Impressive Victorian Country House Close to Dunkeld
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Impressive Victorian country house close to Dunkeld Druids Park House, The Avenue, Murthly, Perthshire, PH1 4ES Freehold Drawing room • sitting room • dining room • study • breakfast kitchen • utility room and cloakroom/WC • Principal bedroom with en suite bathroom • double bedroom with en suite shower room • 3 further double bedrooms • gym/office and family bathroom • Mature landscaped garden • Summerhouse • workshop • log store • garden store • boiler room and courtyard/ gardener’s WC • About 1.5 acres • EPC = E Distances Centre, the Willowgate Activity Dunkeld 7 miles Centre, Perth Leisure pool, an Perth 11 miles ice rink and two sports centres. Dundee 26 miles Druids Park House is ideally Edinburgh 57 miles situated for those who enjoy the outdoors. There is a golf Situation course in Dunkeld, a Druids Park House is set in over championship course at an acre of private grounds at Blairgowrie and a choice of Druids Park, a peaceful and courses in Perth, Gleneagles well established community and St Andrews. The rivers, within the village of Murthly, hills and lochs of the Perthshire named after an ancient stone highlands and the Angus Glens circle located nearby. It is are all within easy reach. notable for its landscaped Fishing, shooting and stalking surroundings which include are readily available from local mature trees, a central green estates while the ski slopes of with cricket pitch and a tree Glenshee are about 33 miles lined avenue. north. The house is a short distance Perth train station has from Murthly local shop and regular services to Edinburgh, post office. The village also has Glasgow, Dundee, Aberdeen, a popular local restaurant, a Inverness and London. Dunkeld primary school and a village train station has an overnight hall. Dunkeld (7 miles) with its sleeper train direct to London. historic cathedral is a Edinburgh Airport is about 51 picturesque town with an miles away and there are direct excellent selection of flights from Dundee Airport independent shops, cafés and (32 miles) to Stansted. restaurants as well as leisure There is a primary school in facilities at Dunkeld House Murthly and secondary Hotel with a spa, gym, schooling in Perth. There is also swimming pool, tennis courts, a choice of good private Landrover experience, fishing schools nearby with and shooting centre. Perth (11 Strathallan, Kilgraston, miles) has a larger selection of Glenalmond College, Morrisons high street shops and Academy, Ardvreck and professional services as well as Craigclowan all within easy a concert hall, theatre, art driving distance. gallery, museum and cinema. All distances and travel times The town’s facilities also are approximate. include the Perth Climbing Description shelves built into the timber Druids Park House is an units. There is a central kitchen impressive Victorian villa island with stools and room for dating from 1876. The house a family sized dining table. In has been comprehensively and addition to these rooms, there thoughtfully refurbished over is also a study, utility room and the last 10 years and is now a cloakroom/WC on the ground beautiful and comfortable floor. family home which is also ideal On the first floor a broad for entertaining. The house is landing gives access to the characterised by its well bedrooms, all of which are preserved original features: double sized and are polished wooden floors, beautifully decorated. The astragal windows, ornate principal bedroom has a huge cornices, working window bay window and a luxurious shutters, deep skirtings, bathroom with roll top bath, panelled doors and a splendid walk in shower, double wash wrought iron and timber basins and a marble floor with staircase to name a few. A underfloor heating. Bedroom 3 rhododendron lined driveway has an en suite shower room leads to parking at the front of and the remaining bedrooms the house where the splendid share a large family bathroom front entrance opens via two which also has marble floor vestibules to the reception hall tiles with underfloor heating. giving access to all the main A small room off the landing is reception rooms. The south currently used as a gym but facing drawing room overlooks would also make a good office. the lawned garden and has an original fitted bookcase Outside spanning one wall of the room The garden at Druids Park and making an attractive extends to approximately 1.5 feature. There is also a acres and lies mainly to the decorative open fireplace. The south and east of the house. It sitting room is similarly has many mature trees and impressive with a large south shrubs including birch, beech, facing bay window and a conifers, azaleas and flowering wood-burning stove set into cherry trees. An ornamental the original fire surround. The pond and herbaceous beds sitting room is open to the provide a focal point on the dining room and adjacent to terraced lawn and there is a the dining room is the kitchen. pretty Victorian summerhouse With solid oak units, polished with pergola amongst the granite worktops, a flagstone rhododendrons. Closer to the floor (with under floor heating) house is a paved terrace for and a four door AGA it is the sitting out in good weather and epitome of a perfect family a herbaceous border runs country house kitchen. along the south side of the Integrated appliances include kitchen garden wall. The an induction hob, ovens, partially enclosed kitchen dishwasher, a drinks fridge and garden has a decked area for there are wine racks and basket outside seating as well as its original cast iron washing right into Druids Park. On green poles. There is also a entering the development turn vegetable garden with raised right and follow Druids Park beds. Road for about 0.3 miles until the road bends right into The Outbuildings Avenue. The entrance to Druids Workshop and log shed Park House is almost Stone garden outbuilding immediately on the left. which may offer potential for conversion into a home office / General Remarks studio. Summerhouse with pergola Viewings and decking Strictly by appointment with Outside WC Savills – 01738 477525. Plant / boiler room Services Garage Mains electricity, private water Planning permission has been and drainage. Oil fired central granted (Ref :18/02212/FLL) heating. Calor gas fired AGA. for a double garage to be built Underfloor heating in two alongside the existing bathrooms and the kitchen. outbuildings. Local Authority & tax band Directions Perth and Kinross Council tax From Perth take the A9 band H northbound and leave the A9 where signposted to Luncarty Fixtures & Fittings and Stanley (B9099). Pass The curtains, curtain poles, through both villages and blinds and light fittings are continue on the B9099 to excluded from the sale. The Murthly. Once in the village, large garden urn at the foot of pass under the railway bridge the front lawn is excluded from and take the first turning on the the sale. Photos taken and brochure Offers produced July / August 2020 Offers, in Scottish legal form, must be submitted by your Servitude rights, burdens solicitor to the Selling Agents. and wayleaves It is intended to set a closing The property is sold subject to date but the seller reserves the and with the benefit of all right to negotiate a sale with a servitude rights, burdens, single party. All genuinely reservations and wayleaves, interested parties are advised including rights of access and to instruct their solicitor to note rights of way, whether public or their interest with the Selling private, light, support, Agents immediately after drainage, water and wayleaves inspection. for masts, pylons, stays, cable, drains and water, gas and other Deposit pipes, whether contained in the A deposit of 10% of the Title Deeds or informally purchase price may be constituted and whether required. It will be paid within referred to in the General 7 days of the conclusion of Remarks and Stipulations or Missives. The deposit will be not. The Purchaser(s) will be non-returnable in the event of held to have satisfied himself as the Purchaser(s) failing to to the nature of all such complete the sale for reasons servitude rights and others. not attributable to the Seller or his agents. 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 Savills Perth Druids Park House, The Avenue, Murthly, Perthshire, PH1 4ES 01738 477 523 Gross internal area (approx) 395.7 sq m/4,259 sq ft savills savills.co.uk [email protected] For identification only. Not to scale. © 20/08/04 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. The text, 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 not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. .