Glenmarkie Farmhouse, as the name suggests, was the farmhouse for what was the Glenmarkie Estate. To the west lie some cottages and the original estate lodge, which is believed to date back to before 1716, with a more recent and larger sporting lodge built in 1900, which is screened by trees. So while at the head of a glen, the property is part of a small community. Glenmarkie Farmhouse is an attractive, period, stone built and harled house, with a slate roof. Immediately to its east is Glenwhinny Cottage, built in about 2013. Both properties face south over their own grounds, with views down the glen and east to neighbouring hills. Areas of the hillsides have recently been felled by Forestry and Land Scotland, thus opening up the views. The farm was acquired by the sellers in 2000, and they ran Glenmarkie Farm as a riding centre and guest house, with endless opportunities for riding and walking on the doorstep, until 2016. More recently it was a guest house with a restricted table licence, and then more latterly some of the bedrooms were used for Airbnb. The layout of the house means that it could work equally well as a lovely and spacious family house or as a bed and breakfast, with the adjacent cottage ideal for holiday letting or multi-generational living. Both properties are double glazed. The land still has an agricultural holding number. There is a stable block close to the house and cottage, while a more extensive stable block adjoins a sand arena and has access direct onto the fields. In all the property extends to some 14.5 acres, so it is a wonderful equestrian property, or small farm.

The drive leads up to a parking and turning area adjacent to the farmhouse. A front door opens to a vestibule and on to a hallway with stairs to the first floor and an understairs cupboard. There is a timber lined WC with washbasin. To one side of the hallway is a cosy sitting room with a fireplace with wood burning stove and a shelf with log storage below. This links to a sun room which has double doors out to a decked terrace, creating a lovely living and entertaining area. Steps lead down to a wonderful fully fitted dining kitchen with ample space for seating and dining, as well as a wood burning stove, units with tiled splashbacks, double sink, Belling Classic Range cooker with extractor, Hoover dishwasher and an island unit with breakfast bar. Beyond is an entrance porch/boot room which opens onto an enclosed area. A side entrance hall with a cupboard gives access to an office which was previously used as a beauty treatment room, with its own entrance door and walk in storage cupboard; a boiler room housing a Klover PB35 Biomass boiler, plumbing for a washing machine and a tiled floor; and an inner hall with stairs up to a bedroom wing which is home to bedrooms 1 and 2 and a bathroom with a three piece suite. Bedroom 2 has an under eaves cupboard.

Also off the main hallway are bedrooms 3 and 4, each with a wardrobe and three piece en suite shower room. The en suite for bedroom 4 has an accessible shower. Stairs lead up to a first floor landing with fitted cupboards. Bedroom 5 has a fitted wardrobe and a three piece en suite shower room, while bedroom 6 also has a wardrobe along with a three piece en suite bathroom.

To the side is an enclosed area, separating the house from the cottage. Accessed from this is a further shower room with washbasin and WC. There is a block built garage (5m x 5.4 m approx.) with corrugated roof, power and light. At the back of house is a hen run and shed, an area of garden and a gravelled rockery, together with a lean to wooden shed (2.8m x1.7m approx.) housing water storage tanks and filters. In front is an enclosed area of garden with shrubs and gravelled paths, together with a playhouse and raised decking adjacent to the sun room, which makes the most of the views. Beyond is a grassed area.

Glenwhinny Cottage

Glenwhinny Cottage is an attractive harled modern cottage with a slate roof. Steps lead up to decking and the front door opens to a porch with a built in hanging cupboard. The hallway has a cornice and a hatch with attic ladder to partially floored roof space. To one side is a lovely open plan sitting room/kitchen. The living area has a multi fuel burning stove, cornice and fitted dining table. The kitchen has fitted units with tiled splashbacks, sink, a dishwasher, four ring hob, Necht oven and Beko fridge/freezer. Off this is a rear entrance lobby with a Worcester Greenstar Heatslave 18/25 boiler and plumbing for a washing machine. Also off the hallway is a bathroom with bath with shower, washbasin, WC and tiled floor, together with two bedrooms, both with wardrobes. The garden is enclosed by fencing and includes a wooden garden shed, small hen house, rabbit hutch and further garden shed (1.8m x 1.65m approx.) with power and light.

Land and Equestrian Facilities

Still known as Glenmarkie Farm and Riding Centre, there are extensive equestrian facilities. In front of the farmhouse and cottage is a wooden stable block (10.9m x 3.5m approx.) with two loose boxes. Beyond a sand arena (40m x 20m approx.) is a larger timber-built stable block with five loose boxes (each 3.5m x 3.65m approx.), a tack room (5.6m x 3.65m approx.) with power and light, feed store ( 5.6m x 3.65m approx.) and three further loose boxes now used as a field shelter (11.1m x 3.5m approx.). There are two grass fields, both watered, and a further field of rough grazing.

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