Location

Situated around 2 miles south of Princes Street, South Gillsland Road lies on the edge of Morningside within the popular residential district of Merchiston.

Within a few hundred metres there are excellent local shops, bistros and bars, including Waitrose, Marks & Spencer and Tesco, as well as cultural amenities including the King's Theatre and Dominion Cinema.

Local sporting facilities include a number of golf courses and there are beautiful walks in the open spaces of Bruntsfield Links and The Meadows.

The property is ideally located for access to the financial district in the West End as well as The Gyle, Gogarburn and Edinburgh Park.

George Watson's is very close by, and a number of other schools, including George Heriot's, Merchiston and Boroughmuir High School, are also within a mile or two of the property.

The city bypass is easily accessible providing excellent access to the airport and the central Scotland motorway network.

Description

11 South Gillsland Road is a charming two storey terraced family home presented in excellent order throughout. The property benefits from both east and west facing aspects making it particularly light and bright throughout the day further enhanced by the cupola crowning the original timber stair. The property has been sensitively modernised over recent years catering perfectly for contemporary family living, and yet successfully retains much of its original charm with a variety delightful period features.

The front door opens to a welcoming entrance hall from where the principal living accommodation is accessed and the stair rises to the upper floor. The elegantly proportioned west facing bay windowed sitting room is situated to the front of the house and has a charming mantelpiece as well as beautiful cornicing. The broad hallway leads to the rear of the house where both the kitchen, dining room and a further sitting room are situated. The kitchen is accessed via the dining room with an Aga and a range of units, while the main kitchen is situated to the rear and is beautifully appointed. From here there is a door leading to the garden, while a set of stairs rise to the former Maid's room which is currently used as a bedroom but could be a study. Also on the ground floor is a family room, which has previously been a dining room, with French windows opening to the patio at the rear of the house and the garden beyond. There is also a shower room at ground floor level as well as two useful storage cupboards.

The main stair rises to the first floor where the bedrooms are located. The principal bedroom faces west and also has a bay window and decorative cornicing. It is a generously proportioned and wonderfully light room. There are three further bedrooms on this floor, one of which is used currently as a study, as well as a well appointed family bathroom.

The house is set well back from the road with an easily maintained garden with mature planting to the front. A gated path leads up some steps to the front door. To the rear of the property there is a generous walled garden where there is a range of mature plants and shrubs providing lots of colour in the flower beds surrounding the generous central lawn. Immediately to the rear of the house is a large patio which is ideal for external dining.

In addition, proprietors are entitled to a key to the extensive and wonderfully private Merchiston Gardens and are obliged to pay a modest annual fee.