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Inverness about 12 miles. Airport about 19 miles.

Lot 1 Canonbury House offers over £710,000

Lot 2 Canonbury Cottage offers over £195,000

Offers for the whole offers over £905,000

Overview

About 0.90 acre (0.364 ha)

A beautifully preserved Victorian house with fine views overlooking the Moray Firth.

* The main house accommodation comprises:

Ground Floor: Entrance Hall, Drawing Room, Dining Room, Study, Morning Room, Kitchen, Laundry, Butler's Pantry, Scullery, Back Hall, WC and Cellar.

First Floor: 7 Bedrooms, 2 Single Bedrooms/Dressing Rooms, Bathroom, Shower Room and WC.

Second Floor: 2 Bedrooms and Box Room.

– Two original Victorian greenhouses

– Garage and outbuildings

– Mature gardens

– Edge of village location

The cottage accommodation comprises:

Ground Floor: Sitting Room, Living Room, Bedroom, Kitchen and Bathroom.

First Floor: 3 Bedrooms and Shower Room

Canonbury House floorplan pdf

Canonbury Cottage floorplan pdf

General

Canonbury House lies on the edge of the coastal town of Fortrose on the Black Isle, a small peninsula lying just north of Inverness. Canonbury House is an extensive “Grade B” Listed property of immense character and noted local history, surrounded by mature gardens which include two original Victorian greenhouses with vine. Offering spacious accommodation in very well proportioned rooms, the property retains the charm and character of its era with elegant arched and beautiful wooden floors. The house sits on an elevated, south facing site, sheltered by mature gardens and with beautiful views to the Moray Firth. The house was built in the late 1800's and is exceptional in that its interior retains the layout, features and the high quality workmanship typical of this time and conserved by recent extensive works to the fabric of the building. Canonbury is a gracious family home with well proportioned, bright rooms, many with lovely views to the Moray Firth and most displaying fine woodwork with sanded floors, moulded architraves and deep skirtings, while a magnificent galleried landing with wooden arches over the balustrades adds to the character and style of the house.

Fortrose grew up around its Cathedral and this is reflected in its fine architecture and layout. Today it is a thriving small town with a strong community and is popular for its beautiful coastal location and unspoilt centre. The town is well served with a number of independent shops, hotels and restaurants, with primary schooling in nearby Avoch and secondary schooling at the highly acclaimed Fortrose Academy. There is a yacht club and harbour, and a golf club on Chanonry Ness, a spit of land extending in to the Moray Firth and from where the renowned bottle nose dolphins can most often be seen. Inverness, a short drive away, has all the facilities of a modern city including its airport with regular flights to the South.

The countryside of the Scottish Highlands is varied, from the fertile, rolling farmland of the coast to the inland moorlands and rugged mountains. This unspoilt landscape provides a haven for many rare and protected species of wildlife as well as a wide range of rural leisure and sporting opportunities from way marked walks and cycle trails on the Black Isle to skiing and adventure sports in the Cairngorm National Park.

Accommodation

LOT 1 – CANONBURY HOUSE

Canonbury House is of stone and slate construction. The property is approached off the single track public road, double wooden gates opening to a parking area at the rear of the house.

Accommodation

A Caithness slab pathway leads to the rear door of the house. A separate path leads to the front door opening to:

 

Entrance Vestibule

2.3m X 2.1m

With tiled floor, partly panelled walls, cornicing, coat hooks, burglar alarm panel and partly glazed door with glazed side panels opening to:

Main Hall

4.7m X 2.9m max

With timber floor, central archway, cornicing and doors off to:

Drawing Room

5.5m X 5.2m

A double aspect room with timber floor, cornicing, open fire with brick surround and hearth, carved timber mantelpiece, display alcove, TV point and telephone point. .

 

Dining Room

5.6m X 5.2m

A double aspect room with timber floor, picture rail, cornicing, shelved display alcove, shelved cupboard, open fire with marble surround, hearth and mantelpiece.

 

Morning Room

5m X 4.9m max

A double aspect L-shaped room with two curved walls, timber floor, cornicing, open fire with polished slate surround and carved timber mantelpiece, TV point and door to hot houses.

Returning to the entrance hall, a door opens to:

Inner Vestibule

1.2m X 1.3m

Timber lined, housing under stair cupboard and with door to:

Study

4.8m X 3.6m

With timber floor, open fire with slate surround and hearth and carved timber mantelpiece, partly glazed, fitted cupboards and further fitted cupboard.

Returning to the inner vestibule, an open square arch leads to:

Rear Hall

3.8m X 2.8m max

With timber floor, bell dial and doors off to:

Rear Vestibule

1.1m x 1.1m

With tiled floor, glazed roof and back door.:

Cloakroom

2.1m X 0.9m

With WC, wash hand basin with tiled splashback, mirror, partly tiled wall, timber ceiling and beams.

Butler's Pantry

3.3m X 2.6m

With timber floor, fitted floor and wall cupboards and full length shelved cupboard.

Returning to the rear hall, an open arch leads to a vestibule with doors off to:

Scullery

2.3m X 1.6m

With timber floor, shelving, ceramic sink and partly tiled walls.

Kitchen

4.5m X 3.8m

With timber floor, electric range cooker, tiled recess behind and stone surround, three floor to ceiling shelved cupboards, TV point and door to:

Laundry

3.8m X 3m

A double aspect room with concrete floor, plumbing for washing machine, hot water cylinder, oil fired boiler and access to basement.

Returning to the entrance hall, stairs with a wrought iron balustrades, timber rail and with a stained glassed window lead to:

Galleried First Floor Landing

2.8m X 1.5m

With timber floor and two open archways leading to inner vestibules with doors off to:

Bedroom 1

4.3m X 4.2m

A double aspect room with timber floor, open fire with cast iron surround and timber mantelpiece, wash hand basin, mirror and fitted cupboard.

Single Bedroom/Dressing Room

3.9m X 2.8m max

With timber floor and cornicing.

Bedroom 2

4.2m X 4.3m

A double aspect room with timber floor, cornicing, fireplace with brick surround and timber mantelpiece, fitted cupboard, wash hand basin with splashback, shelf, mirror and shaver light.

Bedroom 3

3.9m X 3.1m

A double aspect room with timber floor, cornicing, fireplace with brick surround and timber mantelpiece, fitted cupboard and cupboard below window.

Shower Room

2.5m X 1.6m

With shower cubicle with electric shower, wash hand basin with mirrored splashback, shelf, shaver light, WC, electric towel rail, high level shelving and fitted cupboard below window.

Returning to the first floor landing, a further open archway leads to a galleried corridor overlooking the main and back staircases, with timber floor and door to:

Bedroom 4

3.9m X 3.7m

With timber floor, timber mantelpiece, timber lined recess, wash hand basin with mirrored splashback, shaver light, shelf and telephone point.

Bedroom 5

4.5m X 3.8m

With timber floor, cornicing, timber mantelpiece, fitted cupboard, wash hand basin with mirrored splashback and shaver socket.

A further open arch leads to a vestibule with doors off to:

Bathroom

3.5m X 2.5m

With bath, with hand shower attachment, splashback, wash hand basin with splashback, mirror, shelf and heated towel rail.

From the galleried corridor a further door opens to back stairs and leads to door to:

Single Bedroom/Dressing Room 2

3.9m X 2.6m

With timber floor and cornicing.

Returning to the first floor landing, stairs with banisters with a wrought iron balustrade and timber handrail lead to:

Second Floor Landing

4.2m X 3.1m max

With coombed ceilings, Velux window, wall mounted fuse box and electricity meter and doors off to:

Bedroom 6

5.3m X 4.3m

With partly coombed ceilings, timber floor, timber mantelpiece and inspection hatch to eaves.

Bedroom 7

5m X 4.3

With partly coombed ceilings, timber floor, partly coombed ceilings and timber mantelpiece.

Box Room

2.4m X 2.1m

With timber floor, coombed ceilings, Velux window and shelving.

GARDENS AND GROUNDS

The grounds at Canonbury House extend to about 0.9 acres and are surrounded by wooden fencing and fringed by mature shrubs and trees underplanted with spring flowering bulbs. Terraced lawns planted with a mix of specimen trees including yews and rhododendrons, lie to the front of the house, below which the remains of the in-and-out drive off the main road is still visible. To the side of the house the garden lies in a more formal layout of shrub beds and lawns intersected by stone and grass paths and it is here there is a small circular summer house. To the rear of the house is a vegetable and fruit garden, and from here a wrought iron gate leading to the main road.

Within the grounds is an oil tank and three outside taps.

OUTBUILDINGS

Greenhouses

The two original Victorian greenhouses are attached to the west side of the house and are accessible both from the morning room and the garden. Both are now in need of repair but still retain many of their original features including the timber and wrought iron staging, heating pipes, water trough and cog operated vents. Within one greenhouse house there are two mature vines and a peach tree in the other.

Garage

To the rear of the garden there is a single garage with roller door with adjacent shed and fuel store. There is a car port in the grounds.

SERVICES

Water Mains

Electricity Mains

Drainage Mains

Heating Oil fired

Internet Broadband available

COUNCIL TAX

Canonbury House falls under Council Tax Band H.

MOVEABLES

All curtains and light fittings are included in the sale. Further items including rugs may be available by separate negotiation.

LOT 2 - CANONBURY COTTAGE

Canonbury Cottage lies on the northern boundary of the gardens of Canonbury House and adjacent to Precincts Road. This semi-detached cottage is currently let on a short assured tenancy and is ideally placed to provide letting, holiday or staff accommodation for the owners of Canonbury House.

The single track public road leads to a generous parking bay opposite the cottage.

 

Accommodation

From the road, steps lead down to a partly glazed door opening to:

Entrance Hall

4.2m X 1.9m

With tiled floor, shelved cupboard, fuse box and electricity meter cupboard, under stair storage, telephone point and doors off to:

 

Sitting Room

4.5m X 4.2m

With fireplace with tiled surround, hearth and mantelpiece, TV point, telephone point and door to:

Kitchen

4m X 2.2m

With tiled floor, fitted floor units, single bowl stainless steel sink with drainer, plumbing for washing machine, integral electric oven, hob and extractor fan.

Bathroom

2.6m X 2.4m

With bath, wash hand basin, vanity unit, WC, heated towel rail, shaver light and partly tiled walls.

From the entrance hall, a corridor leads off with doors off to:

Bedroom 1

4.9m X 3.1m

With telephone point.

Living Room

4.2m X 4m

Open fire with tiled surround, hearth and mantelpiece, TV point and telephone point.

From the corridor, stairs lead to:

First Floor Landing

7.8m X 1.1m

With skylight window and doors off to:

Bedroom 2

4.7m X 4.4m

With TV point and airing cupboard housing hot water cylinder.

Shower Room

2.8m X 1.7m

With corner shower cubicle with electric power shower, wash hand basin with mirrored splashback, WC and heated towel rail

Bedroom 3

4.8m X 3.4m

Bedroom 4

4.6m X 4.2m

SERVICES

Water Mains

Electricity Mains

Drainage Mains

Heating Night storage heaters, electric panel heaters

Internet Broadband available

There is a combination of secondary glazing and double glazing.

COUNCIL TAX

Canonbury Cottage falls under Council Tax Band E.

MOVEABLES

All fitted carpets, curtains and light fittings are included in the sale. Further items may be available by separate negotiation.

NOTE

Whilst the property is being offered for sale in 2 lots, individual offers for Lot 2 will not be considered at this time. Individual offers for Lot 1 will be considered.

Additional Information

DIRECTIONS

From Inverness take the A9 north. Turn right signposted to Munlochy on the B9161. After Munlochy, turn right at the T-junction on to the A832, signposted to Fortrose. In Fortrose take the first left along Canonbury Terrace and then take the first left again, along Precincts Road. The gates to Canonbury House are on the left hand side opposite a large parking bay.

SOLICITORS

David Hewitson

26 Church Street

Munro & Noble

Inverness

IV1 1HX

VIEWING

Viewing is by prior appointment only through the selling agents – CKD Galbraith. The person who may accompany you however, may not be an employee of CKD Galbraith.

Selling Agents / Local CKD Galbraith Office

IMPORTANT NOTES

1 These particulars are intended to give a fair and overall description of the property. If any points are relevant to your interest, please ask for further information prior to viewing. Prospective purchasers are advised to seek their own professional advice.

2 Areas, measurements and distances are given as a guide. Photographs depict only certain parts of the property. Nothing within the particulars shall be deemed to be a statement as to the structural condition, nor the working order of the services and appliances.

3 These particulars shall not be binding on our clients whether acted on or otherwise, unless the same is incorporated within a written document, signed by our clients or on their behalf, satisfying the requirements of Section 3 of The Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995.

4 CLOSING DATE

A closing date may be fixed. Prospective purchasers who have notified their interest through lawyers to CKD Galbraith, in writing, will be advised of a closing date, unless the property has been sold previously.

The Seller will not be obliged to accept the highest, or indeed any offer and has the right to accept an offer at any time or withdraw the property from the market. The Seller will not be liable for any costs incurred by interested parties.

5 OFFERS

Formal offers in the acceptable Scottish form should be submitted, thought a Scottish Lawyer, to CKD Galbraith, Lynedoch House, Barossa Place, Perth, PH1 5EPReay House, 17 Old Edinburgh Road, Inverness, IV2 3HF.

6 Third Party Rights and Servitudes

The subjects are sold together with and subject to all existing rights of way, servitudes, wayleaves and others whether contained in the Title Deeds or otherwise, and purchasers will be deemed to have satisfied themselves in all respects thereof.