STUNNING GEORGIAN COUNTRY HOUSE IN MATURE GROUNDS WITH FAR REACHING VIEWS keig house, keig, alford, aberdeenshire, ab33 8bu

STUNNING GEORGIAN COUNTRY HOUSE IN MATURE GROUNDS WITH FAR REACHING VIEWS keig house, keig, alford, aberdeenshire, ab33 8bu Vestibule u hallway u drawing room u dining room u study dining kitchen u utility room u larder u cloakroom

2 bedrooms with en suite bathrooms u 4 further bedrooms bedroom 7/hobby room u shower room u WC

Laundry room u wine cellar u plant room u coal cellar

Walled garden u double garage u former stables/log shed garden bothy About 1.6 acres including pony paddock EPC = F

Alford: 4 miles Inverurie: 16 miles Aberdeen: 25 miles Aberdeen: Airport 28 miles

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Directions From Aberdeen take the A944 Alford road through Dunecht and Tillyfourie. At Whitehouse turn right onto the B992 signposted Keig and Insch. Proceed along this road, crossing the arched Bridge of Keig over the River Don and in the village of Keig continue straight ahead at the crossroads, heading towards Lethenty. Keig House is up the hill on the left opposite the village church. Location Keig House lies in the scenic Howe of Alford, about 4 miles from the outskirts of Alford. As the principal town serving Donside, Alford offers an excellent range of amenities including a health centre, shops, banking, post office, filling station and hotels. Leisure pursuits are well catered for with a swimming pool, a dry ski slope at Alford Ski Centre and an 18 hole golf course. Visitor attractions include the Grampian Transport Museum, Alford Railway Museum and Alford Heritage Centre. The life size statue of a bull on the eastern approach to the town marks the area’s claim to be the birthplace of the Aberdeen Angus breed of cattle. On the edge of Alford is Haughton Country Park, a 200 acre park with children’s play area, walks and trails, a putting green and camp site. The ski slopes at the Lecht are about 25 miles to the west. The surrounding hills offer wonderful walking and a wide range of field sports is readily available in the area. The boundary of the Cairngorms National Park lies some 12 miles to the west.

Schooling is provided at Keig Primary School and Alford Academy, with three independent schools available in Aberdeen. A new community campus is currently under construction in Alford. Scheduled for completion in late 2015, this will include the relocated primary and secondary schools, a swimming pool, sports facilities, a theatre, a library and a community café.

Regular bus services are available from Alford with links to Aberdeen, Westhill, Kintore and Kemnay, with trains available at nearby Insch and Inverurie. Aberdeen provides all the business, leisure, recreational and entertainment facilities expected from the “Oil Capital” of Europe.

For the sports enthusiast, the surrounding countryside could not offer a richer choice. There is salmon and trout fishing on the nearby Rivers Don and Dee and deer stalking and shooting in the locality. The area is in the heart of castle country and the National Trust for Scotland has a number of properties open to the public including Craigievar, Leith Hall, Castle Fraser, Fyvie and Crathes.

History The renowned Scottish architect John Smith designed and built Keig Parish Church and Keig House in 1834. The house is designed in a classic late Georgian style. An 1866 extension houses the kitchen, utility room, larder, W.C. and former maid’s room. External period features include the Tudor hood mould over the front door and corbie- stepped gables.

John Smith, often known as ‘Tudor Johnny’, was born in 1781, the son of a master builder and architect based in Aberdeen, the city over which he was to have a profound influence during his long career, spanning 47 years until his death in 1852. Smith’s work can be seen today in some of the most important and memorable buildings in the city such as at King’s College and St Machar’s Cathedral, as well as in many of Aberdeenshire’s country houses built or remodelled in the first half of the nineteenth century. Description Keig House is situated on the edge of Keig village in grounds secluded the surrounding countryside. The mature garden is filled with a wide by mature deciduous trees. Black wrought iron gates and granite variety of trees and planted for seasonal colour. In spring there is an pillars lead to a driveway which passes through woodland, ending in abundance of bluebells, snowdrops and daffodils in the woodland a gravel sweep in front of the house. Created in the classic Georgian surrounding the house. style, Keig House is built of squared granite, dressed with chamfered reveals. A building of considerable but understated charm, it is built Accommodation over three floors and a basement, and is three windows wide, with On the ground floor the elegant principal rooms open off the impressive delightful proportions. The previous owners and the current sellers central hallway, reached through the stone-flagged vestibule. have sensitively upgraded and restored the house to its former glory. A cantilevered main staircase leads to the first and second floors. Works included replumbing, rewiring, the installation of a new central The bright and welcoming drawing room, with southerly and easterly heating and water system, repairs to sash windows and a new kitchen aspects, has a wood burning stove set under a marble mantelpiece. and bathrooms. Features of note include high ceilings, picture rails, The dining room is another impressive room with a southerly aspect high skirting boards, pitch pine flooring, panelled doors, mahogany and an open fire with marble surround. The study, again with an open balustrade and flagstone flooring. The house has superb views of fire, overlooks the rear courtyard area.

The hub of the house is the stunning kitchen with custom built cabinets by local craftsmen at Lethenty Mill, with iroko wooden work surfaces and a large island unit with granite worktop. The focal point is the Lacanche stainless steel professional range cooker with seven burner gas hob and gas and electric ovens. A very useful utility room for everyday cooking tasks, with work surface areas and a Belfast sink, lies off the kitchen. A walk-in larder and a WC open off the rear hallway. A staircase leads to the former maid’s room above the kitchen, which is currently used as a hobby room . The main staircase ascends to the first floor landing, off which are four good-sized double bedrooms. All four bedrooms have period fireplaces and two have en suite facilities including free standing ornate roll top claw foot baths, with one en suite having an additional separate shower cubicle. The staircase continues to the top floor, where there are two further double bedrooms and a contemporary shower room and WC. A turned stone staircase leads to the basement which affords the Outbuildings luxury of a very large laundry room, a plant room housing the water Double garage, former stables/log shed and garden store. tank system, a wine cellar and a coal cellar. Services Outside Mains water. Private drainage. Oil fired central heating. Keig House is surrounded by wonderful old country house gardens. There are many magnificent mature trees in the garden including Fixtures and fittings oaks, copper beeches, ornamental cherries and a beautiful hawthorn. All fitted carpets, lights and bathroom fittings are included in the sale Immediately behind the house lies a South facing walled garden. Along price. the walls there are herbaceous borders and trained roses and fruit trees. Beyond the walled garden there is a pony paddock surrounded Local Authority by a stone wall and mature trees. The back door of the house leads to Aberdeenshire Council Tax Band G. a very sheltered, paved courtyard with high granite walls, which is an ideal area for alfresco entertaining. To the side of the house is a very Listing flat lawn, used for croquet in the summer months. Keig House is Category C listed. Home Report & Energy Performance A copy of the full Home Report and Energy Performance Certificate is available on request.

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. The Purchaser(s) will be held to have satisfied himself as to the nature of all such servitude rights and others.

Possession To be by mutual agreement.

Offers Offers must be submitted in Scottish legal terms to the Selling Agents. A closing date for offers may be fixed and prospective purchasers are advised to register their interest with the Selling Agents following inspection. floorplans

Gross internal area (approx): 401.23 sq.m (4319 sq.ft)

Garage & Stores Gross internal area (approx) 66.24 sq.m (713 sq.ft) Double Garage 7.87 x 5.79 Bedroom 6 Bedroom 5 For Identification Only. Not To Scale. 25'10'' x 19' 5.69 x 4.44 5.66 x 4.37 © Square Foot Media. 18'8'' x 14'7'' 18'7'' x 14'4'' Shower Room

Second Floor

Store Store Utility 3.43 x 2.87 3.43 x 2.74 Larder 3.48 x 2.64 11'3'' x 9'5'' 11'3'' x 9' 11'5'' x 8'8'' Bedroom 7/ Hobby Room Courtyard 4.34 x 4.11 7.29 x 4.90 14'3'' x 13'6'' 23'11'' x 16'1'' (approximate) Ground Floor

WC

Coal Dining Ensuite Cellar Kitchen Bathroom 3.63 x 1.30 6.73 x 4.32 11'11'' x 4'3'' 22'1'' x 14'2''

Laundry Study Plant Room 4.44 x 2.72 Room Bedroom 4 Bedroom 2 3.66 x 2.95 14'7'' x 8'11'' 4.04 x 3.45 12' x 9'8'' 4.44 x 3.66 4.37 x 3.68 13'3'' x 11'4'' Wine Hall 14'7'' x 12' 14'4'' x 12'1'' Cellar

Drawing Basement Dining Room Room 6.07 x 4.42 Master 5.26 x 4.47 19'11'' x 14'6'' Bedroom 3 Bedroom 17'3'' x 14'8'' 4.44 x 4.42 4.42 x 4.39 Entrance 14'7'' x 14'6'' Ensuite 14'6'' x 14'5'' Hall Bathroom

Ground Floor First Floor Energy Efficiency Rating

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