House For Sale £850,000
Reception hall • 2 main reception rooms • 7 bedrooms • 4 bath/shower rooms (2 ensuite) • open plan kitchen/breakfast/family room • laundry/utility room • downstairs w/c
Includes elf-contained basement flat with snug • home office/cinema • bedroom and ensuite shower room • kitchen
Enclosed garden • off-street parking • fitness room
Ideally located for the Waverley Line and trains to Edinburgh
In all about 0.3 acres
For sale as a whole
Eildon House is a substantial, detached four storey Victorian villa providing bright, well-proportioned accommodation with views from the front of the house of The Eildon Hills and an enclosed garden to the rear. It is set within its own grounds totalling approximately 0.3 acres. The house is built of solid stone under a multi-pitch slate roof and is in reasonable decorative order throughout. The accommodation is well-laid out, centred on two main reception rooms, a good size reception hall and a modern, recently extended open plan kitchen/breakfast/family, which is of particular note, as is the full width drawing room. Upstairs the main bedrooms are beautifully proportioned. The basement flat, with its own access, includes a snug, home office/cinema, bedroom (with ensuite shower/wc) and kitchen. Set apart from the house is the former garage, now used as a fitness room.
(See the floor plans for room layout and dimensions).
Gardens and Grounds
Eildon House is accessed from Huntly Avenue by a short gravel driveway, terminating in a car parking area at the steps leading up to the front door. The enclosed garden on the west side of the house is arranged around a circular lawn surrounded by terraced decking/seating areas and gravel beds (with a variety of shrubs) for ease of maintenance. French windows open from the kitchen on to an extensive patio.
Services
Mains electricity, water, drainage, gas and super-fast broadband. Eildon House has a gas fired central heating system. Both the kitchen and fitness room have under-floor heating. These services have not been tested and, therefore, there is no warranty from the agents.
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) made famous by Sir Walter Scott who lived nearby at Abbotsford. Eildon House is located just a short walk from the bustling town centre (1/4 mile). There are good schools in Melrose including St Mary's Preparatory School for boys and girls and an excellent primary school. Eildon House is in the catchment area for Earlston High School.
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. Eildon House is an ideal base for those who enjoy 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 plays host every June to the hugely successful Borders Book Festival and other cultural events and is a popular destination for tourists. Not surprisingly therefore, a survey carried out by The Sunday Times (published in March 2018 – followed by an even more recent survey) found that Melrose is the best place to live in Scotland. The town looks beautiful all summer with the hanging baskets carefully tended by “Melrose in Bloom”.
Eildon House is very accessible from the north and south. Edinburgh, lying 37 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). The Waverley line from central Edinburgh to the Borders terminates at Tweedbank, approximately 2 3/4 miles by road from Eildon House.
Includes elf-contained basement flat with snug • home office/cinema • bedroom and ensuite shower room • kitchen
Enclosed garden • off-street parking • fitness room
Ideally located for the Waverley Line and trains to Edinburgh
In all about 0.3 acres
For sale as a whole
Eildon House is a substantial, detached four storey Victorian villa providing bright, well-proportioned accommodation with views from the front of the house of The Eildon Hills and an enclosed garden to the rear. It is set within its own grounds totalling approximately 0.3 acres. The house is built of solid stone under a multi-pitch slate roof and is in reasonable decorative order throughout. The accommodation is well-laid out, centred on two main reception rooms, a good size reception hall and a modern, recently extended open plan kitchen/breakfast/family, which is of particular note, as is the full width drawing room. Upstairs the main bedrooms are beautifully proportioned. The basement flat, with its own access, includes a snug, home office/cinema, bedroom (with ensuite shower/wc) and kitchen. Set apart from the house is the former garage, now used as a fitness room.
(See the floor plans for room layout and dimensions).
Gardens and Grounds
Eildon House is accessed from Huntly Avenue by a short gravel driveway, terminating in a car parking area at the steps leading up to the front door. The enclosed garden on the west side of the house is arranged around a circular lawn surrounded by terraced decking/seating areas and gravel beds (with a variety of shrubs) for ease of maintenance. French windows open from the kitchen on to an extensive patio.
Services
Mains electricity, water, drainage, gas and super-fast broadband. Eildon House has a gas fired central heating system. Both the kitchen and fitness room have under-floor heating. These services have not been tested and, therefore, there is no warranty from the agents.
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) made famous by Sir Walter Scott who lived nearby at Abbotsford. Eildon House is located just a short walk from the bustling town centre (1/4 mile). There are good schools in Melrose including St Mary's Preparatory School for boys and girls and an excellent primary school. Eildon House is in the catchment area for Earlston High School.
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. Eildon House is an ideal base for those who enjoy 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 plays host every June to the hugely successful Borders Book Festival and other cultural events and is a popular destination for tourists. Not surprisingly therefore, a survey carried out by The Sunday Times (published in March 2018 – followed by an even more recent survey) found that Melrose is the best place to live in Scotland. The town looks beautiful all summer with the hanging baskets carefully tended by “Melrose in Bloom”.
Eildon House is very accessible from the north and south. Edinburgh, lying 37 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). The Waverley line from central Edinburgh to the Borders terminates at Tweedbank, approximately 2 3/4 miles by road from Eildon House.
