5 bedroom detached house

The property offers a modern family home, extensive equestrian facilities, including 13 stables, gallops and large indoor school, and 7 grazing paddocks extending to 8.45 acres.

House

Edencroft is a modern family home built in 2000 and set in a plot of approximately half an acre. The accommodation is laid out over two floors and comprises; vestibule, utility room with fitted units, kitchen dining room with range cooker and island, living room with wood burning stove, southerly aspect and sliding doors to patio on the west of the property, sitting room, bathroom with freestanding bath and office on the ground floor. Upstairs there are 5 bedrooms, one of which is an en-suite and a further family bathroom. The rooms are of generous proportions and many have dual aspects, making the most of the large garden setting.

The property benefits from a covered car port and large garage. There is also an outdoor store accessed adjacent to the rear door and parking for several cars.

The large garden, which is mainly down to lawn and fringed with trees for privacy, includes a decking area and feature fountain. The summer house to the rear of the property has been previously used as an office but could provide a covered outdoor space for relaxing or entertainment.

Equestrian

The private drive leads to a large, tarmacked parking area suitable for horse boxes and numerous cars. The facilities at Edencroft are extensive and include 13 stables, a floodlit outdoor arena, tack room and feed store, indoor arena, horse walker, gallops, hard standing feed and small jump areas and grazing paddocks.

The workshop is of steel portal frame construction with concrete floor and walls and clad in modern profile sheeting. The building offers space for storage and has 4 stables to the south side of the building, overlooking the yard.

The outdoor arena is of sand and rubber construction and benefits from floodlights and a spectator box. Adjacent to the arena is a covered section with stalls which can be used as additional, informal stabling or as a tacking and prep area. A further 4 timber stables and storage room adjoin this.

Set in the centre of the yard is the Monarch horse walker which has capacity for 5 horses and is in good working order with multifunctional control panel giving an array of settings.

At the back of the steading is the large indoor school which is a bright and well laid out facility, built inside a steel portal frame shed. The building also contains 4 stables and benefits from large feed storage rooms, horse washing facility and a solarium.

Accessed from the yard by a short walkway are 9 turnout paddocks set on hard standing and including shelters and feed areas which offer equine management options.

The sand gallops track surrounding the paddocks to the east offer various exercise options and lead directly to the storage and small jumps area on the east boundary of the property.

The infrastructure provided at Edencroft extends to 2.47 acres or thereby.

Paddocks

There are 8.45 acres of paddocks in total at Edencroft, split in to 4 large paddocks to the east of the house and 3 further grass paddocks to the west. The paddocks are all bound by post and rail fencing with steel gates with water throughout and 6 field shelters in total. The 4 larger paddocks, extending to 6.9 acres in total, have been cut for hay, providing a good quality crop. The 3 smaller grazing paddocks are all accessed independently and provide grazing extending to 1.55 acres in total.

Situation

Edencroft benefits from a rural setting, surrounded by agricultural land and forestry with opportunities to get out walking, cycling, and hacking on the doorstep along National Cycle Path 75.

The property is located 2 miles south west of Armadale and only a five minute drive from junction 4A of the M8. Ideally positioned for commuters, the area provides excellent connectivity to both Edinburgh (20 miles to the east) and Glasgow (23 miles to the west). There is also a train station less than two miles from the property, offering frequent services via the main Edinburgh to Glasgow train line.

Armadale, Blackridge and Harthill are all within a few miles to the east, west and south west respectively, all providing local facilities including shops, cafes and restaurants and schooling. Bathgate, 4 miles to the north east, provides further facilities and Edinburgh and Glasgow are both within an hour to the east and west respectively and offer a wide range of shops, restaurants, leisure facilities and international airports with frequent flights to a wide range of destinations. Private schooling can also be found in both cities, with most independent schools using nearby Harthill Services for a collection point on school bus services.