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DREAM HOMES

ccupying the full first floor of a kitchen also provides access into a generous
handsome, detached Victorian villa, 6A utility room, two storage cupboards and a WC.
OCrawfurd Road is a splendid place to
call home. Not only does it enjoy elegant period The apartment offers up to five bedrooms, all
features in abundance, but it also boasts a with fantastic proportions, allowing the new
setting in one of Edinburgh’s most sought-after owner to tailor the property to their exact
neighbourhoods, the well-heeled Newington. requirements. The principal bedroom, which
Close to the city centre itself, as well as an sits adjacent to the sitting room at the front
array of excellent local amenities, attractions of the property, feels grand and tranquil, with
and green spaces, this sumptuous property is a exceptionally high ceilings and large windows,
fantastic family home in the heart of the Capital. plus a stylish en suite shower room adds to the
opulent feel.
The villa dates to 1890, and boasts a rich
history, as it originally formed part of Madame The remaining bedrooms all enjoy an
Muriset’s Craigmillar Park College – a private individual charm: the second bedroom boasts
girls’ boarding school. These days, the villa has a spectacular bay window, while the quirky
been converted to create an elegant, spacious curvature of the third and fourth bedrooms
family home, which benefits from its own private is striking. The fifth bedroom has a beautiful
entrance and a south-facing rear garden, and arched window, again a gorgeous reminder
offers the flexibility of up to five bedrooms, of this property’s history and architectural
depending on how the new owner would prefer splendour. The positioning of the bedrooms
to use the available space. means they can all lend themselves to a
variety of purposes; bedroom four is currently
Once inside the apartment, the property’s used as a dining room, while the smallest
history comes alive, thanks to the careful bedroom is currently a nursery, but would be
preservation of its architecture, which has been ideal as a home office if required.
carefully blended with modern décor. The
entrance hallway features unusual, curved walls A bright and stylish family bathroom completes
and ornate archways, while many of the rooms the apartment, finished in contemporary style
boast intricate cornicing and sash-and-case with tiling and panelling in calming, neutral tones.
windows with working shutters.
Outside, the elegant exterior of the property
The property’s main sitting room is a tranquil is complemented by a well-kept front garden,
space, with a stunning open fire and striking while to the rear, there’s an extensive, south-
curved bay window. There’s plentiful room for facing private garden adorned with mature
furniture, and the exceptionally high ceilings, planting, a lawn area, patio area and even a
and fresh, neutral decor add to the feeling of chicken coop.
airiness and light saturating the space.
In the catchment area for some of the city’s
A second socialising space comes in the form of most desirable schooling, the apartment is
the bright kitchen/dining room, located to the also within walking distance of The Meadows,
rear of the property. Finished in a soft eggshell Holyrood Park and Prestonfield Golf Club, and
6A Crawfurd Road, Edinburgh EH16 5PQ 5 bed | 2 bath | 2 reception rooms shade with complementary metro tiling and local amenities include Cameron Toll shopping
Offers over £795,000 matching wooden flooring, worktops and centre, The Royal Commonwealth Pool leisure
breakfast bar, the spacious kitchen is an ideal facilities, and Festival Theatre and the Queen’s
Selling solicitor: ESPC Chartered firm Coulters, call 0131 253 2215
hub to gather. It also offers substantial built-in Hall, cementing its status as an idyllic haven in
pantry cupboards, allowing clutter to be kept the heart of the city.
to a minimum – plus, a ‘hidden’ hallway off the
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