Kirklands House, Saline, Fife Offers in excess of £775,000

Situation

Kirklands House sits on the edge of the commuter village of Saline. With its beautiful garden, which has opened regularly under Scotland’s Garden Scheme, Kirklands House has been featured in the Scottish Field and in Scotland on Sunday.
Kirklands House benefits from easy access to Edinburgh and the airport via the M90 and the Forth Road Bridge and travel to all the major towns of Central Scotland is easy. Alternatively, the new Clackmannanshire Bridge, about eight miles to the south-west, connects to the Central Scotland motorway network, facilitating access to the Central Belt and Glasgow (38 miles).
Saline has a primary school, general store, golf course and a post office. Dollar (6 miles) has a good range of shops, including a supermarket, delicatessen, bank and post office, hotels, health centre, dentist, golf course, a primary school, tennis club and squash club. The town is well known for Dollar Academy, a private co-educational school that takes primary and secondary day pupils and boarders. There is a daily school bus to Dollar Academy. Further private schools such as Glenalmond, Strathallan, Beaconhurst and Kilgraston (girls only) are within easy reach, as indeed are those in Edinburgh.
The historic town of Stirling is only 18 miles to the west and has an excellent range of shops, professional services. The town is also well known for its university. There is a commuter rail service to Edinburgh from Dunfermline, six miles away.
A wide range of leisure activities is available in the area. Gleneagles Hotel (16 miles) has a leisure club with extensive sports facilities including shooting school, an equestrian centre, the British School of Falconry and three famous golf courses, the King’s, the Queen’s and the PGA Centenary Course. There are numerous other courses within easy reach including the highly thought of Muckhart Golf Course, two courses at Kinross and the world famous courses of St. Andrews (36 miles). Gleneagles is also renowned for field sports with many guests staying at the hotel for grouse shooting, pheasant shooting and salmon fishing. The Knockhill Racing Circuit offers a range of activities for the motor sports enthusiast, including driving tuition. There is National Hunt racing at Scone, near Perth, and The Trossachs and Loch Lomond are also within easy reach with opportunities for many outdoor activities including climbing, hill walking, water sports, fishing, shooting and stalking.

Description

Kirklands House is a superb Georgian property constructed in 1832 of stone under a series of pitched slate roofs. The property has been sympathetically renovated over a period of years, retaining many original features including decorative cornicing, exposed floor boards, wood panelling and magnificent fireplaces. Throughout the property it is evident that great attention to detail has been paid. A David Douglas kitchen, the superb period features and a practical layout combine to make Kirklands House a superb home for entertaining as well as everyday family life. The owners have also built up a successful bed and breakfast business.
The beautiful garden and wooded grounds of Kirklands House have been opened to the public at weekends from April to September in conjunction with the owners’ plant nursery. The garden is also the venue for their gardening courses. It has been featured both in magazines and on television.
GARDENS AND GROUNDS
Kirklands House and gardens is renowned for its magnificent gardens and plant nursery. With an outstanding stone walled garden, meandering natural stream, neatly laid out paths and a variety of trees and shrubs, the grounds are truly remarkable. The sound of the Saline Burn can be heard from many areas of the garden, creating an idyllic atmosphere in the grounds.
The gardens are split into three principal sections: The Lawns and Borders, the Woodland Garden and Bluebells, and the Walled Garden. The lawns are carefully manicured and surrounded by beautiful herbaceous borders with a variety of plants and shrubs ranging from snowdrops and hellebores flowering in January to asters and sedums in October. The rockery in the back garden is rumoured to be on the site of an ancient tower although it is suspected that the site was probably rubble from the construction of the house in 1832. This area is planted with dwarf rhododendrons and azaleas and thousands of bulbs.
The woodland garden and bluebell walks are quite fantastic. This garden is situated where the “Kirk” of “Kirklands” may well have once stood amongst the lime, sycamore and maple trees. There are over 60 varieties of ferns alone, 18 varieties of pulmonaria and a mass of other plants and bulbs in this area. From January to June it is awash with colour. In May and June there is a fantastic display of bluebells. There is also a bog garden by the stream.
In addition to the natural woodland gardens and lawns there is a fully enclosed terraced walled garden with a high stone perimeter wall. This area is a highly productive and decorative kitchen garden. The reconstructed south facing walls of the terracing have proved to be an excellent area for training fruit trees. The greenhouse was erected in 1979 and now provides home grown tomatoes, as well as chillies, cucumbers, peppers and even the odd grape.
The front driveway leading up to the property has been recently resurfaced. Please refer to the servitude rights below regarding the shared access and maintenance rights over the driveway with the former stables to the rear.
For further information regarding Kirklands House & Garden, please see the owners’ website, www.kirklandshouseandgarden.co.uk. The owners run practical and inspirational garden courses, bed and breakfast and an occasional plant nursery from the property.
Woodland
An area of amenity woodland is available separately for offers over £20,000.
The woodland runs alongside the Saline Burn, creating a wonderful aspect and backdrop for outdoor family life. Details upon application to Savills.
GENERAL REMARKS
Services
Mains gas, mains electricity, mains water and private drainage. Gas-fired central heating.
Listing
The property is not listed.
Local Authority
Fife Council Tax Band G.
Fixtures and Fittings
All curtains and light fittings are included in the sale. White goods, mirrors and garden ornaments, mirror sculpture and garden seats are excluded from the sale but may be available by separate negotiation and agreement. The polytunnel is included in the sale.
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.
The former stables to the rear of Kirklands have shared access rights over the front driveway, and corresponding shared maintenance obligations. There are reservations relating to septic tank drainage.
There are reservations, burdens and restrictions in relation to the separate area of woodland. The current owners have allowed community access to the woodlands.
Offers
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.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that:
1.They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact.
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 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.

Accommodation

Ground Floor
Double wooden storm doors to:
Entrance Vestibule Exposed stone walls. Tiled floors. Double doors to:
Entrance Hall Decorative cornice. Central ceiling rose. Wooden tiled floors. Door to:
Dining Room Decorative cornice. Bay window. Picture rail. Fireplace with tiled hearth surround and painted marble mantel. Pine stained floorboards. Door to:
Dining Kitchen Fitted kitchen with central breakfast bar. Granite work surfaces. Recessed ceiling spotlights. Aga with six burner gas hob and four electric ovens. Double Belfast sink. American style fridge freezer. Fitted wall cupboards. Integral dishwasher. Access to hallway. Connecting door to garage and door to:
Rear Lobby Exposed stone walls. Tiled floors. Storage cupboard. Door to steps down to:
Cellar Wine cellar with original storage bins.
Gardener’s WC Wash hand basin. WC.
Drawing Room Ornate cornicing. Dual aspect windows (one bay window). Working window shutters. Oak flooring. Open fireplace with marble hearth and surround. Edinburgh press cupboard. Door to:
Study Decorative cornicing. Dado rail. Working window shutters on three panel window. Fitted bookshelves with storage space beneath. Wood burning stove, slate hearth, sandstone mantel. Wooden floorboards. Door to rear lobby and storage area.
Integral Garage Two up and over doors. Concrete floors. Storage area for garden tools. Access to loft and doors to kitchen and to:
Utility Room Fitted wall and floor cupboards. Stainless steel sink. Gas boiler. Plumbed for washing machine. Space for tumble dryer.
First Floor
Bathroom Bath. WC. Wash basin. Shower. Tiled floors and walls. Fitted vanity unit. Chrome heated towel rails. Recessed ceiling spotlight.
Bedroom 1 Dual aspect windows. Dado rail. Plain cornice.
Linen Cupboard With access to roof.
Bedroom 2 Plain cornice. Working window shutters.
En suite Shower Room Shower. WC. Wash basin. Heated towel rail. Tiled floors and walls.
Bedroom 3 Exposed wooden floorboards. Plain cornice. Sash and case window. Picture rail.
En suite Bathroom Bath. Wash basin. WC. Tiled floors and walls. Shower. Recessed ceiling spotlights.
Airing Cupboard Fitted shelving. Housing two hot water cylinders.
Bedroom 4 Plain cornice. Fitted bookshelves. Picture rail.
En suite Shower Room Shower. WC. Wash basin. Tiled floors and walls. Heated towel rail.

Directions

From Edinburgh head north crossing the Forth Road Bridge and following the M90 north. Leave the motorway at Junction 4, and follow the signs to Saline, Dollar (B914). After approximately two miles bear right, again following signs to Saline. Continue on the B914 through Steelend and into Saline. At the bottom of the hill, opposite the bus turning circle, turn right onto North Road and then immediately right again onto Bridge Street. Kirklands House is accessed through stone gate piers on the right hand side. The property has a name plaque at the entrance.