The GhentyAirlie, By Kirriemuir, Angus, DD8 5HF

The Ghenty is a stunning country house, most attractively situated in the Angus foothills, at the bottom of Glenisla, yet is not remote and the area is very accessible. Originally a small farmhouse with attached steading on a local estate, the property was converted some 20 years ago into a very spacious single storey house. Acquired by the sellers in 2008, they then added a modern two storey extension to the rear comprising a one bedroom apartment with garaging below. This has been imaginatively designed and linked to the existing house, and is currently successfully used for holiday lets, but could easily be incorporated into the main property to provide further accommodation.

The works that were done were substantive. When the original conversion took place the property was stripped back to its bare walls, reroofed, new floors laid, rewired and replumbed. As such it is in effect a modern property within an old shell. The original building was a U shaped steading with attached cottage. What would have been infill courts are now two large reception rooms, with further good sized reception rooms, a well appointed kitchen and bedrooms arranged around these.

The Ghenty is a house which has been cleverly designed to provide extensive and flexible family accommodation, while at the same time being ideal for entertaining. The sellers have continued to enhance the property which is beautifully presented, both internally and outside. The house is fully double glazed and a new boiler was fitted five years ago. The kitchen and bathrooms/en suites have been refurbished to a very high standard. The house sits within well maintained, private and sheltered gardens, and benefits from its own paddock. In all the grounds extend to some 2.8 acres. The main part of the house is attractively built of stone, with a slate roof, and some wooden facings, while the extension is harled and The Link has a wooden finish. As such it is a most desirable property. Period features remain such as the stone pillar and lintels of former cart sheds, which now create a link from the sitting room to the garden room. There are cornices in all the principal accommodation and bedrooms, with wooden flooring in the reception rooms, and in the living room and bedroom in The Apartment.

Gates from the farm road open onto a drive leading up to gravelled parking to the side and rear of the house. A covered entrance has a custom designed stained glass panelled front door which opens to a generously proportioned sitting room with a moulded ceiling, open fireplace, panelling to dado level and two wall lights. This leads through to a triple aspect garden room, thus making the most of both morning and afternoon light, which has a linking door to the garden. Also off the sitting room is a study, again with a moulded ceiling and decorative fireplace, while a dining room has a fireplace with wood burning stove, two shelved cupboards, and doors to a lobby linking to the courtyard garden in front. The fully fitted and well appointed kitchen has granite worktops, a Beko dishwasher, sink, DeLonghi cooker with extractor, Samsung wine fridge and a Whirlpool fridge/freezer. An island unit has a steamed beech worktop, wine rack and breakfast bar, and there is ample space for informal dining and Travertine tiled flooring. A family room, which is another generous reception room which also links to the lobby to the garden, has two shelved cupboards. Also off this is a bedroom passageway. The principal bedroom has a glazed door to the garden, mantel, walk-in dressing room and a tiled en suite with bath, shower cubicle, two washbasins with vanity unit, WC and porcelain tiled floor. The partially tiled family bathroom has a bath, washbasin, WC and porcelain tiled floor. Beyond are bedrooms 2, 3 and 4, with bedroom 3 having a glazed door to the garden, and along with bedroom 4 also having an en suite with bath with shower, wash basin, WC and a porcelain tiled floor. Also off the family room is a utility room with fitted units with a sink, Beko washing machine and dryer, two partially shelved cupboards and a slate tiled floor. This leads through to The Link with NorDan windows, an entrance door, slate tiled floor, back door and door to The Apartment entrance. There is a timber lined WC with washbasin and slate tiled floor; a boiler room with Worcester boiler and clothes pulley; and a store with slate tiled floor.

The Apartment has its own entrance, connected to both The Link and the garaging. A wooden staircase leads up to an open plan living room/kitchen with a cupboard housing a Logik washing machine. The fitted kitchen has an undercounter fridge, sink, Beko dishwasher, Lamona oven/grill, hob and extractor, and a tiled floor. The bedroom has a wardrobe, while a shower room has a washbasin, WC and a slate tiled floor.

The four car garage below has two up and over automatic doors, along with power, light and water, and a recessed storage area. On the other side of the gravelled area is a wooden store (1.85m x 2.55m approx.).

The gardens have been cleverly divided into several parts and have lawns, trees and hedges giving shelter and privacy. In front is a courtyard garden with decking and gravelled seating areas, while to the side is a cottage garden with a greenhouse/sitooterie (3.6m x 2.4m approx.) and an enclosed vegetable area with raised beds. Beyond is the paddock, which is fenced and has trees planted for shelter, along with a wooden stable block with corrugated roof and two loose boxes (each 3.5m x 3.5 m approx.) together with a log store, store and garden shed. The property is bounded to the north by the Canty burn.

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