Darquhillan is an attractive and substantial family home, situated in extensive gardens and grounds on one of Scotland's most exclusive residential addresses. The house is traditional in design having been built in an Arts and Crafts style in 1933, but offers modernised and beautifully presented accommodation throughout. The house is set back from Caledonian Crescent up a sweeping driveway to afford it a great sense of privacy in its charming wooded grounds.

The open plan family / garden room is a wonderfully bright living space thanks to its numerous windows, some of which are floor to ceiling, overlooking the gardens. The family area has an open fireplace with modern stone surround and mantel, and the garden room has two sets of contemporary bi-folding doors, opening it up onto the south-facing terrace. The kitchen overlooks the gardens to the side and rear, and has a contemporary feel having been opened with an adjacent dining room, and fully upgraded by the current owner. It has Corian worktops along with a separate fitted breakfast bar, also of Corian. Integrated appliances include Bosch double ovens, induction hob, Bosch dishwasher and an American style fridge freezer. There is also a Belfast sink and solid oak bookshelves. The kitchen opens up into the dining room which also overlooks the side gardens through its characterful bow end windows, and which also has a stone fireplace. The sitting room sits off the main entrance hall, opposite the family / breakfast room. It has extensive, bespoke fitted floor to ceiling bookshelves, a fireplace with contemporary design and engraved stone surround, and a window overlooking the east gardens. To the rear of the house off a back corridor is the utility room with oak worktops incorporating a Belfast sink. It is plumbed for appliances which include a Bosch washing machine and separate Bosch tumble dryer. There is also a boiler room, WC and large store off this corridor, as well as a back staircase leading up to the maid's room /study. The corridor leads to a back door out to the carport.

A south-facing balcony with composite decking and glazed balustrade sits off the first floor landing and overlooks the stunning gardens. There are three double bedrooms off the main landing including the principal bedroom suite. One of the other bedrooms is currently occupied as a study. The principal bedroom has stunning southerly outlooks over the garden, fitted wardrobes and an en suite bathroom. There is a further double bedroom with a recently upgraded shower room adjacent to it set off the landing. From here there is a separate rear staircase off the landing.

GARDEN AND GROUNDS

The mature gardens and grounds at Darquhillan are truly stunning, and extend to about 1.85 acres in all. The gardens are fully enclosed by mature Scots pine trees alongside a variety of other evergreen and broadleaf trees to provide the house with a great sense of privacy from its neighbours. The principal lawn wraps from the south to the west of the house. A rich variety of rhododendrons along with other mature shrubs are interspersed in well- stocked beds. Immediately outside the family / breakfast room is a south-facing gravelled terrace with a lovely outlook over the garden for outdoor entertaining and barbecues.

A tarmac driveway with lighting passes through wrought iron gates with side gate and post box, and sweeps through the south-facing front garden and up to the generous gravelled parking area to the side of the house. The drive continues to the rear of the house where there is garaging, with a covered car port connecting it with the main house. A disused air raid shelter also sits within these spectacular grounds.

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