Old ManseKirkton Of Kingoldrum, By Kirriemuir, Angus, DD8 5HW

Old Manse is a most attractive, stone built and harled, former manse with a slate roof, which faces south looking out over its own gardens. While situated at the foot of Glenisla, the property is not remote, being only 4 miles from Kirriemuir. A pretty house, which is listed Category B and with a date stone of 1792, it was extended to the rear in the 1860s, and again in the 1920s with the addition of a staircase bay. It was used as a Church of Scotland manse until 1948. In the 1990s the former stables were converted into a shop for a knitwear business. Since 2004 this building has been used as a studio. There may be considerable scope for a number of alternative uses, including ancillary, guest or holiday letting accommodation or as an office, subject to obtaining necessary planning consents.

The house is on three storeys with a single storey extension to the rear. It is well laid out and provides flexible and comfortable family accommodation, while at the same time being ideal for entertaining. Many period features and fittings remain in the house including panelled doors and skirtings. The house was acquired by the sellers in 2007, who have continued to do improvements to the property including the installation of partial secondary glazing in a number of the rooms, including the sitting room, side hallway, kitchen, main bedroom and stairs. They also reroofed the outbuilding, and installed a new boiler in 2016.

A gate opens on to a tarred drive which leads down to tarred parking at the house where double doors lead into an entrance vestibule with wood lined walls, tiled floor and an inner door to a welcoming hallway. This has parquet flooring and a staircase to the first floor. To one side is a double aspect sitting room with a centre rose, fireplace with a Villager wood burning stove, and two wall lights. Behind is a study with window shutters and two wall lights. Opposite is a dining room, also double aspect, with a fireplace with mantel, and recessed shelves with cupboard below. A side hallway, with an entrance door from a courtyard, has a tiled floor and a wall light, while a useful downstairs WC has a washbasin and a tiled floor. A walk in cupboard houses a Mistral boiler, while the double aspect kitchen has fitted units with a two oven AGA, and ample space for informal dining. Off this is a pantry, again with fitted units, with a Belfast sink, plumbing for a washing machine, under counter Bosch fridge, and a clothes pulley. Beyond is a larder with a tiled floor, Indesit dryer and fitted shelves.

The staircase, lit by an arched window, leads up to the first floor landing off which are three bedrooms, all with window shutters. Bedroom 1 also has a washbasin, while bedroom 3 is double aspect. There is also a study/dressing room, along with a family bathroom with a bath, washbasin, WC and window shutters, and a separate part timber lined WC with washbasin. The staircase continues up to the second floor where there are two further bedrooms with dormer window shutters, and a shower room with shower cubicle and washbasin (currently cold water only) and fitted shelves.

To the side of the house is an enclosed and paved courtyard, with a pretty flower border, off which are two stone built stores. The courtyard links to the stone built former stables, with a slate roof, which now comprise a studio (former shop) with cornice, picture rail, and display lighting. Beyond is a store, and a garage with power and light and up and over door. Adjacent to this range is a greenhouse and beside the road is a parking area.

The front garden is mainly lawn with an hexagonal summer house, flower borders, rhododendrons and fruit trees, along with a sunken trampoline, and some fine trees. Beyond a beech hedge is a vegetable garden with enclosed raised beds, further fruit trees, garden shed and a greenhouse. The gardens are bordered to the east by the Cromie burn. At the back of the house is an enclosed area of garden, with gates off the road.

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