LEADBURN HOUSE LEADBURN • MIDLOTHIAN LEADBURN HOUSE LEADBURN • MIDLOTHIAN • EH46 7BE Penicuik 4 miles, Peebles 10 miles, Edinburgh City Bypass 8 miles, Edinburgh City Centre 13 miles, Edinburgh Airport 17 miles LEADBURN HOUSE Vestibule, hall, drawing room, dining room kitchen, breakfast room, study, sitting room, conservatory utility room, WC, playroom, boiler room, stores Master bedroom with en suite bathroom and dressing area Six further bedrooms (one with en suite shower room), family bathroom, shower room Double garage, workshop, pottery studio Tool shed, greenhouse, log store, hen house Woodland and gardens Well proportioned country Kitchen garden with polytunnel Tennis court with summer house house with beautiful gardens, Two paddocks (approx 2.5 acres) with stables paddocks and self-contained, STELLKNOWE income producing apartment Sitting room, kitchen, two bedrooms, bathroom About 7.54 acres in all Savills Edinburgh Wemyss House 8 Wemyss Place Edinburgh EH3 6DH Tel: 0131 247 3700 Email: [email protected] SITUATION Leadburn House is located to the south of Edinburgh at the gateway to the Scottish Borders, nestling at the foot of the Moorfoot Hills looking out to the Pentland Hills. The local towns of Penicuik and Peebles have an excellent range of local facilities, including shops, post offices, leisure centres with swimming pools, and both primary and secondary schools. Amongst a number of local restaurants in the area there is the well regarded Howgate Restaurant and Bistro (1 mile). Slightly further afield is the professional and cultural hub of Edinburgh which also offers a selection of independent schools including George Watson’s College, which has a daily school bus service passing through Leadburn. Edinburgh Royal Infirmary is 12 miles away. The property is in a particularly accessible position, well situated for access to the Edinburgh City Bypass (A720), the city centre (13 miles) and for routes to the south. The bypass is 8 miles to the north and gives access to the south, east and west of the city, Edinburgh International Airport and the motorway network. The A701 provides a good link to the M74 to the south. There is an excellent bus service from Leadburn (X62) to central Edinburgh. This route passes by Straiton Retail Park which has a comprehensive range of outlets including M&S, IKEA and Sainsbury’s. The nearest train station is Eskbank (10 miles) which is on the Scottish Borders Railway route and has a direct service to Edinburgh Waverley. Leadburn House is ideally positioned for outside recreation. The Pentland Hills Regional Park is popular for walking, mountain biking and fell running alike, and is home to the Midlothian Ski Sports Centre. To the south, close to Peebles and Innerleithen, there are further mountain biking trails within the 7stanes network. There are a number of local golf courses including Glencorse, Peebles and West Linton, with all the links courses of East Lothian easily accessible via the Edinburgh City Bypass. For horse riding, the Esk Valley Trail, a horse riding route which is part of the Tyne Esk Trail network comprising 60 miles of horse trails, can be linked into at Roslin and there are many old drove roads providing great variety for hacking. The world famous salmon fishery, the River Tweed, is similarly accessible with many beats offering fishing for let on a day permit basis. Leadburn House Leadburn House, GROSLeadburn,S INTERNAL AREA 515.13 SQ.M (5,545 SQ.FT) Garden West Linton,(including Tank Room & Stores) Store Midlothian, EH46 7BE 10' x 6'10'' 3.05 x 2.08m FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY Approx. Gross Internal Area 5545 Sq Ft - 515.13 Sq M (Including Tank Room & Stores) Tank Store Store Room Stellknowe 10'3'' x 8'6'' Approx. Gross Internal Area 9'6'' x 8'4'' 3.12 x 2.59m 8'7'' x 6'11'' 2.90 x 2.54m 2.62 x 2.11m 791 Sq Ft - 73.48 Sq M Garage, Studio Workshop & Stores Approx. Gross Internal Area 1806 Sq Ft - 167.78 Sq M En suite Shower For identification only. Not to scale. Play Room Room Boiler © SquareFoot 2016 Bedroom 6 19'9'' x 10'1'' Room 10'2'' x 8'1'' 3.10 x 2.46m 6.02 x 3.07m 12'8'' x 10'11'' 3.86 x 3.33m WC Shower Room Utility Breakfast Room Bedroom 5 15'9'' x 11'7'' 15'4'' x 10'1'' 4.67 x 3.07m Study 4.80 x 3.53m 15' x 10'9'' Hall Hall Hall 4.57 x 3.28m Bedroom 7 12'10'' x 7'7'' 3.91 x 2.31m Conservatory Sitting Room Kitchen Bedroom 3 15'9'' x 12'10'' 15'10'' x 14'7'' 15'9'' x 15'9'' 17'7'' x 10'4'' 4.80 x 4.80m 5.36 x 3.15m 4.80 x 3.91m 4.83 x 4.44m Hall Bathroom En suite Hall Bathroom Drawing Dining Master Room Room Bedroom Bedroom 2 25'2'' x 16'7'' 23'3'' x 16'7'' 25' x 16'8'' 16'8'' x 16'4'' 7.67 x 5.05m 7.09 x 5.05m 7.62 x 5.08m 5.08 x 4.98m Bedroom 4 9'1'' x 9' Porch 2.77 x 2.74m Ground Floor First Floor B Workshop Garage 14'11'' x 11'7'' 4.55 x 3.53m 25'6'' x 15'1'' 7.77 x 4.60m Pottery Studio 11'7'' x 6' Store 3.53 x 1.83m Store 15'2'' x 13'11'' 4.62 x 4.24m GARAGE, STUDIO WORKSHOP & STORES Greenhouse GROSS INTERNAL AREA 14'6'' x 8'4'' 4.42 x 2.54m 95.50 SQ. M (1,028 SQ.FT) Ground Floor F STELLKNOWE GROSS INTERNAL AREA 73.48 SQ. M (791 SQ.FT) Bedroom 2 Sitting W 10'11'' x 7'5'' Room 3.33 x 2.26m Bedroom 1 17'6'' x 14'9'' 14'8'' x 9'6'' 5.33 x 4.50m 4.47 x 2.90m Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Not to Scale mapping with the permission of the Entrance Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office Hall © Crown copyright (100041908) Bathroom S IMPORTANT NOTICE Savills and their clients give notice that: 1. They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on Kitchen 13'10'' x 9'9'' behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these 4.22 x 2.97m particulars. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. DESCRIPTION STELLKNOWE With a very private setting amid mature gardens Occupying the first floor of the garage building is and woodlands, Leadburn House is a superb a self-contained flat which is currently let out on a family-sized home originally dating from the late Short Assured Tenancy agreement, (further details 18th century. The house occupies a very secluded can be obtained from Savills). The apartment is position with access via a private drive leading to a ideally positioned to provide additional but spacious gravel sweep on the south side of the independent accommodation to the house and, house. Combining the proportions and features due to the accessible location of the property, of the late Georgian period, when the original could provide a good income as a holiday let. dwelling at Leadburn was substantially extended with contemporary services, fixtures and finishes, The flat is known as Stellknowe, taken from the Leadburn House has been a wonderful family original name of Leadburn House. With access via home for over 35 years and where the owners have an external stone staircase, it provides well- enjoyed bringing up their five children. appointed modern accommodation which includes With its original name of Stellknowe, Leadburn a sitting room, kitchen/breakfast room, two House has a claim to fame in Scottish literary bedrooms and a bathroom with shower. circles as the home of the grandparents of much loved novelist, John Buchan, whose father was OUTBUILDINGS born in the house. Indeed, the house is mentioned Beneath Stellknowe is a double garage with a in his 1940 autobiography, Memory Hold the concrete floor. This building also includes a Door. separate workshop, lockable pottery/art studio, garden tool store and lean-to greenhouse. The house is built of stone with a three-bay facade Adjoining the rear of the main house is a useful which is orientated to the south. It is harled range of stores including boiler room, tank room beneath a predominantly flat, zinc roof with slated and workshop. There is also a wooden hen house hips. Features include timber-framed sash and and covered log store. casement windows and pedimented dormer windows. Many traditional features have been GARDENS AND GROUNDS retained including decorative cornices, Adam-style Extending to about 7.5 acres in total, the policies ornate fireplace surrounds and mantels, timber include a combination of formal and woodland panelled doors and hardwood decorative staircase gardens, a large kitchen garden and two enclosed balusters with turned spindles. pony paddocks, one with a stable building with two loose boxes. Immediately in front of the house The principal reception rooms are bright and airy is a large gravel sweep with ample car parking and are supplemented by a sitting room, study, space, and a large lawn bounded by a fringe of playroom and conservatory.