7 bedroom detached house for sale

Spectacular Victorian villa overlooking the Firth of Forth.

Description

Westhall is a beautiful, traditional family house situated in an elevated position overlooking Lundin Links Golf Course, and across the Firth of Forth towards East Lothian and Edinburgh. The house is thought to date back to the 1890s, and still retains an abundance of characterful features throughout. The extensive accommodation is set across two floors and offers the opportunity for modernisation. There is a self-contained ground floor apartment, extensive loft space, and an excellent range of outhouses to the rear.

The principal ground floor rooms sit off the entrance hall. The south-facing dining room in particular is a stunning room with a large bay window offering coastal views. Other features include ornate cornicing, original timber flooring and a fireplace with marble surround and decorative mantlepiece. The family room and a ground floor bedroom also sit south facing off the hall, and there is a cloakroom with stained glass window which opens into a bathroom with shower. Steps from the end of the entrance hall lead down into the kitchen. A utility room, and the south-facing sun room sit beyond, the latter with beautiful views and double doors opening into the garden.

A staircase leads up from the entrance hall, and off a halfway landing there is a shower room and a separate WC. All the rooms on the first floor are set off the central landing. The drawing room mirrors the dining room below with its large bay window with fitted window seats, along with ornate cornicing, fireplace, and views over the golf course and the Firth of Forth beyond. The principal bedroom has a corner window looking east along the coastline, an en suite bathroom, and a dressing room which can also be accessed from the landing. There are three further bedrooms. The loft floor above is accessed by a ladder from the landing. There are five separate loft rooms, under-eaves storage and access up to the rooftop.

There is a self-contained ground floor flat which can be accessed by its own external door to the rear of the house, or internally off the entrance hall. It has a kitchenette, sitting room, bedroom and shower room.

Westhall sits in about 0.45 acres of gardens which are walled on three aspects, with a mature beech hedge to the south. The house is approached by a gated monobloc drive to the rear leading off Links Road. The double garage is also accessed from Links Road. Outhouses include a greenhouse, garden store, gardener’s WC, potting shed and stores. A pedestrian gate from Links Road leads to a paved path which passes alongside the rear and side gardens and up to the house’s main door. The south-facing front garden is terraced on three levels with a gate leading on to the Fife Coastal Path. The nearby golf course and beach are within close proximity from this path. Overlooking the garden is a brick laid patio and gravelled seating area with patio doors leading into the house.

Location

Westhall is located in the East Neuk village of Lundin Links overlooking the golf course, and offers spectacular, elevated views over the Firth of Forth towards East Lothian and Edinburgh beyond. The panoramic views take in Bass Rock and firework displays can be viewed above Edinburgh Castle on a clear day. To the north, the views overlook the common towards Largo Law and open farmland.

Lundin Links and adjoining Lower Largo are two of the numerous seaside villages dotted along the East Neuk coastline. The popular beachfront village of Elie is only 7 miles away and is a vibrant hub of activity, particularly in the summer months. Amongst the wide range of leisure pursuits available in the area are the many golf courses. Lundin Golf Club was founded in 1868 and laid out by the legendary Tom Morris, and the clubhouse is just beyond Westhall’s garden. The world-renowned Old Course in St Andrews, also designed by ‘Old Tom’, is less than 12 miles away. Other sporting activities available in the immediate vicinity include sailing, cricket and lawn bowls, while the Sports Club, literally across the road from the house, offers squash, tennis, a gym, table tennis, sauna and a range of classes.

Lundin Links and the surrounding area offer a full array of local services. Lundin Mill Nursery and Primary School are located in the village, while secondary schooling is provided at Waid Academy in Anstruther. There are also a number of private schools in the area including St Leonards in St Andrews. There are buses to and from both schools from the village. St Andrews, with its array of shops and restaurants and world renowned golf courses is 12 miles away.

The surrounding cities and towns are easily accessible via the excellent motorway network and also by train at Markinch (7.5 miles), with the new Levenmouth rail link due to open in 2024 with a new station opening at Leven (3 miles). Leven has a variety of shops, including a number of supermarkets.

Square Footage: 3,879 sq ft


Acreage: 0.45 Acres

Additional Info

Viewings - Strictly by appointment with Savills -[use Contact Agent Button].

Services - Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage. Central heating provided by mains gas boiler.

Local Authority & tax band - Fife Council tax band G

Fixtures & Fittings - All fitted curtains, carpets, blinds, light fittings and integrated white goods are included in the sale. Non-fitted carpets in the drawing room and dining room, and the brass stair rods are excluded from the sale.

Servitude rights, burdens and wayleaves - 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 referred to in the General Remarks and Stipulations or not. The Purchaser(s) will be held to have satisfied himself as to the nature of all such servitude rights and others.