BLERVIE RAFFORD, MORAY

BLERVIE RAFFORD, MORAY

BLERVIE RAFFORD, MORAY IV36 2RH Forres 2 miles Elgin 13 miles Inverness 30 miles About 3.13 ha / 7.74 ares An elegant ountry house in a stunning rural setting Ground Floor: Vestibule. Hall. Drawing Room. Dining Room. Kithen / Living Room. Sun Room. Larder. Shower Room. First Floor: Bathroom. 3 Bedrooms (Master En Suite). Seond Floor: 3 Atti Bedrooms. Bathroom. Store. Seluded and peaeful loation. Many fine period features Grade A listed Extensive mature garden Grazing paddok (about 4.9 ares) A further 4 ares or thereby available to rent Option to lease a further 4 ares or thereby CKD Galbraith 5 Commere Street Elgin Morayshire IV30 1BS T: 01343 546362 E: elgin@kdgalbraith.o.uk Savills Aberdeen 5 Queens Terrae Aberdeen AB10 1XL T: 01224 971110 E: aberdeen@savills.om

house, a osy kithen / living room. This room has a range of wall and floor units, an oil fired Aga and a wood burning stove and aesses into a sun room and workshop / store area. A rear stairase also leads to the first floor whilst ompleting the ground floor is a larder with stone shelving and a shower room. On the first floor, the landing leads to 2 wonderful bedrooms, both will tall eilings and large windows whih open up the stunning views over the garden and surrounding ountryside. There is a family bathroom whilst aessed from the main bedroom is a further bathroom, dressing room and a family room / 5th bedroom. The seond floor omprises 3 further atti bedrooms and a bathroom. Blervie is a wonderful house with many fine period features (several salvaged from Blervie Castle inluding the stairase and fireplaes) that one would expet in a property of this quality, inluding tall ornied eilings, pith pine doors and attrative fireplaes. The house is heated using oil entral heating whilst a 3kW solar panel system generates eletriity and a moderate but useful inome. Outside, the house sits in beautiful grounds whih are aessed over a tree lined driveway. The gardens inlude areas of lawn together with a wealth of mature rhododendrons, azaleas and various plants and shrubs whih are linked by a delightful path. There is produtive orhard, vegetable path and a useful greenhouse. Adjoining the house is a utility room whilst exellent storage is available in a timber shed and a stone built outbuilding. A superb paddok (about 4.9 ares) provides exellent grazing for horses or other livestok and would be of great appeal to those with equestrian interests. DIRECTIONS From Inverness in the west and Elgin in the east, take the A96 to Forres. In Forres, head south on the B9010 signposted towards Rafford and Dallas. Continue towards the village of Rafford, where Blervie is loated on the left hand side before entering the village. ACCESS The house is aessed from the publi road (B9010) over a private trak over whih all neessary rights of aess will be granted. Maintenane will be shared on a user basis. The vendor shall reserve the right of aess aross the field between points X and Y as shown on the site plan (exat route to be agreed). GENERAL Blervie is an elegant and extremely manageable ountry house loated in a seluded and tranquil loation between the desirable village of Rafford and Forres in the stunning ounty of Moray. Situated in an elevated position and ommanding far reahing views over the surrounding ountryside, the house enjoys great privay and selusion and yet is loated within easy reah of a wide range of servies and amenities. Moray is famous for its mild limate and low annual rainfall, has a beautiful and varied ountryside with a oastline of rih agriultural land, prosperous fishing villages and wide, open beahes. The upland areas to the south are sparsely populated and provide dramati senery, some of whih forms part of the Cairngorm National Park. This unspoilt landsape provides a wide range of leisure and sporting opportunities inluding fishing on the world famous Spey and Findhorn rivers, skiing at The Leht and Cairngorm range, sailing and walking. Nearby is the oastal town of Nairn (about 13 miles) with its two hampionship links golf ourses whilst the Castle Stuart links ourse, to the west of Nairn was reently voted as the best new international ourse in 2009 by Golf.om. Loated about 15 minutes drive away is the jewel of the Moray Coastline, the histori village of Findhorn with its sheltered bay providing exellent sailing and water sports and highly regarded Inns. The Culbin Forest, a short drive away with its marked walks and yle trails, offers exellent opportunities for a wide range of outdoor pursuits. Forres (about 2 miles) provides a omprehensive range of shops and amenities whilst the surrounding area offers some exellent hotels, restaurants and histori loal attrations. Shooling up to seondary level, inluding a Steiner Shool is available in the town and also at Gordonstoun Independent Shool, about 15 miles away. Primary shooling is also available nearby. Inverness (about 30 miles) has all the failities of a modern ity inluding its airport (about 22 miles) whih offers regular flights to the south and summer flights to many European destinations. DESCRIPTION Blervie is an elegant and most impressive ountry house dating from 1776. Often desribed as one of the most desirable houses in the ounty, it was built by The Hon Major Lewis Duff, son of William Brao, the Earl of Fife and is a ategory A listed building on aount of its rare nautilus shell arvings on the skewputts whih, aording to Histori Sotland are peuliar to Forres and Findhorn, with this example the only one known outside these 2 areas. Built using stone from the ruined Blervie astle, under a slate roof, omfortable and very well appointed aommodation is provided over two and a half storeys and in reent years has served not only as a wonderful family home but also providing high quality Bed and Breakfast through the Wolsey Lodge Sheme. On the ground floor, the house is aessed into a bright and well lit reeption hall with stairs leading to the first floor and doors off to a magnifient drawing room with tall eiling, orniing and an attrative open fireplae. A dining room provides an elegant room to entertain with a door leading to an inner hall and on to the hub of the FENCE The purhaser will be obliged to eret a stok proof fene aross the field between points A & B as shown on the site plan. SERVICES Mains water. Mains eletriity. Private drainage. Oil entral heating. 4kW solar panel system. EPC F SOLICITORS R&R Urquhart, 117 121 High Street, Forres, Moray, IV36 1AB. Tel. 01309 676600 LOCAL AUTHORITY Moray Counil, Counil Offies, High Street, Elgin, Moray, Tel. 01343 563000 LISTED BUILDING Blervie is a ategory A listed building. FIXTURES AND FITTINGS Any fitted arpets are inluded in the sale. No other items are inluded unless speifially mentioned in these partiulars. VIEWING Stritly by appointment with the selling agents. OUTGOINGS Blervie has been assessed as Counil Tax band G. INTERNET WEBSITE This property and other properties offered by CKD Galbraith and Savills an be viewed on our respetive websites www. kdgalbraith.o.uk and www.savills.o.uk as well as our affiliated websites www.rightmove.o.uk and www.onthemarket.om.

MORTGAGE FINANCE CKD Galbraith have an alliane with independent mortgage brokers Fox Capital Limited, who understand the omplexities of finding the right loan to suit both your finanial and personal irumstanes. For further information, ontat Mathew Griffiths who is based in our Edinburgh offie on 0131 240 6990. IMPORTANT NOTES 1. These partiulars are intended to give a fair and overall desription of the property. If any points are relevant to your interest, please ask for further information, prior to viewing. Prospetive purhasers are advised to seek their own professional advie. 2. Areas, measurements and distanes are given as a guide. Photographs depit only ertain parts of the property. Nothing within the partiulars shall be deemed to be a statement as to the strutural ondition, nor the working order of servies and applianes. 3. These partiulars shall not be binding on our lients whether ated on or otherwise, unless the same is inorporated within a written doument, signed by our lients or on their behalf, satisfying the requirements of Setion 3 of The Requirements of Writing (Sotland) At 1995. 4. Closing Date A losing date may be fixed. Prospetive purhasers who have notified their interest through lawyers to CKD Galbraith or Savills, in writing, will be advised of a losing date, unless the property has been sold previously. The Seller will not be obliged to aept the highest, or indeed any offer and has the right to aept an offer at any time or withdraw the property from the market. The Seller will not be liable for any osts inurred by interested parties. 5. Offers Formal offers in the aeptable Sottish form should be submitted, through a Sottish Lawyer, to CKD Galbraith, 5 Commere Street, Elgin, Moray, IV30 1BS or Savills, 5 Queens Terrae, Aberdeen AB10 1XL. 6. Third Party Rights and Servitudes The subjets are sold together with and subjet to all existing real burdens, rights of way, servitudes, wayleaves and others whether ontained in the Title Deeds or otherwise, and purhasers will be deemed to have satisfied themselves in all respets thereof.

DRAFT 3 This plan has not been approved for publiation Ref: CKD011-8337D Mains of Blervie Forres, IV36 2RH FOR IDENTIFICATION ONLY - NOT TO SCALE HONEYGRAM LTD 2015 N Mains of Blervie Forres, IV36 2RH FOR IDENTIFICATION ONLY - NOT TO SCALE HONEYGRAM LTD 2015 Workshop / Store 4.71 x 3.66 15'5" x 12'0" (max) Workshop / Store 4.71 x 3.66 15'5" x 12'0" (max) DRAFT 3 This plan has not been approved for publiation Ref: CKD011-8337D Mains of Blervie Forres, IV36 2RH FOR IDENTIFICATION ONLY - NOT TO SCALE HONEYGRAM LTD 2015 N Larder 2.55 x 1.61 8'4" x 5'3" Family Room / Kithen / Bedroom Living 5 Room 5.13 x 3.93 10.33 x 4.65 16'10" x 33'11" 12'11" x 15'3" (max overall) Shower Room 2.14 x 1.71 7'0" x 5'7" Larder 2.55 x 1.61 8'4" x 5'3" Kithen / Living Room 10.33 x 4.65 33'11" x 15'3" (max overall) Shower Room 2.14 x 1.71 7'0" x 5'7" DN 10.69 x 3.73 35'1" x 12'3" (max overall) 10.69 x 3.73 35'1" x 12'3" (max overall) Dressing Room 3.96 x 2.50 13'0" x 8'2" Bathroom 3.94 x 2.42 12'11" x 7'11" void Drawing Room 5.69 x 5.39 18'8" x 17'8" Entrane Hall 5.49 x 3.46 18'0" x 11'4" DN Dining Room 5.42 x 4.45 17'9" x 14'7" void Drawing Room 5.69 x 5.39 18'8" x 17'8" Entrane Hall 5.49 x 3.46 18'0" x 11'4" Dining Room 5.42 x 4.45 17'9" x 14'7" Bedroom 1 6.14 x 5.47 20'2" x 17'11" Landing 3.54 x 3.51 11'7" x 11'6" DN Bedroom 2 6.13 x 5.45 20'1" x 17'11" Bedroom 3 6.29 x 3.99 20'8" x 13'1" Landing DN Bedroom 3.98 x 3.40 13'1" x 11'2" Bedroom 4 3.97 x 2.76 13'0" x 9'1" Bathroom 3.50 x 1.82 11'6" x 6'0" Ground Floor Bathroom 3.51 x 1.83 11'6" x 6'0" Ground Floor First Floor Seond Floor OFFICES ACROSS SCOTLAND