Wester Kinnear Farm House

Wester Kinnear Farm House, Newport-on-Tay, DD6 8RH

Offers Over £550,000

Bedroom Count icon 5

Reception Count icon 2

  • Charming period farmhouse situated in over 2 acres of ground with useful steading and paddock
  • 2 receptions rooms, kitchen, 4 Bedrooms, Study/bedroom 5, bathroom, shower room, utility room
  • Extensive steading with considerable potential
  • Paddock of around 1.1 acres.
  • Double garage.
  • Lovely well maintained garden with terrace situated off kitchen.
  • Ideally placed for commuting
  • Shed subject to tenancy providing income of £7,000 pa
  • About 2.3 acres (0.9ha) in all

SITUATION Wester Kinnear Farmhouse is situated in lovely countryside a short distance from Cupar as well as Newport-on-Tay and Wormit on the sought after Tay Coast. Cupar offers a superb range of local facilities and amenities with a good selection of shops, supermarkets, pubs, restaurants while just a short drive to the east lies the ancient and historic university town of St. Andrews, renowned world wide as the “Home of Golf”. Six miles or so to the north over the River Tay lies Dundee, a city very much on the up which is home to Scott’s ship RSS Discovery and the V & A museum. Dundee provides a comprehensive offering of city shops, services and amenities whilst Perth is just over half an hour to the north-west and Edinburgh about a one hour drive to the south.Surrounding Wester Kinnear Farmhouse is some particularly fine countryside with a lovely mix of farmland, woodland, hill and river. The area is home to an array of wildlife and provides great scope for the outdoor enthusiast with walking, cycling and riding all readily available. There are many highly regarded golf courses in the area including championship courses at Carnoustie and the Old Course at St. Andrews, both of which regularly host the British Open.Well regarded state schooling is available locally with independent schooling being provided at the High School of Dundee and St. Leonards in St. Andrews. There are railway stations in Cupar, Leuchars and Ladybank with Edinburgh airport about one hour to the south. The regional airport at Dundee offers a good selection of short-haul flights.DESCRIPTION Wester Kinnear Farmhouse is a charming period farmhouse constructed of a mixture of sandstone and whinstone under a series of pitched slate roofs. The house is full of period charm and character and offers beautifully proportioned accommodation over two levels extending to about 211 sqm. The house has been well maintained and benefits from recently installed double glazed sash and case windows throughout. There is a log burning stove in the dining/sitting room and the drawing room have a lovely open fireplace. The current owners have recently upgraded the electrical supply with some re-wiring and re-routing of external electrical cables.ACCOMMODATION Ground Floor: Entrance Porch, Main Hall, Drawing Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, Shower Room and Boiler Room.First Floor: Four Bedrooms, Bedroom/Study and Bathroom.GARDEN AND GROUNDS Wester Kinnear Farmhouse is approached from the A92 by a private driveway, which leads down to a generous car parking area to the rear of the house leading up to the double garage. Pathways lead either side of the house to a lovely garden enclosed by stone walls and fringed by established shrubs and borders. There is a lovely terrace approached by glazed doors off the kitchen to the south side of the south-east side of the house, which enjoys a lovely aspect out over the surrounding countryside.Accessed from a gateway to the west of the driveway is a small grass paddock extending to about 1.1 acres offering useful grazing or a useful amenity area.OUTBUILDINGSGarage: Recently constructed double garage with store rooms.Steading: To the east side of the driveway is an extensive steading offering considerable potential for other uses (subject to required consents). The cattle shed and roundel are in need of upgrading. To the south-east are useful agricultural and storage sheds. To the north–west is a large secure shed (27 m x 11 m), which is currently used for storage and subject to a tenancy bringing in a useful income of circa £7,000 pa. Whilst vacant possession of the shed can be provided on entry it is understood that the shed tenant would be willing to continue the current lease agreement with a future owner. Details of the lease can be provided by the selling agents upon request.ACCESSWester Kinnear Farmhouse is approached from the A92 by a private road. A neighbouring farmer has a right of access over the first section of the drive to the side of the roundel to access the adjacent fields.COUNCIL TAX AND ENERGY PERFORMANCEThe property has been assessed as Band G by Fife Council. DIRECTIONSFrom the Tay Road Bridge continue on the A92 in a southerly direction for about 5 miles continuing over the Forgan Roundabout and Five Roads Roundabout. The turning to the driveway to West Kinnear Farmhouse is on the left two miles beyond the Five Roads Roundabout.POST CODEDD6 8RH WHAT3WORDSTo find this property location to within 3 metres, download and use What3Words and enter the following 3 words: extension.ambient.homeworkFIXTURES AND FITTINGSNo items are included unless specifically mentioned in these particulars.