Stunning, renovated country house, with outbuildings, land and exceptional views.
Kilry Lodge is a hugely impressive Victorian house believed to have been built on the site of a former priory. It was built in 1868 as a shooting lodge in the French Gothic style. The house has about 8.5 acres of mature garden and grass paddocks, and it occupies a commanding and stunning position with far reaching views over surrounding countryside and to the hills.
It is a pretty harled house, with a slate roof and a turret. The accommodation, which is arranged over two storeys, is notably bright and well proportioned. Original Victorian features are evident throughout the house with its sash and case windows, cornicings, timber panelled doors, decorative fire surrounds and elegant staircase and a carved stone gargoyle from the Palace of Westminster which sits above the front entrance. However since 2017 an extensive programme of refurbishment works have been undertaken in the house. These included refurbishing the kitchen, including new flooring and a new AGA, together with a wood burning stove being fitted in the sitting room, replacement flooring in the hallway, refurbishment of the utility room and cloakroom, including a new boiler, and extensive redecoration. Upstairs there are four good sized bedrooms (two with en suites), a principal bathroom with underfloor heating, and a further bathroom. Again the first floor has been thoroughly redecorated. As such Kilry Lodge is a beautifully presented country house.
Double front doors open to a limestone tiled porch which leads into an impressive and welcoming hallway, with a limestone tiled floor, staircase to the first floor, and which gives access to all the main reception rooms. The impressive double aspect drawing room is ideal for entertaining with its open fireplace, five wall lights and big picture windows. It also has quirky features including the turret alcove and a hidden door to the study, which has a wooden floor and separate entrance door, making it perfect for home working. Also off the hallway is a cloakroom with washbasin and WC and a large walk in hanging and shelved cupboard. The cosy sitting room, again double aspect with lovely views, has a centre rose, fireplace with a Clearview wood burning stove, log storage and fitted bookcases and cupboards. The open plan kitchen and dining room is very much the heart of the house. The dining area is double aspect with a bay window with fine easterly views, and a fireplace with a Clearview wood burning stove. The refurbished kitchen has units with wooden worktops, a four oven AGA, Shaws sink, Hotpoint dishwasher and a Rangemaster fridge/freezer. The large boot room / utility room has units with a wooden worktop with a double sink, cupboard housing a Samsung washing machine and Zanussi dryer, an understairs storage cupboard, back door and a boiler room with a Worcester boiler and clothes pulley.
The first floor landing has a shelved linen cupboard. The lovely main bathroom has a freestanding bath, shower cubicle, Villeroy & Boch washbasin with marble-topped vanity unit, WC and a tiled floor. Bedroom 1 is double aspect with spectacular views, a built in wardrobe and walk in hanging cupboard. Bedroom 2 is also double aspect, and has a walk in hanging cupboard and an en suite with shower cubicle, washbasin with marble-topped vanity unit, WC and tiled floor. Bedroom 3, also double aspect, has built in wardrobes and an en suite with shower, washbasin and WC, while bedroom 4 has a built in wardrobe and a turret alcove. Adjacent is a further bathroom with a freestanding bath, washbasin and WC.
Kilry Lodge is approached by a pretty wooded driveway which leads to a gravel sweep at the house. The property sits in a mature garden and has a south facing front lawn, sheltered by hedges, trees and shrubs. There is also a tennis court.
Behind the house is a stone built range of outbuildings, with a slate roof, power and light. These incorporate a store; a garage with two sets of double doors; a former byre, now used as a store, with water; a stable and a workshop. Beyond is a brick built stable block with corrugated roofing and including three loose boxes and a barn/court to the rear.
The paddocks are situated to the southeast of the house. Within one is a fenced off area. The field is watered.
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The current owners have done a first class job in sensitively refurbishing this very fine house - the standard of finish is impeccable and the location is simply stunning.
Ruaraidh OgilvieProperty agent