5 bedroom detached house

A superb opportunity to purchase an impressive family home with paddock and stables situated near the popular conservation village of Dunning in the county of Perthshire.
Dunning provides a thriving community together with good day to day facilities including Post Office with grocery shop, primary school, church, hotel, inn, 9 hole golf course, bowling club and tennis courts. Auchterarder 4.5 miles to the west, offers more extensive facilities including a secondary school, medical centre, cottage hospital, supermarket, butchers, and other independent and specialist retailers. The world renowned Gleneagles Hotel, with three championship golf courses, restaurants, swimming pool, shooting school, equestrian centre and spa, lies adjacent to Auchterarder. The railway station by Gleneagles provides regular daily services north and south, together with a sleeper service to London. Perth offers an excellent array of facilities and services which include national retailers, banks, leisure centre, cinema, theatre, concert hall and both railway and bus stations.
The A9 dual carriageway lies about 1 miles south, linking to Perth and Stirling. The M9 and M90 both link to the A9 giving convenient access to Glasgow and Edinburgh. Dundee, can be reached in approximately 45 minutes by car, via the A90 and provides two universities, shopping centres and the V&A Museum. In addition the airport in Dundee has services to London.
The Beeches is well positioned for a number of independent schools including Morrsion’s Academy and Ardvreck Preparatory School, both in Crieff, Strathallan in Forgandenny, Kilgraston by Bridge of Earn, Craigclowan in Perth and Glenalmond College to the north of Methven.
The Beeches is a desirable south facing family home providing generous and flexible reception space for family living and entertaining. The house benefits from a lot of natural light with views over its gardens, paddock and open countryside beyond. The sitting room has an open fireplace with double doors leading through to the dining room, where a dual aspect provides views towards the paddock. The dining room benefits from direct access into the garden and onto a decked patio. The breakfasting kitchen has a good range of attractive country style wall and base units, plumbing for a dishwasher plus a further area for family dining and entertaining. The remaining accommodation on the ground floor includes a utility room with plumbing for a washing machine, sink and cupboards, a WC and a further cupboard.
The first floor has five good sized bedrooms, all benefit from integrated wardrobes. The master bedroom has an en-suite shower room and a family bathroom with a separate shower serves the remaining four bedrooms. The owners have had newly fitted double glazing installed throughout in 2019.
The landscaped gardens are fully enclosed and reached through a vehicle gate to the front of The Beeches. A gravelled drive leads to the house and detached double garage where there is ample space for cars, horse box and trailers. The garden is mostly laid to lawn, with borders and an attractive decked seating area to the rear where views over the paddocks can be enjoyed. There is a large summer house/cabin offering additional accommodation or home office which can be included in the sale. To the north of the house is an enclosed paddock and there is a further smaller enclosed paddock to the west with both connecting through a field gate. The paddocks are enclosed by both post and rail and post and wire fencing.
To the north of the garage are the stables, with three loose boxes, tack room, an open fronted shed with additional store room.
There is a hard standing area to the front of the stables. Water and electricity supplies are both connected to the stables. The stable block and paddock offer a perfect opportunity for the keeping of a horse, ponies or small livestock.