SSTC Character Property 

New information for Spring 2019

Interested parties should note that the 2nd tower is now completely self contained and suitable for use as a holiday let for additional income.

Ground floor

WC
Within the circular tower. High level cistern. Sandstone floor.

2 Spiral staircases to the floors above.

Undercroft

6m x 4m
Modern representation of Yett. Front door cross boarded 2 oak with bar.
Red sandstone floor from Golspie.
Large fireplace with a sandstone arch (no chimney). Barrel vaulted ceiling and barred windows.

Utility Room

4m x 4m
Vaulted ceiling with central column. Back door is 2 ash crossboarded with bar. Belfast sink. Provision for washing machine. Pine cupboards and shelving. Apple rack. Electric meters. Steel door to vestibule.

Vestibule

2m x 2m
Main door - 2 crossboarded oak arched door with 19th Century wooden lock and internal bolt.
Larch beamed ceiling. Caithness slab flooring with matwell.

Hobby Room

3m x 3m
Larch beamed ceiling, tiled floor and barred windows. Wood burning stove (fireback not included)
Double bolted Larch & Oak external door to patio garden.
30 amp electric supply available. Provision for sink & hot water.

First Floor

Stairwell
Includes Caithess slab, brick tile and red sandstone flooring/steps. Decorated central column. Chimney sweep cane rod bannister. Light switch cord runs from top to bottom for immediate light. Each landing has a cupboard inserted into the old pulley lift shaft allowing access to the underfloor heating system and switches for pumps.

Guest Sitting Room

3 m x 3m and 2m x 2m
Painted beam ceiling. Solid oak Russwood floor. Elgin sandstone fireplace with herringbone brick hearth. Wood burning stove. Mullioned windows with brick windowsill. TV aerial point. Larch boarded door to :-

Sitting Room

4m x 4m
Coved plaster ceiling with painted decoration (heads are not included). Broad dark solid oak Russwood floorboards. Carved Elgin sandstone fireplace with herringbone tiled hearth, cast iron fireback included and wood burning stove. Pine double aspect windows. Regulatory fire escape (door).

Kitchen and Dining Room

6m x 4m
Medieval style decorated painted ceiling (after Huntingtower, Perth). Painted Douglas Fir and Larch beams. Wall head painted frieze. Caithness slab floor. Access door to outside (not used) Glazed 19th century shallow sink with brass taps (will be removed if buyer doesn't want). Polished Caithness slab drainers. Clothes drier on ceiling pulley. Large double aspect windows with cement sills. Plumbing for dishwasher.

Wamsler Stove K147V for cooking, heating hot water and underfloor heating (which runs throughout the house)

Larder

Within circular tower and with domed ceiling. Caithness slab floor. Cast concrete shelving. Space for fridge with external vent. Cross ventilation with fly screen.

Second Floor

Hall with airing cupboard with hot water and underfloor heating tanks, both of which have back up immersion heaters.

Bedroom 1

4m x 4m
Pine floor, pine door with latch, double aspect pine windows and sill.

Family Bathroom

2m x 2m
Double ended roll top bath with claw feet. Shaving point.

Bedroom 2

4m x 4m
Pine floor and door with latch. Built-in wardrobe with shelving and wall alcove.

En Suite Bathroom

Bedroom 3

3m x 3m
Larch beamed ceiling. Mullioned window with brick windowsill. Laminate floor. Airing cupboard with hot water tank and electric immersion heater vented to bathroom.

En Suite Bathroom

2m x 2m
Roll top double ended bath. V-lining to window height. Mullion window. Laminate floor.

Third Floor

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Stair Caphouse

Tiled reading seat by window. Two storage cupboards. Access with ladder to attic. Dark solid wood oak floorboards.

Library or Bedroom 4

6m x 4m
Oak floor with Pine and Oak shelving. Wood burning stove on Caithness flagstone hearth.
Pine glazed door with brass fittings leading to the balcony. South facing Pine window. Telephone and TV outlets. Provision of electricity, plumbing and drainage for bathroom 4.

Office or Bedroom 5

4m x 4m
Russwood Oak floor with Pine and Oak shelving. Phone and TV outlet. Pine glazed door with brass fittings leading to balcony

Garden Room and Balcony

Larch gallery window with double opening doors to balcony for pot plants and seating. Belfast Sink. Preparation area. Doorway to 2nd balcony.

Garden

Issueburn sits within beautiful garden grounds extending to approximately 0.7 of an acre and has received equal amounts of care, dedication and exacting attention to detail.
There is a wonderful walled garden, the more formal element, complete with patio, espaliered fruit trees, a formal pond, Doocot (not for pigeons) and stunning Moon Gate which leads to the Wildflower Meadow with Pond and Bog area with abundant amphibian habitat.
The sunken garden offers 2 reflective ponds, with winding paths leading through the herbaceous border to two Golspie Stone patios with specimen trees.
The vegetable garden has 7 semi-raised beds with an abundance of variety of vegetables grown. The garden is bordered by a beech hedge with a laburnum and rose arbour. This area also has the greenhouse, cold frame and growing tunnels.
The orchard has 8 apple trees undersown in wild meadow flowers and bounded by poplars.
The productive kitchen garden with greenhouse, cold frames, composts and semi raised vegetable beds leads through a rose and laburnum arbour to the Orchard with second Wildflower Meadow below.
Practical elements are covered by the Garage, timber shed and maintenance yard (to include the scaffolding, if desired). There is also Planning for a Potting Shed.

Wildllife

The Tower accommodates house martins in the window alcoves, swifts in the specially built nest boxes swallows in the garage and sparrows and swallows in the Doocot. The decaying Scots Pine is a magnet for birds and perfect spot for watching from the South facing windows.

Services

Septic Tank with Soakaway. Mains, water, electricity and telephone.
Extremely low running costs. Electric = £300 pa approx. Heating, cooker + hot water £1,200 pa approx.

Fixtures and Fittings

The brass curtain rails will be included in the sale price. The tapestries and heads in sitting room will be removed. The Kitchen sink will be removed if not required. The Crewel curtains in the Kitchen may be available separately by negotiation.
Furniture-you cannot get large items of bedroom furniture to the 2nd floor.

Home Report

Home Report valuation as at June, 2018 is £450,000, EPI rating E and Council Tax Band G.
The EPI rating of E assumes the use of coal in the mult fuel stove but if wood is used, it is much more efficient.
Extremely low running costs. Electric = £300 pa approx. Heating, cooker + hot water £1,200 pa approx

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

1)The house was flooded once 11 years ago just after completion as the Victorian engineering had not been maintained in the Strath. This has since been remedied and no further flooding of the house has taken place. There was no structural damage to the house. This is a design feature.

2)The wood at Issueburn is not suitable for livestock without substantial work.

3)Furniture-you cannot get large items of bedroom furniture to the 2nd floor.