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MONKSTADT
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Explore the Isle of Skye’s luxurious Monkstadt 1745. We spoke with the owner, James MacQueen, to find out how they utilise Monkstadt’s colourful history to improve their guests’ experience By JULIET HORNER Tucked away on the beautiful Isle of Skye, there lies a luxury hospitality venue offering uninterrupted views of the jaw dropping Trotternish Peninsula. Not only is Monkstadt 1745 surrounded by stunning Scottish scenery, but it’s dripping with historical significance and boasts a rich heritage. James MacQueen’s father bought the ruins of Monkstadt 1745 over 40 years ago before passing it on to James’ brother, who developed and restored a lot of the cottages and externals of the house.
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James finished his father and brother’s work when he took over three years ago, and is now the proud owner of the historic house and it’s additional five luxury self-catering cottages.
“It’s been a real effort from three different parts of the family,” said James. Monkstadt House was originally built in the 1700’s and James’ family have spent the last 40 years developing and restoring the buildings to recreate the original building as best as they could whilst also introducing what James described as a “modern and contemporary” feel to create the luxury accommodation provider it is today. James said: “Fortunately there was listed drawings that were done around 1916 and they recorded the building and all the internal finishings before it deteriorated to ruins.” Most of the windows were boarded up due to window tax not long after the drawings had been made and this was soon followed by removal of the roof in the 1950’s. April 2021 || Luxury BnB || 31
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