mantelpiece which we got custom built to reflect the period of the property.”


The kitchen was hand-made by a local craſtsman, with oak units, granite worktops and French limestone flooring, with the family bathroom also featuring limestone floor and wall tiles. Electric underfloor heating was installed in all of the bathrooms.


Monboddo Castle is an extremely prety house, with its corner turrets, crow- stepped gables, gun loops and shot holes retaining its 17th Century charm. Painted throughout in Farrow & Ball paint colours, this has become a home fit for a modern family. Lord Monboddo would surely approve of the care and atention bestowed upon it by this 21st Century couple who have enjoyed it for the past seven years. Just like the three generations of Burnets before them, work is taking the Crightons overseas, so they are now passing on the guardianship of Monboddo.


“This is a house that needs to be lived in,” admits Louise. “It has been our family home, but now we are going to be scatered around the globe – therefore I will miss everything about it.”


*Monboddo Castle is for sale at O/O £780,000 through Savills (01356 628628, www.savills.com)


48 February 2016


Lord Monboddo would surely approve


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