the lodge EAST the lodge HIGH STREET, ABERLADY, LONGNIDDRY, , EH32 0RE listed Victorian house in attractiVe coastal Village

Prominent Victorian house with tower Fully refurbished and upgraded Magnificent reception rooms with many period features Stunning new garden room Set in heart of conservation village on edge of nature reserve

Two Period Reception Rooms Sitting Room Modern Garden Room Kitchen, Laundry, Boot Room & Wine Cellar 5 Bedrooms, Dressing Room & 4 Bath/Shower Rooms Tower Room & Attic Rooms Courtyard Gym/Office Large Walled Garden and Extensive Outbuildings EPC = D

About 0.46 acres SITUATION

The Lodge is set off the High Street in the centre of the conservation village of Aberlady. The village is beautifully situated on the coast with a nature reserve in front and golf courses to either side.

Historically Aberlady was the designated Port of Haddington but its origins are much earlier, having had strong links with the old monasteries at and from the 7th century. Aberlady Parish Church which dates back to the 15th century and was re-built in 1887 is diagonally opposite the Lodge. The remains of a medieval harbour and Iron Age fort are just outside the village. Gosford House with its magnificent walled grounds are just to the west.

Aberlady Bay was the first local nature reserve in Britain. provides Reserve Wardens and the village has the headquarters of the Scottish Ornithologists Club. The Bay also holds the wrecks of eight 19th or early 20th century fishing vessels, which have been designated as maritime scheduled ancient monuments, and two wrecks of XT-craft submarines.

Aberlady is in the heart of East Lothian’s ‘Golf Coast’ with several fine links golf courses flanking the village to the east and west. is the local course with Craigielaw adjoining and the village looks across the bay to the and golf courses. Muirfield, which is an Open Championship course, is on the far side of Gullane.

The village has a primary school, store, post office and the Ducks Inn hotel and restaurant. Private schooling is at Loretto in , the Compass School in Haddington, and Belhaven in . Haddington provides a wider range of shops. The property is highly accessible to via the A1 or by train from Longniddry. DESCRIPTION

The Lodge is a prominent Victorian house with a tower at its centre. It was built of sandstone with ashlar dressings in the mid 19th century. The house was remodelled and stables and gates were added in the late 19th century. The magnificent garden room was added in 2018.

The house has been fully refurbished with high quality kitchen and bathrooms. It also retains many period features including the polygonal entrance porch at the foot of the tower and a stairway with cast-iron bannisters and a painted glass window above in pre-Raphaelite style. The mid-19th century interior plasterwork cornices and ceiling roses are retained in principal rooms.

The accommodation begins with an entrance hall with WC off. The front facing dining room and drawing rooms have period fireplaces. The garden room has a glazed, pitched roof and glazed doors opening into the garden. There is also a sitting room with a bay window looking over the garden and a shelved recess for a desk.

The kitchen has a four oven AGA and wooden units and an AGA fridge freezer. There is a side hall beyond with a boot room and laundry off and a basement wine cellar.

The first floor bedrooms are accessed off a galleried landing. The master bedroom has a dressing room with a freestanding bath and extensive wardrobe space. There are two further bedrooms on this floor, one with an en suite shower room, and a family bathroom. Off a side landing are two further bedrooms and a shower room.

On the second floor is the polygonal tower room from where there are coastal views. There are two attics, one which has been used as a bedroom and one containing the boiler and hot water cylinder.

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A FIRST FLOOR ROOF H SUN LOUNGE CELLAR DRAWING ROOM 8.90 x 4.97 m 2.50 x 6.56 m 5.88 x 5.65 m 8'2" x 21'6" 29'2" x 16'4" DINING ROOM 19'3" x 18'6" LAUNDRY 6.94 x 4.99 m STORAGE ROOM 2.10 x 4.30 m 22'9" x 16'5" 5.89 x 3.25 m 6'11" x 14'1" BEDROOM 5 the lodg e 19'4" x 10'8" 5.90 x 4.20 m

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CELLAR GROUND FLOOR 6,227 sq.Ft (579 sq.M) VESTIBULE SECOND FLOOR

CELLAR g arage 267 s q .F t (25 sq.M) ROOF GROUND FLOOR

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APPROXIMATE GROSS INTERNAL FLOOR A TURRET ROOM

GARDENS

The lodge is set in gardens of nearly half an acre.

The front garden facing onto the High Street is formal with two gateways, each with four gate piers with ball finials and decorative wrought-iron railings and gates. A hedge with an inner rose bed gives the house privacy. To the side is a gabled former stable block which now comprises two double garages and a garden store with hayloft above.

The main gardens are to the south and are fully walled. There is a porch leading onto a paved terrace with a large lawn fringed by trees and shrubs. In the corner is a brick built garden store. There is a hen house and hen run along one side wall.

Adjoining the garden room is a courtyard with a central fountain. Off this is an office or gym.

DIRECTIONS

From Edinburgh follow the A1 east until the junction signed (A198). Continue on this road through Longniddry and along the coast to Aberlady. The Lodge is on the right hand side after about 200 yards. GENERAL REMARKS

Viewing Strictly by appointment with Savills - 0131 247 3738.

Solicitors Coulters, 3 Lochside Way, Edinburgh, EH12 9DT 0131 603 7333 [email protected]

Services Mains water, gas, electricity and drainage. Central heating from gas fired boiler.

Local Authority & tax band The Lodge is in East Lothian Council Tax Band H.

Conservation Area and Listing The light fittings and curtains are included in the sale.

Fixtures and Fittings In the Den the Silver light fixture and in the Dining Room the Brass light fixture are excluded from the sale. The curtains are available by separate negotiable.

Servitude rights, burdens and wayleaves The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all servitude rights, burdens, reservations and wayleaves, including rights of access and rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, 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 water and wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cable, drains and water, gas and other pipes, whether contained in the Title Deeds or informally constituted and whether referred to in the General Remarks and Stipulations or not. The Purchaser(s) will be held to have satisfied himself as to the nature of all such servitude rights and others.

Offers 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 seller reserves the right to negotiate a sale with a single party. All genuinely interested parties are advised to instruct their solicitor to note their interest with the Selling Agents immediately after inspection.

Deposit A deposit of 10% of the purchase price may be required. It will be paid within 7 days of the conclusion of Missives. The deposit will be non-returnable in the event of the Purchaser(s) failing to complete the sale for k u reasons not attributable to the Seller or his agents. . o c . e n i l d

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Important Notice Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: 1. They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties h T in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility y b for any statement that may be made in these particulars. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as d statements or representations of fact. 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only e c and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents u d o and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. Photographs taken in 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 r August 2020 and brochure prepared in September 2020. 200906 P