Everything included: Grand Scottish country house comes with (almost) all you can see inside

Thousands of square feet, seven acres of ground and all the furniture... yours for £2.5m
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Becky Davies4 November 2019

A country house so grand that even the castellated garage is far bigger than the average home has gone on the market for just over £2.5million.

The house has undergone complete renovation, and the asking price includes almost all the furniture, carpets and curtains, so would be ready to move straight into so you can start enjoying the high life immediately.

The Dowery House’s triple-doored garage has room for six cars and covers 1,170 sq ft, a full 200 sq ft more than the average home in England and Wales.

At £2,550,000, the house - and seven acres of garden, woodland and even an orchard - near Edinburgh is also the same price as a rather smaller one-bedroom flat overlooking Harrods.

The house covers more than 6,500sq ft and not only has castellations but turrets, too, as well as multiple reception rooms that include a drawing room, sitting room, dining room and morning room, as well as a study - complete with fitted fish tank - billiard room and even a bar.

Fittingly for such a splendid country home, there is a floodlit hard tennis court, complete with pavilion for your guests to rest and spectate between matches.

No ordinary tennis court, it comes complete with pavilion for spectators.
Gilson Grey

There is also a paddock and stable block for four horses and of course the whole shebang lies at the end of a private road and wrought-iron electric gates which lead to a paved drive to the front door of the house which overlooks a stunning ornamental pond.

A greenhouse and enclosed kitchen garden means you can even grow all your fruit and veg.

The house lies just outside the village of Ford, 12 miles from Edinburgh, and golf fanatics will find not only the historic Muirfield course, but Gullane, Luffness and North Berwick within a 30-minute drive, while shooting and fishing trips can be arranged on local estates and the Tweed, respectively.

Parts of the house date from the 17th century, but it has been extended and remodelled extensively ever since.

It draws its name from being the dower house - a large home for the widow of an estate owner - of nearby Vogrie House, the former home of the Dewar family and now the centrepiece of a 2,000-acre country park open to the public.

The drawing room fireplace still bears the Dewar family motto, “quid non pro patria?” - “why would we not do it for our country?”

London is just under six hours away by train from nearby Gorebridge station to Kings Cross, while numerous daily flights from Edinburgh to London airports take just over an hour.

The Dowery House is on the market for £2,550,000 with Gilson Grey.