Ballenmuir House is a very attractive five bedroom, three reception room property, together with a separate wing above the garage and workshop.  Once forming part of the stabling and groom’s cottage for nearby Newbold House, the property is currently a magnificent family home, with the Wing offering considerable scope for use as a separate annexe or as a short term holiday let. The workshop and garden store provide excellent storage space but also present the potential for conversion into additional accommodation subject to the necessary consents.

Ballenmuir House was at some stage in its history converted and extended from the former stables into a wonderful family home catering for modern family life, whilst retaining many period features including corniced ceilings and fireplaces.

Within the grounds, Ballenmuir Cottage is a detached three bedroom stone cottage with a charming and well maintained garden. The cottage is currently let on a Short Assured Tenancy.

Accessed through impressive stone pillars, the idyllic garden grounds at Ballenmuir extend to over 1.5 acres and offer a sense of calm, particularly given the property’s close proximity to Forres town centre, being just over a mile away. The gardens include areas of lawn, raised beds, fruit cages, two greenhouses, a potting shed, a covered seating area and various useful log stores.

Partner, Rod Christie, handling the sale for Galbraith, said: “Ballenmuir House and Cottage are located in a wonderful position off St Leonards Road, one of the county’s most desirable and prestigious addresses. Surrounded by mature woodland and overlooking the Forres Golf course, the property sits in an in idyllic, peaceful setting and yet is only a mile from the centre of Forres. 

“The house offers spacious and flexible accommodation with ‘The Wing’ offering great potential for use as a granny annexe or short term let and together with the three bedroom traditional cottage, the wealth of accommodation on offer is vast.

“This sale presents a fantastic lifestyle move for families keen to establish roots in a wonderful part of Moray with the exciting opportunity of setting up a holiday let business or utilising the wing for extended family accommodation or for visiting guests.”

Moray provides a wide range of leisure and sporting opportunities including fishing on the world famous Spey and Findhorn rivers, skiing at The Lecht and Cairngorms range, sailing and walking. There are many highly regarded golf courses nearby including the neighbouring Forres Golf Course as well as the two Championship courses at Nairn: Nairn Golf Club and Nairn Dunbar Golf Club.

Forres Town Centre is 1.2 miles away, Elgin 12 miles, Inverness Airport 21 miles and the city of Inverness is 28 miles away.

Ballenmuir House & Cottage, Forres, Moray is for sale through Galbraith for offers over £960,000.