Bennathie House, Coupar Angus Road, Blairgowrie PH13 9HN Offers in excess of £450,000

Situation

Bennathie House lies between Coupar Angus and Blairgowrie. The property sits in beautiful tranquil countryside close to the River Isla. To the north are the Grampian Mountains.
Blairgowrie (2.5 miles) offers a wide range of shopping and business facilities whilst both Perth (16 miles) and Dundee (18 miles) provide all the services expected of major cities.
The range of outdoor pursuits in the area is impressive. There are three golf courses at Rosemount, including the championship course, together with a further three courses at Alyth and a recently extended 18 hole course at Dunkeld. In addition there is a new course at Piperdam Country Club near Dundee. Apart from providing some of Perthshire’s finest lowland scenery, the surrounding countryside offers ski-ing at Glenshee, hillwalking in the Glens and fishing on the Rivers Ericht, Isla and Tay and on local lochs. There are riding facilities and a leisure centre in Blairgowrie.
Primary schooling is available in Coupar Angus or in Blairgowrie at the Hill Primary and St Stephen’s Primary, with secondary schooling at Blairgowrie High. Private education is available at Craigclowan (Perth), Glenalmond, Strathallan, Kilgraston and Dundee High School.
The area has good communications. The M90 at Perth links to Edinburgh, whilst the A9 links to Stirling and Glasgow. The A94 from Coupar Angus links at Forfar to the A90 north to Aberdeen. There are mainline railway stations at Perth, Dundee and Dunkeld. Dundee Airport has direct services to London City, Birmingham and Belfast, whilst Edinburgh has a wide range of domestic and international flights.

Description

Bennathie House dates from the early 1900s, and forms a substantial house with typical period features including bay windows, working shutters, fireplaces, panelled doors and a large first floor drawing room.
The 1.35 acre site includes surrounding gardens, paddock, traditional outbuilding with a stable and hayloft, and an area identified as a building plot with Planning Permission in principle for a single storey dwelling (with accommodation in the roof space).
The current owners have carried out extensive works including the installation of a new central heating system with two boilers, rewiring and modernisation of the bathrooms. The kitchen units and worktops have recently been replaced, and there is new flooring in the four bedrooms and the top landing.

Accommodation

A welcoming entrance hall has an impressive staircase and mid landing to the first floor level.
The large sitting room has a marble fireplace, a bay window, a shelved press and wall lights. The formal dining room also has a bay window, an open fireplace and wall lights and is accessed from the entrance hall. An inner hall leads to a study (or sixth bedroom) and a further reception room, which in turn leads through to the dining kitchen.
The kitchen has base units with light oak fronts and contrasting worktop surfaces, an inset sink with mixer tap, tiled floor covering, a breakfast bar and ample space for a table and chairs. A small utility room opens off the kitchen and is plumbed for a washing machine. Also off the kitchen is a conservatory with tiled floor covering and double doors to the garden. A rear vestibule provides coat hanging space and there is a WC opening off it.
Off the inner hall are a store room, a pantry and a boot room with an external door. There is also a shower room comprising WC, wash basin and wet room shower with extensive tiling.
Mezzanine floor
The staircase splits at the mid landing. At mezzanine level, towards the rear of the house are a bathroom, two bedrooms and the drawing room.
The drawing room is a particularly impressive room with ornate ceiling cornicing and two display press cupboards. The windows have working shutters, and there are further built-in cupboards.
There are two double bedrooms each with fireplaces and display press cupboards. The family bathroom comprises WC, wash basin, bath with mixer tap shower, and a heated towel rail/radiator.
First floor
A large roof light affords a great deal of natural light to the front landing. The master bedroom has an en suite bathroom with WC, wash basin, corner bath with mixer shower tap and a heated towel rail. There are two further bedrooms, one double and one single.
Attic
A concealed staircase off the mezzanine landing leads to a floored attic with standing room and extensive eaves storage. There are a number of dormer windows which allow natural light into the attic. The attic is insulated and may be suitable for conversion for guest or student accommodation.
Outside
A tree lined driveway with beech hedging leads to a chipped parking area with ample space for several vehicles.
There is a small paddock to the side of the house and to the rear is an outbuilding of stone and slate roof construction, in need of upgrading. This was the former stable and hayloft and has a coal shed and a tool store attached. A more modern attached single storey brick building is also attached, which has provided further stabling and storage.
The garden lies to the front and side of the house, surrounded by mature trees, and is mainly lawned.
Planning Permission
To the rear of the property there is an area identified as a building plot, with Planning Permission in principle for a single storey dwelling (with accommodation in the roofspace). Perth & Kinross Council Planning Ref. No. 09/00878/IPL.
Services
Mains water, electricity and gas. Private drainage to a septic tank.
Council tax
Perth & Kinross Council Band G.
Fixtures and fittings
The fitted floor coverings, curtains and integrated kitchen appliances are 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.
Possession
Vacant possession and entry will be given on completion.
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.
Purchase price
Within 7 days of the conclusion of Missives a deposit of 10% of the purchase price shall be paid. 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.

Directions

From Coupar Angus on the A94 take the A923 towards Blairgowrie. Travel for approximately 2.5 miles and the entrance to Bennathie House is on the right hand side, shortly after the junction with the A984.