Academy Square, Limekilns, Dunfermline, Fife

Academy Cottage is a delightful Grade B listed period home featuring attractive sash windows, cream rendered elevations, terracotta roof tiles, ashlar stone surrounds, and crowstepped gables.

The welcoming reception hall leads to two comfortable reception rooms. At the front, the sitting room features two astragal windows providing ample light overlooking the courtyard, along with an impressive stone-built fireplace set on a slate-tiled hearth. To the rear, the snug/study offers additional space to relax, with wooden parquet flooring, built-in storage, and glass door providing access to the rear garden. Additionally, the well-equipped kitchen features a breakfast bar and dining area, as well as bespoke wooden storage units and space for all the necessary appliances. The adjoining utility room has further storage, as well as its own entrance at the front of the house.

On the first floor, the landing features overhead skylights that welcome plenty of natural light. It leads to five well-presented bedrooms, three of which are doubles. The principal bedroom benefits from extensive built-in storage, while three further bedrooms also include built-in wardrobes or cupboard space. The second bedroom features an impressive wood-panelled vaulted ceiling with exposed timber eaves. Also on the first floor there is a family bathroom, plus a separate shower room, both of which have WCs. An additional cloakroom is found on the ground floor. The property offers scope for modernisation.

The integral garage at the rear provides potential for conversion, but the foundations are in place for a splendid home with plenty of charm, in a desirable village location.

The house forms part of a small collection of homes on Academy Square — so named because the King’s Cellar, which borders the north side of the square, was once used as a school — is set just back from Main Street in a picturesque mews-style courtyard. There is parking space in front of the home (although not designated), while the garage at the side provides further parking or storage space. The private walled garden at the side and rear offers elevated terraced areas for outside seating, as well as various shrubs, trees and beds with spring flowers and other perennials.

The property is situated in the picturesque, harbour village of Limekilns on the north shore of the Firth of Forth. The village has everyday amenities including a village store, post office, church, surgery, café, hotel and bistro, and two village pubs. Dunfermline, to the north, provides a range of amenities, leisure facilities and professional services as well as local attractions such as The Abbey and the lovely Pittencrieff Park. There is a primary school in Limekilns and secondary schools in nearby Dunfermline, Inverkeithing and Kincardine. Limekilns is well connected, with the nearby M90 providing fast access to Perth and Edinburgh.

Trains run to Edinburgh from Dunfermline, and Inverkeithing has a Park & Ride at Ferrytoll with services into Edinburgh or north to Inverness and Aberdeen. Edinburgh Airport (13 miles) has flights to UK, European and international destinations. The region offers a range of outdoor activities such as hillwalking and mountain biking in the Ochil and Cleish Hills, while there are riding schools nearby and for golf enthusiasts, several renowned courses in the vicinity.

General
Local Authority: Fife Council
Services: Mains electricity, gas, water and drainage
Council Tax: Band G
Wayleaves and easements: the property is sold subject to any wayleaves or easements, whether mentioned in these particulars or not
Tenure: Freehold