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A CHARMING, WELL PROPORTIONED AND BEAUTIFULLY SITUATED COUNTRY HOUSE burnside house, by turriff, aberdeenshire, ab53 5pp A CHARMING, WELL PROPORTIONED AND BEAUTIFULLY SITUATED COUNTRY HOUSE burnside house, by turriff, aberdeenshire, ab53 5pp Summary Ground Floor Vestibule u hall u 4 reception rooms u open plan kitchen/family room u larder u utility room u wc u greenhouse u cellar First Floor 6 bedrooms u 3 bathrooms (1 en suite) Outside Stone bothy u garage and wood store u enclosed gardens wooded grounds u paddock and orchard About 8 acres EPC D Distances Turriff 2 miles, Aberdeen 37 miles, Aberdeen International Airport 32 miles Directions Head north from Aberdeen on the A947. Pass through the country town of Oldmeldrum and then through Turriff. On leaving Turriff, still on the A947 turn right after 1 ½ miles onto the B9105 signed to Fraserburgh and White Lodge Garden Centre. After 250 metres turn right at the garden centre entrance and continue straight along the hard surfaced track which continues for about 2/3rd of a mile before reaching Burnside House which is approached by a drive on the left. Postcode AB53 5PP. A road map, site and location plan are incorporated within these particulars. Location Burnside House is situated just to the northeast of Turriff, in the heart of Aberdeenshire, with easy access to both Aberdeen and Aberdeen Airport, on the A947, and to the coast. The surrounding area is mostly rolling farmland and this part of the northeast of Scotland is famed for its outdoor pursuits. Salmon and trout fishing is found on the nearby River Deveron, which flows through Turriff, and on the Don, Dee and Spey. There are golf courses at Banff (Duff House Royal), Macduff (Royal Tarlair) and Turriff, together with famous links courses at Royal as cornicing, fireplaces (including two new wood burning stoves) and four ring ceramic hob, an integrated dishwasher and a new highly Aberdeen and Cruden Bay. The nearby coast offers sailing and sandy wooden floors. The house has been rewired and re-plumbed, has a efficient ESSE wood burning range with marble tiled splashback. beaches. Other local attractions include Duff House (National Galleries condensing oil fired boiler and a new hot water tank. All the windows of Scotland) and Fyvie Castle (National Trust for Scotland). have been either refurbished or replaced with a mixture of double, There is generous storage, including a pantry with shelving, electricity secondary and single glazing. The roof has been overhauled including and plumbing for a washing machine and two built-in store/office Locally the attractive town of Turriff offers a wide range of shopping, new guttering, new sky lights and replacement ridgelines. The bothy space cupboards. The room has three new double glazed windows including a good number of independent shops, a supermarket, has also been re-roofed and now benefits from an electricity supply, and a double glazed door to the garden. It also benefits from a new together with business and leisure facilities, as well as primary and concrete floors and a wood burning stove. This was the old ’grieve’s wood burning stove. Off the kitchen is the utility room with a back door secondary schooling. There is private schooling in Aberdeen including room‘ and now has considerable potential for a number of different and WC. From the hall a door opens onto steps leading down to the Robert Gordon’s College, St Margaret’s and Albyn as well as the uses, subject to obtaining any necessary consents. Burnside is a cellar. International School of Aberdeen. There are two universities and lovely, well-proportioned country house, that works well as a family several colleges of further education. Gordonstoun is also within easy house and is also ideal for entertaining, with elegant and good sized A wide staircase leads up to the front and rear landings. The front reach. reception rooms with bright large windows. It enjoys a private south landing has a door with stairs up to the attic. The attic room (1.5 m x facing situation within its own gardens and wooded policies. 3.45 m) is timber lined, has new sky lights and provides useful storage History space. There is also an understair cupboard. Off this landing are three Burnside House principally dates from 1889-1890 and was built for Accommodation large double bedrooms which retain many of the period features of the James Beaton who was a wealthy coffee planter. He extended the The gravelled drive leads up to the front of the house from where steps house including open fireplaces and cornice work. Interconnecting original factor’s house for the Dalgety Estate, with the older part of lead up to a wooden front door with glazed side and overlights. It between bedroom 2 and the master bedroom is a dressing room with the house situated at the back. Beaton thus created a small mansion opens into an entrance vestibule with a cornice and inner door, again a cornice and display shelves. The master bedroom has an en suite house, which is nicely detailed and well built, but is of modest and with glazed side and overlights, to the hall. This is an elegant hall with bathroom which is timber lined to dado level with a free standing roll practical proportions and a very manageable size. It is a most a cornice, centre rose and staircase to the first floor. The four front top bath, washbasin, WC and bidet. Also off this landing is a bathroom attractive stone built house, with cherry cocking to the front, and a reception rooms are arranged off the hall. The impressive dining/sitting which again has a free standing roll top bath, washbasin, WC and a slate roof. The house sits well within its own landscaped grounds. room is a double room, linked by folding doors, ideal for entertaining. shelved cupboard. The rear landing has a hatch with an attic ladder It has two Lorimer style fireplaces with raised cast iron hearths, tiled up to a partially floored roof space. Off this landing are three further Description surrounds and carved wooden mantels. The dining room and the bedrooms and another bathroom with a bath with tiled surround and In recent years a comprehensive programme of improvements has drawing room have bay windows to the front together with cornicings, mains connected shower, pedestal washbasin, WC, towel rail and been undertaken to both the house and grounds. The rear wing has picture rails, high level skirtings and wooden flooring. The drawing shelved cupboard. Bedroom 4 has built in wardrobes and a tank been completely renovated to combine the best of modern style living room also has an open fireplace with a marble mantel and two shelved cupboard. within a traditional country property. The walls were taken back to cupboards. Behind this is the office/playroom with cornicing, open Outside One of the major features of Burnside is its extensive gardens stone and the layout downstairs redesigned to create a luxurious open fireplace with a wooden mantel, cupboard and wooden flooring. At the and grounds. Next to the house there is an area of garden with lawns plan kitchen/dining/living area of exemplary quality – a magnificent back of the house is the open plan family room/kitchen. This spacious and box hedge lined flower borders. On the other side of the house heart to the home. The opportunity was taken to provide modern cavity room has hand built fitted solid wood units from Creamery Kitchens of is a winter garden which is enclosed by hedges and is laid out as a wall and floor insulation, new plasterwork and decoration to the entire Somerset. There are granite work surfaces, a double Belfast sink, solid box hedge and yew parterre. To the side of the house is a block built rear of the house whilst sympathetically retaining period features such wood topped island unit with Siemens double oven and grill and NEFF garage (4.95 m x 4.6 m) with an attractive wooden frontage, together with an attached wood shed (7.45 m x 2.45m). The stone built bothy has a slate roof. It is presently divided into two rooms (one with a wood burning stove) and amongst other recent improvements also benefits from double glazing, a concrete floor and has been rewired and has water connected. Whilst further internal works are required, it offers considerable potential for a variety of uses. Beyond the garden is a pond with an island and bridge. This is fed by a burn from a lovely wooded area. Above this, and at the back of the house is a fenced grass paddock (1.69 acres) and an orchard with ornamental trees. There would be plenty of scope to erect stables or a field shelter if required. General remarks and information Services Mains electricity, private drainage and water. Oil fired central heating. Fixtures and fittings Fitted carpets, light fittings and curtains are included. Chandeliers may be available by separate negotiation. The urns in the garden are included, but the ornamental statues are excluded. Local Authority Aberdeenshire Council Council Tax Band G Home Report and Energy Performance A copy of the full Home Report and Energy Performance Certificate is available on request. EPC rating D 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.