BARLEY MILL HOUSE WEST SALTOUN •

BARLEY MILL HOUSE WEST SALTOUN • EAST LOTHIAN • EH34 5EP

Haddington 7 miles, 17 miles, Edinburgh Airport 23 miles

CHARMING PERIOD HOUSE CREATIVELY EXTENDED TO FORM STUNNING COURTYARD HOME SET IN PARKLAND BOUNDED BY THE BIRNS WATER

Drawing Room and Family Kitchen opening into Courtyard

Dining Hall, Library, Sitting Room, Study

Utility Room, Playroom, Garden Room

7 Bedrooms, 2 Dressing Rooms, 4 Bathrooms

Integral open fronted Garage, Courtyard and Gardens

Wooden Stables and Field Shelters

Woodland and Parkland Grazing bounded by the Birns Water, Trout Fishing

EPC Rating = F

About 17.46 acres in all

Murray Beith Murray Wemyss House 3 Glenfinlas Street 8 Wemyss Place Edinburgh EH3 6AQ Edinburgh EH3 6DH 0131 225 1200 0131 247 3700 [email protected] [email protected] Directions From the Edinburgh City Bypass (A720), take the A68 south and turn left onto the A6093 signposted to Haddington. In Pencaitland turn right, opposite the garage, down Lempockwells Road. After about 1.5 miles go straight over the crossroads and follow the road to the left and then the right before turning left at the T-junction. The drive to Barley Mill House is on the right, just over the hump back bridge.

Situation Barley Mill House is in the parish of Saltoun, set in over 17 acres of its own parkland which is bounded by the Birns Water. Saltoun Forest adjoins the property to the south.

The surrounding East Lothian countryside is characterised by rolling fields and mature, mixed, woodland. The house is situated 2 miles south and 1.5 miles west of the attractive conservation villages of Pencaitland and East Saltoun respectively and is conveniently located for Edinburgh.

Both villages have active local communities. East Saltoun has a church, primary school and village store and Pencaitland has a church, primary school, post office and two shops, one with a filling station. There is a regular bus service to Edinburgh, seven days a week, from Pencaitland and a commuter railway station at offers a direct rail service to Edinburgh Waverley. This takes 20 minutes approximately.

Haddington is an attractive rural town that provides both local services and a private school (The Compass). Other private schools in the area include Belhaven Prep School in and Loretto in . Many local children commute to the private schools in Edinburgh.

East Lothian is an area of natural scenic beauty with its beautiful beaches, bird sanctuaries and historic monuments. It is also famed for its coastal golf courses with Muirfield (host to The Open Golf Championship in 2013), , Luffness, and many others within easy reach. There is also a variety of restaurants including La Potinière and the Roux restaurant at Greywalls in Gullane, Ducks in and Zitto in North Berwick.

Description There is known to have been a mill on this site prior to 1683. Alexander Fletcher of Saltoun and his brother Henry, aided by Henry’s wife Margaret, established not only the first barley mill in here in 1712 but also the first mill for weaving “Holland” or fine linen, using Dutch technology. Subsequently it is here that they established the British Linen Company. The original part of Barley Mill House is thought to have been built as a dower house for the Fletcher family.

The present day Barley Mill House is a lovely period house which has been extended and linked to the old farm buildings to create a wonderfully flexible modern family home set around a sheltered courtyard. The refurbishment and extension was carried out by the renowned architect Nicholas Groves-Raines.

The house is built of sandstone, which is partly harled, under a slate roof. The former farm buildings are built of stone under pantile roofs.

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Utility/ Pantry Play Garden 4.60 x 2.50 Room Room 15'1" x 8'2" 5.20 x 4.60 5.00 x 3.10 17'1" x 15'1" 16'5" x 10'2"

Garage WC 9.30 x 4.10 Oil 30'6" x 13'5" Hall/ Kitchen Boots 9.00 x 5.40 Room 29'6" x 17'9" Store

Boilers Corridor

Books

Dining Hall /LEUDU\ 4.00 x 2.76 4.60 x 2.76 13'1'' x 9'1'' 15'1'' x 9'1''

Books

Courtyard 6WXG\ Sitting Drawing 3.80 x 3.55 Room Room 12'6'' x 11'8'' 4.30 x 3.50 11.58 x 3.77 14'1'' x 11'6'' 38' x 12'4''

Porch

Books

Hall

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o Store Bedroom 1 t Bedroom 2 Shed S 4.20 x 3.20 4.00 x 3.60 4.20 x 3.50 4.00 x 3.20 13'9'' x 10'6'' 13'1'' x 10'6'' Bathroom 13'1'' x 11'10'' 13'9'' x 11'6''

GGroundROU NFloorD FLOOR Bathroom

Bedroom 5 3.92 x 2.70 Bedroom 6 12'10'' x 8'10'' 3.85 x 2.40 12'8'' x 7'10''

en suite Dressing Bathroom Dressing Room Room 3.50 x 2.90 3.90 x 2.90 Bathroom 11'6'' x 9'6'' 12'10'' x 9'6''

Bedroom 7 5.30 x 4.50 17'5'' x 14'9''

Store Bedroom 3 Bedroom 4 4.10 x 3.50 4.60 x 3.50 13'5'' x 11'6'' 15'1'' x 11'6''

FFirstIRS FloorT FLOOR SECOND FLOOR Second Floor Accommodation The property is approached by a long drive which leads to a gravel parking area by the main entrance to the house This opens into a hall which is lined with shelves and cupboards and has a WC off. Glazed doors open into the courtyard.

A corridor leads to the drawing room which is a spectacular room with fitted bookcases at each end. There is a central fireplace with stone surround and hearth under a timber mantelpiece. Six sets of French doors open onto the courtyard and pour light into the room.

The large country kitchen has two sets of glazed double doors opening onto the courtyard. This is a wonderful warm and bright room with a high ceiling with exposed beams. It has a central island and units under a combination of timber and granite worktops. There is a white two door Aga supplemented by a double electric hob, a 1½ basin sink, dishwasher and two fridge freezers.

In the utility room behind there is a washing machine and tumble dryer under a worktop with a large Belfast sink and two cupboards. The playroom has the back door and a door into the garden room. Stairs from the playroom lead up to two bedrooms and a bathroom.

The original house has four rooms on the ground floor which are used as a dining hall and three reception rooms. The dining hall gives access to the front facing study. The sitting room is a cosy wooden panelled room with an open fire. The library has fitted bookcases. There is also a wine cellar.

The upper floors accommodate the principal bedrooms. On the first floor there are two front facing bedrooms, each with a dressing room behind opening into an interconnecting bathroom. A third bedroom is located on the second floor, along with a bathroom and store room.

A ground floor guest suite is located beyond the drawing room. With its own outside door, it can be self-contained. There are two double bedrooms, one with built in cupboards, a bathroom and a coat cupboard.

Outside As the drive draws into the parking area there is a secure shed to the right. An open fronted garage with plenty of storage space has a connecting door to the house.

A track to the east side of the house leads to the fields. There is a stable block, with two loose boxes and a tack room, a hay shed and two field shelters.

On the southern side of the courtyard are a potting shed and store, conveniently positioned for the garden that wraps around the house. The garden lies predominantly to the south of the house and looks over open fields. It is laid mostly to lawn with colourful herbaceous borders, shrubs and specimen trees. The courtyard has mixed borders lined with paved paths and provides a sheltered, accessible space for outside entertaining.

The land extends to over 17 acres in all, bounded to the west by the Birns Water. This adds great amenity and there is a pool where children swim in summer. The principal grazing lies to the south of the house and there is a paddock to the west side of the drive. A strip of woodland runs along the east boundary of the property with the former mill lade running just inside.

General Remarks

Viewing Offers Strictly by appointment with Savills - 0131 247 3700. Offers, in Scottish legal form, must be submitted by your solicitor to the Selling Agents. It is intended to set a closing date but the Services seller reserves the right to negotiate a sale with a single party. All Mains electricity and water. Private drainage to septic tank. genuinely interested parties are advised to instruct their solicitor Oil fired, zoned central heating via two boilers. Oil fired Aga. to note their interest with the Selling Agents immediately after inspection. Listing Barley Mill House is listed Category B. Deposit A deposit of 10% of the purchase price may be required. It will Local Authority be paid within 7 days of the conclusion of Missives. The deposit Barley Mill House is in Tax Band G. will be non-returnable in the event of the Purchaser(s) failing to complete the sale for reasons not attributable to the Seller or his Access agents. There is a footpath which runs down the drive and past neighbouring Barley Mill. Important Notice Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: Neighbouring Barley Mill, which is set adjacent to Barley Mill House has a right of access over the drive. 1. They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, Fixtures and Fittings either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. The antique corner cupboard in the dining room and some They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be curtains are excluded. made in these particulars. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements Additional Land or representations of fact. Additional land may be made available by separate negotiation. 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The Servitude rights, burdens and wayleaves text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the servitude rights, burdens, reservations and wayleaves, including property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other rights of access and rights of way, whether public or private, light, consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or support, drainage, water and wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or cable, drains and water, gas and other pipes, whether contained otherwise. in the Title Deeds or informally constituted and whether referred to in the General Remarks and Stipulations or not. The Photographs taken July 2013 Purchaser(s) will be held to have satisfied himself as to the nature of all such servitude rights and others. Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Not to Scale mapping with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office © Crown copyright (100041908) NOT TO SCALE