Location

Melville Street is centrally located in Edinburgh's handsome West End.

The property is within walking distance of Haymarket Station and there are plenty of bars and restaurants nearby.

Local shopping is available on Shandwick Place and Queensferry Street whilst George Street caters for a wider variety of shops from both local and international retailers.

The nearby Edinburgh tram runs to the Edinburgh Airport and the east end of the city.

The property is well located for access to a range of schools, and is within easy reach of Erskine Stewart's Melville Schools, St. George's School for Girls, Fettes College and The Edinburgh Academy.

Description

19 Melville Street is a magnificent and elegantly proportioned Georgian townhouse with accommodation set over four floors and presented in immaculate order throughout. The property underwent a full course of refurbishment just over 10 years ago and has been finished to a very high specification throughout. There is a successful blend of modern fixtures and fittings with many fine original features which include working shutters, astragal windows, exquisite plasterwork and delightful marble mantlepieces. With both north and south aspects the property benefits from an abundance of natural light throughout the day, further enhanced by the stunning cupola crowning the original stone stair, making this a wonderful family home in a prime central location.

The front door opens to a welcoming vestibule with glazed timber doors opening to the reception hall from where the ground floor accommodation is accessed and the stair rises to the upper floors. The delightful bow-ended sitting room is situated to the front of the house and has two astragal windows facing south. It also benefits from a charming black marble mantelpiece with working fireplace as well as delightful cornicing. Set behind this room is the superb games room which is an excellent space for informal sitting while adjacent to that is the charming study with fitted shelving and a window overlooking the garden.

The stair rises to the first floor where the spectacular drawing room is located. It again benefits from two south facing full height windows with a wrought iron balcony as as well as a marble mantelpiece with working fireplace. The room is currently used as a home office but has previously been part of the principal bedroom suite spanning the entire first floor. Off the drawing room is a fully fitted dressing room with excellent storage while double doors from the drawing room lead through to what is now used as the principal bedroom, but formerly an additional dressing room. Here there is a further marble mantelpiece, again with a working fireplace, and full height window allowing for plenty of natural light. Off this bedroom is a luxurious en suite bath and shower room.

The stair continues to rise to the second floor where there are four generously proportioned and wonderfully bright double bedrooms. Two of these bedrooms have en suite bathrooms while the other two bedrooms share the main family shower room. There are also useful storage cupboards at this level.

At the garden level, the front of the property has been designed to be a self-contained annexe with bedroom, sitting room and shower room. However, it is currently used as a family room and gym. There is an excellent storage cupboard here also, as well as a further WC. The kitchen is set to the rear of the house and is beautifully appointed and contemporary in design with stainless steel worktops. The room opens to the modern dining room with wall to ceiling glazing, making it a wonderfully bright space. To the other end of the kitchen there is an additional outshot where there is a useful utility room.

Outside
To the rear of the property is a delightful walled landscaped garden that has been laid to lawn with colourful shrub borders. As well as from glazed double doors from the kitchen, the garden is accessed from the dining room with sliding patio doors at the end as well as a further door to the side. There is a stone terrace immediately to the rear, which is a particularly bright and sunny area in the late afternoon and evening. The rest of the garden is bathed in sunshine from mid-morning and throughout the day, particularly during the warmer months. A path leads directly to the double garage with electric roller doors. The double garage has ample parking for two large cars and is accessed from Melville Street Lane. Planning permission was granted in 2019 to add a first floor to the garage, incorporating a studio with shower and kitchen above the double garage, although planning has now lapsed. To the front of the property is a private basement area with three useful storage cellars.