Property description

Penicuik 8 miles Peebles 14 miles, Edinburgh City Centre 16 miles

Ground Floor: Vestibule | Entrance hall | Drawing room
Conservatory | Dining room | Dining kitchen | Butler's pantry
Larder | Pantry | Hobby room | Utility room | Boot room
Tool room | Cloakroom | WC | Study

First Floor: Landing | Principal bedroom with en suite Jack and Jill shower room | Upstairs family room with balcony | Family bathroom Library | Office | Two further double bedrooms and guest bathroom

Second Floor: Landing | Double bedroom | Shower room | Bedroom | Playroom/bedroom six | Store room

Detached large garage with attached workshop and floored attic | Two connected private driveways | Substantial gravelled parking area Patio area | Extensive gardens with formal lawns, specimen trees, rhododendrons, daffodils, bluebells and azaleas | Old grass tennis court and woodland walks

Lapsed planning consent to build an additional house within the garden grounds

Short walk into the village

Lynehurst is a particularly notable example of late Victorian house design. Situated in a private and elevated position, the property benefits from a connected double driveway.
Refurbished to a high standard throughout, the property comprises four reception rooms, five-six bedrooms and four bathrooms over three storeys.
The garden policies are a real feature and include formal lawns, planted borders, woodland and an elevated former grass tennis court. There is a large detached garage with workshop. The policies extend to 2.36 acres in total. Lynehurst offers a wonderful period family home set up for modern day family living and situated in a private, yet very accessible location for Edinburgh city centre, Edinburgh airport and road connections to the South and Glasgow.

Lynehurst House
Lynehurst is accessed off the main road (A702), via two connected private driveways which terminate with a large gravel parking area to the side. The c-listed property is constructed of local red sandstone with black and white
timbering giving a commanding impact. The period property has been refurbished throughout and retains many period features including the main hallway with original wooden flooring, the drawing and dining rooms both having open fireplaces with decorative timber overmantels and original
Chinese tiled surrounds, cornicing and panelling and original wooden flooring. The kitchen has been recently renovated and includes Miele appliances, bespoke hand painted timber units, Silestone marble effect worktops, a Lacanche duel fuel range cooker, porcelain tiled flooring with electric underfloor heating and refurbished slim line double glazed sash and case windows. Upstairs there is an elegant family room with double doors opening out to a balcony to take in lovely views of the Moorfoot Hills.
The principal bedroom suite benefits from an open fireplace with original tiling, a bay window overlooking the garden and a large en suite (Jack and Jill) shower room.
All the main bathrooms benefit from electric underfloor heating.

Gardens and Outbuildings
At the bottom of the southerly driveway, there is a large traditional garage with attached workshop/tool shed and a partially floored attic for storage. The garage has mains electricity and water supplies as well as a burglar alarm.
The house is set in lovely private grounds comprising of sweeping lawns and woodland that extend to 2.36 acres in total. There are a number of specimen trees including copper beech and Douglas fir as well as a fantastic selection of rhododendrons and azaleas, and spring bulbs such as daffodils and bluebells. Numerous paths weave their way around the garden, leading up to a large flat grassed area above the house which was originally a grass tennis court but is now perfect for family games such as football or croquet.
The house has a large southwest-facing patio in front of the house which is perfect for entertaining.

Lynehurst is situated in an elevated and private position at the edge of the conservation village of West Linton, yet only 16 miles from Edinburgh city centre.

The village has a range of local amenities including a post office, Co-op, newsagents, deli, pharmacy, pub, two restaurants, independent butchers, garage, health centre, tea room, two churches and primary school. More extensive
services including secondary schools, sports clubs, leisure centres etc can be found in the towns of Penicuik (8 miles), Biggar (12 miles) and Peebles (14 miles).

There is also a good bus service into Edinburgh with a wide range of private schooling, as well as daily local authority transport to the secondary school in Peebles. Stobo Castle with its spa and leisure facilities is only 14 miles away.

Straiton Retail Park with its range of supermarkets, ikea etc is 14 miles away. West Linton has a thriving local community with an extensive range of local clubs including tennis club, bowling club, football team, pipe band, historical association, horticultural society, choir as well as plenty of after school activities for children.

The village also plays host to the “Whipman Play”, an annual summer festival, and is one of the Scottish Borders' oldest festivals. The festival is held at the beginning of June for a week and brings the whole community together with a vast array of festivities for all ages including the rideout.
Lynehurst sits in a very accessible position giving swift access into the city centre and to the nearby Edinburgh city bypass, Edinburgh Airport (21 miles), as well as providing an easy link to the M74/M6 giving access to both Glasgow (45 miles) and
the South.
Amenities

6 bedrooms

4 reception rooms

4 bathrooms

2.36 acres

Period

Balcony

Detached

Garden

Parking

Patio

Rural

Single Garage

Suburban

Village

Woodland

Home office