Country living: period mansion home with 11 bedrooms and a listed walled garden hits the market in Berwickshire

This period home is ideal for anyone looking for a grand new life in the country.

Built in 1878, Bonkyl Lodge is an impressive period house set in the heart of the Scottish Borders, and surrounded by private grounds that include paddocks, grazing fields, stabling and a C Listed walled garden.

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With 11 bedrooms, five reception rooms, a stable house, gate lodge and grounds of about 22,6 acres, this property is not your average family home.

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Neither is the price tag. On the market for offers over £1,400,000, sellers Savills describe the home as an "impressive period mansion house set in private grounds with range of dwellings and outbuildings."

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Rooms and features include a grand entrance hall with ornate open fireplace, sweeping staircase, a library, drawing room with views of the garden, modern kitchen with Aga, pantry, family room, garden room, three en-suite bedrooms including the master suite and a self-contained flat.

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Period features include fireplaces, cornicing, panelling, a linen press and flooring. More modern additions include French doors, a wood burning stove and kitchen appliances which include a five door dark grey Aga, integrated Leibherr fridge and freezer and a Miele dishwasher.

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The master suite features an en suite bathroom with bath, shower, WC and basin, a walk-through dressing room, large bedroom with dual aspect windows and access into a further room currently used as a secondary dressing room.

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The self contained flat has three bedrooms with coombed ceilings and dormer windows, a kitchen with dining area, sitting room and bathroom - and would be ideal accommodation for a family member, staff or as a self-contained let.

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Outside there is a patio and gardens but it is the wider grounds of the lodge that would suit a energetic family.

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Savills say: "within the 22.6 acres of grounds that surround Bonkyl Lodge are two grazing fields, two paddocks, a dressage arena, stabling with five loose boxes and a C listed walled garden.

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"The interior of the immaculate walled garden is divided into quadrants, with gravel pathways linking the internal area.

"Adjacent to all four walls are productive herbaceous borders, kitchen beds, and vegetable plots.

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"A pretty garden surrounds the property with lawns, mature trees and flower beds. There is a greenhouse and patio to the south of Bonkyl Lodge.

"Woodland runs down to a tranquil burn with paths and bridges providing a peaceful place to walk. There are a number of stores that are housed to the southwest of the property."

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Further accommodation can be found in the Gate House, which is located next to the original gate posts at the entrance to the grounds.

The property comprises a kitchen with dining area, sitting room with fireplace and bay window, bathroom and three bedrooms.

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Set to the northeast of Bonkyl Lodge, Bonkyl Stables House is currently let out very successfully as a holiday home.

Inside guests will find a spacious living room with log burner, open-plan kitchen with utility room, three bedrooms, a bathroom and shower room.

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Although situated within spacious ground, Bonkyl Lodge is only 14.5 miles from Berwick Upon Tweed and 46.5 miles from Edinburgh, making this an ideal country home for those looking to commute.