HAWTHORNSIDE GRANGE NR HAWICK

HAWTHORNSIDE GRANGE Bonchester Bridge, Nr Hawick TD9 8QT

This substantial former farmhouse enjoys a beautiful rural yet accessible location and is set upon over an acre of mature grounds including a large collection of steading buildings with fantastic development potential. Internally this lovely family home retains numerous appealing traits and period characteristics and provides a superb level of accommodation.

Accommodation Comprises: Ground floor: Vestibule, Reception Hall, Drawing Room, Sitting Room, Dining Room, Study, Farmhouse Kitchen, Utility Room, Cloakroom/ Boot room, Storage and WC

First floor: Spacious Landing, Master Bedroom with en-suite, 4 further double Bedrooms, Bathroom

Outside: In all just over an acre including driveway, parking, woodland, formal secluded garden to front with stunning weeping ash, side area with arboured seat, steading with scope for garaging, ample off road parking. Traditional L-Shaped collection of steading buildings, byre and barn.

Newcastle 56 miles 56 miles 6 miles Hawick 6 miles (All distances are approximate)

Situation: The small hamlet of Bonchester Bridge lies on the Rule Water, 6 miles away from the busy market town of Hawick. For those who enjoy the rural lifestyle, or wish to bring up their family in an environment offering the many benefits of country living, this is an ideal location with much to offer. Surrounded by spectacular scenery and countryside, the village enjoys an active community life, including a popular Inn, with a wide range of shopping and recreational facilities, as well as schooling, in nearby Hawick. Jedburgh and many other towns are readily accessible as are routes south bound.

Description: This former farmhouse has been extended over the years and now offers a spacious ideal family home abounding in charm and character, with numerous appealing features. The current owners have improved the property, including refurbishment of the traditional farmhouse kitchen, which boasts an Aga as well as purpose made units with beautiful bespoke American walnut countertops. Another improvement has been to create an en-suite to the principal bedroom, with the fittings used tying in well with the traditional nature of the house, as does the décor throughout. Just some of the many appealing attributes include original woodwork to floors, doors and finishes, fireplaces in several rooms and working shutters on the majority of the windows. Externally the grounds are equally appealing and easily maintained, with the house itself having a mix of land including a formal garden to the front, completely enclosed by mature beech hedges and shrubs, giving fantastic privacy with a stunning weeping ash at its centre point.

The main front door accesses a traditional vestibule with anaglypta dado level panelling, chunky cast iron radiator and shuttered window to side. A substantial half glazed door with side panels leads through to the reception hall, featuring a sweeping staircase with ornate spindles exposed treads and runner carpet. The high ceiling, finished off with plaster cornicing, enhances the sense of space and there are two cast iron radiators, painted old gold. The drawing room and dining room are both accessed directly from the main part of the hail, with a door closing off the sitting room, study, kitchen and utility areas beyond. The drawing room has dual aspect shuttered windows, triple to front and double to the side. There is also a picture rail and cornicing, with a focal point given by a lovely fireplace with open fire, stone hearth decorative wooden surround and mantle mirror. The dining room has a window seat set beneath the front set window and it also has a working fireplace, on this occasion polished steel. A half glazed door from the hall closes off the remainder of the ground floor accommodation. To the left of this inner hallway lies another delightful gardens, secluded sitting areas, abundant planting of public room, ideal as a cosy every day sitting room, mature colourful flowering plants and shrubs and a wide a small library or study. The eight paned shuttered variety of mature trees, including several productive fruit window looks to the rear and has a deep ledge/desk trees. The formal garden to the front is enclosed by beneath it and there is a lovely fireplace with cast iron predominantly beech hedging and has as its centre hood, coloured heath tiles and painted mantle. An piece a stunning weeping ash. The front elevation is open doorway from the inner hall leads to a lobby area festooned with flowering climbers, with a paved terrace which has storage, coat hooks and six paned high level extending to an arboured corner sitting area. All in all window. From here lies the study, a super little den the gardens create a wonderful environment, providing with a nine paned shuttered window to the rear and a a safe and secure haven; perfect for children but range of floating shelves. The kitchen lies to the right equally entrancing to the horticulturist. side and is amply large enough to accommodate a table for breakfasting and/or casual dining. It has a real Set within walled grounds, the collection of traditional traditional farmhouse feel, added to by the hand made steading buildings form in the main an L-shape, with units, superb solid wood worktops, deep china sink, two separate buildings to the far end. Although Travertine flooring and Aga. The kitchen also includes planning consent has now lapsed, permission for the a pantry cupboard and has a shuttered window to the erection of a single dwelling has been granted in the rear. The Travertine flooring extends to the rear hallway, past, with access created to the rear. This entire area most commonly used to enter the house. It forms an has absolutely enormous potential and affords the L-shaped cloakroom/ boot room with a good sized purchaser a rarely found opportunity to acquire a lovely utility room in the front section and then a wood lined country home with the added benefit of having future area to the rear which includes shelved and basket profitable development potential. storage, two side by side store rooms (one housing the boiler with clothes drying racks) and an adjoining WC. Directions: Travelling towards Bonchester Bridge from the Hawick The upper floor accommodation is positioned around direction, Hawthornside Grange sits on the bend on a balustraded landing, which includes a coloured the right hand side on the approach to the village. glass roof light, an etched glass feature window and a range of cabinets and bookcases, plus a walk in Satellite Navigation: linen cupboard. There are five bedrooms altogether, For those with the use of Satellite Navigation the all of which are doubles. The master room is extremely postcode for this property is TD9 8QT generous in its proportions and has dual aspect windows, with the front set window giving the benefit GENERAL REMARKS: of unrestricted views over beautiful countryside as far Fixtures and Fittings: as the eye can see. A closed off fireplace gives a nice The sale shall include. traditional feature, whilst modern day needs have been catered for by the addition of an en-suite shower room, Services: which has fittings in keeping with the character and Private water and drains. Electricity. Oil fired heating. age of the house. The second bedroom enjoys the Single glazing with working shutters on the front same front facing aspect as bedroom one, bedroom windows. three has a cast iron feature fireplace, a wall press and Local Authority: a six paned window to the rear, bedroom four includes Council, Council Headquarters, a very deep wardrobe and bedroom five is a quite Newtown St Boswells, Melrose charming room, currently housing twin beds more than TD6 0SA Tel: 01835 824 000. comfortably. The bathroom is full of character, with tiled Outgoings: checkerboard flooring and ledge behind the cast iron Council Tax Band F. bath, which has an antique style shower attachment to the taps and a large shower rose. Internet Web Site: This property and other properties being marketed by Outside: Rettie & Co can be viewed on our website at www. The house sits back off the road, bounded by drystane rettie.co.uk as well as our affiliated websites at www. dykes, behind which is an area of grass and a onthemarket.com, www.thelondonoffice.co.uk and www.rightmove.co.uk. woodland mix of beautiful mature and young trees. A sweeping and slightly sloped gravelled driveway Servitude Rights, Burdens & Wayleaves: provides off road parking for numerous vehicles, with a The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of steading building offering possibilities for alteration into all servitude rights, burdens, reservations and wayleaves garaging, used now as a covered log/coal store. The including rights of access and rights of way, whether incredibly private garden grounds have been greatly public or private, light, support, drainage, water and developed and improved upon by the present owners wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cable, drains and and include numerous delightful areas meandering water, gas and other pipes whether contained in the title deeds or informally constituted and whether or not through the side and front, including potential kitchen referred to above.

Important Notice: or entitle any party to compensation or recourse to action Rettie & Co, their clients and any joint agents give notice at law. It should not be assumed that the property has all that: necessary planning, building regulation or other consents, 1. They are not authorised to make or give any including for its current use. Rettie & Co. have not tested representations or warranties in relation to the property any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must either in writing or by word of mouth. Any information satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise and ought to given is entirely without responsibility on the part of the seek their own professional advice. agents or the sellers. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as 3. All descriptions or references to condition are given in statements or representations of fact. good faith only. Whilst every endeavour is made to ensure accuracy, please check with us on any points of especial 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. importance to you, especially if intending to travel some The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and distance. No responsibility can be accepted for expenses are not necessarily comprehensive and it should not be incurred in inspecting properties which have been sold assumed that the property remains as photographed. Any or withdrawn. error, omission or mis-statement shall not annul the sale, Particulars prepared July 2014 1 Abbey Street, Melrose TD6 9PX Tel: 01896 824 070 Email: [email protected] www.rettie.co.uk

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