Drumdelgie House, Cairnie, Huntly, Aberdeenshire Offers in excess of £535,000

The Cottages, Bed & Breakfast and Outbuildings currently generate £40,000 per annum gross.

Drumdelgie was formerly a renowned Aberdeenshire farm, and the farmhouse sits in a commanding position on the edge of Cuternach Hill. Providing spacious accommodation in comfortable, well proportioned rooms, with outstanding views, looking down the Deveron Valley towards Huntly and Strathbogie.

The name Drumdelgie dates back to at least 1642 in extracts from the Presbytory book of Strathbogie. By the mid 19th Century Drumdelgie was one of the largest ‘Farm Touns’ in the North East of Scotland, with more than 30 children attending the local school, from the farm community. Bothy Ballads, part of the North East folk lore, were composed as a source of entertainment. One of the best known ‘The Hash O’Drumdelgie tells of the hurry of work on the farm on a cold winter’s morning.

Drumdelgie House is an attractive extended former farmhouse believed to date from 1867. The house is approached off a shared tarred drive, which leads to a large parking area.

The property is currently a family home and 4 star B&B. The layout of the property allows for the B&B to be run as a separate entity from the family home. The overall layout is equally suitable as an even larger home should a purchaser not wish to continue with the B&B.

At present the front rooms in the house are kept for private family use whilst the dining room, bedrooms 5, 6 and 7 are let for Bed & Breakfast. These rooms have been recently refurbished with new bathrooms and a new hall and staircase.

The double front door leads to an inner hall with stairs to the first floor and doors off to the two reception rooms, an office and there is a passage through to the large farmhouse kitchen with a 4 oven blue Aga and a door into the dining room. On the first floor there are 4 bedrooms and a family bathroom.

The house benefits from a new Froling FHG Turbo 3000 wood burning boiler, which is an economical heating system.

The Bed & Breakfast generates £10,000 per annum.

The three cottages included in the sale are currently run as a lucrative holiday cottage business; however they would be suitable as an annexe or for conversion to other use. The cottages are in a terraced row and were converted from a former steading in 1991; they have a mostly easterly outlook. They are stone and block built under a slate roof and are known as Clashmach, Dunbennan and Deveron. Deveron is slightly larger and includes a sun room. The cottages have panelled wooden stable doors, are mostly double-glazed and are furnished and equipped for weekly holiday lets.

The Cottages currently generate £21,000 per annum gross.


Outbuildings

The farm buildings are located to the north east of the house and cottages and screen these from neighbouring commercially run farm buildings to the east.

There is a range of timber buildings (17m x 3m) which include a tack room, workshop and stable.

The former cattle court (40m x 23m) is constructed of stone and block walls, steel frame, asbestos roof sheets, concrete floor. Currently let for storage.

The barn is a stone wall construction, part slate part asbestos roof sheets, concrete floor, currently incorporating a workshop with three phase electricity.

The grain store (23m x 9m) is of concrete block construction, concrete floor, steel frame, asbestos roof sheets. Currently used as general storage. To the northeast is a lean-to building (30m x 6m). These buildings also incorporate a workshop. The grain store is let as a vehicle store, although vacant possession will be available if required.

Hay barn 22m x 4.2m.

The barns are let as 4 separate units and provide a steady income of around £9,000 per annum.

Grounds

To the front of the house is a field divided into two which is currently in grass.

Situation

Drumdelgie is located in the parish of Cairnie and is 4 miles west of Huntly and 45 miles from Aberdeen City centre.

Huntly, the principal local town, provides a range of services including primary and secondary schools, churches, post office, health centre, community centre including swimming pool, tennis courts, bowling green, Nordic ski centre, two supermarkets and a rail link to Aberdeen and Inverness. The area boasts numerous golf courses both on the Moray Firth and around the Aberdeenshire countryside with easy access to both coast and mountains.

The area is favoured for field sports as it is convenient for the Rivers Dee, Don, Spey and Deveron, with shooting and stalking in the vicinity.

Aberdeen provides all the ancillary leisure, recreational, shopping, entertainment and cultural facilities expected of the oil capital. Its status as the oil capital provides the city with an airport situated to the north of the city (40 miles) which has an extensive range of domestic and International flights. Aberdeen benefits from direct flights to London’s airports and Amsterdam for further International travel. There are also regular inter-city services from the city’s railway station.

Aberdeen provides considerable choice of educational facilities with a number of private schools including Hamilton’s, Robert Gordon, St.Margaret’s and Albyn. The city also boasts two universities, the principal one having recently celebrated its quincentennial, and several colleges for further education. The famous Gordonstoun public school is only 30 miles.