House For Sale £285,000
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 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 features 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 and a front door to a welcoming reception hall with useful storage and part-panelled cloakroom. The spacious study has two full-height picture windows with original shuttering providing stunning views over the town and the large sitting room has a full-height bay window, also with beautiful views, and a feature fireplace with wooden overmantle and log effect gas-fired stove. In the generous kitchen/breakfast room there is a range of bespoke wall and base units, a Belfast sink and a range cooker.
A turned oak staircase rises from the reception hall to a generous second floor landing which leads to a large family room with full-height front aspect bay window and a marble fireplace with coal effect gas fire, suitable for use as an additional bedroom if required, together with a spacious guest bedroom with en suite shower room, one further double bedroom and a modern family shower room.
The third floor of the property features the large principal bedroom with feature corner turret and double doors opening to a private Juliet balcony, an extensive bathroom and utility room.
From the ground floor, the stone staircase descends to a 69 ft. Cellar, suitable for a variety of uses.
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 on 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 and a front door to a welcoming reception hall with useful storage and part-panelled cloakroom. The spacious study has two full-height picture windows with original shuttering providing stunning views over the town and the large sitting room has a full-height bay window, also with beautiful views, and a feature fireplace with wooden overmantle and log effect gas-fired stove. In the generous kitchen/breakfast room there is a range of bespoke wall and base units, a Belfast sink and a range cooker.
A turned oak staircase rises from the reception hall to a generous second floor landing which leads to a large family room with full-height front aspect bay window and a marble fireplace with coal effect gas fire, suitable for use as an additional bedroom if required, together with a spacious guest bedroom with en suite shower room, one further double bedroom and a modern family shower room.
The third floor of the property features the large principal bedroom with feature corner turret and double doors opening to a private Juliet balcony, an extensive bathroom and utility room.
From the ground floor, the stone staircase descends to a 69 ft. Cellar, suitable for a variety of uses.
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 on 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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