SCALLASAIG LODGE, GLENELG, HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS

SCALLASAIG LODGE GLENELG, HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS

A very comfortable, beautifully presented, traditional Highland sporting lodge in stunning garden grounds and including the sporting lease on the surrounding estate lands.

APPROXIMATE MILEAGE: Glenelg 1.5 miles • Kyle of Lochalsh 25 miles

ACCOMMODATION COMPRISES: Lodge with 4 reception rooms, 6 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. Large farmhouse style kitchen. Beautiful gardens and grounds extending to about 13 acres including ponds, an old orchard and grazing paddocks. Useful timber clad outbuildings. A four mile stretch of the Glenmore River with salmon fishing rights. Sporting rights over the neighbouring estate grounds held on a 999 year lease until 2921 over about 1917 acres (776 ha). For sale as a whole

Edinburgh office 22 Young Street Edinburgh EH2 4JB t 0131 344 0880 [email protected] SITUATION Scallasaig is situated towards the bottom end of Glen More about 1.5 miles east of the village of Glenelg on the west coast of the Scottish mainland, opposite the Isle of Skye. It is a most beautiful spot with fields of pasture framed with ancient woodland, dramatic hilltops and skirted by the Glenmore River which flows gently by. The sides of the glen are steep in places with dramatic corries and hill tops making way to plains of open moorland and heather slopes. Glenelg is one of the prettiest coastal villages on the western seaboard, with a population of around 90 inhabitants supplemented in summer by eager holiday makers taking advantage of the many gorgeous beaches and sheltered coves or taking the privately operated ferry across to Skye. Nearby is Sandaig where Gavin Maxwell wrote his classic story of Tarka the otter, in Ring of Bright Water. The village has an excellent local shop, a primary school, village hall, medical centre and post office but is perhaps best known for the Glenelg Hotel which is a magnet for locals and visitors throughout the year. Kyle of Lochalsh is about 25 miles away through Mam Ratagan by car via Shiel Bridge where there is a full range of shops and a supermarket.

DESCRIPTION Scallasaig Lodge was built in the late 1800s as the hunting lodge for Scallasaig Estate which lay between Arnisdale and Glen Shiel forest. It is built of traditional stone, cement rendered under a pitched and slate clad roof and has two floors plus a large attic. The principal reception rooms including a drawing room and dining room each with a large bay window and designed for entertaining. There are two smaller sitting rooms and a spacious farmhouse style kitchen capable of seating 12 around the table and with large walk-in pantries and stores. There are four good bedrooms on the first floor with three separate bath or shower rooms and on the attic floor a large, coombed children’s bedroom, a play room and masses of storage. There is also an old bathroom but this is no longer in use. The house faces south and there is a wide portico arrangement creating a lovely sheltered place to sit and enjoy the beautiful garden and hill views.

GARDENS AND GROUNDS The garden at Scallasaig provides a beautiful and sheltered setting for the house. The front, south, lawn is flanked by rhododendrons and flower shrubs and sheltered by mature trees. To the east is a delightful boating pond. The house itself is approached from the rear with a large gravelled sweep for parking cars and a sheltered portico leads into the large vestibule with adjoining cloakroom.

Across the lane are two grass parks; one of which includes an old orchard and alongside runs the Glenmore River.

OUTBUILDINGS There are a useful range of timber outbuildings providing plenty of garaging and storage.

SPORTING AT SCALLASAIG Scallasaig owns a pretty stretch of water to the middle of the Glenmore River for about 500 yards. Trout fishing beneath the shadow of the Alders is straight of an Enid Blyton novel but in addition there are also salmon fishing rights which extend beyond the physical river ownership between points A and D on the sale plan. There are no formal catch records but the family reports that annual catches of salmon and sea trout are between 5 and 6. In addition to the fishing, Scallasaig includes a lease over about 1917 acres (775 ha) (for the whole shooting and sporting rights) of hill, grazings and forestry. The sport is mainly deer stalking which is carried out by a local sportsman and by the family, shooting around 6 Red deer stags and 6 hinds each year. There are no formal records but it is felt that there is significant opportunity to increase these numbers by more intensive shooting over this stunning area of ground. The lease is for 999 years from 1922 at a peppercorn rent.

SERVICES Mains electricity. Private water and drainage. Oil fired central heating & hot water

ENERGY PERFORMANCE RATING EPC Band = B

FIXTURES & F ITTINGS Only items specifically mentioned in the sales particulars are included in the sale price together with fitted carpets, curtains and certain light fittings.

DIRECTIONS To reach Scallasaig from the A87, turn west at Shiel Bridge onto the old military road which climbs the stunning Mam Ratagan Pass. Follow the road down into Glen More with The Sound of Sleet at the end. As the glen flattens out and about 1.5 miles before reaching Glenelg, turn left over the bridge crossing the Glenmore River and the gates into Scallasaig Lodge are on the right hand side.

LOCAL AUTHORITY Highland Council. Telephone Number 01349 886 606

SCALLASAIG LODGE, GLENELG, HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS COUNCIL TAX Council Tax Band H

VIEWING Strictly by appointment with the Selling Agents by calling Smiths Gore 0131 344 0880.

OFFERS Offers should be submitted in Scottish legal terms to either of the joint Selling Agent, Smiths Gore, 22 Young Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4JB. A closing date by which offers must be submitted may be fixed in due course. Please note that interested parties are advised to register their interest with the Selling Agent to ensure that they are informed of the closing date. The seller reserves the right to sell without imposing a closing date and will not be bound to accept the highest or indeed any offer.

DEPOSIT On conclusion of missives a deposit of 10 per cent of the purchase price will be paid with the balance payable at the date of entry. This deposit will be non-returnable in the event of the purchaser failing to complete the sale for reasons not attributable to the Seller or Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey map with the sanction of the Controller of H.M. their agents. Stationery Office Licence No. ES100004883 © CROWN COPYRIGHT RESERVED. The plan is published for convenience only. Although it is thought to be correct its accuracy cannot be guaranteed and it does not form part of the contract. NOT TO SCALE.

IMPORTANT NOTICE Whilst every care has been taken in the preparation of these particulars, all interested parties should note: (i) the descriptions and photographs are for guidance only and are not a complete representation of the property; (ii) plans are not to scale, are for guidance only and do not form part of the contract; (iii) services and any appliances referred to have not been tested, and cannot be verified as being in working order; (iv) no survey of any part of the property has been carried out by the Vendor/Lessor or Smiths Gore; (v) measurements are approximate and must not be relied upon. Maximum appropriate room sizes are generally given, to the nearest 0.1 metres. Outbuildings are measured externally (unless otherwise stated) to the nearest 0.5 metres. For convenience an approximate Imperial equivalent is also given; (vi) only those items referred to in the text of these particulars are included; (vii) nothing in these particulars or any related discussions forms part of any contract unless expressly incorporated within subsequent written agreement; (viii) please note that if you make an acceptable offer for this property we will have to confirm your identity, as required by the Money Laundering Regulations 2007. Edinburgh office t 0131 344 0880 [email protected] smithsgore.co.uk