Most Impressive Victorian Townhouse
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Most impressive Victorian townhouse Baron Hill, 70 Glamis Road, Forfar, Angus, DD8 1DS Freehold Porch, hall, dining room, drawing room, study, billiard room, cloakroom with separate WC, kitchen, games room & bar, principal bedroom with dressing room and en suite bathroom, 6 further bedrooms, bathroom, 2 shower rooms, kitchenette, 6 attic rooms • Indoor pool, double garage with store, courtyard with stores • Garden & grounds • About 2.41 acres • EPC rating = G Distances the northern edge of Forfar. Dundee 13 miles, Perth 29 Pleasant sandy beaches miles, Aberdeen 54 miles. include those at Lunan Bay and at St Cyrus, which is a nature Situation reserve. Locally there are fine Baron Hill enjoys a fine position walks up Balmashanner Hill. towards the western side of the Forfar loch is close by for walks town of Forfar, but is close to and sailing. local amenities and within The nearby A90 provides walking distance of the centre. fast access south to Dundee, It also benefits from easy Perth and central Scotland, and access to the A90. north to Aberdeen and its Forfar, the county town of airport, where journeys have Angus, provides extensive been much reduced by the shopping and business opening of the Western facilities, together with primary Peripheral Route. Dundee schooling at the nearby provides all the services Strathmore Primary and expected of a major city. There secondary schooling at Forfar are east coast mainline railway Academy. Leisure facilities are stations at Arbroath and available in the new Dundee, with a sleeper service. Community Campus, including Both Aberdeen and Edinburgh a swimming pool. Private airports provide a range of schooling is found at the High domestic and European School of Dundee, with a services and there are flights dedicated bus stopping close from Dundee to London. by. Angus is well known for its range of outdoor pursuits. Description Fishing can be taken on the Baron Hill is a very fine example North and South Esks. The of a most imposing Victorian Angus Glens provide some of townhouse, which dates from the best hill walking in eastern around 1875. It was built for Scotland, and there is skiing at James Grant, who had a linen Glenshee. Loch fishing is works in the town. It was lived available locally at Rescobie. in by his descendants until 1968 As well as local golf courses at when it was acquired privately Forfar and Kirriemuir, the by the seller’s family. As such championship courses at this is the first time that the Carnoustie and St Andrews are house has ever been offered within easy driving distance. for sale. There is a golf driving range on It is one of the grander houses The imposing dining room has in Forfar, and John Gifford in an ornate cornice, centre rose, Dundee and Angus (Pevsner large bay window overlooking Architectural Guides – Yale the garden, tiled fireplace with University Press, 2012) painted mantel and tiled describes how on entering surround, two wall lights and Forfar on the Glamis Road high level skirting. The equally there are “two sizeable fine drawing room has an mid-Victorian villas”, one being ornate panelled ceiling, centre “the parsonical Baron Hill”. It is rose, large bay window to the a substantial house, retaining west, picture rail, two wall much of its traditional lights, open fireplace with character and many fine marble mantel and surround features such as cornicings in housing a gas fire, a further the principal rooms and large window overlooking the panelled doors, and has gardens and high level skirting. magnificent reception rooms The breakfasting kitchen has a downstairs, including a fine centre rose, wall and floor units drawing room, dining room, with fitted appliances including study and billiard room. In a Hotpoint double oven / grill, addition, on the lower ground Hotpoint hob with extractor, floor is a games room and bar, Bosch fridge, plumbing for a together with bedrooms at first dishwasher, sink, and space for floor level, and attic rooms informal dining. Opposite is above. Stone built with a slate the cloakroom which has a roof, it is a large family home fitted hanging rail, cupboard, which also has considerable mirror and a door to a separate potential for other uses, subject part timber lined WC with to obtaining any necessary washbasin. Adjacent is the planning consents. There are utility room which has a sink views from the house over the and plumbing for a washing cricket pitch and Forfar loch machine. Off the inner hall is a and to the hills beyond. walk in cupboard and a fine Stone piers with gates open study with picture rail and a on to a tarred and tiled fireplace with ornate rhododendron lined drive wooden overmantel and which which leads up to block paved houses a gas fire. Connected parking and turning areas by a lobby with a walk in beside both the house and the cupboard and a stained glass garage. Double doors window is the billiard room, with a fan overlight open to the which is another exceptional porch which has a stained glass room. It too has a panelled and leaded window, mosaic ceiling together with a fireplace tiled floor and an inner partially with wooden mantel and tiled glazed door with glazed side surround and has views to and overlights to the hall. The Forfar loch and the hills impressive hall has a picture rail beyond. A back hall has steps and a staircase to the first floor. down to the lower level, the courtyard, and also has back stairs. Off this is an L shaped indoor Room one has a water tank; pool with a tiled surround, and room two has been used as a a shower room with shower, hobby room; room three was WC and a cupboard housing used as an additional bedroom the pool controls. Downstairs with a fitted walk-in hanging there is a fitted bar with cupboard; room four has a sink washbasin which leads through and was used as a dark room; to a games room. There are room five has a mantel and was cellars with stone flag flooring, previously an upstairs sitting one of which houses an Ideal room; room six was formerly a Standard boiler and a former games room. wine cellar. To the side of the house is a The magnificent wooden stone and harl finished garage, staircase leads up to the first with a slate roof (3.95 m x 6.05 floor landing, again with ornate m approx) with two automatic cornicing. Bedroom one has a up and over doors, and which picture rail and good views to opens through to a store (3.2 m the hills. The dressing room / x 6. 1 m approx). At the back of bedroom two has a picture rail the house is a stone paved and fitted corner shelves while courtyard, with a store and bedroom three is a double former laundry with two aspect room with a picture rail, Belfast sinks and an oil tank. washbasin and a tiled fireplace Within the grounds are some with mantel. Bedroom four fine trees including a also has a picture rail and a Wellingtonia, cedar, copper tiled fireplace. The principal beech and beech, together bedroom has a bay window, with rhododendrons, which tiled fireplace with mantel, bay provide screening. To the side window, fitted dressing table of the house is an expansive and wardrobe. Off this is a lawn. dressing room with fitted hanging and shelved units and General Remarks a partially tiled en suite shower Viewing room with tiled shower cubicle, Strictly by appointment with washbasin and WC. The Savills – 01356 628628. partially tiled family bathroom has a bath, shower cubicle, Directions washbasin and WC. Off the From the A90 take the A94 rear landing is a partially tiled turning into Forfar (Glamis shower room with corner Junction A94) which is the shower cubicle, washbasin and second turning if coming from WC. Bedroom six was the south, and the third turning previously used as a sitting if coming from the north. room, and has a kitchenette Proceed into Forfar for 0.9 with sink and electric cooker miles on Glamis Road and the point, while bedroom seven has drive into Baron Hill will be fitted wardrobes. Stairs from seen on the left, just after the landing lead to the top floor passing the turning into where there is a series of attic Drummers Dell. rooms. Outgoings Possession Angus Council tax band G. Vacant possession and entry will be given on completion. Energy Performance Certificate Offers EPC rating = G. Offers must be submitted in Scottish Legal Form to the Solicitors Selling Agents. A closing date Thorntons, 52 East High Street, for offers may be fixed, and Forfar, DD8 2EL prospective purchasers are advised to register their Services interest with the Selling Agents Mains water, electricity, gas following inspection. and drainage. Oil fired central heating. Purchase Price A deposit of 10% of the Fixtures and Fittings purchase price may be Fitted carpets, curtains and required. It will be paid within light fittings are included, as is 7 days of the conclusion of the snooker table. Certain missives. The deposit will be furnishings including the grand non-returnable in the event of piano, together with the dining the Purchaser(s) failing to table, chairs and sideboard, complete the sale for reasons could be available in addition. not attributable to the seller or The Bison Bede stairlift is his agents. included, but can be removed by the sellers if required. Servitude Rights, Burdens and Wayleaves This Plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey Map with the The property is sold subject to sanction of the Controller of H.M.