SCOTLAND: HOME OF THE WEEK

Scotland’s most expensive house

This £25 million lodge and estate is a ready-made business
Tulchan Sporting Estates in Grantown-on-Spey, Morayshire, has 13 bedrooms and is on sale for £25 million through Savills
Tulchan Sporting Estates in Grantown-on-Spey, Morayshire, has 13 bedrooms and is on sale for £25 million through Savills

Depending on where you’re searching, £25 million to spend on a property means different things. In London’s Mayfair it can secure a six-bedroom terraced house with a mews cottage, while in Malibu, California, the same sum will buy an architect-designed home with panoramic sea views and seven bathrooms.

In Scotland, this budget will stretch a little farther. This week Savills announced it was handling the sale of a 21,000-acre estate in Morayshire, at the edge of the Cairngorms National Park, with a grand 13-bedroom lodge at its heart. The asking price of offers of more than £25 million is a record on Scottish soil.

A church joins a second lodge, cottages and other smaller properties on the estate
A church joins a second lodge, cottages and other smaller properties on the estate

For that a buyer will acquire not only a house but a ready-made business. Tulchan Sporting Estates operates eight miles of