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Lowood Houseby Cramond Bridge | Edinburgh
Lowood Houseby Cramond Bridge | Edinburgh | EH30 9TH
Forth Road Bridge and South Queensferry 3 miles, Edinburgh Airport 5 miles,
Edinburgh City Centre 5 miles
Lot 1 Lowood House – about 2.00 acres:
Basement: Wine cellar.
Ground Floor: Entrance hall | Inner hall | Cloakroom with WC | Drawing room
Dining room | Morning room | Kitchen | Bathroom | Log and coal store | Game
Larder | Utility room | Butler’s pantry | Larder | Auxiliary pantry | Store room
First Floor: Landing | Master bedroom | 6 further double bedrooms (one en-
suite) | Family bathroom | WC | Linen airing cupboard
Second Floor: Bedroom/playroom | Storage room | Spacious floored attic.
Outbuildings featuring former stables with 2 looseboxes, workshop, store
room, garage, lofted storage space, greenhouse, log stores, summer house
and garden sheds.
Extensive mature garden with lawns and a range of ornamental trees, shrubs
and flowering plants.
Lot 2 Lowood Cottage – about 0.30 acres:
Single storey detached cottage with 2 bedrooms, garden and parking area.
Lot 3 Lowood Policies – about 0.70 acres:
About 0.70 acres of mature wooded policies.
About 3.00 acres in total
For sale as a whole or in 3 lots
A stunning Edwardian mansion house with outbuildings and a detached cottage set in extensive private grounds with close proximity to Edinburgh city and airport
SituationLowood is situated just outside the western edge of Edinburgh, close to Cramond Bridge and the A90 trunk road. The property is therefore ideally located to enable the purchaser to benefit from close proximity and excellent access to Edinburgh, its airport, the national motorway network and the rest of southern central Scotland.
Local services are available at South Queensferry (3 miles) which is a historic Royal Burgh assimilated into the City of Edinburgh boundary in 1974 and has a wide range of services including supermarkets, local shops, leisure facilities, award winning bars and restaurants and a marina and sailing school at Port Edgar.
Additionally, Barnton (1 mile) has a post office, local supermarket and prestigious golf courses. Edinburgh offers all the commercial, recreational, cultural and educational services, facilities and opportunities to be expected from Scotland’s capital city.
Lowood is ideally suited to those requiring fast access to other parts of Scotland, the UK and Europe. Edinburgh international airport is 5 miles by road from Lowood and can be reached in about 10 to 15 minutes by car during off-peak traffic conditions. There is a railway station at Dalmeny (3 miles) giving quick access both into Edinburgh and to the north whilst the M8, M9 and M90 motorways are each accessible within a short drive. In addition, there is a public bus route, with frequent services to and from the city centre, and Edinburgh’s extensive cycle network which are both a 3 minute walk away.
Edinburgh is internationally renowned for its range and quality of independent schools, all of which are accessible on a daily basis from Lowood. The closest of these is Cargilfield School in Barnton which is a 5-minute drive from Lowood.
For the outdoor enthusiast, there is a wealth of opportunities with sailing on the Forth, hill walking in the Pentlands, golf on a variety of local courses, field sports, riding and walking in the Dalmeny Estate or to Cramond along the River Almond.
Extending to 3.00 acres in total, Lowood is offered for sale as a whole or in three lots as follows:
Lot 1 - Lowood HouseLowood comprises a stylish and substantial country house with a range of outbuildings, extensive mature formal gardens and informal grounds with a separate detached cottage in a rural location close to the western edge of Edinburgh, the airport and the Forth road bridge. Whilst the main house is in need of some modernisation of the services and facilities, the period features of the property and the fabric of the building have been carefully preserved and the property is ideally suited to a purchaser who wishes to combine the architectural style of the Edwardian period with 21st Century standards of living and has the ambition and vision to undertake the project which will result in the fusion of both.
Description Completed in 1912, and designed by Robert Weir Schultz, one of the most renowned architects of the Arts and Crafts movement, Lowood House is a substantial and impressive Grade B listed mansion house set at the heart of extensive and carefully designed gardens and grounds. With access to the property through wooden gates with stone gatepiers capped by elongated hemispherical domes, the house is approached via a tree and shrub-lined drive which leads to a spacious gravel sweep in front of the house.
Although the house is just over a hundred years old, it is built on an L-shaped plan to a 17th Century Scottish vernacular design of rubble stone with tooled ashlar dressings. The principal entrance is on the angle of the northern and eastern elevations where there is a two-storey circular entrance tower with conical roof. The entrance has a gabled canopy with bowed and banded pilasters on either side of the doorway with an 8-panelled painted hardwood door.
The exterior of the house features a range of architectural flourishes including carvings of animals and foliage in coped gabled dormer window heads on the first floor of the western elevation, both regular and irregular fenestration with a variety of window styles, corniced chimney stacks and coped skews with scrolled skewputts.
Internally, Lowood House combines bright, spacious reception rooms with extensive utilitarian space and 7 bedrooms.
In common with the exterior, the interior of the house includes a wealth of original features such as decorative cornices, hardwood floors and panelled walls, barrel-vaulted ceiling, operational shutters and original open fire places. A special feature of the house is the beautiful Parana pine woodwork in the inner hall, first floor landing and stairway with carved balustrades. The house is naturally well-lit with the drawing room and master bedroom benefitting from triple aspects to the north, east and west. The house benefits from two staircases with the potential for creating separate accommodation.
The services include mains electricity and water, oil-fired central heating and private drainage to a septic tank. The house was subject
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Ground Floor First Floor Second Floor
PottingShed
Stables7.3m x 5.3m23'11" x 17'5"
LogStore
Store 3.8m
x 2
.2m
12'4
" x 7
'1"
3.7m
x 2
.2m
12'3
" x 7
'3" Garage
5.2m x 2.8m17'1" x 9'2"
Outbuilding
2.3m x 2.2m7'5" x 7'1"
(Maximum)
2.3m x 2.2m7'6" x 7'4"
6.2m x 4.4m20'4" x 14'4"(Maximum)
6.4m x 4.8m20'11" x 15'10"
(Maximum)
6.8m x 5.0m22'4" x 16'5"
14.0m x 6.4m45'10" x 20'10"
Wine Cellar4.1m x 4.1m13'6" x 13'6"
Drawing Room6.7m x 5.9m22'1" x 19'4"(Maximum)
Inner Hall7.9m x 4.3m26'1" x 14'1"(Maximum)
Morning Room4.2m x 3.7m
13'11" x 12'2"Dining Room6.0m x 5.6m19'8" x 18'4"(Maximum)
Butler's Pantry3.0m x 1.9m9'9" x 6'4"
Kitchen4.3m x 4.2m14'0" x 13'9"
Utility3.0m x 2.4m9'9" x 7'11"
Log Store3.1m x 1.7m10'1" x 5'8"
Principal Bedroom6.8m x 5.9m22'2" x 19'4"(Maximum)
Bedroom 34.8m x 4.6m
15'11" x 15'1"
Bedroom 44.9m x 3.8m16'0" x 12'4"
Bedroom 24.8m x 4.8m
15'11" x 15'11"
Bedroom 64.6m x 3.0m15'0" x 9'10"
Bedroom 54.2m x 3.9m
13'9" x 12'10"(Maximum)
Bedroom 72.9m x 2.7m9'5" x 8'10"
Cellar
F/PF/P
F/P F/P
F/P
Linen
Lowood House, by Cramond BridgeApproximate Gross Internal Area
Main House = 6104 Sq Ft/568 Sq M
Total = 7275 Sq Ft/677 Sq M
FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY - NOT TO SCALEThe position & size of doors, windows, appliances and other features are approximate only.
© ehouse. Unauthorised reproduction prohibited. Drawing ref. dig/8188669/TRLDenotes restricted head height
Store 2
Store 1
Store
7.8m x 4.6m25'8" x 15'1"
First Floor - Outbuilding
Outbuildings = 1171 Sq Ft/109 Sq M
to a programme of partial modernisation by the vendor in the 1990s which included the replacement of the original kitchen with a modern fitted kitchen. There is scope for further modernisation including the replacement of bathroom fixtures and fittings, the installation of additional bath/shower rooms and en-suite facilities and possible re-organisation of some parts of the accommodation, subject to the appropriate listed building/planning consent.
In total there are four large reception rooms, seven bedrooms (one of which is en-suite) and two family bathrooms. There is also extensive storage space on each floor including an extensive floored attic.
Though in need of some modernisation, the house has been subject to a programme of annual maintenance and repair and has been immaculately kept by the vendor.
OutbuildingsImmediately to the east of the house is the principal outbuilding serving the property. This is an attractive L-shaped building of harled stone construction under a pitched slate roof with painted cast-iron rainwater goods and painted timber doors.
Originally built as a stable with groom’s quarters and associated feed and tack storage, the building still has its original pair of loose boxes but now provides garaging, a workshop and general storage over two storeys.
The building has potential for conversion as self-contained residential accommodation, a home office or some other form of development, subject to the appropriate consents.
Garden and Grounds Lowood House sits at the heart of an extensive garden extending to two acres providing the ideal setting for a property of its size and stature. The drive and the stone boundary wall are lined with shrubs including rhododendrons and laurel providing both privacy and shelter from the prevailing westerly wind. On either side of the house are extensive and well-kept lawns and there are well stocked beds and herbaceous borders throughout. The setting is complemented by the existence of a variety of mature deciduous and coniferous trees including an over 200 year old beech, copper beech, horse chestnut, yew, oak, scots pine, lime and many other specimen trees.
The garden is served by a greenhouse, potting shed, garden sheds and summerhouse.
Lot 2 - Lowood Cottage Situated on the east side of the drive just inside the entrance to Lowood, this is a harled brick-built single storey detached cottage beneath a pitched slate roof with single storey extension to the northern elevation. Dating from the 1960s, the cottage has been vacant since the late 1990s and is in need of comprehensive renovation. With mains electricity and water, private drainage and electric night storage heating, the accommodation includes a kitchen, sitting room, bathroom and two double bedrooms. The cottage is surrounded by a garden extending to just under a third of an acre and has a parking area on the north side. Interested parties should note that this property may have potential for extension or replacement, subject to planning consent.
Lot 3 – Lowood Policies The southern part of Lowood on the west side of the drive inside the entrance comprises an area of mainly deciduous mature woodland with some open grassland which extends to 0.70 acres. This provides both Lowood House and Cottage with potential additional amenity and is offered for sale as an independent lot in order to give interested parties in lots 1 and 2 the opportunity to make an additional offer to purchase this area of woodland.
Lot 2
Lot 3
Bedroom 23.4m x 3.3m11'0" x 10'8"
PrincipalBedroom
3.7m x 0.4m12'2" x 1'2"(Maximum)
Reception4.8m x 3.6m
15'8" x 11'11"(Maximum)
Log
Sto
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Kitchen/Dining Room4.2m x 2.9m13'11" x 9'4"(Maximum)
Lowood Cottage, by Cramond BridgeApproximate Gross Internal Area
Cottage = 795 Sq Ft/74 Sq ME
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FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES ONLY - NOT TO SCALEThe position & size of doors, windows, appliances and other features are approximate only.
© ehouse. Unauthorised reproduction prohibited. Drawing ref. dig/8188669/TRL
GeneralLocal Authority City of Edinburgh Council, City Chambers, High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1YJ. Telephone: 0131 220 2000 Solicitors Turcan Connell, Princes Exchange, 1 Earl Grey Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9EE. Telephone: 0131 228 8111 Services Lowood House (lot 1) - Mains water, Private drainage, Oil-fired central heating Lowood Cottage (lot 2) - Mains water, Private drainage, Electric night storage heating Note The services have not been checked by the selling agents Council Tax Lot 1: Lowood House has been placed in Band H for Council Tax purposes Lot 2: Lowood Cottage has been placed in Band E for Council Tax purposes Energy Efficiency Rating Lot 1: Band F Lot 2: Band G Fixtures and fittings The light fittings, floor coverings and curtains are included in the sale. The eight poster bed in the master bedroom and selected items of garden machinery and equipment may be available for sale through a separate negotiation Timber and Minerals All standing and fallen timber is included in the sale. The mineral rights are excluded from the sale Offers Offers are to be submitted in Scottish legal terms to the selling agents Strutt & Parker LLP, 28 Melville Street, Edinburgh EH3 7HA. A closing date for offers may be fixed and prospective purchasers are advised to register their interest with the selling agents in order to be kept fully informed of any closing date that may be fixed Overseas purchasers Any offer by a purchaser(s) who is resident outwith the United Kingdom must be accompanied by a guarantee from a bank that is acceptable to the seller Rights of way and access In the event of a sale of the property in lots, the purchasers of lots 1 and 3 will be granted a right of vehicular access over part of lot 2 Special conditions of sale Lowood Policies (lot 3) is only available to purchasers of Lots 1 and 2, or as part of the whole. The vendor is not prepared to sell this lot independently to a third party
DirectionsComing out of Edinburgh on the A90 you cross the Cramond Bridge and take the first exit signposted for Kirkliston and The Army Headquarters. At the top of the slip road cross over into the central reservation and the main gate is directly opposite you. If approaching from the West follow similar signs. At the top of the slip road turn right and cross over the A90. The gate is immediately on your right.
Viewing strictly by appointment through Strutt & Parker LLP
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Lowood House
CottageLowood
Lot 1 - Lowood House
Lot 2 - Lowood Cottage
Lot 3 - Lowood Policies
Lowood Policies
This plan is for identi�cation purposes only. Its accuracy can in no way be guaranteed. Reproduced from the Ordnance
Survey Map with permission of the Controller
Ordnance Survey © Crown Copyright 2013. All rights reserved. Licence number 100022432. Plotted Scale - 1:874
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