Summary

• Rare and unique opportunity to purchase parttown house in Edinburgh’s City Centre
  
• Situated over ground, lower ground and first floor levels
  
• Benefits from rear exterior garden and 3 car parking spaces
  
• Situated directly behind the new Edinburgh St James Quarter
  
• Benefits from excellent transport links via Picardy Place tram stop and Edinburgh bus station
  
• Significant passing vehicular trade and pedestrian footfall
  
• Potential for a variety of uses to include office, residential development, leisure and serviced accommodation, subject to all relevant
  
• consents being obtained
  
• Offers over £795,000 (exc.of VAT)

Location

York Place, within Edinburgh’s City centre/New Town, is a direct continuation of Queen Street, one of the city’s primary thoroughfares from the west to the east. York Place is well known for its stunning Georgian architecture and spectacular traditional period buildings, and is a further well-known transport and destination hub, with the Picardy Place tram stop and Edinburgh Bus Station a moment’s walk in each direction. The recently opened Edinburgh St James Quarter sits directly behind the premises that comprises various retail, leisure, hotel and private accommodation uses.

Description

The subjects comprise a category A listed office premises situated over the ground, lower ground and first floors of a traditional stone-built period townhouse, surmounted by a pitched and slated roof.

The subjects are contained as part of a larger 4 storey and attic building and are accessed to the front via a set of bridging steps. Further access/fire exits are noted on the lower ground floor to the front and back of the buildings. The rear door provides access to a tiered levelled garden, which backs on to 3 car parking spaces fronting St James Place.

Internally, the subjects comprise various office, storage, circulation, W/C and kitchenette accommodation situated over lower ground, ground and first floors, all accessed internally via timber constructed and carpeted staircases.

The subjects would easily sub-divide over all levels and would suit a variety of purposes to include office, residential development, leisure and serviced accommodation, subject to all relevant consents being obtained by the purchaser.