* Freehold
* Sensitively restored historical B listed castle
* The title, Baron of Kelly in Angus is available by separate negotiation
* Numerous impressive reception spaces
* Estate managers 2 bedroom flat with private entrance
* Private 9 hole golf course and various walled gardens
* Land includes a paddock with barn especially suitable for horses
The title, Baron of Kelly in Angus, is available by separate negotiation.
Further details are available on request.
Kelly Castle is a hugely impressive Scottish Fortified Tower House. Grade “B”
listed by Historic Environment Scotland, the listing notes on their website
describe the castle as a “four - storey towerhouse l - plan, single - storey ranges
enclosing small entrance court. Rubble and slate. Mainly 16th and 17th
century, restored about 1870. ” Major renovations and modifications by the
current owners were completed in 2009.
As currently configured, the castle has 5 double bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, as
well as a 2 bedroomed Estate Manager’s flat with kitchen, bathroom and a
private entrance and a separate self - contained staff flat with bedroom, living
room, kitchenette/diner and shower room. As you would expect, the rooms are
resplendent and retain many original features such as decorative plasterwork,
with some of the rooms enjoying views over the walled gardens and out to the
North Sea in the distance.
There are numerous public rooms, which include a basement bar, snooker room
and cinema room. Its position and layout will suit a variety of buyers,
particularly as a large family home and those with an interest in golf.
The owners constructed a private nine hole golf course, and the castle is
within close proximity of both Carnoustie golf course which has hosted The
Open, and the home of golf at St Andrews.
Archives suggest that Philip de Moubray, a Norman settler, obtained lands in
Angus from William the Lion, King of Scotland. He was an important noble in
Scotland as he witnessed many of the king’s charters and was often employed in
State affairs. It is probable that he was the first builder of a tower or
castle on the south bank of the Elliot water, although the current tower was
most probably built in the fifteenth century.
Records show that in 1208 the Abbot and Convent of Arbroath granted to Philip
de Moubray liberty to have an Oratory or Chapel for his private family within
the court of his house of “Kellyn”. The Moubrays forfeited the property in the
reign of Robert the Bruce and it was given to the Stewart family who owned it
until 1402 when it was acquired by the Ochterlony family. In 1641 the property
was sold to the Irvine family who extended the property by adding the
courtyard and wings.
In 1697 the property passed to the Maule Earls of Panmure. The property was
forfeited by the Maule family after the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715 and was
purchased by the Ramsay Earls of Dalhousie. The property was abandoned for
around 100 years and local legend suggests the Great Hall (currently the
Dining Room) was used to store contraband from the Continent. Lord Dalhousie
granted a repairing lease to John Shiell who restored the building around
1864. There were minor additions at the beginning of the twentieth century.
The current owners purchased the castle in 2001 and have been magnificent
custodians of it, undertaking a sympathetic renovation and making significant
improvements and modifications, with no expense spared.

Located in
approximately 33 acres of mature gardens and woodlands, which includes a
private 9 - hole golf course and the Elliot Water, formal gardens and walled
garden.
The Castle overlooks the coastal farmlands of South Angus surrounded by
farmland and is close to the town of Arbroath.

Kelly Castle lies
approximately half a mile to the south - east of the village of Arbirlot, which
comprises a small grouping of houses, a church and village hall along with a
primary school located outwith the village.
Nearest town services are available in Arbroath, approximately 3 miles to the
north - east. A dual carriageway, approximately half a mile to the south of
Kelly Castle, links to Dundee city centre, approximately 16 miles to the
south - west. The nearest railway station is in Arbroath, on the main east coast
line, with regular services to Aberdeen to the north and Edinburgh to the
south. The nearest air connection is at Dundee Riverside Airport which
provides a number of scheduled domestic flights and private landing facilities
and Edinburgh International Airport is approximately 76 miles away.
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General Information
Services: Mains electricity and water, private drainage to septic tank,
underfloor heating to almost all areas of the property supplemented by
radiators.
Estate Manager’s flat operated from the same system with separate control;
Category 5 wiring, full burglar and fire alarm systems, lpg gas cooker.
Satellite television hard wiring throughout.
Tenure: Freehold
Local Authority: Angus Council
Council Tax: Main Castle Band H
Estate Manager’s flat Band C
Fixtures and Fittings: Available by separate negotiation are certain items of
furniture. Further details are available on request.
EPC: Band D
A small number of adjacent properties have a right of access over the Castle
driveway. Further information can be provided upon request.
The sale is subject to all existing formal and informal servitudes, rights of
way, burdens, wayleaves, conditions and others whether contained in the title
deeds and these particulars or not.

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