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Eden Mansion St Andrews, Fife Eden Mansion St Andrews, Fife Eden Mansion St Andrews, Fife, KY16 0UP St Andrews town centre 4 miles, Dundee 10 miles, Perth 28 miles, Edinburgh 51 miles Beautifully restored 8 bedroom grand period country mansion set in mature grounds overlooking the Eden Estuary towards the R&A Old Course in St Andrews Eden Mansion is currently trading as an up-market Guest House Ground Floor The Lodge Entrance hall. reception hall, drawing room, library, morning room. Sitting room, 2 bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen and dining room. Garage and Cloakroom with WC. Dining kitchen, serving kitchen, pantry, utility room, private garden. back hall. Snug (living room), cinema room, inner courtyard, office, bedroom suite with dressing room and en suite. Stable Yard 2 workshops/loose boxes, 4 car garage. First Floor 7 bedrooms all with en suite bathrooms. Separate staircase leading to a Grounds dining room. Separate staircase leading to a bedroom suite with a study. Enclosed grounds with manicured gardens and mature specimen trees. Walled garden with two traditional glass houses connected by central Second Floor summer house, extensive outbuildings and storage. Tower room with battlements and roof terrace above. About 5.3 acres in all Lower Ground Floor Wine cellar Directions carriageway, 4 miles beyond Glenrothes, turn right onto the A914 to After 2 miles you will see a large group of mature trees where the From Edinburgh cross the Forth Road Bridge and take the M90 north. Cupar. gates and driveway to Eden Mansion are located on the left-hand Exit the motorway at Junction 3 and take the A92 Fife link road side before the village of Guardbridge. Enter the gates past the following the signs towards the Tay Road Bridge. Continue past In Cupar turn right onto the A91 signposted to St Andrews. Lodge and follow the drive through the mature trees until you come Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes. At the roundabout at the end of the dual Continue through Dairsie and go straight on at the roundabout. to the mansion. Situation Eden Mansion has an idyllic setting, secluded amidst mature trees St Andrews provides good state schooling at Madras College and The present owners have carried out a major refurbishment and surrounded by 5 acres of landscaped garden grounds. It boasts private co-educational schooling at St. Leonards. There are other programme over the last four years and have renovated the property an enviable location, situated at the head of the Eden Estuary looking public schools near Perth (Glenalmond, Strathallan, Kilgraston and to a very high specification to create the stunning country house and towards the renowned Royal & Ancient Old Course in St Andrews. Craigclowan) and Dundee High School is also within easy reach. gardens that can be seen today. Eden Mansion offers exclusivity yet is only minutes drive away from The town has a good range of shops and supermarkets. Cupar, 6 the “Home of Golf” . miles to the west, is a busy market town. They have fully renovated the house both inside and out whilst preserving and enhancing its period charm with tasteful modern St Andrews is an affluent and thriving town. As well as being famous Description comforts which blend seamlessly to create a lavish yet authentic for golf it is well known for its university which is one of the oldest in Eden Mansion is a grand and imposing Victorian mansion dating from Scottish home. The house now offers extensive but manageable Britain having been founded in 1410. Famous students include the 1860. The house was built by the Haig family who also owned a accommodation with a very practical layout, well suited to family life, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, who met there. St Andrews has a distillery in the nearby village of Guardbridge as well as most of the yet able to accommodate an extensive guest list. The public rooms plethora of restaurants, bars and shops, a theatre and a cinema and a surrounding farmland. The Haig family are renowned as Scotland’s are all well-proportioned and retain many original features such as number of tourist attractions including an ancient castle and cathedral. oldest whisky distillers, their most notable family member being the decorative cornices, picture rails, working window shutters, wooden 1st Earl Haig. Eden Mansion is an historic and exceptional country floors and period fireplaces. The windows are large, ensuring the Leuchars is two miles to the north and has a railway station on the house, commanding a prime location, built for luxurious living and interior is full of natural light. All eight bedrooms boast en suite main east coast line which provides a fast link to Dundee and entertaining in a grand style. bathrooms and offer spacious accommodation for family and guests Edinburgh. Edinburgh Airport with its frequent services to London alike. and an increasing variety of both domestic and international services, The three storey house is built of stone under a slate roof with the is only 50 miles away. There is a dual carriageway and motorway main accommodation laid out over the ground and first floors. The connection to Edinburgh from Glenrothes (16 miles). house is equally appealing on every side arranged as it is around a central inner courtyard. The west façade of the house is dominated Eden Mansion benefits hugely from being only 4 miles from the town by a square, battlemented tower above the front door. The roof centre of St Andrews and only2.5 miles from the Royal and Ancient line is enhanced by gables above all the main windows with large Old Course There are now six golf courses at St Andrews including bay windows to the main reception rooms with balconies above on the Old Course, host to the Open Championship. There are many the south and west elevations. other golf courses in the area including Drumoig and St Michaels, both just inland, and Elie, Crail, Charleton, Kilconquhar, Leven and Lundin Links on the coast. Accommodation A magnificent arched front doorway under the tower with a balcony The kitchen benefits from four ovens, a cream Aga with an additional At the far end of the glazed passage is an inner hall with two stores above and a solid timber door gives access to an impressive entrance co-ordinated electric halogen hob, fan ovens and extractor hood. A and two cupboards and a door leading out to the side of the house. hall which in turn leads onto the grand reception hall which has a larder fridge and freezers with drawers below, along with a From the entrance hall on the ground floor, accessed through the majestic original oak staircase leading up past the large stained glass dishwasher, all blend with the extensive storage cupboards and reception room beyond is a ground floor bedroom suite with window to the first floor gallery providing access to six out of the display cabinets. There is a pantry with fitted wooden shelves next dressing room and sliding door leading to an en suite bathroom. The eight bedrooms and tower room. Polished oak flooring flows door to the dining kitchen with an additional storage cupboard. wooden staircase from the reception hall leads up to seven further throughout the house complementing the large panelled doors. large bedroom suites with beautiful cornicing, large windows and The morning room has two large bay windows to the south and There is a utility room/laundry room fitted with a sink, storage units each with its own en suite bath/shower room. west with working window shutters. There is beautiful decorative and LG washing machine, LG dryer and fridge freezer. There is a cornicing and a ceiling rose which enhance the grandeur of this room. back door leading to a patio area and gardens. A door leading from Grounds There is an ornate marble mantel and hearth with living flame gas the utility room leads through to a cosy snug with a window over- Five acres of beautifully planted and maintained gardens and fire. Towering double doors open to the adjoining library which also looking a side terrace and door leading to the rear hall. wooded areas surround the house. To the west of the house is a has French doors opening onto the gardens. It has another lovely large lawn backed by large specimen trees and rhododendrons. To fireplace with a marble hearth, mantelpiece and built-in book cases. Off the rear corridor, flanked with flagstone floors and stone walls the south of the house is a terrace with steps down to a large flat The grand drawing room has intricate decorative cornicing, ceiling there is a fantastic Art Deco style cinema room creatively designed lawn backed by mature trees and rhododendrons. rose with a resplendent chandelier and expansive bay windows by the current owners. Also at this end is a door and staircase leading allowing sunlight to flood in, whilst creating beautiful open aspects to a suite consisting of study/sitting area, bedroom with en suite and To the east of the house is a raised terrace with a paved path leading onto the south and west gardens to look out on and admire. There elevated views over the east and walled gardens. At the end of the down to a further flat lawn, bordered with cherry trees, acers and is an imposing marble fireplace with large open fire and solid oak corridor, turning left up two steps there is a staircase leading to a maple amidst other flowering shrubs, enclosed with four metre flowing. grand dining room which has a dramatic vaulted ceiling with hedging. decorative panels and cornicing. Both the servery kitchen and connecting dining kitchen were To the north of the house is a paved patio with a gravel surround designed and installed by luxury kitchen manufacturers, Clive Original oak wall panelling, oak flooring and a large fireplace with with access to the back and side doors.
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