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Culquoich Estate Culquoich Estate Glenkindie • Aberdeenshire Culquoich Estate Glenkindie • Aberdeenshire • AB33 8SU Alford 13 miles, Aberdeen Airport 32 miles, Aberdeen City Centre 36 miles A compact residential and farming estate in the heart of Donside Principal House (6 bedrooms) 3 further estate houses Established deer farm and associated buildings 248 acres of pasture 224 acres of open woodland grazing 292 acres of rough grazing and hill 167 acres of commercial and amenity woodland 3 miles of single bank trout fishing on the river Don In all about 975 acres (394 hectares) For sale as a whole Savills Edinburgh Savills Aberdeen Wemyss House 5 Queen’s Terrace 8 Wemyss Place Aberdeen Edinburgh EH3 6DH AB10 1XL Tel: 0131 247 3720 Tel: 01224 971 111 [email protected] [email protected] Situation Extending from the North Sea coastline in the east inland to the spectacular Cairngorm mountains, Aberdeenshire deserves its acclaim as one of Scotland’s largest and most diverse counties. Lying on the banks of the River Don against a backdrop of the mountains, moors and Caledonian pine forests of the Cairngorms National Park, Culquoich is superbly positioned to provide a rich and immersive Highland experience. The regions of Deeside and Donside, in which Culquoich is situated, have a rich history illustrated by the numerous historic castles and traditional sporting estates within the area and able to lay claim to the accolade as a favoured holiday destination of Queen Victoria during the latter part of the 19th Century. Aberdeenshire is famed for the wealth of its sport on offer: from salmon fishing on the rivers Dee, Don and Deveron; pheasant and partridge shooting on low ground estates; red and roe deer stalking; and the opportunity for grouse on the rolling heather hills. Culquoich Estate provides a buyer with the chance to become fully involved in the tradition of such rural pursuits on a compact mixed estate located in the heart of Scotland’s sporting landscape. The western half of the estate is within the Cairngorms National Park, home to many rare and endangered species of flora and fauna and offers limitless hill walking, skiing at The Lecht (17 miles), Glenshee (40 miles) and Aviemore (48 miles), mountain biking and wildlife spotting opportunities. Along the county’s spectacular coastline are a number of renowned links courses, including the Royal Aberdeen and Trump International while for those looking for a more relaxed offering, there are 18 hole courses at Alford and Aboyne With a reputation as the ‘Oil Capital of Europe’ and a vibrant hub for many years, the university city of Aberdeen boasts a broad range of professional services, cultural facilities and an international airport (32 miles) as well as a mainline east coast train service with daily services to London. Journey times to Aberdeen have recently been much reduced with the opening of the Western Peripheral Route. Private day schools within the city include Robert Gordon’s College, Albyn School and St Margaret’s School, in addition to an International School. Gordonstoun School (50 miles) is a co-educational private school for boarding and day pupils for children between the ages of 8-18. More locally the town of Alford (13 miles) provides everyday facilities including a supermarket, doctors’ and veterinary surgeries, bank, post office, primary and secondary schooling. The village of Glenkindie (1 mile) has a garage and shop for basic supplies, with a primary school at Towie (2 miles). Description Culquoich is a private and secluded residential and farming estate with opportunities for driven shooting, stalking and fishing. Situated at the centre of the estate and lying to the south of the river Don is Culquoich House, which is set in mature gardens with a number of specimen trees and rhododendrons across the policy grounds. The estate has over three miles of right bank trout fishing on the river Don. Culquoich Estate (under the brand Strathdon Deer) is well-known and highly regarded for the quality of its deer and has sold breeding stock throughout the UK as well as to Europe. The focus has always been on improving the performance of the deer enterprise through improved genetics and careful management, and this has been reflected in the high demand for deer from the farm. It was also a founding member, in 2009, of the First Venison cooperative, which supplies meat to a leading UK supermarket, and over the past 10 years has continuously featured as one of the top performing producers in the group. In 2014 Culquoich was selected as the Scottish Government Deer Farm Demonstration Unit and hosted five demonstration days for potential and existing deer farmers, which were designed to encourage and inform new entrants to the industry, as well as demonstrating best farming practice. In addition to the demonstration project, the farm regularly hosts educational visits from schools, colleges and farm groups. Culquoich House A private gravel drive leads up to the house from the north through mature woodland. Culquoich House dates from the late 19th century and is set in attractive gardens. The current owners purchased Culquoich in 2001 and the house underwent significant renovation at that time, including the extension to the south providing a large dining kitchen and sunroom on the ground floor and two further bedrooms and bathroom on the first floor. The house benefits from double glazed sash and case windows, oil fired central heating and electricity from solar panels. The large double door entrance leads into an entrance vestibule. A cloakroom, wc and gun room are accessed from here as is the main hallway. There is original cornicing and panelled detail on the hall ceiling which are attractive period features. The hallway has a wooden staircase to the first floor as well as a wood burning stove with a slate mantel and hearth. The study and two reception rooms are accessed from the hall. The dining room, which has recently been used as a family room, has attractive large bay windows, cornicing, picture rail and double skirting. The sitting room has an open fire with wooden surround, cornicing and picture rails. The kitchen and sunroom to the south can be accessed from the hall, sitting room or from the separate back entrance, which has a cloakroom, wc and utility room, which also houses the boiler. The kitchen and sunroom were added in 2002 and has fitted wooden cupboard units, built-in dishwasher and 4 oven, oil fired AGA. From the main hallway the staircase leads up to the half landing where a large double bedroom with fitted cupboards (bedroom 2) and bedroom 3 along with bathroom are part of the extension carried out in 2002. Accessed from the first floor landing is the master bedroom with dressing room, ensuite bathroom with power shower and three further bedrooms with a family bathroom. The two attic rooms are accessed via a wooden staircase from the landing. Gardens & Grounds Outside is a four bay oak-framed garage with slate roof. Specimen trees such as Serbian Spruce, Copper Beech and Cypress form part of the mature gardens which are laid to lawn with herbaceous borders and rhododendrons. C A Garage Culquoich House 6.15 x 2.97 20'2'' x 9'9'' Gross internal area (approx) 507.33 sq.m (5,461 sq.f t ) WC Gun Study Room 4.52 x 4.29 B Garage & Carp ort 4.72 x 2.11 14'10'' x 14''1 Family Room/ 15'6'' x 6'11'' Dining Room S 7.37 x 4.90 85.00 sq.m (915 sq.ft) 24'2'' x 16'1'' For Identification Only. Not To Scale. Carport 10.77 x 6.05 35'4'' x 19'10'' Entrance Hall Hall Master Ensuite Bedroom Bedroom 5 Bathroom Bathroom 4.57 x 4.57 4.90 x 4.57 15' x 15' 16'1'' x 15' Sitting Room Verandah 6.12 x 5.87 20'1'' x 19'3'' Dressing Bedroom 4 Room 3.99 x 3.23 3.58 x 2.82 13'1'' x 10'7'' 11'9'' x 9'3'' HW GROUND FLOOR Bedroom 6 Dining 5.03 x 4.98 Kitchen 16'6'' x 16'4'' 8.25 x 5.94 27'1'' x 19'6'' Cloakroom 3.23 x 1.70 10'7'' x 5'7'' Sunroom WC Utility 3.07 x 2.29 Attic Bathroom 10'1'' x 7'6'' Store B 4.75 x 3.61 15'7'' x 11'10'' G GGroundROU NFloorD FLOOR Bedroom 2 7.04 x 4.83 HW 23'1'' x 15'10'' Attic Room 7.44 x 4.98 24'5'' x 16'4'' Bedroom 3 4.70 x 3.12 15'5'' x 10'3'' SECOND FLOOR FIRST FLOOR Second Floor First Floor G Culq uoich Cottage Gross in tern al a rea (approx) 218 .50 s q.m (2,352 sq.ft) (Inc luding Garage & Store) First Floor F or Iden tif ication Only. Not To Scale. Game Larder Study/ 4.37 x 3.76 Bedroom 3 14'4'' x 12'4'' 5.13 x 2.82 16'10'' x 9'3'' Dog Run Porch Hall HW B WC Sitting Dining Room Kitchen Garage Covered 4.98 x 3.58 4.83 x 4.01 Entrance 5.11 x 3.96 16'4'' x 11'9'' 15'10'' x 13'2'' Utility 16'9'' x 13' GR OUND FLO OR (Including Garage & Store) For Identification Only. Not To Scale. © SquareFoot 2019. Estate Houses Loft 4.65 x 3.30 In addition to Culquoich House, a further three residential properties are included in the sale, located across 15'3'' x 10'10'' the estate.
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