Howard Place, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9HL | Property for sale | Savills
250.19 sq m(2,693 sq ft)
Offers over £900,000

Howard PlaceSt. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9HL

  • Sold

Key features

  • Sold in April 2023
  • Prime town centre location
  • Close to shops, restaurants and world famous Old Course
  • Magnificent hall with cupola
  • Extensive accommodation with original features

Double upper flat with magnificent hall and excellent, central location

About this property

  • 10C Howard Place is the upper flat in a terraced Victorian property. It comprises the second and third floors. The views to the front over the shared gardens, and to the rear over the roof tops to the rolling hills, are superb. The accommodation extends to 2,693 ft2 arranged around a magnificent double height hall with a cupola above. Many period features, such as working window shutters remain.

    Accommodation

    Shared vestibule and entrance hall with three store rooms off with loft storage above. The end store belongs to 10C. The communal stairs lead up to a first floor landing with the front door to 10C.

    Internal stairs in 10C lead up to a splendid, second floor hall with a large, double glazed cupola above. Off this hall is a store room with coat hooks and built in cupboards. There are archways and doors to the main rooms.

    The south facing sitting room has a bay window with lovely views over the roof tops to the surrounding countryside. It has a fireplace with wooden mantel and solid fuel stove. The kitchen has wooden units with a sink, Siemens hob with three gas and two electric rings, extractor fan, Miele dishwasher, two Neff ovens and a fridge freezer.

    There is a side hall with a utility room which is plumbed for a washing machine and contains the Worcester Greenstar High Flow 440 boiler. There is a bathroom and a separate shower.

    There are two bedrooms and a study overlooking the shared gardens. The principal bedroom is large enough to be used as a reception room with two windows and a tiled fireplace with wooden mantel.

    Upper Floor

    The upper floor has a landing with a cupola. There are two bedrooms overlooking the gardens with coombed ceilings and dormer windows. The larger bedroom is panelled with a blocked fireplace, the second bedroom has a store off. There is a third bedroom looking south with a fireplace. The room in the corner is currently used as an art room with floor cupboards and a sink. It could be used as bedroom 6 or as a second study. This floor is served by a shower room.

    Shared Gardens

    Howard Place, Hope Street and Abbotsford Crescent are arranged around a central garden which is shared by the proprietors.

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Large, period property with superb central location

Jamie MacnabProperty agent

Local information

  • 10 Howard Place has a wonderful setting in the centre of the historic town of St Andrews. Howard Place, Hope Street and Abbotsford Crescent are beautiful Victorian terraces laid out around central private gardens.
  • The property is a short walk from the Royal and Ancient Golf Club, the world famous Old Course and the West Sands Beach. The property is also well placed for access to the university, with the Student Union being at the end of the street, and all the shops, pubs and restaurants in the town centre.
  • St Andrews is renowned worldwide as the ‘Home of Golf'. The Old Course is a regular host to the Open Championship and the 150th Open was staged there in July 2022. There are six further golf courses run by the St Andrews Links Trust, in addition to the many other golf courses in the area including the Duke's Course, two courses at Fairmont, St Andrews Bay, Kingsbarns and Dumbarnie.
  • The town is also well known for its university which was Scotland's first university and the third oldest in the English-speaking world, founded in 1413. The town provides state schooling at Madras College. There is private schooling at St Leonards and The High School of Dundee is also within reach.
  • Access by rail, road and air is good. Leuchars railway station (5 miles) is on the main Aberdeen to London line and provides a fast link to Dundee and Edinburgh. Edinburgh Airport is only 50 miles away.

Additional information

  • Services
  • Mains water, electricity, gas and drainage. Central heating and hot water from gas fired boiler.
  • Local Authority
  • 10C Howard Place is in Fife Council Tax Band G.
  • Listing and Conservation Area
  • 1-15 Howard Place are Listed Category B. 10 Howard Place is in the St Andrews Conservation Area.
  • Solicitor:
  • Gillian Leckie, Thorntons Law LLP, Kinburn Castle, St Andrews KY16 9DR
  • Direct Dial: 01334 460970
  • Email: gleckie@thorntons-law.co.uk
  • www.thorntons-law.co.uk
  • Fixtures & Fittings
  • All the fittings and equipment in the house are included in the sale.
  • Directions: Driving into St Andrews on the A91, turn right at the mini roundabout onto the A915 (City Road). Turn left at the next roundabout beside the church and left again into Howard Place. 10 Howard Place is half way along on the left hand side.
  • EPC Rating: E
  • Tenure: Freehold
  • Council Tax Band: G