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In a class of its Own
PERIOD grandeur meets Grand Designs, is an apt summation of arguably the most prominent home on the market in Glasgow at present. Once known as Lochgarry, 40 Cleveden Drive is a B-listed double-fronted blonde sandstone villa which has been restored, extended, and reconfigured by Archial Architects and the present owners to create the ultimate merger of traditional and contemporary.
Designed in 1904-5 by John Campbell McKellar, the restoration vision for this former institutional facility has resulted in a five-bedroomed, 9,196 sq ft home over four levels, set in private south-facing gardens.
The fusion of old and new in this property provides jaw-dropping contrasts with the latter – nowhere more so than the juxtaposition of an open-tread ‘floating’ glass staircase and wood-panelled wall floor to ceiling glass windows, and a new two-storey curved glass extension housing a contemporary family room and kitchen.
The specification provides underfloor heating in the kitchen and bathrooms, integrated sound system, and Lutron lighting. Visual highlights include a library, magnificent wood-panelled drawing room, dining room, two kitchens – one an entertaining kitchen and open-plan dining room on the ground floor, the other a bespoke family kitchen open-plan to a garden/family room on the lower ground level, which also includes a games room with doors opening onto the garden, adjoining bay-windowed cinema room, office, shower room, and laundry.
All five bedrooms are en suite, each displaying its own unique style.
Attention to detail is evident throughout and was of paramount importance given the incorporation of state-of-the-art energy management systems (major note: this period property boasts an EPC C rating) while renovating and preserving period features within the home.
Outside, the gardens extend to 0.37 acres across varying levels and are landscaped to provide numerous sun traps, and in-and-out driveway with two sets of electric security gates. Cleveden Drive is a long-established prime address off Cleveden Road, which links to Great Western Road. Offers over £2.9m are invited by Savills’ Glasgow office.