Magnificent ground floor apartment, within an historic castle.
Finavon Castle is a Category C Listed baronial mansion house dating from 1865, built for the
Greenhill-Gardyne's, and which remained in the same family until the early 1980s. The ruins of an earlier castle are close by. In 1984 the building was converted into eight apartments. The Earl of Crawford Suite is on the ground floor of the main part of the castle and has lovely views over farmland to Finavon Hill. It is one of only two apartments to have access through the original front door, and to have two garages. Since 2016 it is been very tastefully decorated throughout, together with new carpets, and wooden flooring in the hallway. The kitchen, bathrooms and shower room were also refurbished. The apartment comprises some of the original reception rooms, has high ceilings and large windows. As such it is a magnificent and very well presented apartment, with cornices, pictures rails, window shutters and panelled doors. The roof of the castle, in conjunction with neighbouring properties, has recently been thoroughly renovated.
A private block paved drive, shared with Apartment 1, leads to the front of the castle. A grand entrance with its coat of arms and front door, opens to an entrance hall with an understair cupboard, tiled floor and inner door to a hallway with ornate ceiling and storage cupboard. The magnificent sitting room has a large bay window with a French door to the garden, ornate ceiling, and marble fireplace with wood burning stove. Panelled pocket doors, ideal for entertaining, link to the fine dining room, again with an ornate ceiling. This links to the kitchen with wooden units and tiled floor. Appliances include a Rangemaster 110 Leisure cooker, sink and a Zanussi fridge/freezer. A useful WC has a washbasin and a walk in cupboard housing a Beko washing machine and wall mounted Worcester boiler. Bedroom 1 has a fitted bookcase and an en suite bathroom room. Bedroom 2 has an en suite shower room, while the principal bedroom has an ornate ceiling, fireplace with wood burning stove, fitted wardrobes and bedside tables, as well as an en suite bathroom.
There are two private gardens, one at the front with paved and gravelled seating areas, lawns and borders, and an enclosed back garden with fruit trees. Within a garage block, shared with Apartment 1, are two garages with up and over doors and power. A rhododendron-lined path leads to the shared walled garden which is divided into eight private spaces. The garden area for the Earl of Crawford Suite is down to grass. The communal grounds include many fine specimen trees and lovely walks.
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