House For Sale £565,000
Rosebank is a rarely available period family home built circa 1876, offering more than 4,000 sq. Ft. Of flexible accommodation arranged over three floors. It sits proudly in magnificent, private gardens of around 1.55 acres. This is a highly desirable home which has been lovingly maintained and enhanced by the current owners and includes an abundance of period features include generously-proportioned rooms, high ceilings with fine cornicing, a wealth of exposed wooden flooring and some original fireplaces.
The ground floor accommodation flows from a welcoming reception hall with useful cloakroom and comprises a large drawing room with a bay window and feature open fireplace, a spacious dining room with feature fireplace and double doors to a generous triple aspect orangery-style conservatory, a sitting room with large bay window and feature cast iron open fireplace opening into a spacious kitchen/breakfast room with a range of wall and base units including a large island, quartz worktops, a Belfast sink and an ingle with four-oven Aga, and a generous neighbouring fitted utility room/second fitted kitchen with an inter-connecting through boot room. A feature turned staircase rises from the utility room to a self-contained first floor room with built-in storage, suitable for a variety of uses including as an additional bedroom if required.
The first floor provides a spacious principal bedroom with large bay window and contemporary en suite shower room, two further generous double bedrooms with modern en suite shower rooms and a vestibule with family shower room giving access to an additional double bedroom. A separate staircase from the vestibule leads up to the vaulted second floor which houses the property’s two remaining double bedrooms and a modern family bathroom.
Located on the north coast of the Highlands of Scotland and renowned as the northernmost town on the Scottish mainland, Thurso town centre offers a good range of day-to-day amenities including local shopping, a Tesco superstore, museum, art gallery, surf shop with café and several hotels and bars together with three primary schools, a high school and a college forming part of the University of the Highlands & Islands. The 34-mile River Thurso, known for its salmon fishing, flows through the town into Thurso Bay and the Pentland Firth, the estuary serving as a small harbour and also benefitting from a sandy beach; with its powerful swells, the area is a notable location for surfing and kayaking and has played host to regular international and domestic surfing and kayaking championship events.
Communications links are excellent: The A9 trunk road connects Thurso to Inverness, Perth, the M90 motorway and the central belt, Stagecoach run bus services from Thurso to Wick and John o’Groats as well as a long-distance service to Helmsdale and Inverness, nearby Scrabster port provides ferry services to the Orkney Islands, Thurso train station connects to Wick, the county town of Caithness, and to Inverness station with its regular onward links to major regional centres including a sleeper service to London and Inverness Airport offers a good selection of domestic and European flights.
The property is approached through double wrought iron gates over a tarmac driveway with turning circle providing private parking for multiple vehicles, further double iron gates give access to a rear courtyard and detached outbuilding incorporating a double garage and a Coach House offering more than 1,600 sq. Ft. Of additional space arranged over two floors and kennels. The ground floor currently comprises three rooms, one with internal stairs rising to a 50 ft. Open plan first floor room, the whole suitable for a variety of uses including conversion to additional accommodation if required (STP – www.highland, ). The garden surrounding the property is laid mainly to level lawn bordered by well-stocked flower and shrub beds and features a length of frontage to the River Thurso, numerous seating areas, a garden room and spacious paved terraces, ideal for entertaining, the whole screened by mature trees. There is also an area to the top of the garden with further development potential, subject to the approriate permissions
The ground floor accommodation flows from a welcoming reception hall with useful cloakroom and comprises a large drawing room with a bay window and feature open fireplace, a spacious dining room with feature fireplace and double doors to a generous triple aspect orangery-style conservatory, a sitting room with large bay window and feature cast iron open fireplace opening into a spacious kitchen/breakfast room with a range of wall and base units including a large island, quartz worktops, a Belfast sink and an ingle with four-oven Aga, and a generous neighbouring fitted utility room/second fitted kitchen with an inter-connecting through boot room. A feature turned staircase rises from the utility room to a self-contained first floor room with built-in storage, suitable for a variety of uses including as an additional bedroom if required.
The first floor provides a spacious principal bedroom with large bay window and contemporary en suite shower room, two further generous double bedrooms with modern en suite shower rooms and a vestibule with family shower room giving access to an additional double bedroom. A separate staircase from the vestibule leads up to the vaulted second floor which houses the property’s two remaining double bedrooms and a modern family bathroom.
Located on the north coast of the Highlands of Scotland and renowned as the northernmost town on the Scottish mainland, Thurso town centre offers a good range of day-to-day amenities including local shopping, a Tesco superstore, museum, art gallery, surf shop with café and several hotels and bars together with three primary schools, a high school and a college forming part of the University of the Highlands & Islands. The 34-mile River Thurso, known for its salmon fishing, flows through the town into Thurso Bay and the Pentland Firth, the estuary serving as a small harbour and also benefitting from a sandy beach; with its powerful swells, the area is a notable location for surfing and kayaking and has played host to regular international and domestic surfing and kayaking championship events.
Communications links are excellent: The A9 trunk road connects Thurso to Inverness, Perth, the M90 motorway and the central belt, Stagecoach run bus services from Thurso to Wick and John o’Groats as well as a long-distance service to Helmsdale and Inverness, nearby Scrabster port provides ferry services to the Orkney Islands, Thurso train station connects to Wick, the county town of Caithness, and to Inverness station with its regular onward links to major regional centres including a sleeper service to London and Inverness Airport offers a good selection of domestic and European flights.
The property is approached through double wrought iron gates over a tarmac driveway with turning circle providing private parking for multiple vehicles, further double iron gates give access to a rear courtyard and detached outbuilding incorporating a double garage and a Coach House offering more than 1,600 sq. Ft. Of additional space arranged over two floors and kennels. The ground floor currently comprises three rooms, one with internal stairs rising to a 50 ft. Open plan first floor room, the whole suitable for a variety of uses including conversion to additional accommodation if required (STP – www.highland, ). The garden surrounding the property is laid mainly to level lawn bordered by well-stocked flower and shrub beds and features a length of frontage to the River Thurso, numerous seating areas, a garden room and spacious paved terraces, ideal for entertaining, the whole screened by mature trees. There is also an area to the top of the garden with further development potential, subject to the approriate permissions
