The Ranch, Ben Rinnes, Aberlour, Moray

The Ranch, Ben Rinnes, Aberlour, Moray

The Ranch, Ben Rinnes, Aberlour, Moray An impressive conversion of a former school to form a spacious house in a beautiful rural setting The Ranch is an interesting conversion of the former Ben Rinnes School. The building is attached to the old school house, although it is separated by a high stone wall and enjoys considerable privacy in generous grounds of 0.556Ha (1.37 acres) which used to form the school playing field. The house is partially converted with the main school room now an open plan living area with raised sleeping platform There is a large kitchen/dining room and shower room, with further space within the school building to create two or three bedrooms. Situation The Ranch is set in a wonderful position just two and half miles to the south west of Aberlour in the county of Moray and right at the heart of Speyside and the Malt Whisky Trail. The property enjoys excellent views of the surrounding countryside towards Ben Rinnes and the Spey Valley. The village of Aberlour has a wide range of shops and facilities for everyday needs, including an excellent delicatessen, a post office, supermarket, various restaurants and pubs. It offers highly regarded primary and secondary schooling as well as a doctor s surgery and an award winning dentist. Nearby, Elgin (about 16 miles) offers a wider range of facilities including a modern shopping centre, various supermarkets and a railway station with services to Inverness and Aberdeen. The property is approximately equidistant between the two airports at Aberdeen and Inverness, which can be reached in just over an hour, where there are regular flights to the south and overseas. Speyside is renowned for its unspoilt landscape and wide range of leisure and sporting opportunities including fishing on the world famous Spey, Deveron and Findhorn rivers. Skiing is available in season at the Lecht (Tomintoul) and Cairngorm range, whilst walking and cycling opportunities abound, with access to the Speyside Way long distance path only a couple of miles away. The area also has a wide selection of excellent golf courses from the highest course in Scotland at Dufftown to excellent links courses on the coast at Lossiemouth, Nairn and Banff. Description The Ranch is built in stone under a slate roof and dates from the 19th Century and is a fairly typical small village school building of the period with an attached school house (not included in the sale) and large main school room. The current owner has substantially completed the conversion of the building, having replaced the floor in the school room, relined and insulated the walls and roof space, rewired and replumbed the building, installed a new kitchen and bathroom, installed central heating and double glazing. Planning consent is in place to convert the former boys and girls toilets to two bedrooms and if desired a further master bedroom and en-suite bathroom on a new first floor above. The property sits in extensive grounds of about 0.556Ha (1.37 acres) which include a tarred parking and turning area on the front elevation and grassed garden and wooded area to the rear. The eastern end of the garden extending to 0.203Ha (0.50 acres) as shown hatched in pink on the plan may have potential to form a house plot subject to the necessary consents, this land is being offered with the house or as a separate lot with reserved rights of access along the northern boundary of The Ranch. Accommodation The accommodation is all on one storey at present and is shown in the floor plan incorporated in these particulars. The generous provision of windows and clever use of glazing with glass brick used in the kitchen and bathroom gives the whole property a bright contemporary feel. The house also benefits from a large purpose built wood burning stove in the living room which ensures a warm core to the house. The current accommodation covers an internal area of approximately 219m2 and provides; entrance hall, living room, open plan sleeping area, shower room, boiler room and store, kitchen/dining room, former toilets with consent for conversion to two double bedrooms. Grounds The garden grounds are extensive with a belt of broadleaved trees along the eastern boundary and good views to Ben Rinnes from the front and the Conval Hills and Spey Valley from the rear. A stone wall and fencing separate the house from the neighbouring school house. Within the garden is a shelter stone roundel for barbequing or admiring the views. The lawns are overgrown but could be brought back into condition to create a lovely garden or subject to planning consent may have potential as a house site. General Information Services Mains electricity, private water and drainage. Oil central heating Planning Planning consent for the conversion was approved on 29thApril 2002 under reference 02/00597/FUL. Details are available from the Moray Council or Smiths Gore s Fochabers office. The eastern end of the garden may have potential as a house plot although the seller has not made any enquiries of the planning authority. Local Authority Moray Council Council Offices High Street Elgin Moray IV30 1BX t 01343 543451 www.moray.gov.uk EPC Rating Rating F Sales Conditions The oil fired boiler is in need of renewal. The purchaser will need to make their own arrangements to replace the boiler. Guide price Lot 1 - The Ranch - 0.87 acres Offers over 150,000 Lot 2 Plot 0.50 acres Offers over 20,000 As a whole 1.37 acres Offers over 170,000 Post Code AB38 9NN Directions A location and site plan are incorporated in these particulars.

Viewing By appointment with Smiths Gore tel. 01343 823000 Date of Information Particulars prepared May 2015 Photographs taken April 2015 and various Important Notice Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that: 1. They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The text, images and plans are for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that the property has all necessary planning, building regulation or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise.

Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey map with the sanction of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office Licence No. ES100004883 CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED. The plan is published for convenience only. Although it is thought to be correct its accuracy cannot be guaranteed and it does not form part of the contract. NOT TO SCALE. Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey map with the sanction of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office Licence No. ES100004883 CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED. The plan is published for convenience only. Although it is thought to be correct its accuracy cannot be guaranteed and it does not form part of the contract. NOT TO SCALE.

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