COULIGARTEN LOCH ARD ABERFOYLE Couligarten Loch Ard, Aberfoyle
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COULIGARTEN LOCH ARD ABERFOYLE Couligarten Loch Ard, Aberfoyle Kinlochard 1.6 miles, Aberfoyle 5.9 miles, Stirling 25 miles, Glasgow 32 Miles (All distances are approximate). A spacious family home in a secluded setting together with extensive frontage onto Loch Ard with a private boat house, trout fishing and stunning waterside views across to the Queen Elizabeth Forest Park. Accommodation comprises: Ground Floor: Porch, Hall, Sitting Room, Study, Drawing Room, Conservatory divided into seating and dining areas with feature fish pond, Breakfasting Kitchen, Games Room, inner Hall, Bathroom, separate WC, secondary Hall, Ante Room, Shower Room, Utility Room. First Floor: Master Bedroom with ensuite Bathroom, three further Bedrooms and a Family Bathroom. Two steep secondary staircases rise to small landings, both of which lead to two Bedrooms. Outbuildings: Double Garage, Bothy, Dutch Barn and adjacent Pole Barn. Former Piggery and Kennels. Gardens: Attractive wooded grounds with large terrace, extensive lawns, specimen rhododendrons and azaleas, Courtyard Garden with decking and two feature Ponds. About 55.82 acres (22.59 hectares) in all. Available as a whole. Situation: leading to a porch with hanging space for coats Surrounded by the Great Forest of Loch Ard which and an inner astragal glazed door opening to: stretches between Aberfoyle and the foothills of Loch Lomond, Couligarten House occupies a Reception Hall. A bright room with stained oak private, elevated location on the southern shore staircase rising to the first floor. Tiled floor, and of Loch Ard, about 1.6 miles from the village of doors to the principal reception rooms. Kinlochard. The village is a busy tourist destination and is home to a local sailing club as well as the Sitting Room (E). A lovely welcoming room with a Forest Hills Hotel and Resort, the Altskeith Country stone hearth and built in bookcase. House, the ‘Wee Blether Tearoom’ and a Village Hall which holds regular Community Events. Study (E). A custom-fitted Neville Johnson office with hardwood flooring, inbuilt desk with integrated Aberfoyle is a short drive away from the property shelving and bookcase, along with east-facing and provides a good range of local amenities windows to take advantage of the spectacular including a Primary School, Supermarket, Butcher, views of Loch Ard. Delicatessen, Post Office, Petrol Station, Bank, Medical Centre, Hotels, Restaurants and Garden Drawing Room (E,S,W). A bright and magnificent Centre. In addition there are a number of tourist dual aspect room centred around a large solid fuel attractions including the recently refurbished Lodge burner with French doors to a patio and two east Forest Visitor Centre, home to the Go Ape High facing windows looking over Loch Ard. Wire Adventure Course. Nearby at Port of Menteith is the Lake Hotel and Nick Nairn’s Cooking School. Conservatory (S). A stunning open-plan Glasgow City Centre and the associated facilities conservatory with stained timber beams forms and amenities of Scotland’s largest city can be the ‘hub’ of the house and is split between a reached in approximately one hour’s driving time. comfortable Seating Area with a tiled floor centred around a gas fire and a raised hardwood Dining Couligarten is within the heart of the Loch Lomond Area. The conservatory is completed by a large and Trossachs National Park, a region steeped pond in the centre of the room and French doors in legend, folklore and history. Local attractions out to a timber decking and Courtyard Garden. A include a range of outdoor activities from walking, passageway to the side of the Conservatory has cycling and mountaineering to water sports, golf, doors to: horse riding and wildlife viewing. The mountain areas such as the Arrochar Alps attract numerous Breakfasting Kitchen (N). A well equipped walking enthusiasts whilst Loch Lomond and kitchen with space for a large kitchen table. There the many other lochs and rivers offer a great are timber units which house an electric hob with angling experience. extractor fan over, an integrated Kenwood double oven and a double stainless steel sink unit. There There are a number of options for schooling is a recessed wall which provides space for an locally with a primary school in Aberfoyle and Aga or range cooker to be installed under a feature secondary schooling at Balfron High and McLaren oak beam. High School in Callander. In addition there are a number of private schools including Beaconhurst Games Room (N). Benefitting from new double at Bridge of Allan, the High School of Glasgow, glazed windows, the Games Room has an open Glasgow Academy, Hutchison Grammar School wrought iron fireplace with a marble surround and and Kelvinside Academy in Glasgow. mantle as well as intricate cornicing. General Description From the Conservatory passageway there is a Couligarten House is a traditional and charming small connecting inner Hall with a back stair to two family house occupying an elevated position in its first floor bedrooms and doors to: own protecting land, giving it far reaching views over Loch Ard and the surrounding countryside. Utility Cupboard. Storage cupboard with shelving The house is of harled brick and block construction and sink. with a slate roof, wrought iron rainwater goods and astragal windows. Bathroom (N). A freestanding bath with a wash hand basin. The well-presented accommodation is laid out over two floors as follows: W/C (N). Couligarten House is entered by an oak storm door From the other end of the Conservatory passageway Bedroom 8 (W). Double bedroom with timber panel there is a secondary Hall which has a connecting walls, wrought iron fireplace and walk in wardrobe. door to the Conservatory as well as to the outside patio. There is also a tiled floor, recessed bookcase, OUTBUILDINGS a separate back stair to two first floor bedrooms, and Adjoining the house is a double garage which can be doors to: accessed externally as well as from a side door to the Conservatory passageway. The double garage has a Shower Room. An electric shower unit with wash Boiler Room housing two oil-fired boilers. The oil tank hand basin and W/C. is located to the rear of the garage. Ante Room (S). With a tiled floor, intricate cornicing To the south-east of the house there is a range of and inbuilt cupboards. Leading to: useful outbuildings comprising a stone built, two- storey Bothy which is used by the current owners for Utility Room (N+W). Currently used as a utility storing garden equipment. The bothy has a separate room by the current owners, there are the necessary W/C and wash hand basin with plumbing for a plumbing connections, inbuilt cupboards and a tiled bathroom and stairs leading to an open-plan first floor floor. There is also an under stair cupboard housing that has been used as a Games Room. Subject to the a hot water tank. necessary consents, the Bothy could be converted to provide ancillary accommodation to the main house. FIRST FLOOR Next to the bothy there is a large open sided pole The first floor is reached by three separate staircases. barn with an adjacent Dutch barn which are both The primary staircase rises from the Reception Hall to currently used for storing boats. a Landing opening to: On the eastern edge of the drive, as you approach Master Bedroom (E). With a wall of fitted wardrobes the house, there is a timber and corrugated-iron and a boarded fireplace with marble surround the clad former piggery which has not been used for its room benefits most from the stunning easterly views original purpose for some time but is now suitable for of Loch Ard. miscellaneous storage. Ensuite (S). Large bath/Jacuzzi with a shower over, GARDENS AND GROUNDS wash hand basin and W/C. To the east of the house a large terrace leads to extensive lawns, flanked by rhododendrons with a Bedroom 2 (E). Double bedroom with an inbuilt number of mature specimen trees including cherry, wardrobe, recess cupboard, and cornice. spruce, oak, silver birch and Scots pine. The gardens to the south include a path flanked by azaleas leading Bedroom 3 (E). Double bedroom with an inbuilt to a pond bordered by bamboo. Adjoining the wardrobe, and cornice. conservatory is a courtyard garden featuring a large decked area leading to a bridge over a pond and Bedroom 4 (E). Double bedroom with an inbuilt onto a secondary pond. The courtyard is enclosed wardrobe, wash hand basin and cornice. by dwarf stone walls planted with a variety of shrubs providing a perfect place to entertain. Family Bathroom (W). Electric shower cubicle, bath, WC and wash hand basin. LAND Couligarten House is ring-fenced by approximately The back staircase rising from the inner Hall leads to 55.82 acres in total which comprises grass fields, a small Landing with doors to: semi-ancient oak woodland and an orchard. The elevated setting provides for stunning views to the Bedroom 5 (N). A small double bedroom with an east over fields which lead down to the shore of inbuilt cupboard. Loch Ard where there are a number of bays and a former Boat House. Many of the fields are unfenced Bedroom 6. A small double bedroom with a window and have naturally regenerated oak and birch trees looking over the Conservatory below. throughout them as well as a variety of mature trees including a magnolia tree on the side of the drive. The back staircase rising from the secondary Hall leads to a small Landing with doors to: Bedroom 7 (W+S). Double bedroom with timber panel walls and walk in wardrobe. GENERAL REMARKS AND INFORMATION Entry and Vacant Possession Entry and vacant possession will be by mutual agreement and arrangement.