6 Bedroom Detached to rent

Property description

An exceptional early 18th Century detached house in the historic conservation village of Inveresk.Eskhill House is an exceptional house which dates from 1710. The property is approached through stone pillars with double gates and extensive parking. Eskhill offers spacious, bright and comfortable family accommodation on three floors, with all round aspects and lovely views over the garden and grounds. At ground floor level there is a broad marble tiled reception hall with handsome stone stairway rising to the upper floors. There is a lovely morning room with doors to the garden, a dining room which connects to the family room and double doors to the kitchen with its bespoke ash cabinets, central island unit and AGA cooker. There is a useful utility room and shower room.Off the spacious first floor landing is the elegant drawing room with its large windows overlooking the garden. There is a superb principal bedroom suite with private sitting room, bedroom and ensuite bathroom. Completing the accommodation at this level is a shower room.There is a secondary stairway off the master bedroom suite returning to the ground floor. At second floor level there are four further bedrooms, a living room/sixth bedroom and a mezzanine bathroom. The house further benefits from gas central heating throughout, ample storage, garages and a courtyard providing a secluded setting with mature pear and cherry trees and gateways temptingly inviting you to enter the lovely rear garden with ornamental pond, paved surrounds, water well and summer house.Inveresk is a charming village, situated just 7 miles East of Edinburgh city centre within East Lothian. Historically a home for Edinburgh’s prosperous professional classes, Inveresk is a picturesque village with impressive period architecture. There are excellent local amenities in neighbouring Musselburgh which has a train link with Edinburgh. There are a number of independent schools within easy reach including Loretto School locally, Edinburgh Academy, Mary Erskine, George Heriot’s, George Watsons, Fettes College, St George’s School for Girls and Merchiston Castle within Edinburgh. There is good road access southwards connecting to the city bypass, eastwards to East Lothian and westwards to Edinburgh Airport and the central Scotland Motorway Network.