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HATTON CASTLE ABERDEENSHIRE
HATTON CASTLE
TURRIFF • ABERDEENSHIRE
Turriff 3 miles, Aberdeen Airport 28 miles, Aberdeen City Centre 32 miles
PRIVATE COUNTRY ESTATE
Category A listed castle with 9 bedrooms and 9 bathrooms
Chauffeur’s House & South Lodge
Magnificent walled garden
Extensive well managed woodland
Low ground shoot
In-hand arable farm
A further 10 estate dwellings
About 848 acres (343 ha) in total
For sale as a whole
Solicitors Sellings Agents
R & R Urquhart LLP CKD Kennedy Macpherson Savills Edinburgh
121 High Street 33 St James’s Square 8 Wemyss Place
Forres, Moray IV36 1AB London SW1Y 4JS Edinburgh EH3 6DH
01309 672216 020 7409 1944 0131 247 3720
colinwhittle@r-rurquhart.com jpk@ckd.co.uk edinburghrural@savills.com
Situation Hatton Castle is situated some 30 miles north west of Aberdeen. There are good communication links by road and air. Aberdeen Airport at Dyce (28 miles) offers daily domestic services to some of the major cities in the UK and Europe. Aberdeen is a vibrant city with its corporate headquarters, universities and colleges and provides all the services expected of a major city. Private schools include Robert Gordon’s College, St Margaret’s and The Albyn as well as the newly built International School of Aberdeen. Gordonstoun School (private co-educational) lies some 50 miles to the north west. Turriff (3 miles) provides everyday facilities including supermarket shopping, banking, medical centre, primary and secondary schooling. There is also a primary school in Auchterless ( 6 miles). Inverurie (18 miles) offers an alternative to Turriff and has a number of individual specialist shops as well as Thainstone Agricultural Centre with its weekly livestock mart, and a rail service to Aberdeen and Inverness. There are direct train services from Aberdeen to London including a sleeper service. The county of Aberdeenshire offers extensive opportunities for field sports, including driven and walked up pheasant, partridge and grouse, roe and red deer stalking, and fishing on the Rivers Dee, Don, Deveron and Ythan. There are numerous golf courses in the area, including Turriff, Duff House Royal and Tarlair near Banff, Newmachar, Fraserburgh, Trump International at Menie and the world renowned Royal Aberdeen, host to The 2005 British Senior Open, The Walker Cup in 2011 and, most recently, The Scottish Open in 2014. Description The estate extends to some 848 acres of agricultural land and commercial and amenity woodland. Hatton Castle, surrounded by parkland, lochs and lawns, has a fabulous walled garden. There are a number of Cottages. On the southern boundary of the estate, and completely hidden from sight, a small quarry provides useful revenue as does the lease of a small agricultural yard. Historical Notes Hatton Castle has been in the Duff family since 1709 when the first Alexander Duff of Hatton bought the dilapidated Place of Balquholly from the Mowat family who had been in residence since the early 1300s. It was the second Alexander Duff who altered the original building in 1745 and renamed it Hatton Lodge. The 8th Laird of Hatton, Garden Duff, further remodelled the house, adding the two north towers, and renamed it Hatton Castle in 1810.
Hatton Castle Hatton Castle is a square plan, five storey castellated mansion with a battlemented parapet and four slightly raised round angle towers with corbelled parapets. Stone built with a painted harled finish under a slate roof, the interior is described as being of simple classical layout with a grand central staircase and apse-ended dining and drawing rooms. The castle itself sits in a raised position within the Estate and enjoys a sheltered westerly aspect overlooking rolling parkland and cultivated fields and deciduous woodland. It is approached via the South Drive which leads off a slip from the A947, past the South Lodge, winding through woodlands and fields to the castle. The North Drive provides an alternative access. Hatton Castle is a comfortable and charming family home. A large hall with a sweeping stone staircase, elegantly positioned in the middle of three pillared arch ways with a glass cupola above, provides a bright welcome reflected throughout the interior. The accommodation is on five floors, as shown on the accompanying floor plans. A particular feature of Hatton is the clever use and adaptation of the turret rooms in each of the four corners of the castle and on three floors. The principal reception rooms are located on the first floor and include an elegant drawing room, dining room (serviced by a lift from the scullery below) with a butler’s pantry, and a comfortable sitting room with study off, in addition to two bedrooms and two bathrooms. On the second floor there are a further seven bedrooms, each with a bathroom. The attic fourth floor has four bedrooms, a bathroom and tank room and provides useful storage space. The hall on the ground floor is a comfortable space to relax around the open fire or greet friends. The billiards room lies beyond the cloakroom with the morning room, second study, kitchen, larder, scullery and laundry on the west and north sides of the castle, in addition to a further bathroom. The basement incorporates a wine cellar, gun room, boot room and further storage areas.
Circulation
Hatton Castle
Old Gun Room
3.05 x 2.87
GROSS INTERNAL AREA (APPROX) 1,671 SQ.M (17,994 SQ.FT) Office
4.27 x 4.27
14' x 14'
10' x 9'5''
OUTBUILDINGS GROSS INTERNAL AREA (APPROX) 32.61 SQ.M (351 SQ.FT) Laundry
3.66 x 3.66
Morning Room 12' x 12' Bathroom
4.50 x 4.42
14'9'' x 14'6''
FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY Billiards
Room
6.86 x 6.32
22'6'' x 20'9''
Larder
Lift
Cloakroom
Kitchen Hall
5.71 x 4.95 Hall
18'9'' x 16'3'' 7.47 x 4.42
24'6'' x 14'6''
Tank Room
4.27 x 4.27
14' x 14'
Coal Bunker
Scullery Flower Room
4.04 x 2.36
Store 2.97 x 2.82
13'3'' x 7'9''
4.50 x 3.66 9'9'' x 9'3''
14'9'' x 12'
Office
6.40 x 4.50
Coal Bunker
21' x 14'9''
GROUND FLOOR
4.04 x 3.73
13'3'' x 12'3''
Boiler
Room
The Area 4.80 x 2.97
15'9'' x 9'9''
Store
2.74 x 1.75
9' x 5'9''
Reception Rooms
Bedrooms
Old Kitchen
9.45 x 5.87
31' x 19'3''
Bathrooms
Kitchen/
Old Scullery
4.27 x 4.27
Service and Storage
14' x 14'
Circulation
BASEMENT
Bathroom
Bathroom
Bedroom 7 Bathroom
Bedroom 6 4.34 x 3.66
Bedroom 1
4.50 x 4.42 14'3'' x 12'
6.55 x 4.65
14'9'' x 14'6''
21'6'' x 15'3''
Lift Bedroom 2
5.11 x 3.81
Gallery 16'9'' x 12'6''
Music
Room Bathroom
4.11 x 3.89
Bathroom 13'6" x 12'9"
Bathroom
Bedroom 9
Bedroom 8 4.34 x 3.66
4.50 x 4.42 14'3" x 12' Bedroom 5
Bedroom 4 Bedroom 3
14'9" x 14'6" 5.71 x 4.88
6.17 x 5.71 7.62 x 4.50
18'9'' x 16'
20'3'' x 18'9'' 25' x 14'9''
Drawing Bathroom
Room
9.83 x 6.55
32'3" x 21'6"
Housemaid's
Cupboard Bathroom
Lift
Bathroom
SECOND FLOOR
Dining
Room
Attic
9.75 x 5.71 Sitting Room Bedroom 2 Store
Tank
32' x 18'9" 9.37 x 4.50 Attic 5.49 x 2.59 Bathroom 4.19 x 3.58
30'9" x 14'9" Room
Bedroom 1 18' x 8'6'' 13'9'' x 11'9''
4.19 x 4.04
13'9'' x 13'3''
Turret Room
Butler's Pantry 4.57 x 4.11
15' x 13'6"
Attic
FIRST FLOOR Bedroom 3
7.09 x 6.17
23'3'' x 20'3''
Attic
Bedroom 4
7.09 x 5.87
23'3'' x 19'3''
T THIRD FLOOR
Walled Garden In addition to the 25 acres immediately surrounding the house, a plan dated 1745 of Hatton Castle and policies shows the walled garden. It provides a great sense of history, of Jacobites, Georgians, Victorians, and Edwardians and the families who endured the two World Wars. The yew tree at the centre was planted to celebrate the Armistice in 1918. The skills of generations of gardeners have been passed down from the wise to their apprentices, making the garden a testament to horticultural history. The two acre walled garden occupies a gentle south facing slope leading down to a little burn with potting sheds and greenhouses along the southern boundary. Few alterations have been made to the original plan of the garden, although pleached hornbeam and Irish yew, clipped Portuguese Laurel and yards of box hedging have been added. The impact of these additions are most noticeable in winter with the structure of the hedges and clipped laurels really standing out and lending structure to the dormant garden. The borders which flank the lawns are mostly mixed, often with roses and perennials, colour and texture always playing an important role in the design. A potager, dedicated to growing fruit, vegetables and flowers for the house, lies behind the Hornbeam Walk.
Other Estate Buildings Keeper's Cottage
Chauffeur’s House & Garages Situated below Quarrystile, the Keepers’ Cottage is a traditional whitewashed harled cottage surrounded
by woodland and comprising sitting room, kitchen, three bedrooms and bathroom. Adjacent to it are
Situated on the approach to the castle off the South Drive, the Chauffeur’s House is an attractive red
stone built kennels.
sandstone two storey building under a slate roof and enjoys open views over the Estate to the south and
formerly incorporated the Estate Office. As well as two stables, the accommodation comprises two
Forester's Cottage
reception rooms, kitchen and bathroom on the ground floor with two bedrooms on the second floor.
Situated adjacent to Cairnfall Wood to the east of the walled garden, Forester's Cottage is a harled two
The stone built garages situated between the Chauffeur’s House and castle provide covered parking for storey cottage comprising two reception rooms, kitchen, two bedrooms and bathroom.
two cars.
Gardener’s House
South Lodge This pretty stone cottage under a slate roof is situated across from Garden Cottage. The
At the entrance to the South Drive is a single storey dwelling of harled brick under a slate roof which accommodation comprises two reception rooms, kitchen, two bedrooms and bathroom on two floors.
comprises sitting room, kitchen, three bedrooms and bathroom.
Lower Woodtown
Situated adjacent to the traditional steading is a traditional two
storey built farmhouse which is currently subject to a suspended
demolition order.
North Lodge
Situated at the original entrance to the designed landscape, Hatton
North Lodge was designed by William Leslie in 1828. It is a harled
and castellated building with an imposing, high archway and is
currently unused and in a state of disrepair.
Mausoleum
Located in Crow Wood off a track from the North Drive, the
mausoleum is a red rubble-built, gothic style, T-plan structure with
buttresses and a circular window over the doorway.
Quarrystile
Situated to the north of the estate surround by open fields and
woodland, Quarrystile Cottage can be accessed via an Estate track
leading in from the minor public road running to the north of the
Estate. The accommodation comprises kitchen, two reception
rooms, four bedrooms and bathroom. Detached garage.
Chauffeur's HouseGreystone Cottage
This very pretty traditional stone built cottage is positioned on the west of the South Drive, enclosed by a
high beech hedge and surrounded by open fields. The accommodation comprises two reception
rooms, kitchen, bathroom, two bedrooms and boxroom.
Garden Cottage
Lying to the south-east of the walled garden and adjacent to the potting sheds and greenhouses,
Garden Cottage is built of stone under a slate roof with a private driveway and small garden to the front.
The accommodation on two floors comprises sitting room, kitchen, two bedrooms and bathroom.
Home Farm Bungalow
Situated on the approach to the Home Farm, the bungalow comprises sitting room, kitchen, three
bedrooms and bathroom.
Home Farm Cottage No. 1
Situated to the south of the traditional farm steading, Cottage No 1 is a stone built cottage under a slate
roof comprising sitting room, kitchen, two bedrooms and bathroom.
Home Farm Cottage No. 2
Situated in an elevated position above the Home Farm and by the Den of Balquholly, this traditional
harled stone cottage has recently been renovated. The accommodation comprises two reception Greystone Cottage
rooms, living room, kitchen, two bedrooms and bathroom.
Opportunities for development exist at Mains of Hatton and Den of Balquholly, where the remains of two
former cottages are present.
Home Farm Steading
The original traditional steading at the Home Farm is now largely disused but could offer potential for
development subject to obtaining the necessary consents. Within the L shaped two storey steading is
former grain storage, sawmill, general storage and coach house.
To the rear of the facade of the original steading are useful estate and farm buildings including:
Log and Woodchip Store - 6 bay steel portal frame under a corrugated roof with reinforced
concrete/steel walls and a concrete floor. The former cattle court has been divided into two enclosures,
one storing chipped wood and the other logs. Adjacent to the shed is a hard standing used for storing
wood which is chipped directly into the store.
Byre – situated to the rear of the log and woodchip store.
Grain Dryer – a steel frame building clad in corrugated steel.
To the north of the traditional steading lies a General Purpose Shed – a 5 bay steel portal frame under a
corrugated roof with reinforced concrete walls and a concrete floor, currently used to store estate
machinery.
The Garden CottageShooting The natural topography, existing woodland and scope to plant game cover crops create an ideal environment for a challenging and enjoyable shoot. For 30 years the shooting was run on a commercial basis, putting down approximately 7,000 pheasants/partridges which provided 20 let days (average 100-250 bird days). More recently the shoot has been let to a Dutch syndicate. The accommodation in the castle lends itself well to being let in conjunction with the sport on the Estate. Approximately 20 roe deer are shot each year as part of a dedicated culling programme. There is also duck and pigeon shooting. Greystone Quarry Discreetly located and accessed near the entrance to the South Drive is an operating quarry generating diversified income for the Estate. The lease can be terminated at short notice. Lower Woodtown The agricultural yard at Lower Woodtown is currently let on a commercial lease to 30th October 2016. Farmland & Woodlands The land, which is in hand, and managed through the Hatton Farms Partnership, extends to approximately 848.67 acres in total and can be analysed as follows: The land ranges from 50m to 115m above sea level and is classified as grade 3(2) by the James Hutton Institute. 320 acres (129.57 ha) of Payment Region 1 land has been claimed in 2015 under the Basic Payment Scheme. The land is capable of growing a range of vegetable and cereal crops and the 2015 cropping includes spring barley, spring oats and potatoes. The cereals crops are farmed by the Partnership, while seasonal potatoes are subject to a Short Limited Duration Tenancy. The woodlands at Hatton are managed with both commercial and amenity considerations in mind. Broadly speaking, the woodlands are divided between the mixed broadleaves policy woodlands surrounding the castle and surrounding fields and two substantial blocks of commercial Sitka spruce and larch. Structured felling and thinning has been undertaken on the Estate. The Estate has produced a forest plan with the main objective being to maximise the value of standing crops and to restructure the forest areas which will enhance the landscape in the future. Another objective is to use the Estate woodlands for wood fuel for the wood chip boiler. A copy of the forest plan is available from the selling agents. Land Type Acres Hectares Arable/pasture 333.17 134.83 Policies 26.91 10.99 Woodland 458.20 185.43 Lochs 4.18 1.69 Quarry 10.65 4.31 Other 15.56 6.30 Total 848.67 343.45
General Remarks Note: If the amount of the valuations has not been agreed on the date fixed for completion, then the
purchaser shall pay to the seller such a sum as Savills shall certify on account at the valuation pending
Viewing agreement. Should the valuations payment not be made within seven days then the interest will
Strictly by appointment with Savills' Edinburgh Office. become payable on outstanding monies at 5% over Bank of Scotland borrowing rate.
Local Authority Sporting, Mineral and Timber Rights
Aberdeenshire Council, Woodhill House, Westburn Road, Aberdeen, AB16 5GB, Tel: 0845 608 1207 The sporting rights are included in the sale. The minerals are included within the sale insofar as they are
not reserved by statute or common law to third parties. All standing and fallen timber is included in the
Architectural Designations sale.
The following properties have been listed by Historic Scotland for their architectural and historical
importance: Services, Occupancy, Council Tax & Energy Performance Rating
The Estate is served both mains and private water supplies, and all properties are served with mains
• Hatton Castle: Category A electricity (3 phase to steading) and private drainage to septic tanks.
• The sundial, Home Farm Steading and North Lodge: Category B
• The Garage and Mausoleum: Category C Council Tax Band
Property Occupancy Services Rateable Value EPC Rating
The majority of the land at Hatton is classified as Designed Landscape by Historic Scotland. Hatton Castle Owner WCCH, OFCH H F
Occupied Burglar alarm
Chauffeur’s
Fixtures & Fittings House/Coach House Vacant ENS £2,350 G
The fitted carpets in Hatton Castle are included in the sale. Some curtains and light fittings may be
available by discussion. The garden seats and sundial are specifically excluded from the sale. South Lodge SAT WBS (CH) D F
Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) Lower Woodtown Derelict - n/a -
EPCs are available from the selling agents. WBS (hot water only)
Quarrystile Vacant + OFCH B G
Employees
There are three employees whose employment would fall to be transferred to a purchaser under the
Keeper's Cottage SAT OFCH C G
TUPE Regulations 2006. Further details are available from the Selling Agents. Forester’s Cottage SAT OFCH C F
Servitude rights, burdens and wayleaves Gardener’s House Service OFCH B G
The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all servitude rights, burdens, reservations and
wayleaves, including rights of access and rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, Garden Cottage Vacant OFCH C G
drainage, water and wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cable, drains and water, gas and other pipes,
Home Farm
whether contained in the Title Deeds or informally constituted and whether referred to in the General Bungalow Service WBS (CH) C F
Remarks and Stipulations or not. The Purchaser(s) will be held to have satisfied himself as to the nature Home Farm
of all such servitude rights and others. A right of access is reserved in favour of the owner of Number 1 Cottage SAT OFCH B F
Honeynook to north of the property providing access to the a single track public road adjoining the Home Farm
Number 2 Cottage SAT WBS (CH) C G
B9170.
Greystone Cottage Vacant Oil AGA & EPH C G
Ingoing Valuations
The Purchaser(s) of Hatton Castle Estate, will be obliged to take over and pay, in addition to the Greystone Quarry Commercial - £6,000 -
purchase price, at a valuation to be agreed between two valuers, one acting for each party, or an
Arbitrator appointed by the valuers, or failing agreement as to the appointment of the Arbitrator, by the SAT = Short assured tenancy; WCCH = Wood chip central heating; WBS = Wood burning stove; CH = Central Heating
President, for the time being, of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Scottish Branch), for the OFCH = Oil fired central heating; ENS = Electric Night Storage; EPH = Electric Panel Heating
following:
Entry & Possession
• All cultivations carried out in preparation for the current crop valued on a labour and machinery Entry and possession will be by arrangement subject to the existing tenancy agreements and
basis. Partnership farming arrangements.
• All growing crops, on a seeds, labour, lime, fertiliser, sprays and machinery basis with an increment
representing the enhanced value of the establishment and age of such crops. Offers
• All hay and straw and other produce at market value Offers in Scottish Legal Form are to be submitted to the joint selling agents, Savills or CKD Kennedy
• All oils, fuel, fertilisers, sprays, chemicals, seeds and sundry at cost Macpherson. A closing date for offers may be fixed, and prospective purchasers are advised to register
• Machinery and equipment their interest with the selling agents following inspection.Stipulations Generally Directions
Should there be any discrepancy between From Aberdeen take the A947 signposted to Turriff and continue to the village of Birkenhills,
Purchase Price these particulars, the General Remarks and shortly before Turriff. The entrance to Hatton Castle is on the right approximately 0.8 miles
The Purchaser(s) on entering into the Information, Stipulations and the Missives of beyond the village. The post code is AB53 8ED
Missives will consign 10% of the price agreed Sale, the Missives shall prevail.
in principle, with such funds becoming non
refundable on the conclusion of Missives. Apportionments
The balance of the purchase price will fall due The Council Tax and all other outgoings shall
for payment at the date of entry (whether be apportioned between the Sellers and the
entry is taken or not) with interest accruing purchaser(s) as at the date of entry.
thereon at the rate of 5% above Bank of
Scotland base rate. No consignation shall be Important Notice
effectual in avoiding such interest. Savills, CKD Kennedy Macpherson and their
clients give notice that: 1. They are not
Disputes authorised to make or give any
Should any discrepancy arise as to the representations or warranties in relation to
boundaries or any points arise on the the property either here or elsewhere, either
Remarks, Stipulations or Plan or the on their own behalf or on behalf of their
interpretation of any of them, the question client or otherwise. They assume no
shall be referred to Savills whose decision, responsibility for any statement that may be
acting as experts, shall be final. made in these particulars. These particulars
do not form part of any offer or contract and
Plans, Areas and Schedules must not be relied upon as statements or
These are based on the Ordnance Survey and representations of fact. 2. Any areas,
are for reference only. They have been measurements or distances are approximate.
carefully checked and computed by the The text, photographs and plans are for
selling agents and the purchaser shall be guidance only and are not necessarily
deemed to have satisfied himself as to the comprehensive. It should not be assumed
description of the property and any error or that the property has all necessary planning,
mis-statement shall not annul the sale nor building regulation or other consents and
entitle either party to compensation in Savills have not tested any services,
respect thereof. equipment or facilities. Purchasers must
satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise.
Overseas Purchasers Neither these particulars nor any subsequent
Any offer by a purchaser(s) who is resident communication relative to the property shall
outwith the United Kingdom must be be binding upon Savills, CKD Kennedy
accompanied by a guarantee from a bank Macpherson or the Sellers (whether acted on
which is acceptable to the sellers. or otherwise) unless the same is incorporated
within a written document signed by the
Lotting Sellers or on their behalf satisfying the
It is intended to offer the property for sale as requirements of Section 3 of the
described, but the seller reserves the right to Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995
divide the property into lots, or to withdraw or is granted in pursuance of any such
the property, or to exclude any property document.
shown in these particulars.
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Majesty's Stationery Office © Crown copyright
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