7 bed detached house for sale

Boath House, Auldearn, Nairn IV12

A listed Georgian house with cottages, glamping cabin, former café, walled garden, ornamental lake and 20 acres of grounds.

Boath House stands on a site with origins dating back to the mid-1500s and has historical associations with the Dunbar family and the Montrose campaigns of 1645. The property fell into disrepair in the early 1990s before being fully restored. A historic dovecote linked to the estate remains in Auldearn and is maintained by the National Trust for Scotland.

Boath House is a Grade A listed Georgian/Regency estate set within approximately 20 acres on the Moray Coast. Currently operated as a boutique hotel with multiple accommodation options, it also offers strong potential as a private residential estate. The main house dates from 1827 and has been fully restored to a high standard, with well proportioned rooms, landscaped grounds, and several independent cottages and outbuildings.

The main house provides accommodation over three storeys and includes spacious reception rooms and seven principal bedroom suites. The ground floor includes an entrance hall, drawing room, bar, office, kitchen, an oval dining room, a private dining room, a lounge and a WC. The first floor provides a landing and five-bedroom suites, while the basement offers two additional bedroom suites, wine cellars, stores, two further bedrooms, a sitting room, a bathroom and a utility room. The house also features an Ionic portico entrance and landscaped gardens, and it previously operated with an award-winning restaurant.

Separate to the main house are two cottages. Apple Cottage is a 400 year old former bothy provides self-catered accommodation with a sitting room featuring a wood burning stove, a kitchen, a bedroom and a shower room, along with views over the walled garden.

Meikle Cottage is a former gamekeeper's bothy offers private, self-catered accommodation with a sitting room featuring a wood burning stove, a bedroom with an ensuite bathroom and separate shower, and a private garden with a patio.

Located near the lake, the Iglucraft glamping cabin provides additional guest accommodation with a double bedroom, bunk beds, a sitting room and a shower room, along with a nearby wood fired sauna.

The Kale Yard Café was built in 2018 within the walled garden and offers indoor and outdoor seating. Next to it, the former garden shop provides space for retail or display of garden related items.
The grounds include expansive lawns, a wildflower meadow, woodland, streams and a two acre ornamental lake stocked with trout, along with a bog garden and a historic walled garden featuring an orchard, vegetable potager, herb parterres, glass housing and herbaceous borders. The estate also has polytunnels for year round growing and several outbuildings, including biomass and pellet storage, a potting shed, a workshop and equipment stores.

The estate has operated for 25 years as a boutique guest house, exclusive use venue, and restaurant. It presents the option of continuing as a trading business or converting back into a private residential estate

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Built in 2014, Boath Lodge is positioned privately within the estate and has been used as a manager's residence and as a 5 star B&B. It offers flexible residential or commercial use. The ground floor includes an entrance hall, a dining kitchen with a sitting area, a utility room, a principal bedroom with an en suite bathroom, and two further bedrooms with en suite shower rooms. The first floor provides a landing, a sitting room and two additional bedroom suites. Externally, the property features a private lawned garden with planted borders and a decking area with a hot tub.

Boath House is situated on the beautiful Moray Firth Coast, just 3 miles east of Nairn and 11 miles from Inverness Airport. The vibrant coastal town of Nairn is a popular holiday destination with a good selection of local services including shops, an art gallery, two museums, cafés and restaurants. Recreational facilities include a sports centre, swimming pool, cricket pitch, tennis club and riding centre. The harbour is a focal point of the town, home to a small fishing fleet, marina and sailing club. There is primary and secondary schooling available, with Gordonstoun Independent School only half an hour's drive away. The city of Inverness is just 18 miles away and offers the full range of amenities expected of the Highland's capital, including supermarkets, retail parks, cultural venues and medical services. Inverness also has a train station with regular services to Aberdeen, Perth and Edinburgh, as well as a sleeper service to London. Inverness Airport provides regular flights to London, Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham and other UK and European destinations. The surrounding area offers excellent sporting opportunities, including superb salmon and sea trout fishing on the Rivers Nairn, Findhorn and Spey. Driven grouse and pheasant shooting can also be rented on nearby estates. The beautiful Spey Valley, with its whisky trail and skiing at the Lecht in the Eastern Cairngorms, is only 40 miles away. The coastline features many sandy beaches, such as Findhorn Bay and the Moray Firth, and offers activities including sailing, windsurfing, sea angling and dolphin watching. Golfers have access to two championship courses in Nairn within an hour's drive, as well as Castle Stuart Golf Links and, further afield, Royal Dornoch.