This country house offers everything you could want

Splendid country living could be yours, in a beautifully finished period home with a detached coach house and heated swimming pool, set in mature gardens.

Presented for sale by Bell Ingram, Delford House, in Kinnaird, Perthshire, is a beautiful late Georgian country home which is positioned within mature gardens and grounds. In recent years, it has been meticulously refurbished and renovated by its present owners to combine comfortable modern living with a rural period setting.

There are two stone pillared entrances from the village of Kinnaird which lead to the front and rear of the house.

The main doors open into a large reception hall where a traditional staircase rises to the first floor. A large window at the mid landing floods the stair with natural light. Off the hall is the drawing room which has windows on two sides.
It has detailed cornicing, picture railing, and an open fireplace with a timber mantel and slate surround. The drawing room opens into the conservatory.

The dining room is equally well proportioned and has similar traditional features to the drawing room and a large window overlooking the garden. A third public room is currently used as a sitting room.

Inside Delford House

The spacious country kitchen has base and wall units complemented by dappled granite worktops and there is a central island which incorporates a breakfast bar.

The kitchen has a double Belfast sink and a large Aga with four ovens, two stoves and a four-ring gas hob. There is a pair of integrated Fischer Pakel dishwasher drawers and ample space for an American style fridge/freezer.

From the kitchen two glass panel doors open into the conservatory, a contemporary addition which has been tastefully blended with the original property. It enjoys elevated views over the garden and there are two sets of French doors out to the flagstone terrace and a further door leads back into the drawing room.

An inner hallway gives access to a WC and cloakroom, a wine cellar and a pantry.

From the kitchen a rear hall houses the boiler room, utility room, boot room and has an external door to the courtyard.

On the first floor are five bedrooms. The master suite has two windows, with working shutters, which overlook the garden and have views to the Carse of Gowrie. The en suite bathroom has both a bath and a wet room shower, a wash basin and a WC.

A further two bedrooms are equally well proportioned with similar period features.

A fourth bedroom is currently arranged as a dressing room with fitted wardrobes and a window with working shutters. These four bedrooms share a modern contemporary shower room which has limestone tiling on the floor and walls, a shower, wash basin and a WC.

The spacious country kitchen in Delford House

A secondary staircase from the ground floor gives access to a fifth bedroom and bathroom. By its nature, this bedroom could be used for guest accommodation or as a teenager’s room.

The former Coach House has been tastefully converted to provide ancillary accommodation for Delford House. The traditional stone built outbuilding has its own private walled garden. Currently it houses a home office, gym, bedroom, bathroom and a kitchenette. The home office can be independently accessed from the courtyard.

The grounds at Delford House have been landscaped and tended to a beautiful standard. Extending to about 1.9 acres they combine domestic garden areas, a paddock, a copse of woodland and a kitchen garden.

The house sits above a flourishing garden to the front which is sheltered by specimen trees including eucalyptus, copper beech and a magnificent Wellingtonia.

The large lawn area lies beneath an embankment where there is an assortment of rhododendrons. The kitchen garden, which is beside the traditional stone wall boundary to the south east, has raised beds and a polytunnel. It is bordered by a small part of the garden which has apple and cherry trees.

To the west is a flagstone terrace extending out from the conservatory providing an ideal spot for alfresco entertaining. It is edged by neat beds with rose bushes. From the terrace steps lead up to the heated outdoor pool.

The whole area has been meticulously landscaped, bounded with natural stone and stocked with a variety of colourful plants including lavender. A tall stone wall bounds this garden to the north. A traditional greenhouse is set against the wall and there are two timber sheds and a log store.

Delford House is presented for sale by Bell Ingram

The rear driveway to Delford House is enclosed by electrically controlled timber gates. There is ample room for parking a number of vehicles and there is an additional car port at the north gable of the house.

At the foot of the garden is a gate leading to an amenity paddock extending to approximately 0.45 acres. The paddock is bounded by established hedging and shrubbery and a mature copse of woodland. A stable block is located in the paddock with one loose box and an open shelter for storage of garden machinery.

The property is situated within Kinnaird, an idyllic village set around a 19th century church. On the edge of the Sidlaw Hills and surrounded by the rich farmland of the Carse of Gowrie, this historic settlement is both private and easily accessible to both Perth and Dundee.

The nearby village of Inchture has a village hall, shop, hotel, post office and bowling green in addition to a primary school and nursery. Perth and Dundee have a full range of retail, leisure and cultural attractions.

The surrounding countryside provides salmon fishing on the rivers Earn and Tay, championship golf courses at Blairgowrie, Carnoustie, St Andrews and Gleneagles and an award-winning racecourse at Scone Palace.

There are a number of private schools nearby including the High School of Dundee, and Craigclowan, Strathallan, Glenalmond and Kilgraston at Perth.

The agents will consider offers over £1,100,000.

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