PICTURES: Historic 17th century Northfield House in Prestonpans, with seven bedrooms and wine cellar, for sale

Northfield House sits on Preston Road near Prestonpans Train Station and is a fully restored and refurbished listed property.

It is described by estate agents Savills as a “historic family home” of “immense character”, with “intricate period detail” and “excellent potential for a self-contained granny or staff flat”.

The property can be accessed through a gate which opens up to a gravel courtyard, with parking space for several cars, and a gateway that leads onto a cobbled terrace on the southern elevation of the house.

Northfield House sits on 1.74 acres of secluded south-facing garden grounds, which the potential owner will also own alongside an external coach house with a slate roof.

The garden’s gorgeous greenery and numerous trees provide some privacy and seclude this historic house from the outside world.

Several of the old periodic features of the house have been kept, including three four-poster beds, a theme which runs throughout the property.

On entering through the front door, the former kitchen and bakehouse, complete with fireplace, on the right side has been turned into a stone barrel vaulted cloakroom with access to a cellar.

The door to the left leads onto a store room, which has access to a toilet and cupboard, a second store room follows on which is used for wine storage.

Above this second store room is the turreted main stairwell, which also has external access through a 16th century door and access to the store room, this leads onto the old kitchen.

The old kitchen, part of the 1611 extension with the original flagstone floor, leads onto a garden room, this also has external access and is currently used to store garden machinery and tools.

The coach house is attached to the main house on the other side of the old kitchen, but it only has external access.

A set of lower stone stairs in front of the main door lead to the first floor and principal accommodation.

It is thought that the second store room, north turret entrance, old kitchen and garden room ,which have been left unconverted could potentially be used as a granny or staff flat, with their own access to the garden and courtyard.

The property’s unique layout continues to the first floor.

On the east side and at the top of the stone stairs lies the kitchen. The opposite door leads onto the hall which then leads onto the dining room, complete with an intricately detailed ceiling, and utility room, also known as the butler’s pantry.

The door to the kitchen is a 16th century oak door. The cupboard doors and shelves are handmade solid timber.

A Belfast sink, granite worktops, marmoleum floor, gas fired four oven aga and clothes pully complete the kitchen.

Another 16th century door leads onto the dining room which alongside the hall make up the original great hall.

A 17th century tempura painted beam and board ceiling, marble fireplace, pine floor, window seats and shutters complete the room.

At the top of the turreted stairwell, which was remodelled in the 1830s when the main star was constructed, is a door which leads onto a small hallway.

The hallway leads onto two bedrooms, both with the same ceiling as the dining room and working fireplaces, and a bathroom complete with heated towel rail.

Up the stone stairs with cast iron Greek revival balusters and polished mahogany handrail to the second floor lies the drawing room, the former long gallery with late 17th century mantlepiece, three more bedrooms and a bathroom.

Polished pine flooring flows throughout the second floor with turrets on each corner of the house, one of which is home to a sink.

The third floor is home to the attic and the final rooms in the house. It is accessed by wooden stairs opposite the spiral stairwell on the second floor.

Another bedroom, storage cupboard and toilet can be found here as can a studio that links to the final bedroom.

The current owners have renovated Northfield House over the past 18 years, which included rebuilding the chimney stacks, overhauling the roof and lead where required, repairing the harling and repainting and replacing the gutters and downpipes.

Alongside all of this work, the plumbing has either been replaced or upgraded with a central eating system installed in 2004 along with a new boiler in 2010.

To arrange a viewing call Savills 0131 247 3770.