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Friarsmount is an elegant three-storey late Georgian villa tucked away in aquiet leafy setting amidst mature garden grounds, yet only a few minuteswalk from Jedburgh’s town centre amenities.

Dating from 1826, the house has a typically understated facade, in partsswathed in ivy, Virginia Creeper and sweetly scented honeysuckle, while thegarden grounds provide a picturesque backdrop with trees and shrubs –including a stretch of white and red rhododendron bushes that border thedriveway.

A classic late Georgian villa inJedburgh with sweet connections

FFriarsmount, Jedburgh

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Friarsmount, The Friars, Jedburgh, TD8 6BN

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The house now has four bathrooms; the kitchenwas re-fitted three years ago; and excluding thebathrooms, kitchen, entrance hall and living room,the rest of the house has been laid with top qualitywhite fitted carpets within the last year, whichgives the interior a contemporary edge - the hallhas parquet wood flooring while the living roomhas a wood floor. The property also has gas-firedcentral heating and a new combi boiler.

Friarsmount has been in current owner JayneSalter’s family for the last 28 years and during thattime her father, David Sharman, has undertakennumerous improvements, including renovating thetop floor accommodation – which had beenderelict and would originally have been servants’quarters – to provide a bedroom, bathroom andliving room suite that would make a perfect abodefor a teenager or student. He also created anenviable master bedroom suite by adding adressing room and en suite bathroom.

Internally, many of this home’s original features havebeen carefully preserved (window shutters – all in working order - original doors, and originaland reproduction fireplaces) and with upgradingand modernisation in recent years, add characterand interest to what is now a comfortable, stylish,extremely spacious family home.

Interestingly, it’s also a home with a historicconnection to the town’s famous peppermint boiledsweets known as Jethart Snails. The sweet recipewas gifted to Friarsmount’s owners at the time bya French prisoner of war in return for their kindnessin giving him shelter. The recipe remained with thefamily through the generations until more recenttimes – and the sweets continue to be hand-madein the town.

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“Internally, many of this

home’s original features

have been carefully

preserved and with

modernisation in recent

years, add character

and interest to what is

now a comfortable,

stylish, extremely

spacious family home”

Style & Space

Living is easy in a home of this size and calibre. Theground floor accommodation leads from the vestibuleand hall (with painted wood-panelled dado and parquetflooring) to a living room, dining-size fitted kitchen withadjacent utility, dining/sitting room, double bedroomwith garden access and a contemporary shower room.

The turret staircase a feature in its own right, leading to four further first floor bedrooms alongside a familybathroom – the master bedroom has steps up to afabulous dressing room and en suite bathroom – andcontinues up to the attic floor where the bedroom andliving room have coombed ceilings and dormer windowsand the bedroom benefits from an en suite bathroomwith Velux window and access to eaves storage.

This property’s appeal is enhanced by the attention todetail and quality interior decoration (predominantlyFarrow & Ball) but also by added features, such asworking window shutters – and in the case of the livingroom, this also includes stable-style wooden shuttersthat allow light levels to be varied top and bottom. Theliving room also has a rather lovely period fireplacehousing a multi-fuel stove, while the dining room hasa cast-iron fireplace and wooden surround.

Some of the bedrooms have pretty, smaller-sized cream-coloured reproduction period fireplaces – however, thelounge on the top floor has an exposed stone wall anda lovely fireplace that is original to the house.

The kitchen is attractively fitted with classic cream units and wood-effect worktops and includesa slot-in cooker, integrated fridge and dishwasher and space for informal dining furniture next to alow-level window overlooking the garden. Window styles are a standout Georgian feature and inthis house, many of them have the ideal height and width dimensions for adding window seating,the kitchen included.

Friarsmount is screened by beautiful gardens planted with abundant shrubs and trees for year-roundcolour and interest, while the black wrought iron entrance gates to the property have been powder-coated, a more expensive investment but one that ensures they remain forever rust free. The gardenalso has several ornamental stone urns, one of which is enormous and currently obscured byfoiliage but which could be an unexpected and eye-catching feature.