5 bedroom detached house

Offered to the market in exceptional condition throughout, 'Balloburn' is conveniently positioned in the heart of the extremely sought-after conservation village of Abernethy. Dating back to circa 1745, the property is Category B Listed on account of its beautiful Georgian style proportions and period features including corniced ceilings and split-pane window formations with working shutters. This impressive home offers spacious and versatile accommodation (Approx. 2658 sq.ft in total) over three storeys and offers 5 bedrooms in total.

The original hardwood front door opens through to a bright entrance vestibule and then into the welcoming reception hallway. At the front of the house, the family sitting room boasts dual aspect windows overlooking the private garden grounds and a beautiful feature fireplace with a wood burning stove. Across the hallway is the formal dining room with a further wood burning stove. This space could be easily reconfigured to offer a range of other uses such as an additional sitting room.  The impressive family kitchen sits to the rear of the house and offers a range of bespoke timber cabinets, double bowl Belfast ceramic sink, rustic tiled splashback and a charming Aga range cooker. The family kitchen also offers ample space for an informal dining table and gives access to a predominately glazed porch that leads out to the rear garden. A convenient utility room and a cloakroom WC complete the ground floor accommodation.

The elegant curved staircase leads to the first of the upper levels. Off the first floor landing, the impressive principal bedroom overlooks the beautifully presented front garden grounds and offers a spacious walk-in dressing room. Also found on this level are a further two exceptionally generous double bedrooms, attractive family bathroom and separate WC. Continuing up to the top level there is a second contemporary family bathroom and a further two amazingly spacious double bedrooms, both complete with dual aspect windows including two newly replaced Velux sky lights.    

Externally the alluring surrounding gardens are enclosed by a mixture of neat stone wall and mature hedging. The gardens are extremely well-presented and are filled with colour in the spring and summer months thanks to a wide variety of mature trees, shrubs and eye catching seasonal flowers. The property offers a range of varied sections of garden including three separate manicured lawns and a paved patio to the rear of the house offering the ideal setting to enjoy the truly private setting. Additionally the property offers a sizeable woodstore and detached stone built outbuilding that has been conveniently sub-divided into an external store and home gym complete with power and lighting. The building lends itself to the possibility of potential further development for a range of uses including home office, or even a self-contained rental unit. The cast iron double gates found at the entrance to the grounds open onto a gravel driveway that provides private off-street parking for multiple vehicles.    

Abernethy is a thriving village with a general store, café, excellent pub and restaurant, mobile post office van, doctor’s surgery and a church. For a wider range of services, Perth is approximately 16 minutes away with supermarkets, high street shops, banks, cafes, restaurants and a leisure centre including a public swimming pool. To the south of the village, Pitmedden Forest and Castle Law Hill offer an extensive network of walking and cycling tracks. In terms of education, there is a highly regarded primary school in Abernethy itself with a range of state secondary schools being found in Perth. There are several private schools in the area including Craigclowan, Kilgraston, Strathallan, Morrisons Academy, Glenalmond College, Dollar Academy and Dundee High School. The property is also well located with excellent connections to all parts of the country, with a mainline railway station at Perth and the national motorway network at Bridge of Earn (4 miles). The A91 trunk road, 5 miles distant, provides access to the major population centres in Fife. Edinburgh airport has regular flights to UK, European and international destinations. For the sports enthusiast, Balloburn is ideally placed to take advantage of the many golf courses in Fife and Perthshire including the world famous Old Course in St Andrews, the Open Championship venue of Carnoustie (35 miles) and Gleneagles (21 miles). The nearby Ochil hills plus the Southern Highlands offer extensive hill walking, mountain biking, skiing, trekking and other outdoor activities. For those keen on fishing, the River Tay and its tributaries are world renowned.