CONTEMPORARY LIVING WITHIN A HISTORIC BUILDING south range, fetteresso castle, fetteresso, stonehaven, kincardineshire, ab39 3ur CONTEMPORARY LIVING WITHIN A HISTORIC BUILDING south range, fetteresso castle, fetteresso, stonehaven, kincardineshire, ab39 3ur Summary Ground Floor: Entrance hall u original vaulted cellars u laundry room First Floor: Drawing room u dining room u dining kitchen cloakroom with wc and wash hand basin Second Floor: Principal bedroom with en suite shower room three further bedrooms u bathroom Double garage EPC = D Distances Stonehaven: 2 miles Aberdeen: 15 miles Aberdeen International Airport: 22 miles Directions From Aberdeen travel south on the A90 and take the Stonehaven/ Spurryhillock exit. Continue to follow the signs for Aberdeen and cross back over the dual carriageway. After passing the garden centre on the left, immediately after The Lodge House turn into the driveway marked private. This picturesque driveway leads to the Castle and on entering the grounds take the left branch of the internal gravel drive and go to the end where there is a private turning and parking area for number 2 (also known as South Range). There is further visitor parking on the right branch and at the rear by the garages, however please do not park in front of the neighbouring houses. Location Stonehaven is a town in the north east of Scotland, located 16 miles south of Aberdeen. The town developed as a fishing port and as the county town of Kincardineshire it featured (as did the surrounding area) in the recently released film adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s classic ‘Sunset Song’. The town has been a traditional tourist destination for many years. It has become increasingly popular with overseas visitors who come to see the iconic Scottish fortress, Dunnottar Castle. The town benefits from a delightful harbour area with fine traditional pubs and restaurants. Stonehaven hosts its world famous Hogmanay fire ball procession and music event on New Year’s Eve in the town centre.Stonehaven is excellently situated for transport. The train station is served by frequent services to Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, East Coast Line to London and Cross Country to Birmingham and the West Country. The station benefits from the advantage of free car parking. Buses regularly run from the town to Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth. The town is adjacent to the A90 allowing easy access to Aberdeen and the north; Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow to the south. Stonehaven itself has nursery, primary and secondary education. Lathallan offers nursery, junior and senior schooling. Other private schools in Aberdeen are well connected by the public transport services above. Stonehaven will be at the southern end of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route that is scheduled to be completed in 2018. This will allow rapid access to Aberdeen Airport and business areas to the west and north of Aberdeen. Aberdeen Airport offers direct flights to hubs in London, Paris, Amsterdam and Frankfurt. The airport is also a hub for the main transport routes for personnel working on the offshore oil and gas installations. History Fetteresso Castle, or as it was originally known, Fetteresso Palace, is first recorded in the 16th century as a Keith house, though the site has been inhabited much longer, with a Bronze Age burial mound standing by the castle entrance. That house was ruined by Montrose in 1645 as part of the reprisals for the refusal of the Earl Marischal to leave the nearby Dunnottar Castle to join him during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It was then rebuilt as a fortified house; some of the gun slots from that period can be seen in the cellars. The Chevalier St George or Old Pretender stayed in the house during the 1715 Jacobite rising, and was acclaimed King James VIII/III by the Earl of Mar in the courtyard. With the failure of the rising the house was forfeited and passed through the hands of the infamous York Buildings Company and eventually into the family of Vice Admiral Robert Duff. They substantially rebuilt the house by 1808 into the outward form as a ‘castle’ with crenellations that it is today, and lived in it until the Second World War. In 1947 the castle and remaining policies were sold and became a hotel, and subsequently resold to a local farmer who deroofed the castle to avoid paying rates on it. In 1993 the castle was rebuilt as seven individual homes in seven acres of grounds. Description In a bygone era the part of the castle that is now South Range was the grand ballroom. South facing views capture a wonderful vista of rolling countryside, the Carron water and a woodland valley which is a haven for wildlife and birds. Internally, the presentation is at a ready-to-move- into level, with high quality self coloured carpets, neutral decoration and most rooms enjoying an abundance of natural light. As you would expect from a property of this era there are high ceilings, Local Authority: Aberdeenshire Council Tax Band G. Possession: To be by mutual agreement. large windows and panelled doors. Well suited for couples and families, there is a real sense of residents’ community spirit within the Listing: Category B Listed. Offers: Offers must be submitted in Scottish legal terms to the Selling castle. Agents. A closing date for offers may be fixed and prospective Home Report & Energy Performance: A copy of the full Home Report purchasers are advised to register their interest with the Selling Agents Accommodation and Energy Performance Certificate is available on request. following inspection. The current configuration gives a wonderful feeling of space with Servitude rights, burdens and wayleaves: The property is sold generously sized accommodation throughout. The welcoming Viewing subject to and with the benefit of all servitude rights, burdens, reception hallway gives independent access to the original and historic Strictly by appointment with Savills – 01224 971110 reservations and wayleaves, including rights of access and rights of vaulted cellars. These rooms are extremely versatile and offer great way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, water and scope for conversion to further accommodation. Accessed via an wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cable, drains and water, gas elongated hallway is the laundry room which offers great utility space and other pipes, whether contained in the Title Deeds or informally and access into the sheltered rear courtyard. At mezzanine level is a constituted and whether referred to in the General Remarks and cloakroom with a white WC and wash hand basin. On reaching the Stipulations or not. The Purchaser(s) will be held to have satisfied first floor, a superb large landing window has fitted window seats to himself as to the nature of all such servitude rights and others. take full advantage of afternoon sunlight. Most elegant is the south facing drawing room with extra height window to capture the stunning countryside views which include a 15th century doocot and ice house. A focal point of this room is the fireplace housing a coal effect gas fire which could easily incorporate a wood burning stove with the necessary alterations. Again the formal dining room has the same advantage of a large south facing window for further views. An upper mezzanine gives access to the dining kitchen which offers casual eating space and has twin aspect windows. A further floor gives access to the well appointed principal bedroom with en suite shower room and again this is a room which affords stunning views. A guest bedroom benefits from a south facing aspect, bedroom 3 has a large roof light and bedroom 4 with twin aspect windows is presently used as a study. Outside Communal and exclusive areas form a wonderful seven acres of policies. There are formal lawns to the front with a variety of mature trees and shrubs. There is a substantial mature woodland and a children’s play park at the far end. The mutual areas are maintained on an informal basis. South Range itself has around half an acre of private garden with a south facing aspect. The well stocked garden has a number of mature roses and other perennials. A wide terrace leads down to a ha-ha and provides a carpet of daffodils and other bulbs in the appropriate seasons. There is a small orchard, ornamental trees and soft fruit trees. A large central courtyard garden at the rear is jointly owned by number 2 and 4 and is a fantastic sheltered spot for late afternoon sunshine. Garage: Driveway and double garage. Services: Oil central heating. Double glazing. Fixtures and fittings: All fitted carpets, fitted floor coverings, blinds, lights and bathroom fittings are included in the sale price. floorplans Gross internal area (approx): Bedroom 3 4.80 x 2.49 330.26 sq.m (3555 sq.ft) 15'9'' x 8'2'' (Including Gas Store) Garage: 44.50 sq.m (479 sq.ft) Bathroom Ensuite Shower Room Principal Bedroom Bedroom 2 4.42 x 3.86 4.06 x 3.25 Bedroom 4 14'6'' x 12'8'' 13'4'' x 10'8'' 3.00 x 2.77 9'10'' x 9'1'' Second Floor Double Gas Garage Store 6.71 x 6.60 22' x 21'8'' Laundry Dining Room Kitchen 4.72 x 2.31 4.80 x 2.49 15'6'' x 7'7'' 15'9'' x 8'2'' Ground Floor WC Hall This Plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey Map with the sanction of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office. Crown Copyright reserved. (100024244). 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.