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SITUATED just outside the Perthshire village of Powmill – an ideal base for commuters, with the nearby M90 providing swift access to Stirling, Perth, and Edinburgh – Tigh-na-Beannaich is a detached villa constructed in 1990 within the cul-de-sac development of Gartwhinzean Loan, which benefits from views over the Ochil hills.
Operating as a highly rated, year-round holiday let for the last 10 years, the fivebedroomed property is set within enclosed garden grounds extending to around a third of an acre and includes several distinguishing features, most notably a 32ft long heated indoor swimming pool, which forms an integral part of the house design and can be overlooked – and directly accessed – from the family room, kitchen/ breakfast room, hall, and bay-windowed principal bedroom. In the case of the latter, a rare indulgence with only a pane of glass separating bed and pool.
Deceptively spacious owing to its low level and angled corner frontage, this bungalow-style home spans over 4,000 sq ft that puts the pool room, and 23ft sitting room opposite, at the centre. In addition to these, the family room and 30ft kitchen/ breakfast room, the layout includes a formal dining room (accessed from both the hall and kitchen), cloakroom, bathroom, and five bedrooms – four double rooms (two with en suite shower room and extensive fitted storage), while the fifth bedroom presently serves as a study.
Standout features aside from the obvious, include a palatial wood-floored sitting room with French doors at one end onto an enclosed balcony; well-equipped fitted kitchen and informal dining area linked to the adjoining family room, which has a square bay window overlooking the garden. There is also an integral double garage on the lower ground floor level, which has a staircase leading up into a rear hallway – the pool room’s conservatorystyle glazed gable wall is another design
feature, incorporating doors which link the pool area to a charming, paved patio. The gardens include two private driveways, front and rear lawns, mature planted borders, raised beds, and a final surprise – an octagonal treehouse accessed by a metal ladder with safety handrails. Powmill’s village amenities include shops, milk-bar and gift shop, and village hall – the nearby town of Dollar, five miles away, offers a wider range of shops and other amenities, including the renowned Dollar Academy. Kinross is also easily accessible.
Tigh-na-Beannaich is on the market at offers over £795,000 with Knight Frank in Edinburgh.