Balquharrie House

Balquharrie House Muthill, Crieff, Perthshire A beautifully situated farming estate with great sporting and amenity appeal, featuring a delightful primary residence and five additional cottages, all set within a 532 acre estate. BALQUHARRIE HOUSE MUTHILL • CRIEFF • PERTHSHIRE • PH5 2BP

Lovely country house set in extensive grounds with outlook to Highlands

Hall, drawing room, dining room, kitchen / family room, sitting room, utility room, WC. 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms.

Outside office, games room and store.

3 bedroom cottage

Coach house and wooden stores.

Established gardens and woodland. Formal garden. All weather tennis court.

Four fields. 17.8 acres in all

EPC Rating = E

Thorntons Savills EDINBURGH 17-21 George Street 8 Wemyss Place Perth PH1 5JY Edinburgh EH3 6DH 01738 621212 0131 247 3700 [email protected] [email protected] www.thorntons-law.co.uk savills.co.uk

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SITUATION DESCRIPTION

Balquharrie is set in over 17 acres of its own grounds just outside Muthill and enjoys uninterrupted views Balquharrie House is a delightful stone built property dating from the early 1800s. It has a symmetrical over Crieff to the Perthshire hills. This area of Scotland is renowned for its rolling hills and magnificent front facade with a front facing dormer above the front door. The west elevation with its French doors countryside and yet is highly accessible to the cities in the south, through the excellent road and rail links. overlooking the terrace is also very attractive.

Muthill is a picturesque conservation village and provides a good primary school, village shop with post Internally the accommodation is ideal for modern family occupation. Either side of the central hall are a office, hairdressing salon, 9-hole golf course, bowling green club and a local pony club. Drummond south facing drawing room and dining room. Behind the dining room is the west facing kitchen / family Castle, with its famous formal parterre, is close by and is a delight to visit in the summer. Crieff and room with glazed doors onto the terrace. There is a sitting room off the back hall and a utility room. Auchterarder are both within easy reach and offer excellent day to day facilities. Perth and Stirling are both There are six bedrooms and three bathrooms on the first floor. The master bedroom and guest within half an hour’s drive and offer a wider range of facilities. Edinburgh and Glasgow, with their bedroom each have an en suite bathroom. international airports, are generally reached within about an hour’s drive. There is a ralway station at Gleneagles, offering commuter services and a sleeper service to London. Immediately to the rear of the house is a detached stone building which has a games room and store / boiler room downstairs and an office upstairs. Gleneagles, host of the 2014 Ryder Cup, is only 6½ ,miles away. The hotel has exceptional facilities including three outstanding golf courses, a country club and an equestrian centre. Salmon and trout To the side are a three bedroom gardener’s cottage and a stone built former coach house now used for fishing, pheasant shooting and stalking may be taken locally, with the ski slopes of Glenshee and Glencoe garaging and storage being within comfortable driving distance. There is a comprehensive range of schools within easy reach, including the private schools of Ardvreck and Morrison’s Academy, both in Crieff, Glenalmond, Strathallan, Kilgraston and Craigclowan.

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Bothy The Bothy

Kitchen/ Family Games Dining Room Room Room 9.12 x 4.44 5.41 x 4.52 5.49 x 4.72 29'11'' x 14'7'' 17'9'' x 14'10'' 18' x 15'6''

Porch Hall

Store 4.65 x 2.46 15'3'' x 8'1''

Utility B

4.04 x 2.34 13'3'' x 7'8'' Drawing Room 7.80 x 5.23 WC Ground Floor 25'7'' x 17'2''

Sitting Room BALQUHARRIE HOUSE 5.31 x 3.48 17'5'' x 11'5'' Gross Internal Area (approx)

Main House – 392.69 sq.m (4227 sq.ft) Bothy – 81.75 sq.m (880 sq.ft) GroundG rFlooround Floor Cottage – 96.89 sq.m (1043 sq.ft) Ground Floor Coach House,Garage,Workshop – 78.04 sq.m (840 sq.ft)

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Bothy The Bothy

Bedroom 2 Bedroom 4 Bedroom 5 4.70 x 4.55 4.44 x 4.14 4.50 x 4.50 15'5'' x 14'11'' 14'7'' x 13'7'' 14'9'' x 14'9''

Office 8.97 x 4.39 29'5'' x 14'5''

Bathroom Ensuite Bathroom

Ensuite Bathroom

Bedroom 3 4.19 x 3.51 Master First Floor 13'9'' x 11'6'' Bedroom 5.28 x 4.72 17'4'' x 15'6'' Bedroom 6 5.31 x 3.96 17'5'' x 13'

First FloorFirst Floor First Floor

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ACCOMMODATION

Ground Floor

Solid front door to vestibule with flagstone floor. Half glazed inner door to:

Hall

Drawing Room Adam style carved wooden mantel with slate inset and hearth. Glazed door to garden.

Dining Room Wooden floor. Fireplace with white marble mantel.

Kitchen / Family Room Four oven Aga. Neff electric hob. Extensive wooden fronted wall cupboards with marble work surface. Island unit incorporating electric oven. Built in dresser. Open fireplace with solid fuel stove. French doors to garden.

Inner hall with under stair cupboard.

Cloakroom Fitted coat hooks, sink and work surface. Shelved boot rack.

Utility room Belfast sink. Plumbed for washing machine.

Larder and WC with wash basin.

Sitting Room

First Floor

Stairs up to first floor with separate landings to north and south. South landing with door off to:

Master Bedroom Built in wardrobes.

En suite bathroom Bath with shower and shower screen, WC, wash basin with cupboards around, heated towel rail.

Bedroom 2 Built in wardrobes. Wash basin.

Half landing with door to:

Bedroom 3

North landing with shelved cupboard off. Doors to:

Bedroom 4

Bedroom 5 Shelved cupboard.

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Coach House, Garage, Workshop

Cottage – 96.89 sq.m (1043 sq.ft)

Workshop Coach House,Garage,Workshop – 78.04 sq.m (840 sq.ft) 4.11 x 3.02 13'6'' x 9'11'' Gross Internal Area (approx)

Garage 4.14 x 2.74 Cottage 13'7'' x 9' Cottage

Kitchen/ Dining Room Sitting 5.46 x 3.56 Room 17'11'' x 11'8'' 5.46 x 3.68 17'11'' x 12'1'' Log Storage

Hall Bathroom

Bedroom 3 2.72 x 2.62 8'11'' x 8'7''

Bedroom 1 4.83 x 3.05 15'10'' x 10' Bedroom 2 4.22 x 2.79 13'10'' x 9'2''

Ground Floor

Coach House 10.79 x 4.95 35'5'' x 16'3''

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Bathroom Bath. Wash basin. WC. Heated towel rail. The gardens continue behind the house where there is a further area of lawn shielded by a brick wall to the side. On the outer side of the wall is a hen house and enclosed run. Bedroom 6 The four fields surround the house. They are let to a local farmer on an annual tenancy agreement which En suite bathroom Bath with electric shower, WC, wash basin and heated towel rail. terminates at the end of February. In the two fields to the west there are 22 tree cages with a variety of field trees including birch, copper beech, dawn redwood, Bhutan pine, tulip, red oak, paper bark maple, Linen cupboard Shelves and hot water cylinder. deodar, coastal redwood, turkey oak, katsura and Atlantic cedar.

To the west of the house outside the kitchen is a paved terrace with a surrounding wall. There is a rock BOTHY garden with a former well to the side. A path leads through from this area to an all weather tennis court which is surrounded by a beech hedge. The surface is by Charles Lawrence Surfaces. To the rear of the house is a detached stone built bothy with an arched door and window.

Games Room Wooden floor. Storage under the window seats.

Boiler room Trianco oil fired central heating boiler. Store room off.

Office Wooden floor. Stove. Velux windows with views to north.

COTTAGE AND OUTBUILDINGS

To the north east of the house is the three bedroom Garden Cottage which is of Dorran construction with wooden facing and a tiled roof.

Adjacent to this is a stone built coach house with a slate roof, up and over doors and flagstone flooring. It is used as garaging on the ground floor with a storage loft above and former loose boxes to the side.

On the third side is an open fronted log shed. Next to this is a garage with double wooden doors housing a tractor and trailer, and beside this a potting shed.

GARDENS AND GROUNDS

Balquharrie House is set in 17.8 acres of gardens and parkland grazing.

A driveway from the public road lined by mature trees and beech hedges leads up to a gravel sweep at the front door with a large central lawn. Shrubs and rhododendrons surround the property, giving it great seclusion and amenity. To the side is a formal garden with a central sundial and raised rose beds with a high stone wall behind.

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GENERAL REMARKS DIRECTIONS Services Mains water from private pipe at roadside. Private drainage to septic tank. Mains electricity. Central Driving north into Muthill on the A833 from Gleneagles continue into the centre of heating and hot water from oil fired boiler. the village. Turn sharp right at the corner, pass the church on your left hand side Local Authority and continue out of the village. The drive and gates to Balquharrie are in trees on • Balquharrie House is in Perth and Kinross Council Tax Band G. the left hand side after about ¼ mile. • The Cottage is in Council Tax Band E.

Fixtures and Fittings The light fittings in the drawing room and the urns in the garden are specifically excluded. The curtains important notice are available for a price to be agreed in addition to the sale price. Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that:

Servitude rights, burdens and wayleaves 1. They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all servitude rights, burdens, reservations and either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They wayleaves, including rights of access and rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. These drainage, water and wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cable, drains and water, gas and other pipes, particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or whether contained in the Title Deeds or informally constituted and whether referred to in the General representations of fact. 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. 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property Offers has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. Offers, in Scottish legal form, must be submitted by your solicitor to the Selling Agents.

It is intended to set a closing date but the seller reserves the right to negotiate a sale with a single party. All genuinely interested parties are advised to instruct their solicitor to note their interest with the Selling Agents immediately after inspection.

Deposit A deposit of 10% of the purchase price may be required. It will be paid within 7 days of the conclusion of Missives. The deposit will be non-returnable in the event of the Purchaser(s) failing to complete the sale for reasons not attributable to the Seller or his agents

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