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Suffice to say nothing has been overlooked, and asthe property has listed status, all the work has beendone under the eagle eyes of Scottish Heritage.

The interior of this one-off home showcases the verybest of old and new, where careful choices have beenmade to ensure continuity between the two, as in themix of original wood floors and engineered oak flooring,original stripped doors and woodwork, cast ironradiators, working window shutters, and the sittingroom’s inglenook-style fireplace, which houses amulti-fuel stove.

This is a substantial family home, with a classic period halland original staircase leading to two elegant and beautifullyproportioned reception rooms – in addition to its featurefireplace, the sitting room also has an amazing full heightarched window overlooking the rear garden, while theformal dining room has a curved glass wall feature.

Linked to the dining room by french doors is a well-equipped dining kitchen fitted with a dual-fuel rangecooker, fridge, freezer and dishwasher (all included)and solid oak worktops – and a delightful window seatunderneath the front-facing window.

A beautifully restored and extended GeorgianIf walls could speak, a now magnificent B-listed Georgiantownhouse on the High Street in Coldstream could filla tombe or two. But this house is also much more thanit appears. Completely refurbished and extended, theaccommodation is now over three floors – not countingcellar rooms – and includes a sizeable outbuilding/doublegarage and adjoining workshop, a combined space thatoffers home-based business opportunities or conversionto a self-contained granny annexe or holiday let.

Dating from 1798, the house occupies a plot originallyowned by The Hirsel that served as storage space for astonemason who was given four years in which to build ahome – and this was the result. Successive owners haveincluded the first Liberal MP for Berwickshire, CharlesMarjoribanks – the property has also been a school,Henderson Academy, and a quirky legacy is the tunnelthat goes under the house from front to back, a shortcutroute the boys used to take to reach the schoolhouse inthe rear garden.

Today, the house has acquired a new lease of life thanksto its present owner, Bill Little, who bought the propertynine years ago when it was in a very dilapidated condition.“I’d always wanted a Georgian townhouse and whenI saw this one I just knew I had to resurrect it,” he says.

And resurrect it he has, from literally raising (and renewing)the roof to accommodate a stunning en suite masterbedroom that occupies the entire second floor, to installingnew double-glazed sash and case windows, repairingstonework, checking and reinforcing wall and windowlintels, new gas central heating and water systems,replacing the kitchen and bathrooms.

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25 High Street,

Coldstream, TD12 4AP

Guide Price £315,000

Details on page 17

The cellar has two large rooms plus additional storagespace, one room plumbed for laundry appliances. It alsohas external access to the garden.

Upstairs on the first floor are four double bedrooms (twowith built-in storage), separate toilet and the most stunningbathroom that is fully tiled in Italian stone (under-floorheating) and includes a freestanding bath.

The piece de resistance is on the second floor, accessedby a newly created staircase that leads to a spaciousprincipal bedroom with an inglenook fireplace and Veluxwindows on two sides of the combed ceiling. There is alsoa small study/seating area, and a 12ft by 10ft fully tiledbathroom (under-floor heating) with a freestanding bath.

Outside, rear garden highlights include a decked area,lawn with mature trees, greenhouse, shed, and stone-builtoutbuilding, which is divided into two parts, the largestcurrently used as a double garage. There is also plenty ofparking space accessed via a private lane at the back ofthe property.

townhouse in Coldstream that offers so muchThe house backs onto Home Park, a huge open spacethat incorporates Coldstream football ground and achildren’s play area. Apart from being famous as the hometown of the renowned and now disbanded ColdstreamGuards – and its location, virtually on the Scottish/Englishborder (which could be interesting given the forthcomingindependence referendum) - perhaps less well known isColdstream’s accessibility, just a 70-minute drive from bothNewcastle and Edinburgh airports and only 20 minutesdrive from the railway station at Berwick upon Tweed.

If there is a perfect period property, this surely has tobe a contender.