Duncrievie

• “C” Listed principal house
• Beautiful garden with sweeping lawns, well stocked borders and pond
• Fine collection of rhododendrons and azaleas
• Greenhouse, potting shed and garden stores
• Kitchen garden with vegetable beds and fruit cage
• 2 bedroomed lodge
• 3 bedroomed Dorran Cottage
• Extensive equestrian facilities including stables and foaling boxes, horse walker, lunge pen, circular canter track & outdoor arena
• Paddocks, pasture fields and woodlands

GENERALDuncrievie lies in a sheltered and private setting to the south of the village of Glenfarg and on the edge of the hamlet of Duncrievie in the highly sought after and scenic county of Perthshire. Glenfarg is a thriving village with a primary school, village shop, church, tennis and bowling clubs, together with the modern village hall which provides a venue for a range of clubs, societies and events.Milnathort, lying some 4 miles to the south, provides further day-to-day amenities including post office and veterinary surgery. Kinross, also to the south, can be reached in about a 10 minute car journey offers further facilities including a supermarket, secondary school, leisure centre, tennis courts and golf club.Perth, known as the Fair City, lies some 12 miles to the north and provides an extensive range of services including national retailers, concert hall, theatre, cinema, diverse range of restaurants, retail parks and numerous supermarkets together with a railway station, bus station and recreational facilities at the leisure pool and Dewars ice rink.Duncrievie is well positioned for a number of independent schools within a convenient distance including Dollar Academy, Kilgraston, Strathallan, Glenalmond College and Craigclowan Preparatory School.This area of Scotland is well provided for with numerous recreational activities. For the golfer there are a number of courses including a 9-hole golf course in Milnathort and two 18-hole courses in Kinross. The Loch Leven National Nature Reserve lies on the edge of Kinross with a full perimeter cycle pathway of some 20 kilometres and a great setting for ornithologists. Loch Leven Castle is found on one of the lochs islands and was visited by Robert the Bruce and is where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned in 1567 before escaping the following year. The nearby Ochil Hills provide a number of walking and cycling routes whilst the scenic Fife coast can be reached in just about an hours car journey.There are local equestrian facilities nearby including Netherton, Howe and LK Sport Horses, together with Foresterseat, Lindores and Gleneagles Equestrian Centres. The St Andrews beach lies about 27 miles to the east. There are a number of local vets within easy local reach.DESCRIPTIONDuncrievie is a delightful estate extending to some 60 acres (24.3 ha), centred on an attractive “C” Listed principal house dating back to approximately 1820 with a traditional gate lodge, Dorran Cottage and beautiful established gardens and grounds. The estate is further complimented by extremely good equestrian facilities which were previously used for training racehorses; these facilities include an excellent range of stables, feed store, tack room, hay store and horse walker as well as a circular sand canter track. The land is divided into a number of good sized paddocks and permanent pasture fields with the estate also boasting a fine collection of mature trees and woodland areas providing home to a great variety of wildlife including red squirrels and garden birds.DUNCRIEVIEDuncrievie is an attractive period house lying in a sheltered position and reached at the end of the main drive leading from Duncrievie Lodge. Enjoying a most impressive view over the well-tended and established garden, Duncrievie has a white washed exterior lying under a slated roof with overhanging eaves and pretty astragal windows.Duncrievie is currently occupied as two separate wings, the East Wing and the West Wing, which are connected by doors both on the ground floor and the first floor thus allowing the house to be occupied as one residence if desired. The house has retained many period features throughout including wood panelling, sash and case windows, working shutters, attractive principal staircase with cast iron balustrades and wooden handrail together with panelled doors and cornicing. The rooms are well proportioned and offer great flexibility.The accommodation, over two floors, comprises:WEST WINGGround FloorVestibule, staircase hall, open-plan breakfasting kitchen with sitting room, drawing room, cloakroom, boot room, laundry, rear lobby.First FloorPrincipal bedroom with French windows to balcony, two dressing rooms and en-suite bathroom; bedroom 2 with en-suite bathroom; bedroom 3; bedroom 4.EAST WINGGround FloorVestibule, cloakroom, breakfasting kitchen, conservatory, sitting room, laundry, store room , office, wine cellar, larder, WC.First Floor5 bedrooms, family bathroom.GARDENDuncrievie sits within a beautiful and well-established garden which has been carefully tended and developed by the family over their forty years of ownership. Through the stone gate posts the main drive leads from Duncrievie Lodge to a gravelled parking area lying to the south and west of the principal house, with a secondary drive lying immediately to the north of the house.A sweeping lawn lies to the south and east partly bounded by an attractive stone wall with the traditional glasshouse. There is a well-stocked herbaceous border, rose bed and productive apple, greengage and pear trees. Immediately to the front of the house is a pond and gravelled seating area with mature azaleas and rhododendrons beyond giving wonderful colour in the late spring. The garden has been planted with a variety of bulbs including snowdrops, daffodils and bluebells giving wonderful early colour to the garden. To the rear of the house is the productive kitchen garden with vegetable beds and a fruit cage with useful garden stores adjacent and potting shed beyond. To the south of the principal lawn there is a fully enclosed hen run, with duck house, hen house and small pond.DUNCRIEVIE LODGEDuncrievie Lodge lies adjacent to the principal entrance to the estate. It dates back to about 1874 and is of stone construction under a slated roof with a flat roof harled extension to the rear.The accommodation, over one floor, comprises:Hall, sitting room, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, bathroom.Duncrievie Lodge sits within its own garden lying mainly to the south and west with a parking area.DORRAN COTTAGEDorran Cottage lies just to the south of the traditional stable buildings. It is of Dorran construction under a tiled roof and provides the following accommodation over a single floor:Hall, sitting room, kitchen, boot room, 3 bedrooms, bathroom.Dorran Cottage sits within its own garden, mainly down to lawn and enclosed by a hedge.EQUESTRIAN FACILITIESDuncrievie has extremely good equestrian facilities which were previously used for training racehorses. There is a range of good quality stables complimented by a feed room, tack room, laundry facilities and a wash bay with rubber mats, as well as a hay barn, horse walker and store rooms. These facilities all lie together in a convenient location to the north east of the principal house.There are a number of good sized paddocks and fields within the grounds as well as a circular sand topped canter track and outdoor arena (formerly a tennis court), both within easy access of the stable yards.The Main Yard comprises:Traditional StablesThe traditional stables of Duncrievie form the core of the main yard and are of stone construction under a slated roof with water and electrics. They comprise four stables; two of which are foaling boxes and one has foaling camera access and can be divided into two smaller boxes for weaning. There is also a tack room, washing room and small store or pony stable. Lying adjacent is a timber block of two loose boxes. A concrete and enclosed hard standing creates the main yard.The BarnLying immediately to the south of Dorran Cottage is The Barn, of timber construction under a corrugated roof with concrete floor, concrete apron, water, electrics and providing 10 loose boxes.Row of Six StablesTimber stables, attached to the west side of the The Barn, with six loose boxes and a concrete apron to the front.To the north of the Main Yard are the following:Hay ShedA Knapp shed, open fronted, with hard core floor, box profile walls, part timber front and timber slatted back.Bottom Barn/Former StablesThe Bottom Barn is a timber built outbuilding which previously had 10 internally partitioned stables and a wash bay with rubber flooring and hot water shower with a storage area. It has a concrete floor, serviced by electrics and water and is now used as a general store.Lunge PenThere is a lunge pen at the end of the Bottom Barn and is fenced with heras fencing.Horse WalkerA five horse, fully electric horse walker sits behind the Hay Shed. It is fully enclosed with timber panels and has rubber brick flooring.Double timber stable buildingWith electrics.Quadruple timber stable buildingWith electrics and water. Ideal for use as isolation stables.Timber GarageWith electrics.Mobile HomeLying adjacent to the Hay Shed is a mobile home which is plumbed and has electrics.Feed Store ContainerWith electricsTHE LANDDuncrievie extends in total to about 60 acres (24.3 ha) or thereby. It lies between 148 metres to 175 metres above sea level and is classified as Grade 3.2 by the James Hutton Institute. The fields are all of a good practical size enclosed either by stock fences, stone walls or timber post and rail fencing with some fields benefitting from field shelters. They are accessed either from the main drive or the internal estate track with some field to field accesses. Lying to the east of Dorran Cottage is a mature deciduous woodland with many fine trees with a further woodland lying to the south of the main drive. In addition, mature trees edge the estate giving a most private setting.