Dell House
Sleeps 16 / From £4,750 per week
Dell is a superb 7,000 acre mixed sporting estate situated in Stratherrick, near Loch Ness. Dell House is a lovely 18th century Georgian property, ideal for sporting or family holidays providing accommodation for up to 16 guests.
Dell House is a very comfortable 18th century Georgian house, set amidst its own 7,000 acre estate on the south side of Loch Ness. Wonderful vistas of Loch Ness can be enjoyed through the silver birch trees on the north side of the estate. Dell offers some of the very best driven partridge shooting in the Highlands, as well as walked-up grouse, red, roe and sika stalking together with trout fishing on the estate lochs. Golden eagles, merlins, peregrines, divers, slavonian grebes and red squirrels are regularly seen on the estate.
Dell is ideal for a sporting or family holiday in the Highlands. There are beautiful birch woods which run down to Loch Ness providing woodland walks and lovely vistas of Loch Ness as mentioned. Grebe and divers can be spotted on the various hill lochs.
Fully catered sporting holidays & weekends can be arranged.
The log cabin on Loch Kemp is ideal as a fishing hut, a picnic spot (there is a stone BBQ) or an indoor lunch venue. The children can even sleep in the ‘penthouse!’
Dell House is secluded yet easily accessible, being less than an hour from Inverness airport and is in a sheltered position surrounded by trees and a walled garden.
Rental 2026
Dell House
£4,750 all weeks
£5,000 Christmas and New Year
Garden Cottage
£750 all weeks
£950 Christmas and New Year
Please note there is no daily housekeeping.
Accommodation
Dell House:
The accommodation consists of a drawing room with log fire, dining room seating 16, a TV room off the kitchen. There is also a large kitchen/breakfast room, utility room, drying room and boot room. The house features 2 double en-suite bedrooms, a twin en-suite bedroom, 3 further twin bedrooms, 2 double bedrooms, 2 single bedrooms and three further bathrooms. There is also a cook’s room, all of which make the house ideally suited for both family and sporting holidays.
Garden Cottage
Garden Cottage is adjacent to the main house and can be rented with the Lodge, or separately.
Sleeps 4 (1 double, 1 twin), and is very cosy inside.
Fechlin Cottage
Sleeps 8 (1 double en-suite, 1 double and 2 twins) and overlooks the Estate’s high ground (the views are breath taking). Deer are regular visitors here.
Bicycles
There are a few bicycles available for guests, but only by prior arrangement. There is a charge of £100 for use.
Fully catered sporting holidays & weekends can be arranged.
Well-behaved dogs are welcome. We just ask that they are not allowed on the furniture or upstairs, and must sleep in the Kitchen or Boot room.
Dell House: Short-term let provisional licence number: 551050652. EPC Rating:
Garden Cottage: Short-term let provisional licence number: 551025301. EPC Rating:
Fechlin Cottage: Short-term let provisional licence number: 550969073. EPC Rating:
Activities
There is lots to do and see in the local area including the most famous loch in the world, Loch Ness!
The village of Fort Augustus is just 8 miles away and is worth a visit. The main attraction is watching the boats come through the Locks on the Caledonian Canal before entering Loch Ness or the Caledonian Canal, as the they navigate through the Great Glen between Fort William and Inverness. There are several pubs and places to eat including the The Lovat Arms Hotel.
For those of you who fancy a round, there is also the Fort Augustus Golf Club.
Closeby in the small hamlet of Whitebridge, The Whitebridge Hotel offers good bar meals. It gets busy so worth booking in advance. The Dores Inn, which is situated at Dores, provides good meals and is situated right on the shores of Loch Ness, on the way to Inverness.
There are wonderful walks nearby and Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in Scotland is only 45 minutes drive away at Fort William, along with a number of other accessible munros. Take a drive along the Great Glen passing by Loch Oich and Loch Lochy to Loch Linnhe where it enters the sea on the west coast, is worth a trip.
The west coast including the Isle of Skye, Plockton, Kyle of Lochalsh, Mallaig are all accessible by car and within 1.5 – 2 hours drive.
Sporting
Shooting
Dell has an excellent and well established driven partridge shoot offering some of the best partridge shooting in the Highlands. Driven and walked-up partridge and pheasant shooting can be arranged. Walked-up grouse is available in August and September.
Stalking
Challenging stalking can be arranged for red, sika and roe deer can be arranged on the high and low ground.
Fishing
Trout fishing is available on Loch Knockie and Loch Kemp together with several hill lochs, one of which is stocked with rainbow trout.
Where to find Dell House
Testimonials
We had a lovely time at Dell House. We appreciated all the work that has been carried out since we were last there and we were very lucky with the weather. It was perfect.
Sally Basing
We had a fabulous time at Dell house made extra special by the weather. The house suited us down to the ground lots of space and a real homely feel. The grounds were fantastic, I learnt to paddle a canoe on one of the lochs and at my age too, the dogs loved the walking and everyone we met was very friendly. It’s on the list for a return trip.
Jones Family, West Yorkshire
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