DurrisChurchAB31

Property Details: • Type: Ask agent • Tenure: N/A • Floor Area: N/A

Key Features:

Location: • Nearest Station: Stonehaven Station • Distance to Station: 8.4 miles

Agent Information: • Address: 121 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4YN

Full Description: Property Well-kept detached church located within the small hamlet of Kirkton of Durris. Additional area of ground located out with the churchyard with a wooden hall, used as a meeting room. The property comprises:

Ground Floor: Entrance vestibule with stairs to gallery, utility area, and sanctuary First Floor: Gallery with stepped pews and storage

Ground Floor: 144.0sq m, 1,550sq ft Gallery & Store: 47.0sq m, 506sq ft Total: 191.0sq m, 2,056sq ft

Grounds The sale includes the footprint of the church, with an area of ground located out with the churchyard with a wooden hall, used as a meeting room. The graveyard is owned and maintained by the Local Authority.

Services The property is connected to mains supply of electricity. There is a mains water supply and drainage is connected to a private septic tank. Heating is by electrical cylinder and radiant heaters, with an electric fan heater over the front door.

Planning The C listed building could be used, without the necessity of obtaining change of use consent, as a crèche, day nursery, day centre, educational establishment, museum, art gallery or public library. It also has potential for a variety of other uses, such as a theatre, cinema or entertainment venue, retail space or community resource subject to obtaining appropriate consents. Condition of sale. The purchaser will be required to construct and thereafter maintain a stockproof fence between the land included in the sale and the remainder of the glebe field.

EPC Rating E

Local Area The church is close to Banchory, a pleasant town in the heart of Royal Deeside rising elegantly from the Banks of the River Dee. It has a wide range of local amenities, including a variety of shops, banks, restaurants, garden centre, hotels, library, health centre and dentists. There is a golf course and also a driving range at Inchmarlo and places of historical interest. The area is rich in outdoor pursuits with ample opportunity to enjoy walking and cycling along the Deeside Way, canoeing and fishing in the sparkling waters of the River Dee and many more sporting activities. There are two highly regarded primary schools and a renowned academy. Aberdeen is within easy commuting distance, some 18 miles, with a choice of travel by three main routes.