For the perfect pad in Scotland’s historic Edinburgh, this three storey, 5-bed Georgian townhouse in Carlton Terrace is worthy of your interest. Not only is the property historic and impressive, it’s larger than you’d expect and superbly restored/upgraded by the owners to provide a exceedingly stylish and comfortable home.
The spacious feel is set right from the vast entrance hall, where many of the fine period features are immediately on show, including the delicate plasterwork and charming stone staircase leading to the higher floors.
Before the climb up to find the bedrooms, the ground floor of the house contains the primary reception rooms in an open-plan style that is suitable for modern family life. The room that everyone tends to gravitate to, of course, is the kitchen – and this is one worth admiring.
Sleek and stylish in design, the kitchen is also intelligently kitted out with all the conveniences and complete with a breakfast bar and seating area to allow for informal meals to take place.
The kitchen space flows into a generous and light-filled living room, a space impressive enough to host guests as well as slob out with the kids in front of the telly. A more intimate space, however, is available in the neat snug.
This room, as all the rooms, has a large window with period-style shutters and the views are some of the best in the city, particularly over the nearby Regent Gardens.
A further reception room can be found on the first floor, and this generous space may be ideal as a family room, allowing the youngsters some privacy while adult guests dominate the ground floor. Wonderfully, the climb up the staircase is uplifting by virtue of a domed skylight in the roof of the building, urging you up and up..
There are five grand double bedrooms spread across the first and second floors. The master bedroom suite is, as you’d hope, the most impressive, with fitted wardrobes in addition to a sizeable dressing area.
Enormous windows fill the tall, large space with light and an en-suite bathroom has been created to serve the needs of the ‘masters’. It’s a stylish, chic and very modern space that the Georgians would have envied indeed.
The remainder of the bedrooms are of a similar theme: large and tall, with generous windows and ample storage space. The views across the surrounding areas only improves the higher up the house you climb and two bathrooms have been added to the property to serve the remaining occupants.
Right at the top of the house is a laundry room (convenient for combining household chores with fitness) and a guest WC has been added in on the ground floor to ensure a busy household never has to wait to use the facilities.
For outside space, residents have exclusive access to Regent Gardens, one of the best private gardens in Edinburgh. There are 11 acres of glorious, landscaped parklands that contain a tennis court, a playground and pitch & putt, not to mention pathways and benches for walks and contemplation.
While there is no garage, there is plentiful on-street residents parking directly outside the house, and the location makes it very easy to leave the vehicle at home. Carlton Terrace is just over half a mile from the city’s fashionable Princes Street, George Street and St Andrew Square.
This area is known as the Georgian New Town and there is a varied selection of local amenities, including shops, restaurants, theatres and bars. Excellent education options are available within a short drive away, such as The Edinburgh Academy and Fettes College.
For getting out and away, Waverley Train Station (Edinburgh’s main station) is less than a mile away and trains to London can be as quick as four hours journey. The airport is 9 miles away, with a driving time of around 30 mins.
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5 bedroom terraced house for sale in Carlton Terrace, New Town, Edinburgh, EH7 (rightmove.co.uk)
