INVERTROSSACHS HOUSE

Invertrossachs House is a spectacular C Listed country property, thought to have been built in 1912 by prominent Inverness-based architect W L Carruthers, as a shooting lodge for Sir Charles Watson. The house replaced what was once a Highland style lodge, visited in 1869 by Queen Victoria, and a tree planted in the garden to celebrate her visit remains there to this day. Her visit was later recorded in one of her memoirs.

Invertrossachs House is an exceptional Edwardian residence, nestled within beautiful private woodland, and enjoying sweeping views across Loch Venachar. Nestled in the heart of the National Park, this impressive home extends to over 17,000 sq ft, and is currently arranged as the main residence together with four self-contained apartments and a further studio flat. Operating at one time as a successful holiday accommodation business, the property offers an abundance of flexibility, whether as a special country family home, for multi-generational living, or re-establishing the running of the short term rental business.

Throughout the house, a wealth of original character has been preserved, including high corniced ceilings, elegant sash windows, decorative wall panelling, original parquet floors and ornate fireplaces. The layout also allows for easy reconfiguration by opening the connecting corridors to apartments Venachar (first floor) and Leny (second floor). This would allow the principal house to be expanded from five bedrooms, to up to eleven, whilst still retaining the Rob Roy and Macgregor apartments and the studio flat for guests or letting.

MAIN HOUSE ACCOMMODATION

A magnificent entrance hall welcomes you into the home, with an attractive, broad wooden staircase sweeping up to the landing above, and setting the tone for the generous proportions and abundance of natural light throughout. The ground floor boasts five impressive reception rooms, including a drawing room, dining room, library / sitting room, billiard room and a recently renovated conservatory with arched windows offering panoramic views across the gardens and towards the loch. The spectacular drawing room is the pick of these rooms. It has original parquet flooring, a log burning stove with a decorative timber mantel, and French doors which open directly to a south-facing terrace, perfect for outdoor entertaining. The spacious kitchen / breakfast room is fitted with integrated cabinetry, and appliances that include a range cooker. Practical spaces such as a walk-in gun safe, cloakroom and storeroom further enhance the home’s functionality.

Upstairs, the first floor offers five beautifully appointed bedrooms, four with en suite bathrooms. The principal suite is one of these and also has a dressing room. There are two further bathrooms, an office and a WC. The galleried landing floods the interior with natural light thanks to the skylight overhead, while the second floor provides adaptable attic rooms ideal for storage, hobbies, or conversion (subject to obtaining consent), along with a shower room. Both floors are separated from the adjoining apartments (Venachar and Leny) by partition walls to allow the accommodation to be reintegrated with ease.

ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATION

A separate entrance to the side of the main house leads to additional apartments, ideal for extended family, guests or generating rental income. The principal apartments are named Rob Roy, Macgregor, Venachar and Leny. There is a further studio apartment. Please note that Venachar and Leny could easily be re-integrated into the main house accommodation with the removal of single partition walls.
Two of the apartments are on the ground floor. Rob Roy has an open-plan kitchen/family room, two bedrooms, and a shower room. Macgregor offers a sitting room opening out to the garden, a kitchen dining room, and two en suite bedrooms.

On the first floor is a self-contained studio with shower room and kitchenette. Venachar is an apartment comprising dining and sitting rooms both with fireplaces, three bedrooms, bathroom, shower room, WC, utility room, and a well-equipped kitchen. The top floor is where Leny is located. It holds a family room, three bedrooms, a bathroom with shower, a kitchen, utility, and WC.

GROUNDS

The house sits within extensive private grounds which extend to about 15 acres. The principal garden sits elevated above the loch, providing stunning views. Mature woodlands and landscaped gardens surround the property, with expansive lawns, stone terraces, and a wide variety of specimen trees and shrubs. There is the remains of a tennis pavilion set to the south of the house overlooking what was once the grass tennis court. Beyond the gardens to the north and east of the house is an area of woodland which runs down to the shoreline of the loch.

A sweeping driveway encircles the grounds from the south, leading to a forecourt and an attached double garage, which houses two biomass boilers providing a sustainable heating source for the property. Their occupation of the garage means that cars cannot be parked within.