RANNOCH LODGE LIMITED

Rannoch
by Pitlochry
Perthshire
Scotland
PH17 2QD

Company Registered in Scotland No SC319739

A Rather Special Holiday Experience

Four cottages lie within the private grounds of Rannoch Lodge which has a spectacular setting at the head of Loch Rannoch.

The lawns of the Lodge sweep down to our private jetty with an uninterrupted view down 11 miles of loch towards the mountain Schiehallion. This is considered locally to be one of the finest views in Perthshire.

We have half a mile of private beach along the head of the loch where our guests may fish without the need for a permit.

The building of this historic Perthshire house was begun in the eighteenth century and was formerly the seat of the Menzies family.

By the middle of the nineteenth century Rannoch Lodge had become a retreat favoured by some of the world's most prominent figures. Andrew Carnegie, the Dunfermline weaver's son who became the richest man in the world, fled here for three months in 1892 to escape serious industrial unrest in his Pittsburgh steel mills.

In 1901, the year before his death, Cecil Rhodes worked for a month at Rannoch Lodge on the final draft of his will to establish his scheme for Rhodes Scholars to study at Oxford.

The young Winston Churchill was one of his house-guests.

In more recent times, the actress Elizabeth Taylor was a frequent visitor in the 1970s and early 1980s. She is said to have spoken often of finding a special peace here.

The building was almost destroyed by fire in the 1980s but the present owners are now restoring it.

The cottages are set well apart from each other in 30 acres of woodland and park. There are in addition delightful walks by forest paths up to the Lodge's own hill land.