Maidenhall Farmhouse, St. Boswells

Melrose, Scottish Borders, TD6 0EF

Hugh Rettie

Associate Director

01896 824070

hugh.rettie.@rettie.co.uk

Melrose, Scottish Borders, TD6 0EF

4 Beds

Maidenhall Farmhouse is a charming four-bedroom period property sitting in a peaceful setting circa 2.5 miles from the busy border village of St. Boswells. Set over two principal floors the property extends to over 3000 square feet offers a wealth of generous and flexible reception rooms alongside four good-sized bedrooms on the first floor.

Externally Maidenhall Farmhouse sits in a wonderful, elevated south easterly-facing position with fine views over the surrounding farmland. The gardens are mostly laid to lawn with herbaceous borders and mature hedging. There is ample driveway parking for several vehicles and a useful row of stone-built outbuildings offering opportunity for stabling and storage.

The property also has the added benefit of a 2-acre grazing paddock ideal for horses/ponies.

Set just a short drive from St. Boswells the property is well-placed to offer peaceful rural living with a range of excellent amenities and schooling close at hand. Kelso and Melrose are within a short-drive offering a larger range of shops/retailers and restaurants.


Hugh Rettie

Associate Director

01896 824070

hugh.rettie.@rettie.co.uk

Summary of Accommodation

Ground Floor:

Hallway, Sitting Room, Lounge, Dining Room, Kitchen, Utility, Pantry, Large WC.

First Floor:

Bedroom 1, Bedroom 2, Bedroom 3 with adjoining study/walk-in closet, bedroom 4, bathroom.

Externally the property boasts a row of stone outbuildings ideal for storage or stabling. Additionally, there is a well-maintained mature garden, off-street parking and 2 acre grazing paddock.

General Remarks & Information

Fixtures and Fittings:

Only appliances specifically mentioned in the sales particulars are included in the sale price. In all other aspects the treatment of fixtures and fittings within the relevant Conveyancing Standard Clauses apply.

Services:

Gas heating, mains water, electricity, broadband, telephone (subject to telephone providers’ regulations).

Viewing:

By appointment through Rettie Borders LLP. 1 Abbey Street, Melrose, Scottish Borders, TD6 9PX. Email: fraser.wardhaugh@rettie.co.uk Tel: 01896 800186

Offers:

Offers should be submitted in Scottish Legal Form to the selling agents Rettie & Co. A closing date by which offers must be submitted may be fixed later. Please note that interested parties are advised to register their interest with the selling agents in order that they may be advised should a closing date be set. The seller reserves the right to accept any offer at any time.

Council Tax Band:

G

Postcode:

TD6 0EF

This property and other properties offered by Rettie & Co. & Rettie LLP's. can be viewed on our website at www.rettie.co.uk as well as Rightmove, OnTheMarket and The London Office.

The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all servitude rights, burdens, reservations and wayleaves including rights of access and rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, water and wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cable, drains and water, gas and other pipes whether contained in the title deeds or informally constituted and whether or not referred to above.

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Location

Maidenhall Farmhouse sits roughly 2.5 miles from the pretty conservation village of St Boswells. The village was listed in The Times ‘UK’s 20 best secret villages” and is set on the banks of the River Tweed and is framed around a beautiful tree-lined green. The village boasts an abundance of local amenities which include award winning businesses, The Main Street Trading Company (cafe, bookshop and deli,) the Buccleuch Arms Hotel & Restaurant, Hunter Stables pizzeria, JC Douglas Butchers, a local convenience store. The village hall hosts regular music nights, and St Boswells is home to artist, Lynn Rodgie’s gallery.

Within a short drive are the popular towns of Melrose, Kelso and Galashiels with supermarkets for wider shopping needs. With both country and coastal pursuits on hand, the area is an attractive and enviable part of the country to reside in. The village is ideally located directly on the St Cuthberts Way making it easily accessible and perfect for walkers and runners. St. Boswells 9-hole golf course with clubhouse is also close at hand for keen golfers.

Excellent schooling is also readily available with the village primary school, the house is also in the catchment for Earlston High School with a bus service transporting pupils, whilst private schooling is available at St Mary’s in Melrose.

St Boswells also offers bus services and is a short drive from the Borders General Hospital and Tweedbank Railway Station, which provides a regular train service to Edinburgh. The village is set on the A68 giving easy access north to Edinburgh and south to Newcastle.

A forty-minute drive away is the historic town of Berwick-upon-Tweed with access to the East Coast mainline railway station connecting to Edinburgh and Newcastle in around forty-five minutes and London in under four hours.

Contact us

    Hugh Rettie

    Associate Director

    01896 824070

    hugh.rettie.@rettie.co.uk