A press release on the venue’s web site explains that Ardross Fortress “is obtainable for unique use rent for each company and personal shoppers. The Fortress just isn’t a lodge and we don’t let particular person rooms however can accommodate small teams.”

They add that anybody eager to e-book the property can contact the enterprise instantly by means of their web site however make clear that “The fort and property are privately owned and due to this fact there isn’t any facility for tour events or particular person visits.”

Ardross Fortress’s historical past

Stick with us on this, as a result of Ardross Fortress has an extended and wealthy historical past, with it having seen a number of completely different residents through the years. The first Duke of Sutherland purchased Ardross within the late 1700s earlier than the 2nd Duke bought the property on to Sir Andrew Matheson in 1845.

Matheson was the founding father of tea and opium merchants Matheson & Co., with him growing the property within the hopes of bringing in tenants to agricultural tenancies.

The late architect Alexander Ross was later commissioned to revamp the fort within the Scots Baronial fashion, incorporating the sooner mansion and including 30 additional rooms.

After Matheson’s demise, his son bought the property to profitable businessman C. W. Dyson Perrins whose household spent a number of months annually at Ardross. Dyson Perrins continued modernisation efforts in addition to putting in electrical energy and buying additional land in Glencalvie and Diebidale.

Finally the property was divided and bought in 1937, with the Mardon household buying the fort, Lealty Farm and over 80 acres, dwelling there till 1983 when the property was bought.

That takes us to 1983, when the McTaggart household acquired the property and commenced works to revive the backyard, with the fort itself and property properties having been extensively renovated through the years.