8 bed detached house for sale

Windmill Road, St. Andrews, Fife KY16

Substantial stone-built house in private cul-de-sac opposite The Old Course

Description
7 Windmill Road is a substantial stone-built house with a red tiled roof. It has a tower in the corner which creates corner windows to the reception rooms on the ground and first floors and a balcony to the top floor bedroom.

The house is currently divided into two separate dwellings. 7 Windmill Road comprises the ground floor which has been used as a long term let for students and has an HMO licence.. It has a central hall with four bedrooms off, a sitting room and kitchen. There are two bathrooms.

7A comprises the two upper floors. It has an entrance at ground floor level with stairs leading up to a first-floor hall. Off this are the drawing room, a library, a sitting room and two bedrooms. The sitting room connects to the kitchen with a conservatory opening out onto a raised terrace. There is an en suite shower room off the principal bedroom and a separate shower room. The top floor comprises a large bedroom with the balcony outside, a shower room and bedroom 4.

7 comprises a ground floor flat. The front door is on the west side of the house and gives access to a central hall. Off this are 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. A sitting room connects to the kitchen with a utility room off and a back door to the east of the house.

Features of the house include:

7 Windmill Road
Impressive doorway to central hall with display recesses and decorative cornices
Three front facing bedrooms. Bedroom 4 facing west with bay window
Shower room and bathroom, both with electric showers
Sitting room with blocked fireplace
Kitchen with fitted cupboards, 11⁄2 sink, Neff wall oven & grill, gas hob, dishwasher & washing machine. Worcester central heating boiler
Larder with stone shelves
Utility room with shelves, Bosch dryer and back door

7A Windmill Road
Half glazed door to entrance hall. Inner door to stairway hall with understairs cupboard
First floor hall
Drawing room with corner window and wooden fireplace with electric coal effect fire
Library with full wall fitted bookshelves
Principal bedroom with built-in wardrobes concealing ensuite shower room
Bedroom 2 with built-in wardrobes
Sitting room with wooden fireplace with electric coal effect fire
Kitchen with wooden cupboards, 11⁄2 sink, two-oven Aga, Miele dishwasher, Hotpoint oven and washing machine. Shelved store with WC off
Conservatory with tiled floor & double doors opening onto patios on both sides

2nd Floor
Landing and shower room
Bedroom 3 with wardrobes and storeroom. Glazed double doors to balcony with iron railings
Bedroom 4 with coombed ceilings and Velux windows

Garden
7 Windmill Road is set in a south facing garden extending to 0.28 acres
Low wall and hedge along the front with an iron gate
Large lawn with gravel terrace in front of house
Wide driveway. Parking and turning area with paving
Garage beneath conservatory with up and over door
Steps up to rear lawn with shed in corner
Terraced pathways and patios around rear of house
Greenhouse on east side of house with store below

Location
7 Windmill Road, has an enviable situation in a large garden in an exclusive private cul-de-sac opposite Granny Clarke’s Wynd. The house is 250m from the 18th Fairway of the world-famous Old Course. The Royal and Ancient Golf Club sits at the head of the golf course with the West Sands Beach just beyond.

St Andrews is renowned worldwide as the Home of Golf. There are now eight golf courses under the management of the St Andrews Links Trust. The Old Course is arguably the most famous golf course in the world and will next play host to the Open Championship in 2027.

The house is also well situated for the centre of St Andrews which can be reached by a footpath. The historic town has a good range of shops, hotels, restaurants, recreational and cultural facilities which include The Byre Theatre. Beyond St Andrews is the East Neuk of Fife, with a spectacular coastline which boasts fishing villages built around picturesque harbours and sandy unspoilt beaches.

Access to St Andrews by rail, road and air is good. Leuchars railway station (8 miles) is on the main Aberdeen to London line and provides a link to Dundee and Edinburgh. Edinburgh Airport, with a wide range of domestic and international flights, is 50 miles away and Dundee Airport is 15 miles.

Square Footage: 4,476 sq ft

Acreage:
0.28 Acres

Directions
Windmill Road is the private road is directly opposite the Russacks Hotel and Granny Clarke’s Wynd. 7 Windmill Road is on the left-hand side, just around the left-hand corner.

Additional Info
Viewings: Strictly by appointment with Savills .

Solicitor: Ross Cargill, Thorntons Law llp, Kinburn Castle, St Andrews, KY16 9DR. Tel: Email:

Services: Mains water, gas and drainage. Central heating from separate gas fired boilers

Local Authority: 7 Windmill Road and 7A Windmill Road are both in Fife Council Band G

Conservation Area and Listing: 7 and 7A Windmill Road are within the St Andrews Conservation area.

Windmill Road is a private cul-de-sac. Responsibility for maintenance of the private road is shared by the proprietors. There is a Windmill Road Association who organise maintenance and payment for it. The south facing proprietors share the ownership of the strip of woodland opposite.

Letting Income: No 7 has an HMO licence (ref: F05806/25) and has been used as a student rental. The rental income from the last tenancy was £3,260 per month.

Fixtures & Fittings: The mirrors are excluded from the sale. Some larger items of furniture may be made available to buy separately.

Photographs: June and July 2026 Brochure Code: 260728