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BSPC FEATURE PROPERTY
One of the finest detached villas in Peebles, While the main towns in Borders region are all very different and have their own unique character and identity, Peebles is one that stands out for its picturesque setting on the banks of the River Tweed, range of amenities and award-winning high street – and a location that offers direct and easy access to Edinburgh, just 23 miles away. The quality and diversity of residential property in and around the town is also exceptional, much of it constructed from distinctive grey whinstone – and Woodside is up there with the biggest and best of Peebles’ traditional Victorian whinstone villas. Situated on the preferred south-side of the River Tweed, Woodside stands in superb garden grounds extending to around 1.08 acres in a quiet yet accessible residential area within walking distance of the town centre. This substantial three-storey property is the perfect family home, both in terms of size and layout but also in the quality of fixtures and fittings and beautifully presented interior. Original period features add to Woodside’s character and charm, ranging from ornate plasterwork, to classic fireplaces and a curving staircase with ornate wrought iron balustrade. Although this is a large house with elegant and traditionally proportioned rooms, the way the layout is configured ensures it feels homely and comfortable as well as manageable.
Another attractive detail, the house has an elevated position overlooking the front garden with a flight of stone steps leading up to a level paved/pebbled terrace and impressive entrance. Inside, the reception hall leads to a spacious living room with a front-facing bay window, focal fireplace with open coal fire and green slate hearth, and a door into the recently constructed hardwood-framed conservatory /sunroom at the side of the house. Interestingly, this bespoke conservatory was designed to exactly replicate the original Victorian conservatory that had reached the end of its lifespan.
The new conservatory’s dwarf walls were built using the original stone and the original concrete floor was retained and painted. Completing the ground floor layout is a front-facing formal dining room adjacent to a similarly spacious home office (could also be a family sitting room, playroom or additional bedroom), cloakroom, and a quite stunning bespoke Clive Christian kitchen /breakfast room that opens into a rear hall with access to a walk-in larder, boiler room, utility and garden.
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Woodside is an idyllic family home that has it all The dining-sized kitchen is outstanding – timelessly classic in style and fitted with custom-built wood units and furniture, Belfast sink and integrated appliances. It also has a Fired Earth slate tiled floor and full size gas fired Aga housed in a tiled recess with mantel above. Upstairs off the three-sided first floor landing are four bedrooms, shower room and a fabulous family bathroom with freestanding bath – both shower and bathrooms fitted by Clive Christian. The largest bedroom has a deep triple formation bay window and wall-hung wash hand basin, while bedroom two, which also has a triple window to the front, includes a wash hand basin and sizeable built-in wardrobe. Bedroom three is equally charming and has a fireplace as well as a wash hand basin. The main staircase continues up to the second floor, where there are two further double bedrooms, both of which have fireplaces, combed ceilings and traditional dormer windows to the front – one an extraordinary deep dormer clearly designed to line up with and perfectly mirror the ground and first floor bay windows. Outside, the park-like landscaped garden grounds are an absolute delight and feature expansive lawn interspersed by mature trees and shrubs. A garden for all seasons, it has a wide variety of trees and plantings, including rhododendrons. The property also has an attractive side garden and attached single garage. Woodside is a forever family home in a town that offers an enviable lifestyle in every respect, while still being easily commutable to Edinburgh and Glasgow as well as other towns in the region. Who could ask for anything more?
Woodside Glen Road, Peebles, EH45 9JF
Offers Over £695,000
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