Blinkbonny South, East Of Lindores, Newburgh, Fife, KY14

SITUATION
Blinkbonny South is an attractive and most impressive country property standing in a wonderful elevated position with land, good outbuildings and spectacular views over the surrounding hills and countryside, a short distance to the north-west of Cupar. Local services and amenities are available in both Cupar and Newburgh which between them offer an excellent range of shops, restaurants, supermarkets and the like. In terms of city facilities there is straightforward access to both Perth and Dundee whilst a short drive to the east lies the ancient and historic university town of St Andrews which also offers an excellent selection of services and is also a major tourist destination. The nearby hamlet of Dunbog is a thriving community with a popular church and a highly regarded primary school.

Blinkbonny South is surrounded by some glorious Fife countryside which is home to an array of wildlife and in terms of recreational pursuits offers great scope for walking, cycling, riding and golf with many highly rated courses within easy reach including Ladybank, Leven, Lundin Links, Scotscraig and Kingsbarns as well as the many fine courses in and around St Andrews where the Old Course regularly hosts the British Open.

There is racing and polo at Scone outside Perth which is also the venue for the annual Scottish Game Fair. The pretty fishing villages of Fife’s quaint East Neuk, such as Anstruther, Elie, Pittenweem and Crail are just a short drive to the south whilst in terms of days out the wide open spaces of the Lomond Hills are close at hand along with a number of National Trust for Scotland properties including Hill of Tarvit outside Ceres, Kellie Castle and Falkland Palace. Fife’s beautiful and varied coastline includes several good sandy beaches such as Tentsmuir, Kingsbarns, St. Andrews and Elie.

State schooling is available locally with private schooling being provided at St Leonards in St Andrews, the High School of Dundee and several well-regarded schools in the Perth area. There are railway stations in Ladybank, Cupar, Leuchars, Markinch and Perth with Edinburgh Airport approximately 45 minutes to the south. The busy regional airport at Dundee offers a good selection of short haul flights.

DESCRIPTION
Blinkbonny South is an outstanding contemporary house in a superb elevated rural position, commanding truly spectacular panoramic views over the surrounding countryside. Of an attractive dark stone exterior under a slated roof, the house stands entirely on its own and is accessed via an immaculate private driveway with electric security gates. The present owners of Blinkbonny South have upgraded a number of the rooms and added significant storage capacity. Four of the bedrooms have in-built bespoke oak wardrobes. The generous high quality family accommodation is centred around a fabulous well-proportioned dining kitchen with sitting room and sunroom off. The kitchen contains a variety of fitted appliances including a new Quooker tap with large tank, for instant boiling water.

With exceptional panoramic views the sitting room has a stove set into an impressive fireplace as well as a glazed door leading out to a lovely garden terrace. The sunroom also has outstanding views as well as glazed double doors leading out to the garden terrace. There is a good-sized double bedroom at ground floor level which benefits from an en-suite shower room and walk in wardrobe, as well as glazed double doors leading out to a garden deck. The gym/games room contains a purpose-built storage cupboard with shelving to accommodate floor to ceiling storage boxes. The boot room has a tiled floor and bespoke design and constructed floor to ceiling storage cupboards offering considerable storage for items. A luxury family bathroom, impressive entrance hallway, utility room and side hall complete the ground floor accommodation.

At first floor level is a spacious open plan living area off which are accessed three excellent double bedrooms which benefit from en-suite facilities that have just been fully reconstructed and modernised. There is also internal access to the integral self-contained flat which is described below.

THE FLAT
The property benefits from an excellent integral self-contained two-bedroom flat with open plan kitchen/living area and shower room. The flat has its own separate entrance to the rear of the property with an internal access from the upstairs living area in the main house in addition.

ACCOMMODATION
Ground Floor: Entrance hall, dining/kitchen, sitting room, sun room, bedroom with en-suite shower room and a walk in wardrobe, bathroom, laundry/utility room, hall, boot room, games room, WC.

First Floor: Gallery/family room, 3 bedrooms with en suite shower rooms.

Flat: Kitchen/reception room, 2 bedrooms, shower room.

OUTBUILDINGS
Garage
Large double garage with electric power and light, tiled floor and workshop area. The garage contains a high capacity storage loft with a pull down loft ladder. It has a high quality (Hormann) electrically operated roller shutter doors and a personnel door. The workshop has a heavy-duty bespoke workbench. The garage is equipped with new LED lighting of exceptional quality providing shadow free workspace.

Stable building
Purpose built timber stable building with tack room and car port, currently used for storage. It has an exceptionally large storage loft with a pull-down loft ladder. The building contains bespoke heavy-duty storage unit down the length of one side and has a high quality (Hormann) electrically operated roller shutter door and a personnel door. It is also equipped with new LED lighting of exceptional quality providing shadow free workspace.

GARDENS AND GROUNDS
Electric gates open to a long private driveway which leads up to a substantial gravel sweep to the east side of the property. The house
stands in beautifully maintained landscaped gardens and grounds with terraced areas well placed to make the most of the spectacular views. There is also a large high quality aluminium greenhouse. As referred to above, situated above the stable building is a levelled area of ground which has potential to build a sizeable new shed. This area currently features a wildflower meadow.

The property has external lighting, external power sockets and CCTV for security. There are a number of garden water taps located around the grounds. NB all external flagstones have been fully re-grouted.

GRAZING
There are two small paddocks at Blinkbonny South situated either side of the driveway beneath the house.

COUNCIL TAX
The property has been assessed by Fife Council as Band G.

** The property has superfast broadband.

FLOOD RISK
Flood maps of the area can be viewed at

ACCESS/THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OF ACCESS/ SERVITUDES ETC
Blinkbonny South has a right of access over the shared private road to the entrance of the house.

DIRECTIONS
From Cupar take the A913 northwest for Perth. At the crossroads with the A92 go straight across still following the signs for Perth and continue along the A913 for approximately 3 miles before turning right at the signs for Blinkbonny. Follow the minor road up passing Blinkbonny House and the adjacent cottage and the driveway to Blinkbonny South is then on the left hand side marked.
From the west follow the A913 through Abernethy, Newburgh and Lindores. Approximately 1 mile after leaving Lindores turn left at the signs for Blinkbonny and the directions are as above.

POST CODE
KY14 6JE

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FIXTURES AND FITTINGS
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EPC Rating = C