4 bedroom detached house for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Three ground floor reception rooms and kitchen with dining space
- First floor sitting room with views over the surrounding countryside
- Four bedrooms with the option of a fifth
- Utility room, home office and playroom
- Front and back driveway and garage access
- Low maintenance lower garden surrounding the house. Upper lawns bordering the open fields beyond
- Good location with convenient access links nearby
- Fibre to premises
- EPC Rating = F
Description
White Gables is an attractive Baronial-style family home with a turret set within the village of Roberton. Accommodation is over two floors with spacious reception rooms on the ground floor. At the front of the house is a cosy sitting room with wood burning stove and across the hallway is a games room which also has a wood burning stove. Also off the hallway is a shower room and a separate cloakroom and the kitchen is beyond. The kitchen has a two oven AGA as well as double oven and electric hob. There is lots of worktop space which is arranged in a U shape, making the kitchen a sociable space, ideal for entertaining. Adjacent is a family breakfasting area and through a door off the kitchen is a more formal dining space. Beyond the kitchen is a boot room with back door as well as a spacious utility room, study and play room.
The first floor has a wonderful dual aspect drawing room with superb views across the local countryside. There are also four bedrooms located on the first floor along with a family bathroom.
There is plenty of storage at White Gables with a loft accessed by ladder and two external store rooms. At the front of the house is a generous gravel driveway and to the rear is a courtyard with access to the garage. An elevated expanse of lawn to the south of the house has a summer house and views over the local countryside.
Location
Roberton is a small hamlet situated about 10 miles from Biggar, and just 3 miles or so from the M74, giving easy access to Glasgow, the south and Edinburgh in the east. Roberton boasts a busy village hall with community clubs ranging from mother and toddler groups to gardening clubs. In addition to great road links, ultrafast broadband is available in the village.
Biggar is a thriving former market town situated a stone’s throw from the Scottish Borders. It has long been a popular commute for those seeking country living within easy access of both Edinburgh and Glasgow city centres. Biggar is just 28 miles from Edinburgh and 39 from Glasgow and is well located for access to the M8, M9, M74 and both Edinburgh and Glasgow International Airports.
The bustling high street boasts an excellent range of general stores, speciality retail outlets, cafés and restaurants. Biggar has a golf course, boating pond and tennis courts, along with popular bowling and rugby clubs. Biggar also boasts the famous Biggar Puppet Theatre and the popular, family-friendly, Biggar Little Festival which is held in October. The surrounding countryside provides almost limitless opportunities for fishing, hillwalking, trail running and mountain biking, (the nearby Glentress Forest is a mountain biking mecca).
In terms of education, there is private preschool/daycare provision , as well as both nursery, primary and secondary schooling.
Square Footage: 4,091 sq ft
Acreage: 0.51 Acres
Additional Info
Services: Mains water and electricity. Drainage to septic tank. Hot water and central heating provided by LPG fired boiler.
Fixtures & Fittings: Integrated appliances, curtains, light fittings and fitted floor coverings are included within the sale price.
Access: A public footpath runs along the western boundary.
Solicitors: Scott Ralph Solicitors, 31 Chalmers St, Dunfermline KY12 8AT. [use Contact Agent Button].
Photos taken: August 2024.
Date produced: August 2024.
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