7 bedroom house

Letham House is an attractive mansion house dating from the 17th century when it was built as a traditional Laird's house. It has been sympathetically restored and maintained by the current owners over the last 13 years creating a very comfortable home for modern family living. The modernisation has included re-roofing of the house with Scotch slate, full electrical rewiring, renovation of fireplaces and re-lining of the chimney stacks, insulating, re-plumbing, a new central heating system, CAT5 cabling throughout, a wireless fire alarm system and under floor heating in all bathrooms. In addition, a new kitchen was installed together with an extension to form a wonderful adjoining garden room.

Letham House is approached by a long tree lined drive, with stone pillar entrance gates, terminating in a circular gravel sweep with lawn to the front.
The property has many internal features including the wonderful dining kitchen with Aga and adjoining garden room, the second kitchen off the dining room with a barrel vaulted ceiling, the double glazed sash-and-case windows throughout the house and ornate cornicing and impressive fireplaces in the principal reception rooms. The house boasts beautifully proportioned rooms with an abundance of natural light.

Gardens and Grounds
The house sits in an idyllic position with an enclosed private south facing garden and terrace overlooking the main lawns. The lawns are interspersed with specimen trees, shrubs, planted borders and flanked by mature woodland. In addition, there is a grass paddock with field shelter. The policies extend to 4.3 acres in total.

Outbuildings
Next to the house a stone tandem garage with drive is located and within a woodland clearing there is a sizeable insulated timber built workshop/studio with water, power, light and telephone/internet. There is also a machinery store together with a lean-to wood store. In addition, there is a further insulated timber office complete with power, light ,internet and telephone which lies on the opposite side of the gardens and is ideal for those keen to work from home.

Adjoining 4-acre paddock may be available by separate negotiation.

Common Grounds
The tree-lined entrance drive policies, extending to about 7.5 acres, are owned jointly with three other properties that share the access drive.

Services
Mains water, mains electricity, septic tank, oil fired central heating system and smoke/fire and burglar alarms. The grounds include some external lighting and mains cabling in the rear lawns providing designated full power for entertaining.

Letham House is situated only 17 miles from Edinburgh city centre on the edge of the vibrant market town of Haddington in East Lothian. Haddington has a wide range of local services to offer, including shops, banks, a post office, supermarkets, leisure facilities, restaurants, cafes, bars and a primary and secondary school. In addition, Fort Kinnaird Retail Park is a 10 minute drive along the A1 (11 miles) and offers a wide variety of shops (including a large Marks and
Spencer), restaurants and an Odeon Cinema Complex. Private schooling in the area include The Compass in Haddington and Belhaven Prep School in Dunbar (13 miles) which both have excellent reputations, as well as Loretto School at Musselburgh (11 miles).

Edinburgh offers a wider range of services and is easily accessed from Letham House with the A1 motorway providing swift access by car or bus (a half hourly express service stops at the top of the drive that is 30 minutes to the city centre) or short train journey(18 minutes) from Longniddry Train Station (5 miles). The city has a wealth of exceptional schooling, independent and international shops, restaurants, cafes and entertainment venues including a wide range of Art Galleries, Museums, Theatres and cinemas.

Edinburgh Airport (26 miles) provides regular flights to a range of UK, European and International destinations. The direct train to London Kings Cross is available fr

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