The Courier & Advertiser (Perth and Perthshire Edition)
A home to sing about
Jack McKeown looks at a home made from converted farm cottages in the village that gave rise to The Singing Kettle
Kingskettle is probably best known as the birthplace of the Singing Kettle. The popular children’s entertainers have now disbanded but the Fife village has a lot more to offer. Just a few miles from the bustling market town of Cupar, Kingskettle is a sheltered spot surrounded by countryside and is well placed for commuters to Dundee or Edinburgh.
The village has a shop/post office and a pub, and is only a mile from Ladybank railway station.
Number 4 Myreside has been converted from a row of former farm cottages into a spacious family home with a south-facing garden to the front.
At the three-bed cottage’s heart is a sitting room with a sunroom off it. This spacious room has a cast iron fireplace with multi-fuel stove.
The sunroom looks out onto the garden and has French doors leading to a paved terrace, ideal for sitting out on a summer’s day.
A hallway from the living room leads to the dining room, kitchen and WC.
The kitchen has fitted floor and wall units, plus a breakfast bar. A cupboard off the rear hall contains a Worcester gas boiler.
There are two double bedrooms on the ground floor as well as a family bathroom with a bath and separate shower cubicle.
Upstairs is an attic bedroom with dormer and Velux windows.
Outside is a mono block parking area, garage with workshop and a car port. The gardens are laid to lawn with box hedging, herbaceous borders and mature trees.