House For Sale £700,000
Reception hall • 2 reception rooms • 5 bedrooms • 2 bath/shower rooms • kitchen/breakfast room • snug/bedroom 6 • laundry/utility room • garden “home office”
Walled garden • off-street parking
Ideally located for the Waverley Line and trains to Edinburgh
In all about 0.36 acres
Elmbank is a substantial, detached three storey Victorian villa providing bright, well-proportioned accommodation with views from the garden at the back of the house over protected grazing land and the Tweed Valley to the hills beyond. It is set within its own grounds of approximately 0.36 acres. The house is constructed of solid stone under a multi-pitch slate roof and is in good decorative order throughout. The accommodation is well laid out and is centred around 2 main reception rooms, a good size reception hall and modern kitchen on the ground floor. Of particular note is the full width drawing room with its bay window and high ceiling. Upstairs the main bedrooms are beautifully proportioned. Subject to obtaining the necessary consents, the box room on the first floor could be converted to create an additional wc/shower room or be used to accommodate a staircase to give full access to the attic floor. The garden floor, with its own access to the garden, includes the snug/sixth bedroom, currently used as a study/snug. The guest bedroom and bathroom are suitable for bed and breakfast accommodation, possibly in conjunction with the bedroom/snug across the hall.
Elmbank is accessed from High Cross Avenue by a short gravel driveway, terminating in a car parking area at the front of the house and is bound by a lawn and low stone wall and hedge. The garden on the north side of the house is rectangular, enclosed by a high wall, and has been carefully tended by the current owners with wide areas of lawn, herbaceous borders and fruit trees. Either side of the house there are two gravel walkways with gates separating the front and back gardens. In the south west corner of the main garden is the “home” (garden) office (15 square feet) which has light, power and internet connection.
Melrose is an attractive and accessible small town in the centre of one of the best residential areas of the Scottish Borders between the River Tweed and the Eildon hills. The town developed around the former Abbey – now a picturesque ruin – which was made famous by Sir Walter Scott who lived nearby at Abbotsford. Elmbank is located on the outskirts of Melrose, just a short walk from the bustling town centre (1/2 mile). There are good schools in Melrose including St Mary's Preparatory School for boys and girls and a primary school. Elmbank is in the catchment area for the highly regarded Earlston High School, with the school bus stopping directly outside the house.
Melrose has some first class shops, a supermarket, hotels, restaurants and cafes, all within walking distance, and The Borders General Hospital is nearby. The Borders has a wealth of sporting and recreational opportunities. Elmbank is an ideal base for those who enjoy country sports, fishing on the Tweed and its tributaries, walking, cycling and riding. The town has a thriving rugby club (with its new 3G pitch – widely used by the community) where the world famous Melrose Sevens are held every spring. It also has its own tennis courts and golf course. Melrose also plays host every June to the hugely successful Borders Book Festival, as well as other cultural events. Not surprisingly therefore, a recent survey carried out by The Sunday Times (published in March 2018) found that Melrose is the best place to live in Scotland. The town looks beautiful all summer with the hanging baskets which are carefully looked after by the team of “Melrose in Bloom”.
Edinburgh lying 36 miles to the north has an international airport and an intercity rail service, while Berwick upon Tweed, 37 miles to the east, has a main line station linking Edinburgh and London (approximately 3 hours 40 minutes between London and berwick-upon-Tweed). The Waverley line from central Edinburgh to the Borders terminates at Tweedbank, approximately 2 1/2 miles by road to the west of Elmbank.
Edinburgh 37 Miles, Berwick-upon-Tweed 37 miles, Waverley Line 2½ miles, Galashiels 5 miles (Distances approximate)
Walled garden • off-street parking
Ideally located for the Waverley Line and trains to Edinburgh
In all about 0.36 acres
Elmbank is a substantial, detached three storey Victorian villa providing bright, well-proportioned accommodation with views from the garden at the back of the house over protected grazing land and the Tweed Valley to the hills beyond. It is set within its own grounds of approximately 0.36 acres. The house is constructed of solid stone under a multi-pitch slate roof and is in good decorative order throughout. The accommodation is well laid out and is centred around 2 main reception rooms, a good size reception hall and modern kitchen on the ground floor. Of particular note is the full width drawing room with its bay window and high ceiling. Upstairs the main bedrooms are beautifully proportioned. Subject to obtaining the necessary consents, the box room on the first floor could be converted to create an additional wc/shower room or be used to accommodate a staircase to give full access to the attic floor. The garden floor, with its own access to the garden, includes the snug/sixth bedroom, currently used as a study/snug. The guest bedroom and bathroom are suitable for bed and breakfast accommodation, possibly in conjunction with the bedroom/snug across the hall.
Elmbank is accessed from High Cross Avenue by a short gravel driveway, terminating in a car parking area at the front of the house and is bound by a lawn and low stone wall and hedge. The garden on the north side of the house is rectangular, enclosed by a high wall, and has been carefully tended by the current owners with wide areas of lawn, herbaceous borders and fruit trees. Either side of the house there are two gravel walkways with gates separating the front and back gardens. In the south west corner of the main garden is the “home” (garden) office (15 square feet) which has light, power and internet connection.
Melrose is an attractive and accessible small town in the centre of one of the best residential areas of the Scottish Borders between the River Tweed and the Eildon hills. The town developed around the former Abbey – now a picturesque ruin – which was made famous by Sir Walter Scott who lived nearby at Abbotsford. Elmbank is located on the outskirts of Melrose, just a short walk from the bustling town centre (1/2 mile). There are good schools in Melrose including St Mary's Preparatory School for boys and girls and a primary school. Elmbank is in the catchment area for the highly regarded Earlston High School, with the school bus stopping directly outside the house.
Melrose has some first class shops, a supermarket, hotels, restaurants and cafes, all within walking distance, and The Borders General Hospital is nearby. The Borders has a wealth of sporting and recreational opportunities. Elmbank is an ideal base for those who enjoy country sports, fishing on the Tweed and its tributaries, walking, cycling and riding. The town has a thriving rugby club (with its new 3G pitch – widely used by the community) where the world famous Melrose Sevens are held every spring. It also has its own tennis courts and golf course. Melrose also plays host every June to the hugely successful Borders Book Festival, as well as other cultural events. Not surprisingly therefore, a recent survey carried out by The Sunday Times (published in March 2018) found that Melrose is the best place to live in Scotland. The town looks beautiful all summer with the hanging baskets which are carefully looked after by the team of “Melrose in Bloom”.
Edinburgh lying 36 miles to the north has an international airport and an intercity rail service, while Berwick upon Tweed, 37 miles to the east, has a main line station linking Edinburgh and London (approximately 3 hours 40 minutes between London and berwick-upon-Tweed). The Waverley line from central Edinburgh to the Borders terminates at Tweedbank, approximately 2 1/2 miles by road to the west of Elmbank.
Edinburgh 37 Miles, Berwick-upon-Tweed 37 miles, Waverley Line 2½ miles, Galashiels 5 miles (Distances approximate)
