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7 bedroom detached house
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- 7 bedrooms
- 4 reception rooms
- 4 bathrooms
- 7.60 acres
- Period
- Detached
- Equestrian
- Garden
- Parking
- Restored
Approximately 6,030 square feet/560.33 square meters• EPC rating G
Stable block • garages/outbuildings
Spectacular formal and informal gardens • 3.74 acre paddock
In all about 7.6 acres
Also available adjoining c.26.2 acres productive arable land.
In all about 33.8 acres
Lanton Tower forms a most attractive and complete “mini estate” with its historic country house set in beautifully maintained gardens, complete with a useful staff flat, excellent outbuilding. The tower itself, an elegant, B listed, peel tower is regarded as being one of the finest Borders towers, being well-proportioned inside and out, and only one of a few that are inhabited. Whilst what you see is a mix of Victorian and 16th century styles, it retains a wealth of period features, not least much of its (tower-like) appearance, the undercoft (complete with gun loops), the circular hall, elegant staircase and thick walls. Of note are the main reception rooms (in the Victorian half of the house) with their magnificent fireplaces and fantastic views from the bay windows.
The ground floor consists of a double entrance hall leading to the handsome dining room and steps down to the undercroft. Beyond the circular hall is the kitchen/breakfast room, giving access to the boiler/utility rooms, courtyard, parking and outbuildings. Immediately above the dining room is the drawing room, with the library off a separate landing. The first-floor landing leads to the main bedroom suite. On the second floor are three more bedrooms and two bathrooms, with the fifth bedroom (currently used as a study)accessed from another landing.
The flat/annex has its own parking area; the front door is on the west side of the house (beside the kitchen garden). It consists of 2 bedrooms, bathroom, separate WC, sitting room, kitchen, and utility room.
There is garaging for three/four cars, the tractor shed and a garden store. The traditional stable block, consisting of three/four loose boxes, tack room, feed room, workshop and loft, lie just to the north-east of the garages, close to the ornate entrance gates that open into a large gravel courtyard at the “back” of the house (where there is plenty of parking space). Subject to obtaining the necessary consents this building could be converted to provide additional secondary accommodation.
Surrounding Lanton Tower is a truly remarkable and quite breath-taking classical garden created in 1993 by the current owner, whose main passion for winter and early spring gardening (when there is fantastic show of bulbs and hellebores) is clearly evident. The garden is divided into four main spaces, including a courtyard garden, a formal garden surrounding a croquet lawn set above a box parterre (outside the front door), backed with compact orchards. Informal spaces include a lawn backed with a wildlife pond, rockery, vegetable garden, herb garden and mature trees and shrubs. Structure and shape form the focus of the planting, which includes a variety of intriguing topiary shapes. Small trees are chosen more for their winter outlines than their foliage or blossom. The garden also includes a sunken garden and a wildflower meadow, next door to which is the paddock (xx acres); in all about 7.6 acres.
Also available to purchase with Lanton Tower (if required) is approximately 26.2 acres of productive (class 3.1) arable land (in three enclosures) lying immediately to the north-west of the garden, with its own access on to the public road. close to the village and along the western boundary. The land is currently let on an annual licence to a neighbouring farmer. No entitlement to Basic Payment scheme subsidy is included in the sale.
Lanton Tower is to be found close to the historic town of Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders, on the outskirts of the pretty village of Lanton. Jedburgh is rich in history, with a 12th Century abbey, a castle, and the house where Mary Queen of Scots sought refuge, on her way north. The town is well served by shops and schools and is within easy reach of some of Britain's richest environmental treasures: in the fabulous Borders countryside and Cheviot Hills, the River Tweed, the golden beaches of Northumberland, the Farne Islands Nature Reserve, and Europe's largest area of protected night sky at Kielder.
The Scottish Borders, whose gently rolling hills and flowing rivers were immortalised by Sir Walter Scott, offer some of the finest fishing in Britain on the Rivers Tweed and Teviot (flowing through the valley below), with a wide variety of other sporting activities including shooting, riding and golf. Jedburgh has its own golf course and the Championship Roxburghe course near Kelso is just 9.5 miles away. Lanton Tower is ideally suited for those wishing to take advantage of the wealth of recreational opportunities in the Scottish Borders, an area renowned for its unspoilt beauty and landscape, strong equestrian tradition (this is Reiver country) and a rich variety of sport.
Lanton Tower is in a magnificent rural setting just 2 miles north-west of the Royal Burgh of Jedburgh, in the heart of the Scottish Borders country. The town has a good selection of local shops and services, including a supermarket, and both primary and secondary schools. There is also a primary school in Ancrum where there is a very good pub and village shop. Jedburgh was recognised by the Sunday Times in March 2015 as one of Britain's best places to live and in the top fifty of the finest rural communities. Melrose (approximately 12.5 miles to the north-west) is the location for St Marys Preparatory School which takes children from the ages of 3½ - 13. Kelso (just over 12 miles to the north-east) with its cobbled square also has a good selection of shops. Floors Castle is located just outside the town.
Lanton Tower has excellent transport links: Berwick-upon-Tweed is situated only 34 miles to the north-east, with its intercity rail connections to both the north and south. The journey by rail from Berwick-upon-Tweed to London takes about 3 hours and 40 minutes. The Borders railway, linking Edinburgh and the Borders (approximately 1 hour) was opened by the Late Queen in September 2015. The terminus is at Tweedbank, just outside Melrose. Lanton Tower is almost equidistant from Edinburgh and Newcastle international airports (approximately 53 miles).
Jedburgh 2 miles, Ancrum 3.5 miles, Berwick-upon-Tweed 34 miles, Edinburgh 47 miles, (Distances approximate)
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