Location

The House of Glack is located near the thriving village of Daviot. Within the village there is a pub, an active village hall with playgroups for young children, a primary school and a garden centre. A shop/café in the village has recently opened. Secondary education is provided at Meldrum Academy. Daviot is the focus not only for the people living in the House of Glack but also the newly built Daviot Estate, a residential community of spacious villas set in large gardens.

The small town of Oldmeldrum enjoys a lovely country setting amid rolling fields and farmland. With a regular bus service from Aberdeen, there is both primary and secondary education available, with a good range of local amenities, including a Co-op supermarket. Home to the Glen Garioch distillery, the 18 hole golf course offers beautiful views across open countryside.

Daviot lies approximately 6.1 miles outside Inverurie, an expanding and prosperous town situated in the valley of the River Don with good road and rail links to the north and south including to Aberdeen, Dyce, Huntly and Inverness. Secondary education is provided at Inverurie Academy, which is in the process of being upgraded. There is an excellent health centre, which is integral to the local hospital, several large supermarkets, a swimming pool and community centre nearby as well as golf, tennis and bowling. Hillwalking is a popular activity, with many routes available including at the popular Hill of Bennachie.

Aberdeen is situated about 22.6 miles away. Aberdeen International Airport at Dyce offers regular flights to London and other UK, European and international destinations. The Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route has improved travel in and around Aberdeen and quicker journeys both north, south and west. There are regular train services from Aberdeen, including a sleeper to Kings Cross, London. Aberdeen provides all the services of a major city, including business and leisure facilities, theatres and cinemas, restaurants and a wide range of shopping. There is private schooling including Robert Gordon's school, St Margaret's, and Albyn as well as the International school at Pitfodels. There are two universities and several colleges of further education, while Aberdeen Royal Infirmary is also a teaching hospital.

Inverurie      (6.1 miles)
Oldmeldrum (5.7 miles)
Aberdeen City (22.6 miles)*
*Please note that all distances are approximate

Description

The House of Glack is a very fine Category B Listed property, set amidst mature and varied grounds. Completed in the mid 1720s, this four storey residence was built by the Elphinstone family, and later became incorporated and modified into Daviot Hospital as nurses accommodation in the late 1800s. During the 1930s the property was extended by the addition of a three storey residential wing to the rear. The previous owners purchased the property in 2003 and undertook an extensive programme of refurbishment and renovation works to convert it into residential use. The internal doors are a mix of timber panel doors and more recent plywood fire doors, with toughened glass panes which were associated with its past nursing accommodation use. There is one open fire and four woodburning stoves. Internally the current owners are mid-way through their own cosmetic upgrading of the property and this is still very much a work in progress. A new owner now has the opportunity to complete the works to their own style and taste.

The main entrance door overlooks the property frontage and leads into the welcoming outer hall. The black and white floor tiling is continuous throughout most of the ground floor. The stone staircase, which is built from local granite, curves upwards to access the first floor.

The spacious dining kitchen enjoys views over the front lawns and includes limited storage space and fittings which include a small wooden worktop with a sink, two zinc lined shelved alcove cupboards and an Esse Lionhart multi-fuel cooker, installed around 7 years ago by Donside Heating.   The kitchen leads into a scullery, walk in larder and under stair storage space. The L-shaped dining room is ideal for more formal entertaining. Of traditional presentation with original features, there are picture rails, sash and case windows and an open hearth with late 18th century surround and mantelpiece.

Ascending the stone staircase to the first floor landing, a large window overlooking the rear garden floods the stairwell and landing with natural light. To one side of the landing is the light and spacious principal bedroom which benefits from en suite facilities which include a separate WC, a shower room and a bathroom with freestanding cast iron roll top bath. Across the landing, the spacious L-shaped drawing room overlooks the front lawns. A large wood burning stove has been fitted into the original open hearth. On the second floor are the original wooden floors. A second large bedroom faces the front garden and is located next to a WC, shower room and a dressing room/store. Across the landing is an L-shaped study/sitting room which benefits from lots of natural light and includes a wood burning stove, installed in 2019.

Ascending the staircase to the third floor, there are four single box rooms and a good sized double bedroom, while there is also a bathroom, separate WC and two walk in cupboards.

The rear wing is accessed from the ground floor as well as the first and second floors of the original property. From the hall, an oak staircase leads up to the first and second floors. The spacious picture gallery currently used as an aerial arts and fitness studio, enjoys lovely views of the garden grounds, and includes a fireplace with a wood burning stove. The garden room features a stone sink, while a door leads into the rear vestibule and thereafter the gardens and woodland beyond. Completing the ground floor there is a WC, while the store room houses the electricity consumer units. The boiler room is accessed externally.

On the first floor there is a self contained flat which includes two bedrooms, a generously proportioned sitting/dining room with wood burning stove, a kitchen with breakfast bar, a utility room and bathroom. An adjacent single bedroom has its own shower room and WC. The laundry room completes this floor.

The second floor of the wing operates as guest accommodation and is inclusive of three bedrooms, a bathroom and a shower room. Along the corridor there are five individual fitted storage cupboards.

Set in about 4.5 acres, the grounds include an area of land on the south west side of the house of about 1.5 acres, which is a fenced grass field, within which there are individual fruit(apple) trees, surrounded by timber post and rail fences. Gardens and policy woodland make up the remaining three acres. The extensive grounds were planned to enhance and attract wild plant and animal life.
Adjoining the rear wing of the house is the boiler shed. Within the rear grounds are a variety of timber framed wood stores. There are also two larger stores.