bathroom with WC, wash hand basin, bath with shower attachment and separate cubicle. Outside Bruckley House sits in beautifully presented gardens situated to the front and rear of the property. These are walled on three aspects. The garden to the front of the house is largely laid to lawn and is surrounded by well stocked borders and has a wide range of plants and shrubs as well as fruit trees. The garden to the rear of the property is also lawned and has a garden shed. Bruckley House has a courtyard to the rear off which there is a coal store and a separate garden store. There are also two back doors from here leading into the house. Access The owners of Bruckley House have a right of access over the main drive which is owned by the neighboring farmer. There is no maintenance obligation to the owners of Bruckley House. Viewing Strictly by appointment with Savills on 0131 - 247 3700. Bruckley House, KY16 9YF Gross internal area (approx) 284.65 sq.m (3064 sq.ft) (Including Coal Shed & Store) For Identification Only. Not To Scale. © Square Foot Media. Boiler 3.66 x 2.59 Utility Double 12' x 8'6'' 3.23 x 3.02 Bedroom 4 10'7'' x 9'11'' 4.22 x 3.66 13'10'' x 12' Kitchen/ Breakfast Room 6.73 x 4.22 22'1'' x 13'10'' Bathroom Courtyard 8.59 x 4.50 Hall 28'2'' x 14'9'' (approximate) Store WC Dining Coal Double Room Bedroom 3 Shed Store 4.52 x 4.34 4.80 x 4.29 3.51 x 2.11 14'10'' x 14'3'' 11'6'' x 6'11'' 15'9'' x 14'1'' Drawing Double Room Bedroom 2 5.61 x 4.57 5.64 x 4.57 18'5'' x 15' 18'6'' x 15' Hall Double Sitting Room Bedroom 1 4.70 x 4.37 6.38 x 4.39 15'5'' x 14'4'' 20'11'' x 14'5'' Porch Ground Floor First Floor General Remarks Services Mains water, mains electricity, private drainage to septic tank. Central heating provided by oil fired boiler. Cooker fuelled by Calor gas cylinders. Local Authority Fife Council Tax Band G. Fixtures and Fittings All fitted curtains, carpets, blinds and integrated white goods are included in the sale. The fridge in the kitchen is also included in the sale. Right of Pre-emption There is a right of pre-emption over Bruckley House in favour of J & J Denholm Limited. Servitude rights, burdens and wayleaves 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, support, drainage, water and wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cable, drains and water, gas and other pipes, whether contained in the Title Deeds or informally constituted and whether 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 This plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey map all such servitude rights and others. with the sanction of the Controller of HM Stationery Office. Crown copyright reserved. Licence 100041908. NOT TO SCALE 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. All genuinely interested parties are advised to instruct their solicitor to note their interest with the Selling Agents immediately after inspection. Deposit A deposit of 10% of the purchase price may be required. It will be paid within 7 days of the 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.