Location

Creag Ard House occupies an elevated position with spectacular views and direct access to Loch Ard and across to Ben Lomond. It is located approx. 1.4 miles west of Aberfoyle, within the Queen Elizabeth Forest Park, which is part of the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.

Aberfoyle & Kinlochard offer excellent leisure facilities including a sailing club, the Go Ape outdoor activity centre (the UK's longest treetop zip wire course) at the nearby David Marshall Lodge visitor centre, and the MacDonald Forest Hills Hotel and Spa. The wide range of activities in the area include mountain biking and walking, pony trekking, canoeing, wild swimming, shooting and fishing. Aberfoyle provides a good range of facilities including a primary school, shops, post office, supermarket and a variety of hotels and restaurants as well as an 18 hole golf course, with the better known courses of Loch Lomond and the Carrick lying just 24 miles away. Secondary schooling is at McLaren High School in Callander, and independent schools are in Bridge of Allan, Dollar and Glasgow.

The Trossachs has a diversity of wildlife including magnificent golden eagles, osprey, peregrine falcons and red deer, which coexist with creatures such as roe deer, wildcats, foxes, feral goats, badgers and red squirrels.

Description

Creag Ard House is a C Listed former Victorian hunting lodge. Set in an elevated position along the shores of Loch Ard, the property benefits from stunning views along the length of the loch and across to Ben Lomond. Situated in the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, the area is renowned for its tranquillity and beauty, a theme that also extends to this very special property.

The front of the house which comprises four formal reception rooms and six en suite bedrooms, represents the formal part of the house, with the rear annex, which would historically have been the servants' wing, having been sympathetically developed to be either be inclusive of the family accommodation or kept as a self contained three bedroom cottage / office or holiday let (subject to acquiring the necessary licence).
The principal part of the house is formed by four reception rooms including a magnificent dining room with a bay window looking west across the loch. As one would expect, these reception rooms are blessed with high ceilings, decorative cornicing and in the case of the dining room, a magnificent open fireplace. These features continue throughout the house with the sitting room having a double bay as well as a fireplace and superb views across the Loch. The kitchen is a traditional farmhouse kitchen with fitted units and the comfort of an oil fired four oven AGA in a cheerful shade of scarlet with additional electric module. This room also has ample space for a breakfasting table.
The first floor in the principal section of the house sees four bedrooms lead off from the main landing including a wonderful principal suite with a generous en suite bathroom and bay window framing the breathtaking views of the loch and Ben Lomond beyond. The other bedrooms in this section all benefit from en suite shower facilities with a further stair leading to two additional bedrooms each with private bathrooms adjoining.
As referenced the annexe effectively comprises a self contained apartment with its own access and private living room, kitchen and downstairs shower room which serves the three bedrooms on the floor above. Whilst being self contained, there are connecting doors at ground floor level to the main body of the house so it would be easy to integrate this wing if required.
At the top of the property, the second floor is formed by a substantial floored attic which itself carries potential for further conversion (subject to consents).



Gardens and Grounds
Creag Ard House is simply special. Direct access to Loch Ard via a private paddock with a jetty. Two acres of surrounding gardens with a variety of mature trees and some magnificent rhododendrons, all nestled in the hills of this private lochside retreat. Creag Ard House is simply special. Direct access to Loch Ard via a private paddock with a jetty. Two acres of surrounding gardens with a variety of mature trees and some magnificent rhododendrons, all nestled in the hills of this private lochside retreat.