WALSTON HOUSE Walston • Dolphinton • Ml11 8nF WALSTON HOUSE Walston • Dolphinton • Ml11 8nF Georgian manse with walled garden and magnificent far reaching views Biggar 6 miles, West Linton 8 miles, Lanark 12 miles, Edinburgh 25 miles, Glasgow 38 miles = Porch, reception hall, drawing room, dining room, kitchen, back hall and porch, utility room, shower room, tack/garden room 6 bedrooms, bathroom and shower room Walled garden Courtyard of outbuildings Garage Outbuildings with stabling Manège and paddock EPC = F About 2.14 acres in all Savills Edinburgh Wemyss House 8 Wemyss Place, Edinburgh EH3 6DH 0131 247 3700 [email protected] VIEWING Strictly by appointment with Savills - 0131 247 3700. DIRECTIONS From Edinburgh, take the A702 in a south westerly direction. Pass through the village of West Linton and continue for a further two miles towards Dolphinton. By the bus shelter, take the right hand turn signposted to Garvald and Dunsyre. Follow this road to the T-junction, taking the right hand turn signposted for Walston. The road leads into the village of Walston and the entrance to Walston House will be seen on the right, just after the right turn to Weston. SITUATION The property occupies an attractive position in the small hamlet of Walston, surrounded by lovely open countryside. Despite its rural setting, the property is easily accessible, being commutable to both Edinburgh (25 miles) and Glasgow (38 miles). The M74 at Abington is only 18 miles distant, giving access south to Carlisle and the M6 and north to Glasgow. Lanark, Carluke and Carstairs have railway stations providing services to Edinburgh, Glasgow and the south. Edinburgh Airport (28 miles) has regular domestic and international flights. Walston is a small hamlet and is one of six villages which make up the Blackmount Community Council area. The village has its own primary school, while the nearest local town, Biggar (6 miles), has a secondary school. Biggar is a former market town, with a good range of shops, including Sainsbury’s and Co-op supermarkets, and professional services. It also has a choice of restaurants and a thriving arts scene with a music society, museums and galleries. The surrounding countryside offers wonderful The ancillary accommodation on the ground opportunities for outdoor activities. There is floor includes a utility room, a shower room and excellent walking, with a former drove road a garden room, which is a useful workroom and leading over the hill from Walston to Elsrickle, store with doors into both the walled garden and and numerous further walks can be enjoyed in the the courtyard. The back hall has a porch leading to Pentland Hills Country Park. There are riding the courtyard with its associated outbuildings. opportunities, golf courses at Biggar, West Linton, Carnwath, Carstairs and Lanark and fishing can be The ground floor accommodation is well balanced arranged on the Clyde and on the reservoirs of the by four first floor double bedrooms and a Pentlands. bathroom, with two further bedrooms and a shower room on the second floor. There is also HISTORY storage space within the insulated eaves. Walston House is a superb example of a Georgian manse. Its construction was completed in the OUTSIDE spring of 1829 and was recorded by the minister Garden and Grounds of the time in the 1840 Statistical Account. The The garden and grounds of Walston House extend property was sold by the Church of Scotland into to 2.14 acres and provide a wonderful setting private ownership in 1954. for the property. There are two accesses off the public road. The principal entrance, shared DESCRIPTION with the kirk, opens onto a gravel drive leading to the parking area to the front of the house. The Walston House occupies a fabulous elevated secondary entrance leads to the courtyard. position, with far reaching views over the South Medwin Valley towards the southern end of the The principal garden lies to the west of the house. Pentlands. The house has beautifully proportioned It is surrounded by a high stone wall and has some rooms, typical of the period, with accommodation wonderful mature specimen shrubs and plants. arranged over ground, first and second floors. It There is a terrace, accessed from the garden retains many of the original features, including room, immediately to the west of the house, ideal working shutters, dado rails, cornicing and brass for outdoor entertaining. Trees include apple, light switches. holly, birch, cherry and willow. There are two ornamental ponds. The hall has an elegant sweeping staircase to the first floor. The reception rooms are accessed from Outbuildings and Stables the hall and include a drawing room with a log On the north side of the walled garden, and with burning stove on a black slate hearth under an access directly from it, is a single storey former ornate mantelpiece, The dining room has a timber piggery, sub-divided into a number of loose floor and a converted wood burning stove (run off boxes and storage areas. At the west end there are mains electricity) under an elegant mantelpiece. three loose boxes and a door which gives access to Double doors from the dining room fold back the manège and paddock. There is a further tack entirely to link into the kitchen. This has a range area which could provide more loose boxes and of wall and floor units incorporating a stainless a large storage room at the east end for garden steel 1½ bowl sink, two oven oil fired Aga (green) equipment. The building has both water and and has space and plumbing for a dishwasher. electricity supplies and was recently re-roofed. Gross internal area (approx) 276.84 sq.m (2980 sq.ft) (Including WC & Boiler) Old Wash Garage Workshop Outbuildings: House 4.69 x 3.02 4.59 x 3.85 4.58 x 3.66 15'5'' x 9'11'' 15'1'' x 12'8'' Gross internal area (approx) 15' x 12' 110.55 sq.m (1190 sq.ft) Store 6.76 x 4.60 22'2'' x 15'1'' For Identification Only. Not To Scale. © Square Foot Media Ltd Bedroom 6/ Bedroom 5 Study 4.57 x 4.39 Landing 4.64 x 4.60 Store 15' x 14'5'' 6.10 x 4.63 15'3'' x 15'1'' 20' x 15'2'' Shower Room 2.23 x 2.62 7'4'' x 8'7'' Second Floor Garden Room 4.59 x 2.72 15'1'' x 8'11'' Porch WC Oil Utility Shower Tank Room B Bedroom 3 Bedroom 4 4.40 x 3.95 4.60 x 3.64 Kitchen 15'5'' x 13'11'' 15'1'' x 11'11'' 4.27 x 4.00 14' x 13'1'' Landing Hall 4.83 15'10'' (long) Drawing Room HW 6.08 x 4.47 Bedroom 2 Bedroom 1 Dining 19'11'' x 14'8'' 4.59 x 4.09 Room 4.38 x 3.79 Bathroom 13'5'' x 13'5'' 4.27 x 3.65 14'2'' x 12'5'' 2.64 x 2.45 14' x 12' 8'8'' x 8' Porch Ground Floor First Floor W alston P arish C hurch Adjacent to the stabling, and with access from the himself as to the nature of all such servitude rights drive, is a double garage with an up and over door. and others. W alston S inks Courtyard Offers 264.5m To the north of the house is the original courtyard Offers, in Scottish legal form, must be submitted of outbuildings which was also recently re-roofed. by your solicitor to the Selling Agents. Iss ues TCB 262.2m This provides useful additional storage space and potential for further equestrian use. There is It is intended to set a closing date but the seller scope to convert these outbuildings into home reserves the right to negotiate a sale with a single offices or into a separate residential unit, subject party. All genuinely interested parties are to the necessary planning consent. advised to instruct their solicitor to note their interest with the Selling Agents immediately after 267.3m Paddock and Manège inspection. W alston House To the front of the house, with access from the Deposit Area : 0.867 ha (2.142 acres) drive and the stabling, is a paddock providing 271.1m grazing. A manège is situated just to the north of A deposit of 10% of the purchase price may be required. It will be paid within 7 days of the 26 the stabling. 25 conclusion of Missives. The deposit will be non- GENERAL REMARKS returnable in the event of the Purchaser(s) failing to complete the sale for reasons not attributable to This Plan is based upon the Ordnance Survey Map with the sanction of the Controller of H.M. Services Stationery Office. Crown Copyright reserved. (100024244). This Plan is published for the convenience of Purchasers only. Its accuracy is not guaranteed and it is expressly excluded from Copa the the Seller or his agents. any contract. NOT TO SCALE. Mains water and electricity. Private drainage. LB 9 Oil fired central heating. 0m 25m Play50 Armea 75m 271.1m IMPORTANT NOTICE Ordnance Survey © Crown Copyright 2015. All rights reserved. Licence number 100022432. Plotted Scale - 1:1765 Local Authority Savills, their clients and any joint agents give South Lanarkshire Council tax band F. notice that: 1.They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation Listing to the property either here or elsewhere, either Walston House is Listed category B. on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or Fixtures and Fittings otherwise.