3 bedroom detached house

Damside Cottage is a most attractive small country property originally being two early 19th and mid 18th century cottages built of stone under a slate roof. Previous owners had undertaken extensive renovation works and then extended the house in the late 1970s and created the garden. In 1998 the kitchen AGA was installed. Apart from the utility room, the house has either double glazing or secondary glazing.

The house benefits from a good sized drawing room, together with three further reception rooms. It sits within its own gardens and is arranged around a courtyard. As such it is a house of great charm and many of the rooms retain period features, including cornicings. A covered entrance from the garden, with a partially glazed front door, opens to the hallway. Off this is the sitting room, with an cast iron fireplace with wooden mantel, shelves and window shutters. The drawing room also has an open fireplace with wooden mantel, together with fitted book and display shelves with cupboards below, and looks out over the garden.

Further doors from the hallway lead to the dining room, kitchen, bedrooms, bathroom and shower room, and to a secure walk in cupboard with hanging rails. Bedroom 1, which faces out over the garden, has window shutters, built in bookshelves and a wardrobe. Bedroom 2 also has a fitted wardrobe. The shower room has a pedestal washbasin, WC and tiled shower, whilst bedroom 3 has a built in hanging cupboard, and the adjacent bathroom has a bath, pedestal washbasin and WC.

The dining room, which also looks out over the gardens, has fitted display shelves and a door through to the dining kitchen. This is a fitted kitchen with wooden wall and floor units with tiled splashbacks, a two oven AGA, plumbing for dishwasher, display cupboards, a centre island unit and two shelved cupboards. Off the kitchen is the utility room with fitted units and a sink, plumbing for washing machine, large shelved airing cupboard, “drip cupboard” with hanging rail and boiler. The study has a cast iron fireplace, fitted shelves and cupboards and a partially glazed door to the courtyard and could be used as a small additional bedroom. Off the kitchen is a hallway with a partially glazed back door, hanging cupboard and links to the attached greenhouse , staging and a sink, and to the integral garage with an automatic up and over door, concrete floor and a wonderful workshop/artists studio with velux windows and a north light. Attached to the back of the house is a coal shed and garden store.

Damside Cottage is situated just outside the small village of Leysmill. Leysmill is centrally located within Angus and is within easy travelling distance of Arbroath, Montrose, Forfar and Dundee. The Angus coastline, at Lunan Bay, is only about 6 miles to the east. Leysmill was originally built to house workers employed in a flax mill and the former quarry. This is an attractive and convenient part of Angus, just north of Arbroath, with its historic abbey, harbour and marina. The A92 dual carriageway provides easy access to Dundee from Arbroath. Aberdeen can be reached either by the A92 coast road or by the A90 dual carriageway from Brechin. The county of Angus boasts sandy beaches, fertile farmland and glorious heather glens. Recreational activities include fishing on the River South Esk. There are a number of well known golf courses in the area, including Carnoustie and Montrose. There are leisure centres at Arbroath and Montrose. Lunan Bay is a renowned and award winning beach, popular with surfers, dog walkers and horse riders. There is an attractive coastal walk, along red sandstone cliffs, from Lunan Bay via Auchmithie to Arbroath, which is famous for its “smokies”. Locally there are primary schools in Colliston and in Friockheim, which has local shopping and a chemist. Secondary schooling is found in Arbroath, which, along with Forfar and Montrose, provides a wide range of shopping, leisure and business facilities. Both Dundee and Aberdeen provide all the services expected of major cities. There are railway stations at Arbroath and Montrose offering regular services to Aberdeen and to the south. There is an airport at Dundee with services to London Stansted whilst both Aberdeen and Edinburgh airports have a range of domestic and European flights.