Million pound house up for sale at Culloden Battlefield
FOR around a cool £1 million price tag you could live on a historic battlefield.
For Leanach House, which has just come on the market, lies within the bounds of Culloden Battlefield where the last battle on British soil was fought in April 1746 between the Jacobites and the Hanoverian government army.
The recently renovated former farmhouse is said to be a spectacular retreat in a prime rural location and is up for sale to offers over £950,000.
Selling agents CKD Galbraith boast that the interior has been designed and decorated to be restful and calming and to enhance the natural light that fills the house.
Set over three floors, the house has five bedrooms and several ground floor reception rooms.
Galbraiths say there are several "artistic creations" throughout the house by the well-known artist Jonathan Humphreys, including in the garden room where a family can "relax with its trompe l’oeil big top interior – a fantastically quirky feature".
The gardens at Leanach extend to around 1.8 acres are laid mainly to lawn fringed by mature specimen trees, rhododendrons and shrubs. There are three permanent garden sculptures included in the sale.
The sale also includes approximately 20.9 acres of woodland and a quad bike trail round the perimeter of the trees as well as a network of grassy paths down to the banks of the River Nairn.
The new owners will have around a quarter of a kilometre of fishing rights along the riverside which has a small sandy beaches "perfect for summer picnics and sunbathing".
There is a further 19.5 acres of grazing land at Leanach which comprises one field which is currently let to a neighbouring farmer.
Phiddy Robertson, handling the sale for CKD Galbraith, said: "Inverness has some truly lovely properties on the market but Leanach House is an absolute gem and a rare opportunity to acquire a piece of historic Scottish land with all the benefits of rurally tranquillity but a lively city less than seven miles away.
"Leanach House is located just a short distance from one of the most significant historical sites in the area, the Clava Cairns Bronze Age burial chambers which is owned and protected by the National Trust for Scotland. The magnificent Culloden Viaduct, lying on the eastern boundary of the property, is also an important landmark in the area."
