* Freehold
* 3 bedrooms
* 3 reception rooms
* 2 bathrooms
* 0. 50 acres
* Outbuildings
* Detached
* Double Garage
* Garden
* Rural
* Terrace
* Cottage
* Home office
Damside Cottage is a most attractive small country property originally being
two early 19th and mid 18th century cottages built of stone under a slate
roof. Previous owners had undertaken extensive renovation works and then
extended the house in the late 1970s and created the garden. In 1998 the
kitchen aga was installed. Apart from the utility room, the house has either
double glazing or secondary glazing.
The house benefits from a good sized drawing room, together with three further
reception rooms. It sits within its own gardens and is arranged around a
courtyard. As such it is a house of great charm and many of the rooms retain
period features, including cornicings. A covered entrance from the garden,
with a partially glazed front door, opens to the hallway. Off this is the
sitting room, with an cast iron fireplace with wooden mantel, shelves and
window shutters. The drawing room also has an open fireplace with wooden
mantel, together with fitted book and display shelves with cupboards below,
and looks out over the garden.
Further doors from the hallway lead to the dining room, kitchen, bedrooms,
bathroom and shower room, and to a secure walk in cupboard with hanging rails.
Bedroom 1, which faces out over the garden, has window shutters, built in
bookshelves and a wardrobe. Bedroom 2 also has a fitted wardrobe. The shower
room has a pedestal washbasin, WC and tiled shower, whilst bedroom 3 has a
built in hanging cupboard, and the adjacent bathroom has a bath, pedestal
washbasin and WC.
The dining room, which also looks out over the gardens, has fitted display
shelves and a door through to the dining kitchen. This is a fitted kitchen
with wooden wall and floor units with tiled splashbacks, a two oven aga,
plumbing for dishwasher, display cupboards, a centre island unit and two
shelved cupboards. Off the kitchen is the utility room with fitted units and a
sink, plumbing for washing machine, large shelved airing cupboard, “drip
cupboard” with hanging rail and boiler. The study has a cast iron fireplace,
fitted shelves and cupboards and a partially glazed door to the courtyard and
could be used as a small additional bedroom. Off the kitchen is a hallway with
a partially glazed back door, hanging cupboard and links to the attached
greenhouse, staging and a sink, and to the integral garage with an automatic
up and over door, concrete floor and a wonderful workshop/artists studio with
velux windows and a north light. Attached to the back of the house is a coal
shed and garden store.
Damside Cottage is situated just outside the small village of Leysmill.
Leysmill is centrally located within Angus and is within easy travelling
distance of Arbroath, Montrose, Forfar and Dundee. The Angus coastline, at
Lunan Bay, is only about 6 miles to the east. Leysmill was originally built to
house workers employed in a flax mill and the former quarry. This is an
attractive and convenient part of Angus, just north of Arbroath, with its
historic abbey, harbour and marina. The A92 dual carriageway provides easy
access to Dundee from Arbroath. Aberdeen can be reached either by the A92
coast road or by the A90 dual carriageway from Brechin. The county of Angus
boasts sandy beaches, fertile farmland and glorious heather glens.
Recreational activities include fishing on the River South Esk. There are a
number of well known golf courses in the area, including Carnoustie and
Montrose. There are leisure centres at Arbroath and Montrose. Lunan Bay is a
renowned and award winning beach, popular with surfers, dog walkers and horse
riders. There is an attractive coastal walk, along red sandstone cliffs, from
Lunan Bay via Auchmithie to Arbroath, which is famous for its “smokies”.
Locally there are primary schools in Colliston and in Friockheim, which has
local shopping and a chemist. Secondary schooling is found in Arbroath, which,
along with Forfar and Montrose, provides a wide range of shopping, leisure and
business facilities. Both Dundee and Aberdeen provide all the services
expected of major cities. There are railway stations at Arbroath and Montrose
offering regular services to Aberdeen and to the south. There is an airport at
Dundee with services to London Stansted whilst both Aberdeen and Edinburgh
airports have a range of domestic and European flights.

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