TILLYCORTHIE MANSION HOUSE

UDNY n ELLON n T ILLYCORTHIE MANSION HOUSE • UDNY • ELLON

TILLYCORTHIE MANSION HOUSE

UDNY n ELLON n ABERDEENSHIRE n ABERDEENSHIRE n AB41 6SD

a stunning example of a fully reinstated mansion house residence with residential, multi generational or commercial potential with circa 9 acres

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TILLYCORTHIE MANSION HOUSE

UDNY n ELLON n ABERDEENSHIRE n ABERDEENSHIRE n AB41 6SD a stunning example of a fully reinstated mansion house residence with residential, multi generational or commercial potential with circa 9 acres

Summary Palm courtyard

Ground Floor East Wing: Library with gentlemen’s cloakroom • Drawing room Bespoke kitchen • Breakfast room • Cocktail bar • Christmas room • Garden room Former receiving room • Powder room with shower • Pantry • Dining room Ground Floor West Wing: Bathroom • Bedroom • Bedroom with en suite dressing room Paymaster’s room • Sitting room • West wing front room • Shower room Upper Floor East Wing: Master suite comprising en suite dressing room and en suite bathroom The Purple Room with en suite bathroom • The Chinese Room • The Red Bathroom • Billiard room Upper Floor West Wing: West wing principal bedroom with en suite shower room Bedroom with en suite shower room • Butler’s bedroom • Butler’s kitchen • The Cosy • Bathroom Oak staircase for outside access • Bedroom • West wing drawing room Lower Level East Wing: Large store • Cellars running the full length of the east wing Lower Level West Wing: Staircase for outside access • Catering/Preparation kitchen • Wine cellar Refrigeration and freezer room • Bedroom • Gym • Two seismic rooms with 5 original seismic tables. Loft Level: Fully floored attic space spans both the east and west wings Edwardian circular steel staircase to the tower. EPC = G

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Location Situated in the parish of Udny, 3 miles south of and 11 miles north of , and about 6 miles from the new Western Peripheral Route, Tillycorthie Mansion House sits to the south of within a magnificent gated and walled estate.

Distances • Aberdeen International Airport 9.5 miles • ABZ Business Park 10 miles • Aberdeen Royal Infirmary 13.5 miles • Trump International Golf Resort 7 miles • Meldrum House Golf Club 9.5 miles • 3 milesa

History Tillycorthie Mansion House was built in 1911 for James Rollo Duncan, a local born entrepreneur. It is a stunning example of a steel-reinforced concrete structure built by James Scott and Son of Aberdeen, pioneers in this method throughout England and the South of France where they earned a reputation for excellence in this type of workmanship. owner sometime after he acquired Tillycorthie Farm in 1900 Hennebique’s British agent L.G. Mouchel published plans The architect was John Cameron, also of during his first return to since leaving Bolivia some 18 and a list of works in 1920, providing evidence that the Aberdeen, who it is thought was working from years previously. hollow-walled construction is entirely in Mouchel-Hennebique earlier plans entitled ‘Spanish Villa, Tillycorthie’. ferro-concrete. It was in Bolivia that he accumulated his vast wealth from tin This design was almost certainly drawn up by the and silver mining, and his appreciation of Spanish styling.

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It is said that the glass covered central courtyard was originally chalked out from the turning circle of the Daimler motor car belonging to James Duncan’s wife, Isabella, with its huge South American teak glazed sliding doors providing shelter to the tropical plantings within. The 18 acre gated and walled estate includes a 4 acre lake with boat house, and within the grounds, there are three properties which have long since been sympathetically converted into detached executive homes, along with a further three lodges at the West and North entrances to the estate. A brick chimney (the ‘sair thoom’) rises up in the adjacent field, evidence of a failed plan to have the smoke taken from the basement’s coke fuelled boilers.

The village of Udny Station owes a great deal to James Duncan, indeed it was the first village in the north east to have electricity, thanks to the Duncan Electricity Company. He also built several properties including one as a wedding present for a daughter, the public hall and he made considerable use of the old and Railway, which his daughters used for getting to St Margaret’s school in Aberdeen. On occasion he was seen waving the train down from the side of the tracks on the rare occasion the girls were late. The line has long since been converted into a cycleway/footpath which winds its way through beautiful countryside.

Isabella survived her husband by 15 years, passing away in 1953, but with no male heir to take over the formidable business interest and farms, the estate was broken up and by the year end Tillycorthie farm and the Mansion House had been acquired by Aberdeen University. While the farm flourished, the Mansion fell into some disrepair until the early 1980s when a developer managed to acquire the Estate in its current form where he proceeded to divide the property into three separate dwellings. The current owners acquired all three dwellings over a three year period, and by 1998, took down the final wall that separated the property. Since then, the Mansion has been used for some extraordinary parties, dinners and private fund raising events, hosting events for well in excess of 300 guests, such is its flexibility and scale.

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Description The opportunity to acquire a period mansion house which has been fully refurbished with such meticulous attention to detail is rare indeed. Since acquiring the property the current owners have lavished much energy, passion and expense to ensure that Tillycorthie has been reinstated to its former glory. The many ornate fireplaces all have open chimneys and are fully functional. Moulded ceilings, cornice work and ceiling roses are in abundance. Grooved door frames, deep skirting boards, panelled doors and original oak parquet flooring have been lovingly waxed and polished.

Accommodation A feeling of grandeur is immediately evident on arrival into the Palm Courtyard; this exquisite reception room is flooded with natural light from the pitched cantilever style glass roof and offers the most versatile of hosting areas. A number of French doors surround the perimeter allowing a direct flow of access to the main corridors of the ground floor accommodation. The traditional library has beautiful carved and intricate glass fronted display cases. Adorning the north east corner with rear and side facing windows is the elegant drawing room. The heart of the home is the particularly generous dining sized presentation kitchen fitted with an extensive and comprehensive range of luxury bespoke hand made cabinets, complemented by granite work surfaces. Integrated luxury appliances are by Wolf, Sub-zero, Siemens and Fischer and Paykel.

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The focal point is the elongated curved central island. An informal start to the day is provided through the double doors to an open sitting area. An adjacent breakfast room offers a more formal start while further down the oak lined corridor is the cocktail bar with its striking black and white porcelain tiled floor. Sympathetically retained is The Christmas room which has no less than four points of access. In turn this room leads to the garden room which leads out to the formal gardens. The ground floor west wing flows seamlessly to the rest of the ground floor and features the former receiving room for guests. This floor is serviced by three bathrooms and a cloakroom. Cornering the north west wing, the formal dining room has a rear facing bay window, and one of three extraordinary floor to ceiling oak fire surrounds.

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There is a double bedroom with en suite dressing room, a sitting room and most attractive west wing corner front room. Everyday utility tasks are catered for in the laundry room and a nostalgic reminder of times past is the paymaster’s room, which still has evidence of filing and payment drawers.

A grand sweeping staircase leads to the first floor. Located on the east wing is the master suite, comprising a large and fabulously light double bedroom, thanks to its bay and side windows. There is an en suite dressing room and bathroom with double ended bath and walk in oversized shower enclosure. There are two further bedrooms one of which is known as the Purple Room with en suite and bathroom and the other known as the Chinese Room. The Red Bathroom has a corner bath and separate shower and services the billiard room which is a breathtaking space with a large boxed and corner window. The fireplace and wood panelling are simply magnificent.

Opposite in the west wing is the principal bedroom with rear bay window and en suite shower room with a further adjacent bedroom with en suite shower room. The front facing drawing room with corner window is reached from the main west wing hallway.

This wing offers ideal self contained independent space for multi generational living, with a bedroom, butler’s bedroom, butler’s kitchen, informal sitting known as the cosy and bathroom.

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Tillycorthie Mansion House Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area: Main House: 1835.15 sq.m (19754 sq.ft) Courtyard: 349.40 sq.m (3761 sq.ft) For identification purposes only. Not to scale.

Wine Cellar WC 5.36 x 3.76 Laundry Former Dining Drawing 17'7'' x 12'4'' 3.73 x 2.36 Receiving Shower Room Library Room 12'3'' x 7'9'' Room Room 7.52 x 6.55 5.33 x 5.16 7.52 x 6.63 4.57 x 3.73 Bedroom 24'8'' x 21'6'' 17'6'' x 16'11'' 24'8'' x 21'9'' Catering Store 5.36 x 2.44 15' x 12'3'' Kitchen 9.22 x 6.10 17'7'' x 8' 6.86 x 6.07 30'3'' x 20' 22'6'' x 19'11'' Fridge Room Hall 5.36 x 2.26 17'7'' x 7'5'' Bathroom

Bedroom 3.33 x 2.11 10'11'' x 6'11'' Kitchen 9.86 x 5.16 32'4'' x 16'11'' Gym Bedroom 5.36 x 4.27 5.21 x 4.24 17'7'' x 14' 17'1'' x 13'11''

Boiler Dressing Paymaster’s Room Room Hall 3.61 x 2.06 3.61 x 2.54 11'10'' x 6'9'' 11'10'' x 8'4'' Palm Breakfast Seismic Rooms Courtyard Room 6.86 x 6.05 20.35 x 16.76 5.18 x 4.60 22'6'' x 19'10'' 66'9'' x 55' 17' x 15'1''

Bar 5.18 x 2.13 Sitting 17' x 7' Room 5.21 x 4.27 Seismic Rooms 17'1'' x 14' 7.52 x 6.86 Cellar Christmas 24'8'' x 22'6'' 6.45 x 3.63 Room 21'2'' x 11'11'' Front 8.15 x 5.33 Room 26'9'' x 17'6'' 4.60 x 3.40 Shower 15'1'' x 11'2'' Room

Lower Ground Floor Ground Floor

Garden Room 6.88 x 5.89 22'7'' x 19'4''

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The Tower

Third Floor Fourth Floor Ensuite Ensuite Shower Bathroom West Wing Room Principal The Master Bedroom Dressing 7.49 x 6.63 Bedroom Room 5.36 x 4.72 24'7'' x 21'9'' 6.65 x 6.27 17'7'' x 15'6'' 21'10'' x 20'7'' Dressing Room 3.56 x 2.18 11'8'' x 7'2''

Ensuite Hall Shower Ensuite Room Bathroom

Butler's Bedroom 5.21 x 3.68 Purple Room Attic Space 17'1'' x 12'1'' 5.18 x 4.60 26.87 x 11.38 17' x 15'1'' 88'2'' x 37'4'' Attic Space The Cosy 26.85 x 16.05 5.23 x 3.02 Hall 88'1'' x 52'8'' 17'2'' x 9'11'' Chinese Room 5.16 x 4.22 16'11'' x 13'10'' Butler's Kitchen Hall 3.28 x 3.17 Bathroom 10'9'' x 10'5''

Red Bathroom

Bedroom 5.23 x 3.28 17'2'' x 10'9'' Billiard Room 8.18 x 7.54 West Wing 26'10'' x 24'9'' Drawing Room Ground Floor 6.88 x 4.11 Half Landing 22'7'' x 13'6''

First Floor Attic

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The entire lower level offers considerable General Outbuildings versatile space while remaining partially • Siemens built in coffee machine Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area: above ground for natural lighting. As one • 2 Siemens built in warming drawers Garages: 157.09 sq.m (1691 sq.ft). would expect in a property of this stature the • 50” built in Panasonic flat screen TV Stores & Potting Shed: 93.83 sq.m (1010 sq.ft). Garage • 4 Sub-zero double induction domino For identification purposes only. Not to scale. 10.21 x 6.25 lower ground floor is very well equipped with 33'6" x 20'6" hobs and integral steamer a preparing/catering kitchen, large store, • 2 Wolff 1200mm ovens refrigeration and freezer room, along with • 2 Double drawer Fischer and Paykel a 3000 bottle capacity wine cellar. From its Garage 12.52 x 5.89 dishwashers 41'1" x 19'4" previous history of academic use by university • 1 Wolff double size fridge freezer with ice students are two Seismic rooms with five maker

original Seismic tables, suitable for further • 1 Double drawer Fischer and Paykel fridge 3.71 x 3.63 12'2" x 11'11" storage while a gym and bedroom/office with ice maker • 2 Stainless steel sinks with hose taps, one completes this level. The loft level of the east with waste disposal Ground Floor and west wings are accessed separately from • Bespoke Jim Thomson silk curtains, oak two different staircases and are fully floored, poles, crystal and silk tiebacks. offering considerable storage space. A spiral • Special order high quality period wall stairway from the east wing leads up into the coverings and paints external tower space for a roof top vista of the • Luxury range and specification of fittings Store 8.51 x 4.06 surrounding countryside. and fixtures. 27'11" x 13'4"

Boathouse 9.07 x 4.42 29'9'' x 14'6'' (max interior)

Store 3.15 x 2.79 10'4" x 9'2"

Ground Floor Potting Shed 6.76 x 4.93 22'2" x 16'2'

Derelict Green House 3.58 x 2.90 11'9" x 9'6"

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Outside Servitude Rights, Important Notice An imposing pillared and gated entrance Burdens and Wayleaves Savills, their clients and any joint agents give provides access to a curved driveway. Most of The property is sold subject to and with notice that: the 9 acres of parkland are lawn with mature the benefit of all servitude rights, burdens, 1. They are not authorised to make or give trees and shrubs. There is an ornamental reservations and wayleaves, including rights any representations or warranties in relation lake and boat house, surrounded by a small of access and rights of way, whether public to the property either here or elsewhere, woodland. The grounds are a haven for deer, or private, light, support, drainage, water either on their own behalf or on behalf of grey and red squirrels, otters and birdlife. and wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cable, their client or otherwise. They assume no Further land can be available by separate drains and water, gas and other pipes, whether responsibility for any statement that may be negotiation. contained in the Title Deeds or informally made in these particulars. These particulars constituted and whether referred to in the Services do not form part of any offer or contract General Remarks and Stipulations or not. and must not be relied upon as statements or Mains water and mains electricity. Private The Purchaser(s) will be held to have satisfied representations of fact. This Plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey Map with the sanction of the drainage. Oil central heating. Teak framed Tillycorthie MaControllernsion House of H.M. Stationery Office. Crown Copyright reserved. (100024244). himself as to the nature of all such servitude This Plan is published for the convenience of Purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and it is expressly excluded from any contract. NOT TO SCALE. windows. rights and others. 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans Or dnance Survey © Crown Copyright 2017. All rights reserved. Licence number 100022432. loPtted Scale - 1:175000 North Lodge Fixtures and Fittings Possession are for guidance only and are not necessarily This map was createdwi th Promap comprehensive. It should not be assumed All fitted carpets, fitted floor coverings, window To be by mutual agreement. blinds and window drapes are included. that the property has all necessary planning,

Air Shaft Tillycor building regulation or other consents and Mansion H Offers The Stables Savills have not tested any services, equipment Local Authority Offers must be submitted in Scottish legal Coach Aberdeenshire Council Tax Band H or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves Lakeside House House terms to the Selling Agents. A closing date for Area : 9.314 acres by inspection or otherwise. offers may be fixed and prospective purchasers (3.769 ha)

Fountain Listing Pond are advised to register their interest with the 05/10/2017 FG Boat House Category B Selling Agents following inspection.

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Or dnance Survey © Crown Copyright 2017. All rights reserved. Licence number 100022432. loPtted Scale - 1:1250 15 This map was createdwi th Promap Savills Aberdeen 5 Queen’s Terrace Aberdeen, AB10 1XL [email protected] 01224 971110 savills.co.uk