Dumbarton property: Five bedroom Victorian mansion could be a dream restoration project

This 19th century stone detached villa, on Helenslee Road in Kirktonhill, is a hugely impressive, traditional home with a lovely, sweeping, gravel driveway winding through a particularly generous, well established, private, and essentially level garden near Levengrove Park.

The five bedroom Victorian home can be found on the corner of Helenslee Road and Kirkton Road

The five-bedroom property for offers over £450,000 is being marketed by Rettie and Co who have said it will require investment throughout to bring it up to the standard required for modern living.

It comprises an entrance vestibule leading into the reception hallway. On the ground floor there is a traditional cloakroom, and towards the front, a grand living room with a painted wooden fireplace – and the dining room, with an ornate hand carved fireplace in oak.

 

The kitchen, accessed from the dining room, has an island with two Belfast sinks. The room has very old units and open wall shelves, but does come with its own larder, boiler room and laundry/utility room.

Upstairs there are five large double bedrooms which can be easily transformed into an office, library, gym, or luxury guest bedroom. Two sets of bedrooms do come with inter-connecting doors.

 

There are also bathrooms on both floors, each with a three piece suite.

Like all Victorian homes, there is a cellar, which can be accessed through the door beside the kitchen which would make a great place to store wines and liquors for any avid collector.

 

A single garage is accessed from Kirkton Road, while there are two storage buildings and a tool shed attached to the garage.

The house is one of many in the Kirktonhill conservation area built in the 19th century by the wealthy commercial and shipping merchants of the day, drawn to the location due to its high point in the town, close to the waters of the Firth of Clyde.

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