Location
Spacious and conveniently located country house with self-contained annexe.
Barns of Craig Farmhouse is an exceptional country home, which is conveniently located close to Montrose. With spacious and well presented accommodation it is a very flexible house, with an interlinking annexe which is perfect for multi-generational living or as a holiday let, or which could be incorporated into the main body of the house. Situated close to the coast, there are lovely views to the North Sea and over Montrose Basin from upstairs. As the name suggests, the property is a former farmhouse. The nearby steading has been sympathetically converted into houses, so it is one of a group of properties, but sits to the front so enjoys uninterrupted views out over its own gardens and grounds and on to agricultural land and the sea beyond. It is an attractive and imposing stone built house with a slate roof, which dates from the early 20th century. Other than the boot room, the house is double glazed and benefits from solar panels which reduce running costs. While modernised the house still retains original features such as cornices in the hallways, reception rooms (including in the annexe), kitchen and bedrooms.
Electric gates with stone gate piers, open to the private driveway leading up to the front of the house, and which continues on round to a courtyard at the rear. A front entrance porch has a tiled floor while an outer hall has wooden flooring. The welcoming hallway has a dado rail, wooden flooring and an elegant staircase to the first floor, along with an understairs cupboard and a connecting door to the annexe. Arranged off the hallway is the principal accommodation including a fine drawing room with a large bay window overlooking the garden, dado rail, open fireplace and wooden flooring. The double aspect dining room also has a dado rail and wooden flooring, as does the living room which also has picture windows looking to the garden and a fireplace with a wood burning stove. There is a useful cloakroom with wash basin with vanity unit and WC. A well proportioned kitchen has fitted units with wooden worktops and tiled splashbacks. Appliances include an AEG hob and oven, five door AGA , Logik dishwasher, two under counter fridges and a sink. There is ample space for informal dining, along with a clothes pulley and wooden flooring. Beyond is a lobby with a door to the garden and a cupboard. Off this is a utility room with units with a sink, plumbing for a washing machine, further clothes pulley and a Worcester boiler, while a larder has a walk-in shelved cupboard, storage unit and tiled floor. A boot room also has a tiled floor, as does a side entrance lobby to the courtyard. A WC has a wash basin.
The staircase leads up to the first floor where a front landing has a dado rail. The impressive bedroom one (formerly an upstairs reception room) has a bay window with lovely views to the North Sea and over Montrose and its Basin, along with a fireplace. Bedroom two is double aspect, again with views to the North Sea, along with a walk in dressing cupboard with fitted units and shelves, and a tiled en suite with shower, wash basin and WC. Also off the front landing is bedroom three, a partially tiled family bathroom with bath with shower, wash basin and WC, and bedroom four which has views over the Basin and a dado rail. Off a side landing are bedrooms five and six, again enjoying views to the North Sea, and a further bathroom with bath, shower cubicle, wash basin and WC.
The annexe has its own separate entrance from the rear courtyard to a hallway with a tiled floor. Off this is a dining kitchen with stairs to the first floor, a shelved cupboard and a wooden floor. The fitted kitchen has Hotpoint appliances including a hob with extractor, oven, microwave and dishwasher, together with a sink and an undercounter fridge. Off an inner hallway, which connects to the main house, is an office, a downstairs bedroom and a sitting room with shelves and a fireplace, while a tiled shower room has a circular wash basin and WC. Upstairs is bedroom two with views over Montrose and the Basin and a shelved and hanging cupboard.
The garden in front is mainly lawn, and enclosed by a wall and hedge. At the back of the house is the tarred courtyard where there is a harled garage with a corrugated roof and an up and over door. Adjacent is a hen run. Within the rear garden is a paved terrace off the kitchen, and a brick built store.
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