‘Most beautiful’ Scottish regency hotel and restaurant up for sale for over £2M
The Highland hotel is on the market less than a year after reopening under new management.
A Scottish hotel and restaurant which reopened last spring is now on the market. Boath House, located just outside Nairn, has been put up for sale for offers over £2,125,000 with Knight Frank.
The historic hotel, which was once dubbed the “most beautiful Regency house in Scotland” was family owned, with a Michelin Star restaurant until it was sold in 2022 to Steve and Lorna Mayne who ran it under the management of Cabin Studio with Johnny Gent.
In January 2025 the hotel closed with immediate effect, with Begbies Traynor Group appointed as liquidators of the business. The accounts of Boath Highlands Ltd at this time show debts of over £1M.
At this time the hotel's dining room had recently reopened and it had been Michelin recommended.
A few months later, Boath House reopened under new management. The Scotsman visited in May 2025 and spoke to James Kevan and Melissa O'Neill about plans for the business.
The team added a new farm shop and had plans to add more experiential offerings for guests, as well as have the grounds somewhere for locals to visit “24/7.”
There was also a new restaurant, Moine, which was headed up by chef Iain Nicholson who had plans to introduce a tasting menu.
Planning permission had recently been granted to turn the self catering Wendy Hoose into auxiliary hotel accommodation.
Speculation had been mounting about the hotel's closure as the website is down, no bookings are being taken, social media hasn't been updated and the grounds don't appear to have been tended to.
The hotel listing reads: “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.
“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.”
More information on the sale can be found on the Knight Frank website.
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