Boclair Road, Bearsden

Substantial Victorian stone Detached House

With castellated Tower

Requires programme of upgrading

Fine original woodwork and plasterwork

5 double Bedrooms, 3 Public Rooms

Kitchen, Utility/Laundry, Boiler Room, Stores

Attic and Tower Rooms

Approx ½ acre (0.47)

Large single detached garage

Believed to date from 1875 Camp Tower is one of the much-admired period residences on Boclair Road that follows the line of Bearsden's, World Heritage site, Roman Antonine Wall. A sizeable Victorian house its architectural statement is its castellated tower as well as the two iron balconies.

The subjects need modernising but do retain many notable original features to give the purchaser a wonderful reference point and platform to embark upon a schedule of upgrading. The result will be an enhancement to one of the areas finest homes.

Summary of Accommodation

Ground Floor

Entrance Porch with original tiled floor retained. Reception Hall - a grand space with east window and, again, the original Victorian tiled floor. Sitting Room - with west and north bay windows this is a fabulous principal public room. Living Room - with three windows to west, doors to access south glasshouse. Original Victorian, lean-to, Green/Glasshouse, by Simpson & Farmer. Dining Room - arranged on an open-plan basis to the kitchen and with two windows to the west. Kitchen - with a mix of original cabinets and those of a 1970s vintage. Windows south and north. Laundry/Utility Room - fine size of utility room with two windows to the east and with a store area off. Boiler Room -similarly sized to the laundry/utility and with a gardener's toilet. Boiler here (old Potterton Kingfisher regular system with hot water cylinder).

First Floor

A grand sweeping staircase, return flight, turns past the curved wall of the turret in which are three diamond leaded windows. Upper Hall with staircase to second floor level. 5 double Bedrooms with bedroom 1 & bedroom 2 having an interconnecting door. Bedroom 1, in the bay window, is a French door to a west facing balcony and bedroom 3 has a French door, south, to a balcony over the entrance porch. Bathroom with four-piece suite including shower enclosure.

Second Floor

An original staircase (steeply raked) ascends to a landing. Attic Room - this is a very useful space with two skylight windows and a west facing dormer window. Makes for a great hobby's/playroom/home office from the attic room a short passageway with storage leads to the tower room. Tower Room – circular with diamond leaded window. A wooden ladder, via roof hatch, accesses the roof of the turret.

Garden
Camp Tower is set upon a generous, and very established, garden plot of nearly ½ acre (approx. 0.47 acre) with the front of the house facing west and the entrance side to the south, off Boclair Road. The grounds offer a mix of lawn, mature trees, and planting and includes a “lower garden” to the north side. A gravel pathway leads around the house with a driveway forecourt of tarmac and gravel, reached via stone gate posts as part of a substantial stone boundary wall to Boclair Road. There is a large detached single garage with power and light. The house has a security alarm system.

Location

Camp Tower is set on Boclair Hill some 0.6 mile east of Bearsden Cross. Convenient for the shops of Kessington and Hillfoot and the latter’s railway station which is only 0.25 mile away. School catchment is Killermont Primary and Boclair Academy. Also within Bearsden is St Nicholas' Primary on Duntocher Road and The High School of Glasgow Junior School on Ledcameroch Road. The reputation of Bearsden as a great place to live is enduring with its extensive local facilities, ready access to the vibrant West End and City Centre, and the proximity of walks and countryside including The Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. Camp Tower is not within the conservation area of Old Bearsden but does fall within the Townscape Protection Area.

Sat NAV ref: G61 2AE

EPC : BAND F
COUNCIL TAX : BAND H
TENURE : FREEHOLD





EPC Rating: F
Council Tax Band: H