DRUMMOND LODGE Aveland Road • Callander • Perthshire • FK17 8EN
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DRUMMOND LODGE AvelAnd RoAd • CAllAndeR • PeRthshiRe • FK17 8EN DRUMMOND LODGE AvelAnd RoAd • CAllAndeR PeRthshiRe • FK17 8EN A handsome Victorian lodge set in a beautiful walled garden Stirling 16 miles, Glasgow 42 miles, Edinburgh 54 miles (all distances are approximate) = 6 bedrooms, 4 reception rooms Additional stone coach house Easily accessible from Edinburgh and Glasgow Walking distance of shops Large private garden About 0.77 acres EPC Rating = D Savills Perth Earn House Broxden Business Park Lamberkine Drive Perth PH1 1RA [email protected] Tel: 01738 445588 VIEWING Strictly by appointment with Savills – 01738 477525. DIRECTIONS From Stirling take the A84 to Callander. On entering the town pass the entrance to the Roman Camp Hotel on the left and then take the next right onto Bracklin Road. Follow the road up the hill and then take next right onto Aveland Road which is a no-through road leading to the golf course. Just before the golf course the entrance to Drummond Lodge is through double black wrought iron gates on the left. SITUATION Drummond Lodge has a peaceful and private situation on a leafy no-through road. It is a short walk to the main street of Callander where there is a large selection of independent shops, cafés and restaurants. Callander has a primary school and secondary education at McLaren High School. There is a leisure centre with a swimming pool in the town and the 18 hole golf course is beside Drummond Lodge. Situated on the banks of the River Teith and with Ben Ledi as its backdrop, Callander is known as one of Scotland’s best loved gateways to the highlands. The A84 which runs through its centre is a main route into the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park where there is scope for every sort of outdoor activity from cycling in the Queen Elizabeth Forest, to fishing or boating on lochs Katrine and Venacher to name a few, to climbing local hills such as Ben Ledi, Ben Venue and Ben A’an, or renting shooting or stalking on nearby estates. Stirling is only about 16 miles away and is the to the morning room and also to the kitchen. historic heart of Scotland, with Stirling Castle, To the left of the hall is a large bright sitting Bannockburn and the Wallace Monument just a room with bay window, sanded floors and a few of the many sights to visit in the local area. fireplace with wood burning stove. The stripped Stirling is well placed for road, rail and bus floorboards flow into the dining room which connections to all the major towns in Scotland. has space for a large dining table and a window Both Edinburgh and Glasgow airports are overlooking the rear garden. The drawing room within easy reach and there are train stations at which is at the eastern end of the property is a Stirling, Bridge of Allan and Dunblane, with superb room for entertaining. It has an open regular services to both cities. Stirling has a rich fireplace and large windows which fill the room selection of shops including Waitrose. with light. At the rear of the house, the kitchen and utility areas have slate flooring and modern DESCRIPTION fitted wall and base units. The kitchen has a Drummond Lodge is a fine-looking Victorian larder, a breakfast bar and space for a dining lodge which is believed to date from 1859. table along with windows overlooking the Although it has been renovated and extended garden. The day-to-day entrance to Drummond over the years, the property retains much of Lodge is via a side door which opens into the its original character and the current owners utility room. From here there is also access to have taken great care to restore original shutters the kitchen, a coat cupboard and WC. and cornice work where possible as well as The original timber staircase rises from the refurbishing the original sash and case windows. reception hall to a large split landing also with The house is characterised by bright and lofty sanded timber floors. The master bedroom has a rooms and would be ideal for entertaining as fabulous floor to ceiling bay window and a deep well as for family life. It is approached via a decorative cornice as well as a central fireplace. private driveway which leads to gravel parking The three further double bedrooms on this beside the house and up to a garage in the coach section of the landing are all bright and spacious house at the top of the garden. and there is also a family bathroom and a large linen cupboard / dressing room. The lower ACCOMMODATION landing leads to two further double bedrooms Drummond Lodge has a splendid façade which which are both very generously sized (one is is striking and welcoming in equal measure. currently used as an office) and which are served While the design of the house is characteristically by a shower room. From this landing there is irregular for the period, the arched front door access via a loft ladder to a large and useful loft and the peaks of the two main gables are both which is floored and lined, has storage, light and echoed in a charming central dormer window on a Velux window. the first floor. The central tower is an intriguing focal point and gives the house its quirky A charming little staircase from the landing leads character both inside and out. up to the tower room which is used as an office with space for a desk and chair. The front door opens to a broad reception hall which has wide sanded floorboards and is open 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. The Coach House herbaceous borders provide lots of colour in the Servitude rights, burdens and wayleaves party. All genuinely interested parties are The old coach house is a pretty stone building summer. The driveway is lined on one side by The property is sold subject to and with advised to instruct their solicitor to note their which has been converted into a single garage fruit trees and on the other by a border of white the benefit of all servitude rights, burdens, interest with the Selling Agents immediately with a staircase leading to a full length and roses planted into a low stone wall. There is a reservations and wayleaves, including rights after inspection. floored 1st floor. Subject to obtaining the pretty herbaceous border in front of the coach of access and rights of way, whether public relevant consents, the coach house offers house and a newly planted bed on the lawn as or private, light, support, drainage, water Deposit potential for various uses depending on a buyer’s well as plenty of places to sit out and enjoy the and wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cable, A deposit of 10% of the purchase price may be requirements. garden in good weather. drains and water, gas and other pipes, whether required. It will be paid within 7 days of the contained in the Title Deeds or informally conclusion of Missives. The deposit will be Outbuildings GENERAL REMARKS constituted and whether referred to in the non-returnable in the event of the Purchaser(s) A timber garden shed. failing to complete the sale for reasons not Services General Remarks and Stipulations or not. The attributable to the Seller or his agents. Garden Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage. Gas Purchaser(s) will be held to have satisfied himself The garden at Drummond Lodge is a particular central heating. as to the nature of all such servitude rights and feature of the property. Amounting to about others. Local Authority 0.77 acres it is bound on three sides by an old Stirling Council Offers stone wall. On its eastern side mature trees Council Tax Band H Offers, in Scottish legal form, must be grow alongside the boundary wall including submitted by your solicitor to the Selling Agents. a magnificent Cedar of Lebanon. To the Fixtures and Fittings front of the house a hedge provides complete The light fittings, curtains and all integrated It is intended to set a closing date but the seller privacy from the road and the recently planted appliances will be included in the sale. reserves the right to negotiate a sale with a single Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area: Main House: 388.14 sq.m (4178 sq.ft) Coach House: 63.82 sq.m (687 sq.ft) For Identification Only. Not To Scale. Eaves Storage 4.37 x 3.96 14'4'' x 13' Eaves Storage Loft Storage 8.05 x 3.73 5.79 x 1.83 Double ' 26'5'' x 12'3'' Utility 19' x 6' 3.05 x 2.97 Bedroom 6/ Study 10' x 9'9'' Office 3.94 x 3.43 7'8'' x 6'8' Double 12'11'' x 11'3'' 2.34 x 2.03 Kitchen/ Bedroom 5 Breakfast Second Floor 6.02 x 3.40 Room 19'9'' x 11'2'' 6.71 x 3.81 22' x 12'6'' Shower Room WC First Floor Double Bedroom 4 Store Pantry Linen 4.32 x 3.63 14'2'' x 11'11'' Dining Double Room Drawing Bedroom 2 4.85 x 4.27 Room 4.80 x 4.24 15'11'' x 14' 7.37 x 4.32 15'9'' x 13'11'' Morning 24'2'' x 14'2'' Landing Room 4.24 x 3.66 13'11'' x 12' Double Bathroom Bedroom 3 Hall 4.29 x 3.63 14'1'' x 11'11'' 8.33 x 3.89 27'4'' x 12'9'' Sitting Double Room Bedroom 1 5.94 x 4.24 5.94 x 4.24 19'6'' x 13'11'' 19'6'' x 13'11'' Ground Floor Ground Floor First Floor IMPORTANT NOTICE Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: 1.