Leithen Lodge

Leithen Lodge , Peeblesshire, EH44 6NW

Edinburgh 25 miles, Edinburgh Airport 33 miles, 11 miles Magnificent A Listed mansion house in a beautiful and secluded setting in the

Ground Floor Reception Halls • Ante Room and Kitchenettes • Morning Rooms • Smoking Rooms • Studys • Breakfast Rooms • Kitchens • Larders • Prep Kitchen Butler’s Pantrys • Cloakrooms • Boot Rooms • 2 Bedroom Suites

First Floor Galleried Landings • Dining Room with Prep Kitchens • Librarys • Drawing Rooms • Orangerys • Ballroom • 2 Bedrooms • Bathroom • WC

Second Floor 2 Bedrooms • Dressing Room • 2 Bathrooms • Bedroom 7/Sitting Room • Gallery Overlooking Library

Courtyard Accommodation Flat 1: Bedroom/Sitting Room, Kitchen/Breakfast Room, Bathroom Flat 2: Sitting Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, 2 Bedrooms, Bathroom Flat 3: Dining Room, Sitting Room, Library, Kitchen/Breakfast Room, 2 Bedrooms, Bathroom

Garage and Pump House

Walled Garden • Parkland • Wooded Policies • Lochan About 19.8 acres in all Situation Sir George Miller-Cunningham sold the estate to Rosebery Estates Bedroom Suite 1 Bedroom with walk in wardrobe cupboard. En Leithen Lodge is situated in the beautiful countryside of the Moorfoot in the 1940s and for many years the house was let. It fell into near suite bathroom with cupboards WC, wash basin and bath with Hills, approximately 11 miles to the north west of Peebles. dereliction and was rescued from demolition and restored in the shower over. Door to: Peeblesshire is one of the most beautiful and accessible parts of the early 1990s for David Lumsden by Hugh Ross. The current Borders with rolling hills, farmland and woodlands. The attractive owners acquired Leithen Lodge in 2004 and have sympathetically Boot Room Fitted cupboards. Ornate fireplace. market town of Peebles offers excellent local services including shops, refurbished both the house and grounds, retaining its charm and professional services and supermarkets. It also has a well regarded splendour, whilst taking it into the 21st century. Smoking Room Bay window with working shutters. Open fireplace. secondary school. Local primary schooling is available at St Ronan’s Fitted display cupboards. Door to inner hallway giving access to Primary School in Innerleithen (4 miles). The private schools of bedroom suite. Edinburgh and Loretto School in Musselburgh (24 miles) are within Description easy reach. Leithen Lodge is a magnificent Category A listed house, an Bedroom Suite 2 Entrance passage with fitted wardrobes. Bay outstanding example of Arts and Crafts architecture. The property window with working shutters. Open fireplace with Delft tile While Leithen Lodge enjoys a wonderful rural position, it is extremely occupies a fabulous position, nestling in the hills to the north of surround. Display cupboard. Dressing room with fireplace with Delft accessible. Edinburgh is only some 25 miles to the north. Edinburgh Innerleithen, surrounded by wonderful, rugged countryside. The tiled surround. Fitted wardrobes. En suite bathroom with roll top airport has flights to an increasing number of domestic and house offers exceptional accommodation, arranged over ground, first bath, wash hand basin with marble surround and cupboard below, international destinations, including New York (Newark), and is 33 and second floors, with some impressive reception rooms including WC. miles away. a first floor drawing room and a stunning ballroom. Many of the rooms benefit from period features including ornate cornicing and From staircase hall door, with tiled floor, into: The area is renowned for its outdoor activities. The is plasterwork and many have original fireplaces with Delft tiled the most prolific salmon river in and shooting can be surrounds. Study Safe cupboard. Ornate fireplace. Door to back hall with under arranged on nearby estates. There are golf courses at Innerleithen, floor heating. Peebles and Cardrona. The Peebles Hydro and Cardrona Hotel both In addition to the principal accommodation Leithen Lodge has three offer good leisure facilities and Glentress Forest is a fabulous facility flats which are used for a profitable holiday letting business. Breakfast Room Tiled floor. Wood burning stove. Shelved cupboard. for mountain bikers. Ground Floor Butler’s pantry Fitted cupboards incorporating stainless steel sink. Space and plumbing for dishwasher. Dumb waiter. Tiled floor. Historical & Architectural Note An impressive pillared verandah to the south of the house leads into: The ancient forest of Leithen was a royal hunting ground until 1241 Kitchen Range of wall and floor units incorporating a four oven Aga when Alexander II gifted the land to the monks of Newbattle Vestibule Black and white tiled floor and part glazed door into: with electric ceramic hob module. 1½ bowl stainless steel sink. Abbey. Following the Reformation, around 1560, the land, which Gaggenau griddle and deep fat fryer. Island unit with extensive came to be known as Leithenhopes, came into the ownership of Reception Hall Decorative ceiling. Wooden panelled walls. Stone cupboard space and marble top. Storage and glazed display cabinet. Mark Kerr, the commendator of the Abbey, who had made a fireplace with solid fuel burning stove and decorative pillars either Integrated dishwasher. Large integrated fridge. Tiled floor. timely conversion to Protestantism. His son, also Mark, was side. Overlooked by gallery to the principal corridor on the first floor. created Earl of Lothian in 1606. Larder Fitted cupboards, shelving and marble worktops. Ante Room Serving room and kitchenette with stainless steel sink, Over the ensuing centuries, Leithenhopes passed through various integrated fan assisted oven and four ring ceramic hob. Prep Kitchen Range of fitted floor and wall units incorporating two hands, until it was bought in 1852 by John Miller, a railway engineer, bowl stainless steel sink. Space and plumbing for large fridge freezer. who considerably extended an existing building and added the first Front Courtyard Hall Stairs to Ballroom. Door to: Gaggenau microwave oven and fan assisted oven. Tiled floor. hydro heating system of its time. In 1885 Miller’s daughter Margaret and his son in law, George Miller-Cunningham, commissioned A G Morning Room Ornate fireplace. Multi-fuel stove. Bay window with Separate courtyard hall Sydney Miller to remodel the house in the style of a mid-to-late working shutters. Door to: 17th century laird’s house, adding a new south east wing. The Cloakroom WC. Wash hand basin. Tiled floor. house was completely redecorated in Scottish Renaissance style WC WC and wash basin. with Arts and Crafts detail and Jacobean panelling. The exceptional detailed plasterwork, carried out by L Grandison & Son, is still beautifully preserved to this day.

First Floor Under floor heating. Flat 1 Bedroom/sitting room, kitchen/ breakfast room and bathroom.

Magnificent galleried landing lit by three picture windows and Gallery Overlooking library. Flat 2 Sitting room, dining room, kitchen, two bedrooms, bathroom. overlooking the reception hall. Bedroom 5 Ornate fireplace. Flat 3 Kitchen/breakfast room, two double bedrooms, bathroom, Drawing Room Superb ornate plaster ceiling. Bay window. Large dining room, sitting room, library wood burning stove with marble surround and club fender. Wood Dressing Room Extensive fitted wardrobes. Ornate fireplace with panelled walls incorporating fitted glazed cabinets. Storage cupboard. Delft tiled surround. Old Pump House Storage

Orangery Heating pipes, tiled floor and original window opening En suite Bathroom Bath. Separate shower cubicle. WC. Round Garage building Wood store to side and slate roof over. Garage mechanism. basin inset into cabinet with marble surround. with a concrete floor and space for two cars.

Library Bay window. Extensive fitted book shelving. Overlooked by Bedroom 6 Ornate fireplace with Delft tiled surround. gallery. Courtyard Sitting Room/Bedroom 7 Ornate fireplace with Delft tiled surround. The attractive courtyard is entered from the east side through the Dining Room Alcove overlooking courtyard. Magnificent open Lochend Arch. This was built for Sir John Sinclair of Longformacus fireplace with marble and painted timber wooden surround with for his new house at Dunbar in 1684. It was designed by James Smith inlaid mirror. Shelved cupboard. Fluted columns on either side of the Courtyard Wing and modelled on the architecture of Andreo Palladio. It was procured door into: Accessed from both the courtyard and the front of the house is The in order to preserve it and was re-erected at Leithen Lodge. The Courtyard Wing. This has a sitting room, a bedroom with en suite courtyard is paved and there is a central fountain and herb garden. Prep Kitchen Dumb waiter from ground floor. bathroom, a dining room, kitchen and study.

Cloakroom Extensive fitted cupboards. WC. Wash hand basin. Gardens and Grounds Outside Leithen Lodge is set in wooded grounds extending to just under 20 From the orangery a door leads into a secondary staircase hall with acres. The principal gardens lie to the north of the house. There are stairs leading to the ground and second floors. From here a door Outbuildings include: numerous mature trees, rhododendrons and a mass of snowdrops leads into: and bulbs. Extensive areas of lawns are interspersed with low stone Utility Room Three Belfast sinks. Space and plumbing for three walls with raised beds. A stone bridge leads over the Leithen Water Ballroom Alcove with wood burning stove and ornate marble washing machines and three tumble dryers. New oil-fired boiler to further woodlands on the far side. The gardens continue with two surround. Vaulted ceiling. Magnificent plasterwork and murals. Bay (Worcester). Tiled floor. pagodas to further parkland where a number of trees have been window. Timber floor. planted. From staircase hall door leading to bedroom corridor. Ladies WC WC, wash hand basin with cabinet below. Beyond the parkland is a walled garden which is arranged in two Bedroom 3 Ornate fireplace. Cupboard housing hot water cylinder. Gents WC WC, wash hand basin. compartments with raised boxed beds and a fully fenced fruit garden. Further storage cupboard. Glazed storage cupboard with drawers There is a formal garden behind with a trellised walkway, a central under. Cupboard space below. Treatment Room L shaped room with shower cubicle. Wash hand gravelled area and raised rose gardens and flower borders around. basin. Tiled floor. Under floor heating. Bathroom Roll top bath. WC. Wash hand basin with cupboard Beyond the walled the garden is a woodland garden with a lochan below. Stores Located on the first floor above the utility and treatment which has a wooden cabin with a covered balcony overlooking it. room. Bedroom 4 Ornate fireplace with Delft tiled surround. Generator Room Diesel fired generator connected to the main Second Floor building.

Bathroom Roll top bath with original shower attachment hood Boiler Rooms Storage and boilers. above. WC. Oval basin with marble surround and cabinet below.

Leithen Lodge, Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, EH44 6NW Bathroom Kitchen/ tchen/ Gross internal area (approx) Treatment Dining Dining Room Room Room 5.05 x 4.14 S Store 1233.15 sq.m (13274 sq.ft) 4.29 x 3.61 4 9 x 3.61 Library Hall 16'7'' x 13'7'' 1 x 11'10'' 4.29 x 2.84 2.51 x 1.75 14'1'' x 11'10'' 14'1'' x 9'4'' (Including Garage & Generate Room) 8'3'' x 5'9'' WC Garage & Pump House

Gross internal area (approx) Hall

Generator Bathroom Bathroom 58.25 sq.m (627 sq.ft) Sitting Room Room For Identification Only. Not To Scale. 3.58 x 1.70 4.95 x 3.94 © Square Foot Media. 11'9'' x 5'7'' 16'3'' x 12'11'' WC Utility Store WC 4.39 x 2.84 WC 4.44 x 2.84 Bedroom 2 G 14'5'' x 9'4'' Garage 14'7'' x 9'4'' 4.29 x 4.11

4.75 x 3.81 14'1'' x 13'6'' 15'7'' x 12'6''

Larder/ Bathroom Store Kitchen/ itchen/ Bedroom 1 Dining Dining Dining 3.25 x 2.62 Room Prep WC Room Room 10'8'' x 8'7'' 3.58 x 2.72 Kitchen 4.32 x 3.40 4 2 x 3.40 11'9'' x 8'11'' 1 2'' x 11'2'' 4.80 x 4.22 Store 14'2'' x 11'2'' 15'9'' x 13'10'' 3.81 x 1.65 Kitchen 12'6'' x 5'5'' 3.02 x 2.11 9'11'' x 6'11'' Store G Hall Vestibule

Sitting Dining Sitting Room Room/ Room/ Bedroom 1 Larder 2.87 x 2.51 Bedroom B droom 4.65 x 4.22 9'5'' x 8'3'' 5.08 x 4.34 5 8 x 4.34 15'3'' x 13'10'' 16'8'' x 14'3'' 1 ' x 14'3'' Sitting Room Bedroom 2 Kitchen 4.98 x 3.15 4.98 x 2.74 5.97 x 4.88 16'4'' x 10'4'' 19'7'' x 16' 16'4'' x 9'

Courtyard dumb waiter Hall dumb waiter d 15.54 x 10.79 Butler's Pantry 51' x 35'5'' Prep Kitchen (approximate) 4.34 x 2.08 14'3'' x 6'10''

Hall Hall Study Cloakroom 4.01 x 2.49 2.84 x 2.31 13'2'' x 8'2'' 9'4'' x 7'7''

D Dining Room 6.25 x 4.95 Store Store Breakfast 20'6'' x 16'3'' Room 4.37 x 4.01 14'4'' x 13'2''

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a Store L

Kitchenette Boiler/ d

Smoking e S Boiler i Bathroom Bedroom 4 3.02 x 1.78 Boot Room Store r e Room 2.72 x 1.60 l 3.25 x 2.95 Reception 9'11'' x 5'10'' 3.56 x 2.11 En suite 3.02 x 1.80 l a 7.04 x 3.84 Bathroom 8'11'' x 5'3'' 10'8'' x 9'8'' 11'8" x 6'11" 9'11" x 5'11" Library G 23'1'' x 12'7'' Hall Bedroom 3 5.56 x 4.93 7.21 x 5.00 7.21 x 5.00 Void 4.90 x 4.75 Hall 18'3'' x 16'2'' 23'8'' x 16'5'' 23'8'' x 16'5'' 16'1'' x 15'7'' Ante Room 2.95 x 2.84 9'8" x 9'4" Dressing Wardrobe Room

Bedroom 2 Bathroom 4.42 x 4.19 14'6" x 13'9" Orangery Dressing Hall Balcony Balcony Hall 7.90 x 2.18 Room Vestibule 2.21 x 1.83 2.21 x 1.83 25'11'' x 7'2'' 3.20 x 2.97 7'3'' x 6' 7'3'' x 6' 10'6'' x 9'9'' WC (approximate) (approximate) Store B Ball Room 10.82 x 6.73 35'6'' x 22'1'' Drawing Room

8.99 x 5.38 Morning 29'6'' x 17'8'' Room 5.97 x 5.54 Bedroom 1 19'7" x 18'2" 5.61 x 5.44 18'5'' x 17'10''

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L ry Hall 2 .75 8 5'9'' G

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1 x 12'11''

Log Garage Pump Store 6.40 x 5.94 House 21' x 19'6'' 5.38 x 3.71 17'8'' x 12'2''

ng R m 2.72 1 8'11''

Ground Floor Ground Floor

Bedroom 1 4.65 x 4.22 15'3'' x 13'10''

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Bathroom

Hall

Sitting Bedroom 6 Dressing Room Room 3.53 x 3.48 3.63 x 2.92 5.56 x 3.00 11'7'' x 11'5'' 11'11'' x 9'7'' Bathroom 18'3'' x 9'10'' Gallery

Hall

Hall

Bedroom 5 7.29 x 4.57 23'11'' x 15' M

Second Floor

General Remarks

Services Servitude rights, burdens and wayleaves Important Notice Private water supply. Mains electricity. Private drainage to septic tank. The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all servitude Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: rights, burdens, reservations and wayleaves, including rights of access and Central heating and hot water from three oil fired boilers which serve rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, water seven zones. Supplementary electric heaters. Standby diesel generator and wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cable, drains and water, gas and 1. They are not authorised to make or give any representations or other pipes, whether contained in the Title Deeds or informally warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, either on Access constituted and whether referred to in the General Remarks and their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume Leithen Lodge has a servitude right of access over the private road which Stipulations or not. The Purchaser(s) will be held to have satisfied no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. is owned by Rosebery Estates. The estate is responsible for 93% of its himself as to the nature of all such servitude rights and others. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not maintenance. Leithen Lodge is responsible for 7% of its maintenance. be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. Offers The estate also has a right of access into the forestry behind the gravel Offers, in Scottish legal form, must be submitted by your solicitor to the 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, yard. Selling Agents. It is intended to set a closing date but the seller reserves photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily the right to negotiate a sale with a single party. All genuinely interested comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all Energy Performance Rating parties are advised to instruct their solicitor to note their interest with necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have EPC Rating = E the Selling Agents immediately after inspection. not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. Restrictions Deposit There is a reciprocal arrangement to prevent any development in the fields A deposit of 10% of the purchase price may be required. It will be paid Interior photographs June 2013, exterior photographs August 2015, to the south of Leithen Lodge which is binding both on the estate and Lei - within 7 days of the conclusion of Missives. The deposit will be non- brochure May 2016. then Lodge itself. returnable in the event of the Purchaser(s) failing to complete the sale for reasons not attributable to the Seller or his agents. Listing Leithen Lodge, together with the Lochend Arch, outbuildings and sundial, Viewing is Category A listed. Strictly by appointment with Savills - 0131 247 3700.

Local Authority Leithen Lodge is in Borders Council tax band H.

Fixtures and Fittings Standard fixtures and fittings as well as curtains and carpets are included in the sale. The sundial is also included in the sale. Some furniture and Savills Edinburgh garden machinery may be available by separate negotiation. Wemyss House Holiday Letting Business 8 Wemyss Place The three flats at Leithen Lodge provide a good income as holiday lets. Accounts are available on request. The property has also been rented Edinburgh EH3 6DH out on occasion for corporate events and would make a superb wedding 0131 247 3700 venue. [email protected] SAVILLS.CO.UK Directions From Peebles, take the A72 to Innerleithen. Once in Innerleithen, turn left onto the B709 signposted to Heriot. After 3½ miles take the private road on the left hand side. Leithen Lodge is just over half a mile along this road.

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