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A classic late Georgian villa in Jedburgh with sweet connections

Friarsmount is an elegant three-storey late Georgian villa tucked away in a quiet leafy setting amidst mature garden grounds, yet only a few minutes walk from Jedburgh’s town centre amenities.

Dating from 1826, the house has a typically understated facade, in parts swathed in ivy, Virginia Creeper and sweetly scented honeysuckle, while the garden grounds provide a picturesque backdrop with trees and shrubs – including a stretch of white and red rhododendron bushes that border the driveway.

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Internally, many of this home’s original features have been carefully preserved (window shutters – all in working order - original doors, and original and reproduction fireplaces) and with upgrading and modernisation in recent years, add character and interest to what is now a comfortable, stylish, extremely spacious family home.

Interestingly, it’s also a home with a historic connection to the town’s famous peppermint boiled sweets known as Jethart Snails. The sweet recipe was gifted to Friarsmount’s owners at the time by a French prisoner of war in return for their kindness in giving him shelter. The recipe remained with the family through the generations until more recent times – and the sweets continue to be hand-made in the town.

Featured Property Friarsmount, The Friars, Jedburgh, TD8 6BN

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Friarsmount has been in current owner Jayne Salter’s family for the last 28 years and during that time her father, David Sharman, has undertaken numerous improvements, including renovating the top floor accommodation – which had been derelict and would originally have been servants’ quarters – to provide a bedroom, bathroom and living room suite that would make a perfect abode for a teenager or student. He also created an enviable master bedroom suite by adding a dressing room and en suite bathroom.

The house now has four bathrooms; the kitchen was re-fitted three years ago; and excluding the bathrooms, kitchen, entrance hall and living room, the rest of the house has been laid with top quality white fitted carpets within the last year, which gives the interior a contemporary edge - the hall has parquet wood flooring while the living room has a wood floor. The property also has gas-fired central heating and a new combi boiler.

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“ Internally, many of this

home’s original features have been carefully preserved and with modernisation in recent years, add character Living is easy in a home of this size and calibre. The ground floor accommodation leads from the vestibule and hall (with painted wood-panelled dado and parquet flooring) to a living room, dining-size fitted kitchen with adjacent utility, dining/sitting room, double bedroom with garden access and a contemporary shower room.

The turret staircase a feature in its own right, leading to four further first floor bedrooms alongside a family bathroom – the master bedroom has steps up to a fabulous dressing room and en suite bathroom – and continues up to the attic floor where the bedroom and living room have coombed ceilings and dormer windows and the bedroom benefits from an en suite bathroom with Velux window and access to eaves storage.

This property’s appeal is enhanced by the attention to detail and quality interior decoration (predominantly Farrow & Ball) but also by added features, such as working window shutters – and in the case of the living room, this also includes stable-style wooden shutters that allow light levels to be varied top and bottom. The living room also has a rather lovely period fireplace housing a multi-fuel stove, while the dining room has a cast-iron fireplace and wooden surround.

Some of the bedrooms have pretty, smaller-sized cream -coloured reproduction period fireplaces – however, the lounge on the top floor has an exposed stone wall and a lovely fireplace that is original to the house.

and interest to what is now a comfortable, stylish, extremely spacious family home”

The kitchen is attractively fitted with classic cream units and wood-effect worktops and includes a slot-in cooker, integrated fridge and dishwasher and space for informal dining furniture next to a low-level window overlooking the garden. Window styles are a standout Georgian feature and in this house, many of them have the ideal height and width dimensions for adding window seating, the kitchen included.

Friarsmount is screened by beautiful gardens planted with abundant shrubs and trees for year-round colour and interest, while the black wrought iron entrance gates to the property have been powder -coated, a more expensive investment but one that ensures they remain forever rust free. The garden also has several ornamental stone urns, one of which is enormous and currently obscured by foiliage but which could be an unexpected and eye-catching feature.

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