Unique, modern architects house in a convenient edge of village location, with views over Strathmore.

Description

Sanna House is a superb modern property, occupying a lovely position on the edge of Westmuir, with stunning and far reaching views to the south over Strathmore and to the Sidlaw Hills beyond. The house and separate eco studio was built by a renowned local architect for themselves, so has been finished and presented to an extremely high standard. The front part of the house, which is harled with a slate roof, was built in 2000, and features a fabulous open plan space at the front, encompassing two living areas at either end, as well as a dining area and entrance hall in the middle, together with the upstairs bedroom accommodation. A low energy extension was added to the rear in 2014, which incorporates a thoroughly bespoke and open plan kitchen and living room, linked to the garden. Connecting the two parts of the house is a side entrance hall, while beyond is an integral double garage. In 2011 a separate and very useful and adaptable office / studio was built to the rear. This has been cleverly designed using passive house design principals and in such a way that it could be converted to further living or letting accommodation, subject to obtaining any necessary planning consents. The extension and studio are both finished in Scottish larch cladding and glass.

Internally the house is beautifully presented and designed for thoroughly contemporary and open plan family living, yet is big enough also to have cosy and relaxing areas. Both the house and the studio are highly insulated and double glazed so it is an efficient and light home with windows making the most of the views and surrounding garden. Farrow & Ball paints feature internally, along with underfloor heating throughout the ground floor of the main house and the studio.

A covered entrance door opens to the dramatic open plan space with Kahrs engineered wooden flooring, centred on an entrance hall with spiral stairs to the first floor. To one side is the west facing sitting room, ideal for evening light with two sets of French doors to the garden, raised and inset Jetmaster fireplace and a corner display feature. To the other side is the dining area and beyond is an east facing family room, ideal for morning light, again with two French doors to the garden, together with display shelves and a TV cabinet, behind which is an existing installed hearth and chimney system. Also off the hallway is a useful downstairs WC with washbasin, while a utility room has a Scottish Gas wall mounted boiler, plumbing for washing machine, shelves and coat hooks. There are two entrance doors to the side entrance hallway (one linking to the garden), which has a tiled floor, as well as a separate pantry/larder space and useful inset wall storage cupboards, and leads to the magnificent fully fitted open plan kitchen / living / dining space with a polished concrete floor. The kitchen has silestone worktops, double sink and fitted appliances include Siemens combi / steam oven, pyrolytic oven, coffee machine, gas and induction hob, along with a AEG fridge and freezer. A central island unit has a breakfast bar, prep sink, pop up power unit, boiling water tap and a Siemens dishwasher. This area is again linked to the garden by three French doors. Beyond is an integral double garage.

The spiral stairs lead to a landing with an airing cupboard and hatch with attic ladder to useful floored roof space with velux roof lights, and which runs the full length of the main house. Bedrooms one and three have lovely views to the south, while bedroom two looks out to the garden. The family bathroom has a freestanding bath, shower cubicle, washbasin, WC and mood lighting. The principal bedroom also enjoys the views over open countryside with Juliet balustraded French windows, as well as an en suite dressing room and shower room with wardrobes, two circular washbasins, shower cubicle and WC.

The integral double garage has two automatic up and over doors, concrete floor, power, water and light. There is an attached wooden car port (4.95 m x 6.75 m) with power and light. The well specified office / studio has engineered wooden flooring, underfloor heating and folding sliding doors to the garden, and is currently used as an office. Designed with additional accommodation in mind it also has a kitchen area and shower room. The studio planning approval has extant planning consent for the installation of a 2.5kw wind turbine.

Timber deck terracing around the house, and a west facing seating area, link the house to its garden. This is mainly enclosed by mature beech hedges and includes lawn, raised vegetable borders and flower borders. On the other side of the house is a large gravelled parking and turning area. At the back of the garden is a paddock with installed underground water and electrical connections and hard standing previously used for a field stable and tack room.

Location

Sanna House occupies a delightful position on the edge of Westmuir, with far reaching views over Strathmore to the Sidlaws. Westmuir is a small village just to the west of Kirriemuir with a local store / post office, hall and a park.

Kirriemuir is an attractive town only some 5 miles from the A90 dual carriageway, allowing easy access to both Aberdeen and the north and to Dundee and the south. It is well known as the birthplace of J M Barrie, author of Peter Pan, who gifted the nearby Camera Obscura to the town. The town lies at the foot of the Angus Glens which provide some of the best hill walking in eastern Scotland. There is skiing at Glenshee, and fishing is available on the North and South Esks, and at Lintrathen Loch.

The town provides local schooling, both primary at Northmuir and secondary at Webster’s High School, together with a good array of independent shops and a supermarket, plus leisure, business and community facilities. There is a further primary school at Airlie. Forfar, the county town, has a wide range of services including a new sports and leisure centre. Dundee provides all that is expected of a major city with two universities and renowned cultural facilities, including the V&A museum. Private schooling is available at Dundee High School with a dedicated bus service from Forfar. There is a railway station at Dundee with main line services, including a sleeper to London. Aberdeen and Edinburgh airports provide a range of domestic and international flights, and there is a service from Dundee to Heathrow. Journey times to Aberdeen have been much reduced by the Western Peripheral Route.

Attractions in the area include Loch of Kinnordy as well as the Camera Obscura, and nearby Peter Pan Park, other attractions in the area include Barrie’s Birthplace (National Trust for Scotland), Loch of Kinnordy Nature Reserve and Glamis Castle. In addition to golf courses at Kirriemuir and Forfar there are three courses at Alyth, while the championship courses at Carnoustie and Rosemount (Blairgowrie) are within easy driving distance. There are pleasant sandy beaches at Lunan Bay, St Cyrus and Montrose. Armstrongs at Roundyhill, the Strathmore Arms at Glamis and the Drovers Inn at Memus are well known local restaurants.

Square Footage: 4,065 sq ft


Acreage: 1.54 Acres

Directions

From Kirriemuir take the A926, signposted for Alyth. After a mile in Westmuir take the second turning on the left, just before the shop on to Low Road. Continue to the end of the road and turn left. Sanna House is the third house on the left.

From Blairgowrie take the A926 to Alyth, or if coming from the A94 at Meigle, take the B954 to Alyth. At the roundabout at Alyth take the A926 signposted Forfar and Kirriemuir. Proceed for 7.5 miles to Westmuir and turn right just after the shop and proceed as above.