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Villa, Garrion Bridge, offers over £695,000
What A listed Victorian villa with five bedrooms, three bathrooms and a conservatory. The 1.3-acre garden features a summer house, a greenhouse and a log cabin/gym.
Where The Lanarkshire hamlet of Garrion Bridge; it’s a 10-minute drive east of Larkhall town and 30 minutes south-east of central Glasgow.
Why The property retains original features including mosaic-tiled flooring in the vestibule and hall, a wooden staircase, etched glass, cornicing, and fireplaces in the sitting room and drawing room.
Who Strutt & Parker
House, Bearsden, offers over £1.65mn
What A seven-bedroom Victorian sandstone house with 4,500 sq ft of living space, including an artist’s studio and a boot room.
Where Within a five-minute walk of the railway station in Bearsden, a town north-west of Glasgow city centre in East Dunbartonshire. Direct trains to Glasgow Queen Street take less than 20 minutes.
Why The established 1-acre garden features a treehouse; a timber structure that doubles as a squash court and a games room; and an AstroTurf area for football.
Who Corum
House, Lochwinnoch, offers over £1.25mn
What A listed 18th-century house with seven bedrooms. The 20-acre grounds include a separate one-bedroom cottage, a converted barn and a tennis court.
Where Beside Castle Semple Loch, Renfrewshire, on the opposite shore to Lochwinnoch, a 30-minute drive west of Glasgow city centre. A 10-minute walk through the grounds leads to the village station, from where trains to Glasgow Central take 25 minutes.
Why The converted barn has a bedroom, a kitchen and a shower room, as well as a 44ft-long studio space.
Who Strutt & Parker
Villa, Newton Mearns, offers over £685,000
What A boldly monochrome art deco, four-bedroom home. The three upstairs bedrooms each have their own balcony; the fourth downstairs one has a door on to the garden.
Where The suburban town of Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, about a 20-minute drive south-west of Glasgow city centre.
Why Period features include an original 1930s stained glass window, depicting Cupid, and a columned fireplace in the living room.
Who Corum
Converted mill, Bishopton, offers over £850,000
What A five-bedroom home within a restored former mill house. The original wheel that was used to grind grain is the centrepiece of the kitchen/dining room.
Where On the edge of Formakin Estate, a five-minute drive west of the village of Bishopton, Renfrewshire, and half an hour from central Glasgow. The city’s international airport is 15 minutes away.
Why The home has a private garden and residents also have shared access to the 170-acre estate’s woodland, parkland and formal gardens.
Who Savills
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