Location

Lumphanan is documented to be the site of the Battle of Lumphanan of 1057 AD, where Malcolm III of Scotland defeated Macbeth of Scotland. The nearby 13th century Peel of Lumphanan is an earthwork castle used in the filming of the 1984 children's TV series The Box of Delights, which was based on John Masefield's fantasy novel of the same name.
The village has its own pre-school and a primary school, Lumphanan Primary, which has recently been extended, along with a village corner shop, and a small tearoom.
The ruins of Corse Castle, the ancient seat of the Forbes family, stand approximately 3 miles to the north.
Along with a short, but challenging, nine-hole golf course, Lumphanan has a recently refurbished multi sports court maintained by the Lumphanan Community Recreation Association (LCRA) along with a flood lit sports training area situated in the large play park. The LCRA members also organise Scotland's first 10 km run of the year, known as the 'Detox', that has been running since 2004 on 2 January. The race starts and finishes in Lumphanan, is mostly on road, passing through countryside. Local and long-distance footpaths can be accessed from Lumphanan including a direct link to the Deeside Way.

Aboyne is an attractive small 19th century town in Royal Deeside and the main centre for this rural district. There is a supermarket, academy and primary schools and an excellent community centre providing theatre/cinema, full size swimming pool, badminton courts, library and gym. The town also has a health centre with five resident doctors, weekly optometrist and audiometric clinics and a cottage hospital.

The local council snow base is close by ensuring that Aboyne's roads and pathways are always clear even in heavy snowfalls as well as the main routes to all important centres.

Further afield on Deeside numerous skiing and other mountain-based activities are close at hand.

Aboyne is just 30 miles from the oil industry centre of Aberdeen giving an easy, traffic free journey of around 45 minutes to the city centre or airport. Aberdeen International Airport has at least eight flights daily to London and operates routes to many other destinations including Amsterdam and Paris. The mainline railway runs frequent daily express services to London as well as regular services to other parts of the country and an excellent overnight sleeper service to London.

Description

Completed in 2015 with pitched and slated roofs this 1.5 storey detached U shaped barn conversion features pointed stonework at the south wing. It is the perfect blend of old meets new. The kitchen ceiling is vaulted to around 4.9m with exposed truss ties and the sitting room is part vaulted. The ground floor area is covered with oak engineered oak flooring, except for the WC and two shower rooms which have tiled floors. The ground floor internal doors are oak faced and the first floor doors are oak veneer. The stairway spindles and balustrades are oak.

ACCOMMODATION
The front door flanked with windows leads to a light and spacious hallway and a large understair cupboard. Generous in size is a cloakroom with wash hand basin set in a vanity unit and WC.   The elegant and elongated sitting room has triple full length windows with views to the hills and a cathedral style ceiling. Creating a lovely atmosphere within the room is the oval shaped wood burning stove mounted on a slate hearth which was installed in 2019. The heart of the home is the open plan kitchen which is fitted with a comprehensive range of grey wall and floor cabinets, complemented by Danish oiled timber worksurfaces. Truly bringing the outdoors in to make the most of the stunning views is a floor to ceiling triangular gable window and a double height ceiling.   Fitted appliances include a dishwasher, Rangemaster Professional electric range cooker and a breakfast bar unit. An attractive feature is the exposed beamed ceiling.   For everyday domestic tasks is the utility room which is fitted with a sink, freezer, plumbing for an automatic washing machine and vented for a tumble dryer. There is an external door with access into the garden. At ground floor are two bedrooms, both with built in wardrobes and en suite shower rooms with tiled shower enclosures, washbasins with vanity units and WC. An oak staircase leads to the spacious first floor landing which has dual aspect windows. There are three further bedrooms, all with large windows. The family bathroom has a double end bath and separate shower enclosure, electric underfloor heating, WC and washbasin.   

OUTSIDE
An extensive lock block paving area leads to the ground floor of the north wing which houses the attached garage/workshop and plant room where there is power and light, an electric up and over door and personnel door.

LOG CABIN
Within the house grounds is an office/studio log cabin supplied and installed by Deeside Log Cabins. It has a timber floor, interlocking log walls and a pitched roof covered with felt shingles. Externally the cabin is fitted with a pair of timber doors and timber framed double glazed windows. It is supplied with electricity by an armoured cable from the garage, providing power and light. An internal partition creates a storage or further work area.

The property extends in total to about 3 acres with about 1.4 acres of garden ground by the house and the remaining 2 acres divided between grassed areas, a kitchen garden, polytunnel and young orchard. From the A980, a 100 metre long tarmacadam driveway crosses a concrete bridge over a burn and runs to the house, where there is an extensive gravelled parking and turning area. There is a designed garden at the southeast side of the house, enclosed with a picket fence, including a patio, planted beds and lawns. The majority of the remaining garden grounds are down to grass. There is a timber garden shed at one corner of the garden. Native tree planting includes crab apple, rowan, hawthorn and hornbeam.

Directions

Aboyne       7 miles
Banchory    11 miles
Aberdeen    27 miles
Aberdeen Airport    25 miles
ABZ Business Park    25 miles
Prime4 Business Park    22 miles
*Please note that all distances are approximate