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NEW TO MARKET
SITUATED in the oldest part of the historic village of Douglas, in South Lanarkshire, 74 Main Street is a 400-yearold terraced building, dated 1621 on a rear lintel. It has seen use as a tolbooth, courthouse and jail with links to the Covenanters, and a public house known as The Sun Inn, after which the property was purchased by the National Trust for Scotland and was given protective B-listed status. Bought by its current (architect) owner in the early 1980s, it was carefully restored to create a unique family home – one that remains steeped in history, character, and intrigue.
External features include crowstepped gables, and a semi-circular stone stair tower to the rear, while inside, the accommodation is spread over three floors linked by the stair tower. Off the ground level entrance hall is an amazing dining room with a vaulted stone ceiling, and a dining kitchen linking to a garden room with external access to a pretty courtyard garden and stone outbuilding at the rear. Up a level, the first floor houses a shower room, spacious L-shaped living room, and a similar-sized sitting room, while the top floor reveals two double bedrooms, one with en suite.
Most impressive throughout is the detail – the dining room has a flagged stone floor, and log-burning stove; the spacious dual aspect kitchen also has a log-burner and is fitted with wall and base units with tiled work surfaces; one of the upstairs living rooms has a stone floor and open fire, while the other has a timber floor and log-burning stove. Between these two large spaces is a library-style hallway fitted with bespoke bookshelves and on the top floor, the principal bedroom has an en suite bathroom/dressing room.
Properties of this age and character seldom come onto the market – rarer still, this one is also a comfortable, ready-made family home. Offers over £245,000 are invited by Remax in Lanark.