Semi-detached house for sale in Hepburn Gardens, St. Andrews, Fife KY16

Period house with walled garden, garage & parking

Description
Rokeby, 11 Hepburn Gardens is a semi-detached, period house dating from the mid-1800s. It has high ceilings, well proportioned rooms and retains its original layout and a wealth of period features. The house is old fashioned and would benefit from upgrading and modernisation.

The accommodation comprises:

Front door to tiled vestibule. Half glazed door to inner hall with parquet floor and coat hooks. Stairs to first floor.

The two front facing rooms are the Dining room with a fireplace with wooden mantel, serving door to kitchen, display cabinet and the Drawing room with a bay window and window seat, built in low level cupboard, tiled fireplace with white mantel and picture rail.

Also off the hall is a Study with a glazed door to the back garden, a tiled fireplace and shelved cupboard. There is a cloakroom with coat rail, golf bag racks, washbasin and a separate WC.

A side hall with a cleaning cupboard off gives access to the kitchen which has old wooden units, a sink and cupboards with one containing a hot water cylinder. The back hall has a back door, pantry and a large utility room with a sink, shower and Worcester heating boiler. There is a toilet and a coal store.

There is a large hall on the first floor with four bedrooms and a bathroom off. The principal bedroom has a south facing bay window, tiled fireplace with white mantel and dressing area off with a wardrobe and washbasin. Bedroom 2 also faces south with a cupboard, wash basin and under stairs cupboard with hanging rail. The two bedrooms overlooking the back garden also have wash basins, fireplaces and built in cupboards. The bathroom has a bath, wash basin, WC and heated towel rail.

The attic floor has a landing with roof light, attic bedroom with dormer window and an attic store.

Garden and Outbuildings

To the front of the house is a lawn with rose beds and flower beds around and a low wall. To the side is a gravel parking area.

An angled gate opens to a narrow drive down the side of the house which leads to the back door and a wooden garage with felt roof. There is a wooden shed adjoining and a lean to garden store on the back of the house. Beside the paved terrace outside the study is a wooden summer house which is glazed on three sides.

The back garden is fully walled and well stocked. There is a lawn with flower beds and a gravel path which leads to a greenhouse in the corner and an enclosed fruit cage.

Location
11 Hepburn Gardens is at the east end of Hepburn Gardens close to the town centre. It is 500 yards from the West Port which is the arched gateway into St Andrews that was built in 1587 as a monumental entrance to the city’s South Street.

The house is also within half a mile of the 18th hole of the world famous Old Course with the Royal and Ancient Golf Club beside and the West Sands beach just beyond. The Cockshaugh Park is on the opposite side of Hepburn Gardens and links to the Lade Braes footpath which runs from the centre of town all the way out into the countryside where it is known as the Pilgrim’s Way.

St Andrews is renowned worldwide as the 'Home of Golf’. There are now seven golf courses under the management of the St Andrews Links Trust, including the world-famous Old Course which played host to the 150th Open Championship in 2022. There are many other golf courses nearby, including The Duke’s Course, two courses at Fairmont St Andrews, Kingsbarns and Dumbarnie.

St Andrews is well known for its university which is one of the oldest in Britain, founded in 1413. The historic town has an excellent range of independent stores, hotels, restaurants and cultural facilities which include a cinema and the Byre Theatre.

Leuchars railway station is on the main Aberdeen to London line and provides a link to Edinburgh and a sleeper service to London. Dundee Airport offers flights to London Heathrow, and Edinburgh Airport is only 50 miles away.

Square Footage: 2,579 sq ft

Acreage:
0.15 Acres

Directions
Driving into St Andrews on the A91, turn right onto City Road and right again at the second roundabout into Argyle Street which continues into Hepburn Gardens (B939). Rokeby, 11 Hepburn Gardens is on the right hand side just beyond the St Leonards Parish Church.

Additional Info
Viewings: Strictly by appointment with Savills .

Solicitor: Sandy Grant, Thorntons Law llp, Kinburn Castle | St Andrews KY16 9DR Direct Dial: | Mobile: Email:

Services: Mains water, drainage, gas and electricity. Central heating and hot water from gas fired boiler.

Local Authority: 11 Hepburn Gardens is in Fife Council Band H.

Conservation Area : 11 Hepburn Gardens is in the Hepburn Gardens Conservation Area.

Fixtures & Fittings: The standard fittings and fixtures are included in the sale.