Semi-detached house for sale in Mansionhouse Road, Edinburgh EH9

Viewing is essential to appreciate fully this handsome Victorian semi-detached house built around 1866 providing light-filled and spacious family accommodation situated over two floors and with private gardens to the front and rear and a run-in for parking. The house retains much of its original character with exceptional, well-preserved cornice work, stripped wooden doors, original fireplaces, polished wooden floors and working shutters.

The historical and business city centre of Edinburgh lies some two miles from the property and regular buses serve this area with a bus stop in nearby Grange Road – the services leading to the city centre and other parts of the town. Shopping facilities with outlets of a great variety can be found at nearby Marchmont and also at Morningside, Bruntsfield and Newington. Within walking distance are a number of local shops, bars, fashionable restaurants and cafes and open spaces can be enjoyed at the Meadows, Blackford Hill local natural reserve and pond, Holyrood Park and the Hermitage of Braid. For further sport and leisure the house is well located for Carlton Cricket Club, Royal Commonwealth Pool and Warrender Swimming Centre and at nearby Morningside can be found a library, cinema and theatre.

The house is also in a district convenient for access to schooling – Sciennes Primary and James Gillespie are within the area – and access can be gained with ease to George Watson’s College, Merchiston Castle School and George Heriot’s School.

The Edinburgh City Bypass is located to the south from where connection can be made to the central motorway network, to Edinburgh International Airport and Queensferry Crossing and also to the A1 to the south. The house has been sensitively maintained to a high standard and benefits from gas central heating and some secondary glazing. The spacious accommodation comprises on the ground floor an elegant drawing room/lounge facing the front, formal dining room, a family room/sitting room leading to the kitchen at the rear and a downstairs shower room. On the upper floor there is a magnificent master bedroom with bay window and two further double bedrooms and a modern bathroom with three piece suite and shower in a shower compartment. At the rear of the property a staircase leads up to a further single bedroom/study/office which will provide useful additional accommodation. The gardens to the front and rear are well laid out with lawns and mature shrubs, bushes and trees. There is a large garden shed located in the rear garden which is included in the sale. To the front of the house is a run-in for parking and there is also residents’ parking outside the property in the street.

The decoration and period features and the spacious accommodation on two levels have created a charming atmosphere in a truly lovely family home and viewing is accordingly recommended.