YOU can expect this B-listed mid nineteenth-century property to generate considerable interest. So don't procrastinate if this house at 11 Morningside Place in Edinburgh is the kind of family home you're looking for. It is a gem - built to a Georgian design by architect Robert Wright and situated in a quiet south side conservation area.
The house has been thoughtfully decorated by the present owner whose taste and interest in interiors will ensure a new owner need not rush to change decor overnight. Despite being a substantial (potentially six-bedroom) detached house, the property is compact and an attractive foil for antique furnishings.
A ruby red, top quality carpet greets the visitor in the T-shaped hall. Floor coverings and most curtains are included in the sale. Three public rooms lead off - a dining room with silky wallpaper and mustard soft furnishings, a jade and cream drawing room, and a delightful small sitting room which could serve as a sixth bedroom.
''You could have six reception rooms and four bedrooms or vice-versa,'' points out the owner illustrating her home's flexibility. A door in the drawing room leads into a large multi-purpose room currently used as a study. And off this, there is a shelved conservatory with Rattan blinds overlooking the front garden.
Another glass house is built against the high garden wall to the rear of the property. The owner's comments about sunshine are not in doubt since this conservatory contains a fruiting peach tree.
Ground floor accommodation also includes a pretty cloakroom/wc, breakfast room, utility room, playroom/bedroom and country-style kitchen. Here, the view from the sink takes in a pond fringed with irises and a pretty fountain. Decorated in ecru and white the kitchen seating curves around the table and there is a wonderful old original door.
On the upper floor the owner's flair for decorating comes into its own. Her daughter's room, with washhand basin, is papered in Laura Ashley style, while for the master bedroom next door she ha`s used a pink flame-stitch design taken also into the
en suite. Both rooms once constituted an upstairs drawing room, an arrangement which could be reinstated. The remaining two bedrooms are equally attractive and the bathroom retains the original bath.
You can imagine the BBC taking over this house for a Jane Austin costume drama. It has that kind of graciousness. It is also conveniently situated with a prestigious co-educational school at one end of the street and a supermarket plus other shops at the other. A doctor's surgery is situated on the corner.
Gas fired central heating, electronic gates with off street parking are a few of the more modern desirable features.
Offers over #440,000. Viewing by appointment with Rettie & Co. Telephone: 0131 220 4160.
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