HIGHFIELD 104 Willoughby Street Muthill PH5 2AE
HIGHFIELD 104 Willoughby Street Muthill PH5 2AE A handsome traditional home on the edge of a conservation village Crieff 3 miles, Gleneagles 7 miles, Perth 22 miles, Glasgow 45 miles, Edinburgh 55 miles (all distances are approximate) = 4 bedrooms, 3 reception rooms Beautiful conservatory Self contained office block with workshop and double garage Savills Perth Earn House Broxden Business Park Lamberkine Drive Perth PH1 1RA perth@savills.com Tel: 01738 445588 About 0.55 acres EPC Rating = G VIEWING Strictly by appointment with Savills 01738 477525. DIRECTIONS From Edinburgh or Glasgow take the M9 past Stirling and continue northwards. Take the exit signposted for Braco and Crieff (A822). After about 6 miles and having passed through Braco, arrive in Muthill. Highfield is on the corner of Lintibert and Willoughby Road on the left hand side as you enter the village. Turn left into Lintibert Road and the vehicular entrance to Highfield is through wrought iron gates on the right hand side. SITUATION Situated on the edge of the village, Highfield has lovely rural surroundings as well as being within easy walking distance of the village amenities. These include a grocery shop, post office, garage and petrol station as well as The Barley Bree, an award winning gastropub. The village has an active and friendly community focused around its primary school, church and village hall. Muthill has appealing historical character with the ruins of a 15th century parish church in its centre, a pretty village green and over 100 listed buildings. It is set amidst a backdrop of agricultural and park land belonging to Drummond Estates, and Drummond Castle with its magnificent Italianate gardens is about 2 miles away. Crieff is a busy rural town with a good and varied range of amenities. There is a choice of supermarkets and independent shops including art galleries, gift shops, a fishmonger and a butcher. The town is also gaining a reputation for its restaurants, cafés and specialist food suppliers with two delicatessens, local bakeries and a wine merchant. The town has a health centre, banks, legal services, garages and a post
office. The Strathearn Community Campus has excellent facilities while at the top of the town, Crieff Hydro attracts visitors of all ages with its impressive range of facilities. Some of Scotland s best private schooling is in the area with Ardvreck and Morrison s Academy in Crieff, and Strathallan, Kilgraston and Glenalmond all within easy driving distance. Gleneagles Hotel and its golf courses are only about 6 miles south. More locally, there is a 9 hole golf course in Muthill as well as courses at Crieff, Comrie and St Fillans. The area is popular amongst those who enjoy country sports with pheasant and partridge shooting available on nearby estates. Salmon fishing takes place locally on the rivers Earn, Tay and Isla while several local lochs offer trout fishing. Various water sports such as water skiing and boating are available at Loch Earn. The property is well placed for commuting to Perth, Stirling, Edinburgh and Glasgow. The nearest train stations are at Perth, Gleneagles and Dunblane and the village is also on a scheduled bus route. In addition to the international airports at Glasgow and Edinburgh, Dundee Airport (about 37 miles) has daily flights to London Stansted. DESCRIPTION Highfield is a handsome family house believed to be Edwardian and situated on the eastern edge of Muthill. The house is set in a well established L-shaped garden with mature shrubs that give the property privacy and amenity. A pedestrian gate from Willoughby Street leads up to the front door of Highfield. Inside there is a vestibule and glazed inner door opening to the reception hall. A timber floor runs through the hall and into both the dining room and drawing room at the front of the house. These two formal rooms both have double sash and case windows facing the front garden as well as fireplaces with wood burning stoves. Behind the dining room is a cosy sitting room with an open fire and fitted bookshelves. In all these rooms the original timber doors, facings, skirtings and window panels have been beautifully preserved and give the front of the house attractive traditional character. The front hall narrows and passes behind the stairs to the rear of the house where there is a modern fitted kitchen and a series of useful utility rooms including a boot room complete with fitted wine racks, a WC and a utility room with the boiler,
GENERAL REMARKS Services: Mains water,electricity and drainage. Local Authority: Perth and Kinross Council 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. a sink, storage and space for a washing machine and freezers. The rear of the house is floored in slate. A thoughtfully designed modern kitchen has floor to ceiling units making the very best of all available storage space. It is well lit with recessed ceiling lights and has two waist height ovens as well as a five ring gas hob. Perhaps the most impressive room at Highfield is the conservatory which is accessible from both the kitchen and the drawing room. The conservatory is a wonderfully versatile room that is ideal for entertaining. Double doors lead directly onto the garden. The original pitch pine staircase rises to the first floor where there are two double bedrooms each with an en suite shower room and views over the front of the house and up to the hills beyond Crieff. Two smaller double bedrooms enjoy views of the garden and share a family bathroom. Outside Highfield is set in about 0.55 acres of garden which has been thoughtfully landscaped so that the conservatory opens onto an expanse of level lawn with a children s play area, orchard and wildflower garden below. A bloc paved terrace complete with ornamental pond, wraps around the rear of the house providing a sheltered south facing area for sitting out in the summer. A timber paling fence divides this section of the garden from the gravel parking area. Beyond this is the working end of the garden with greenhouse, garden shed, wood shed, fruit cages and raised beds. Garage/workshop/office One of Highfield s key assets is a substantial outbuilding which houses a double garage, a workshop and an office complete with kitchenette and WC. Council Tax Band F Fixtures and Fittings The curtains, chandeliers, certain rose bushes, washing machine, tumble drier and free standing fridge freezer are excluded from the sale. Certain curtains and light fittings may be available for purchase by separate negotiation. 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. 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 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.
WC Approximate Gross Internal Floor Area: 289.94 sq.m (3121 sq.ft) Garage,Workshop & Office 68.00 sq.m (732 sq.ft) Garage 5.99 x 5.69 19'8" x 18'8" Workshop 5.97 x 2.87 19'7" x 9'5" Office 4.11 x 2.36 13'6" x 7'9" For Identification Only. Not To Scale. Ground Floor 10.97 x 5.18 36' x 17' Office/ Boot To 4.14 x 2.34 13'7" x 7'8" WC Utility 2.84 x 2.44 9'4" x 8' To B Sitting 4.14 x 2.77 13'7" x 9'1" Store Kitchen 4.11 x 3.30 13'6" x 10'10" Bedroom 3 4.11 x 2.67 13'6" x 8'9" Bedroom 4 4.11 x 2.67 13'6" x 8'9" Hall Conservatory 7.01 x 4.70 23' x 15'5" Dining 4.50 x 4.34 14'9" x 14'3" Vestibule 1.83 x 1.65 6' x 5'5" Drawing 4.37 x 3.86 14'4" x 12'8" Master Bedroom 4.62 x 3.20 15'2" x 10'6" Ensuite Shower Ensuite Shower Bathroom Bedroom 2 4.62 x 3.23 15'2" x 10'7" Ground Floor First Floor