Ferness House is an exceptional country house occupying an enviable rural position, surrounded by open farmland and enjoying panoramic, southerly views across the rolling countryside towards the River Forth. The property was once the farmhouse for Lundin Farm and was developed into a substantial family home incorporating its farm steadings in the 1980s. The house sits in a commanding, elevated position, making the most of the views. Its highly accessible position is ideal for commuting to Edinburgh, Glasgow and nearby Dunfermline. The house’s accommodation is practical, flexible, and well-suited for family multi-generational living if desired. It comprises approximately 6,362 sq ft of thoughtfully arranged accommodation, including its integral garaging.

Internally, the principal reception rooms are generous in scale and flooded with natural light. The sitting room and dining room sit adjacent to one another in the heart of the house, and are particularly impressive living spaces with south-facing outlooks, ideal for both formal entertaining and relaxed family use. The sitting room has large bi-folding doors which open into the garden.

The drawing room features a vaulted, timber-panelled ceiling and wood burning stove, with the family / cinema room overlooking it from above. A particular highlight of Ferness House is the outstanding leisure and ancillary space. The cinema / family room is fitted with a bar, and beyond it is a spacious games room which shares the space with the home office. A spiral staircase connects it with the ground floor hallway. This appealing entertaining space makes it well suited to modern lifestyles, home working and hosting guests. If desired, these rooms offer excellent potential to be converted into additional accommodation for muti-generational living or short term rental accommodation, subject to obtaining the necessary planning and building documentation.

The kitchen holds an abundance of character with exposed timber ceiling beams, solid wood flooring, brick arches, and south-facing views across the garden and beyond. It is fitted with an electric three-oven AGA and bespoke solid oak painted cabinetry. A utility room with back door and plumbed for laundry appliances is beyond.

The bedroom accommodation is extensive and flexible, arranged over the ground floor and first floors. It includes the superb principal suite with dressing room, en suite bathroom and access to a private wraparound balcony with open countryside views. It has four brick archways, and is accessed by the spiral staircase from the ground floor hallway. There are two further first floor bedrooms and a shower room accessed by a separate staircase between the dining room and kitchen. One of these has its own dressing area. In addition, there are three ground floor bedrooms set off a corridor, all three with wardrobe space. One benefits from an en suite shower room, and there is a separate family bathroom.


GARDENS AND GROUNDS

The landscaped gardens that wrap around Ferness House are truly spectacular with meandering gravel paths, sculpted borders and two ornamental ponds, one with a wooden bridge and a small waterfall between them. They extend to about 1.58 acres in all, and are set against the stunning backdrop of the neighbouring farmland, River Forth and the Pentland Hills in the far distance. This area is overlooked by a south-facing patio, immediately in front of the sitting room and providing a lovely space for barbecues and the outdoor entertaining of guests. The gardens here provide a wonderful setting, designed to maximise colour, whilst enjoying the outlook throughout the seasons. There is a seating area at the bottom overlooking the fields, and a lawned area to the side with garden shed in the corner. A further seating area is set within a west-facing sheltered courtyard with double patio doors leading to it from the drawing room.

To the west of the house is a further, and more extensive lawned area, with the neighbouring woodland beyond providing it with a great sense of shelter and privacy. To the east of the house is an enclosed paddock. The house benefits from integral garaging for four cars (a triple and a single), as well as a spacious gravelled parking area to the side.

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