House For Sale £260,000
Built by John Rhind in the Scottish Revival style and with a datestone marking its completion in 1882, Longview is a handsome stone-built former hotel now converted into two luxurious family homes, designed to maximise stunning views over the town, church and countryside beyond. The property’s exterior reflects the merchant wealth of the time, featuring original shopfronts at the ground floor level together with pierced parapets, windows and cornices with scrolled pediments, a corbelled crenelated parapet and elaborate heraldic beasts, while the interior has been sensitively modernised to provide almost 3,300 sq. Ft. Of light-filled, flexible family and entertaining space arranged over four floors, combining the amenities of modern living with period features including generously-proportioned rooms, high ceilings with fine cornicing and original plasterwork, window shuttering and original fireplaces.
The property can be accessed from the High Street via a beautiful gated entrance and unique front door commissioned by a local artist or alternatively there is also an access to the rear of the property. The accommodation flows from a shared entrance lobby with a feature turret incorporating a stone staircase rising to a welcoming first floor reception hall with useful cloakroom. It briefly comprises a spacious 22 ft. Sitting room with a full-height, front aspect bay window with stunning views over the town together with a feature marble fireplace with log effect gas-fired stove opening into a generous rear aspect kitchen/breakfast room, with a range of bespoke wall and base units, range cooker and modern integrated appliances.
On the second floor the property offers a large family room with a bay window and wooden fire surround with coal effect gas fire, suitable for use as an additional bedroom if required, together with a spacious double bedroom and a modern family bathroom with feature curved wall and freestanding bath. The property’s generous principal bedroom can be found on the third floor, benefitting from a corner turret, a full-height glazed bay window incorporating double doors to a private Juliet balcony and an en suite shower room, together with the property’s remaining double bedroom and a modern family shower room.
Situated between the floodplain of the River Findhorn and the wooded slopes of Cluny and Sanquhar Hills, the historic town of Forres – site of Duncan’s castle in Shakespeare’s Macbeth - offers a wide range of day-to-day amenities including independent and High Street shopping, numerous restaurants and public houses and the active Benromach Distillery. The town is surrounded by a large network of walking and cycle paths including a mountain bike trail in the woods behind the town’s park and a cycle path to Findhorn Bay, known for its seals and dolphins, and is also home to a golf course, community centre, cricket club and running, football and swimming clubs. The wider area is home to several top-class golf clubs including Nairn Golf Club, host of the 1999 walker Cup, and Castle Stuart, host of the Scottish Open. Inverness and Elgin offer more extensive High Street shops and supermarkets, cafés, bars, restaurants and leisure and entertainment facilities. Communications links are excellent: The nearby A96 runs from Aberdeen and links to the A9 giving access to the Northern and Southern Highlands, Forres station offers regular services to Aberdeen and Inverness station with onward links to major regional centres including a sleeper service to London. Inverness Airport is less than 20 miles away, offering a number of domestic and European flights.
The town offers a good range of state schooling including Andersons Primary School and Forres Academy together with the noted Moray Steiner independent school, with Gordonstoun independent school slightly further afield.
Located in the High Street opposite the town’s historic church, the property has vehicle access to the rear through twin wooden gates over a gravelled area providing parking for multiple vehicles and features a paved courtyard-style garden and a raised terrace area, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining.
The property can be accessed from the High Street via a beautiful gated entrance and unique front door commissioned by a local artist or alternatively there is also an access to the rear of the property. The accommodation flows from a shared entrance lobby with a feature turret incorporating a stone staircase rising to a welcoming first floor reception hall with useful cloakroom. It briefly comprises a spacious 22 ft. Sitting room with a full-height, front aspect bay window with stunning views over the town together with a feature marble fireplace with log effect gas-fired stove opening into a generous rear aspect kitchen/breakfast room, with a range of bespoke wall and base units, range cooker and modern integrated appliances.
On the second floor the property offers a large family room with a bay window and wooden fire surround with coal effect gas fire, suitable for use as an additional bedroom if required, together with a spacious double bedroom and a modern family bathroom with feature curved wall and freestanding bath. The property’s generous principal bedroom can be found on the third floor, benefitting from a corner turret, a full-height glazed bay window incorporating double doors to a private Juliet balcony and an en suite shower room, together with the property’s remaining double bedroom and a modern family shower room.
Situated between the floodplain of the River Findhorn and the wooded slopes of Cluny and Sanquhar Hills, the historic town of Forres – site of Duncan’s castle in Shakespeare’s Macbeth - offers a wide range of day-to-day amenities including independent and High Street shopping, numerous restaurants and public houses and the active Benromach Distillery. The town is surrounded by a large network of walking and cycle paths including a mountain bike trail in the woods behind the town’s park and a cycle path to Findhorn Bay, known for its seals and dolphins, and is also home to a golf course, community centre, cricket club and running, football and swimming clubs. The wider area is home to several top-class golf clubs including Nairn Golf Club, host of the 1999 walker Cup, and Castle Stuart, host of the Scottish Open. Inverness and Elgin offer more extensive High Street shops and supermarkets, cafés, bars, restaurants and leisure and entertainment facilities. Communications links are excellent: The nearby A96 runs from Aberdeen and links to the A9 giving access to the Northern and Southern Highlands, Forres station offers regular services to Aberdeen and Inverness station with onward links to major regional centres including a sleeper service to London. Inverness Airport is less than 20 miles away, offering a number of domestic and European flights.
The town offers a good range of state schooling including Andersons Primary School and Forres Academy together with the noted Moray Steiner independent school, with Gordonstoun independent school slightly further afield.
Located in the High Street opposite the town’s historic church, the property has vehicle access to the rear through twin wooden gates over a gravelled area providing parking for multiple vehicles and features a paved courtyard-style garden and a raised terrace area, ideal for entertaining and al fresco dining.
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