5 bedroom detached house

Cedar Mount

This home is an attractive B-listed 5-bedroom detached house with ample off street parking, double garage and a wonderful surrounding garden.

The property is entered via a grand entrance porch through to a welcoming hallway. The ground floor accommodation is accessed from the hallway and includes a grand sitting room and dining room with amazing floor to ceiling glass doors that can open out to the front of the property.

There is a door from the dining room or the corridor into the lovely family room with bay window. Then to the rear are the kitchen/breakfast room and the games room located to the rear of the house. There is a back entrance porch, utility room, WC and storage cupboard also off the hallway.

The property has a wealth of period features throughout including ornate cornice work, beautiful ceiling roses, grand fireplaces, intricate balustrade on the stone staircase, bay window, working shutters and wood panelling.

On the first floor is the principal bedroom with an en suite shower room, a further large bedroom with en suite both to the front and another two well-proportioned double bedrooms, family bathroom with separate bath and shower and a further bedroom (with drop down bed) to the rear which is currently used as an office/study.

Newbattle Terrace occupies a quiet position in the highly sought after residential area of Morningside. The immediate locality provides an excellent range of amenities including a Waitrose and Marks & Spencer supermarkets, the library, the charming Dominion cinema and a variety of bars and restaurants.

Nearby Bruntsfield also offers an eclectic mix of delicatessens and coffee shops. Morningside is less than 3 miles from the city centre and has excellent bus links making the city’s world-famous shopping, museums, culture and entertainment easily accessible. It is also a perfect location for anyone working in the city. Newbattle Terrace is close to the treelined Meadows, which has family friendly facilities including play equipment, mini golf and bowling greens. The Pentland Hills and the countryside of the Lothians are a short drive away and provide great locations for walking, golf, cycling and riding.

The location facilitates fast connections to Edinburgh Airport (less than 12 miles), Edinburgh bypass (under 5 miles) and Edinburgh Waverley (under 3 miles). A number of Edinburgh’s highly regarded private schools including George Watsons College, George Heriots, Merchiston Castle School and good local state schools are all easily accessible.

Externally, the property is in the middle of a private plot extending to approximately 0.38 acres. The driveway sweeps past the front of the house to the west where there is a triple garage, workshop, potting shed, a large area of patio for outside dining and a Japanese garden. On the east side of the property is an area laid to lawn with another area of patio.