Inside the Scottish Highland house that served as secret base in WW2 now for sale
A remote Highland retreat with a top-secret wartime past is now on sale for offers over £1.3 million, according to a listing by Galbraith Group.
Inverlair Lodge, a six-bedroom estate near Tulloch in Inverness-shire, once played a hidden but vital role in the Allied war effort. In 1941, it was taken over by the Special Operations Executive (SOE), Churchill's shadow army of saboteurs and spies, not for training, but to quietly house foreign agents too dangerous to release yet unfit for duty.
Known as No. 6 Special Workshop School, the lodge offered these 'troublesome' operatives a secluded exile, keeping them occupied with tasks like mending boots and salvaging scrap metal under watch by British soldiers.
The house's secretive past has inspired everything from the 1960s spy drama The Prisoner to Guy Ritchie's 2024 film The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
Now restored, the lodge sits amid unspoilt Highland beauty, with views over the River Spean and access to walking trails, Munros, and the Nevis Range resort. Despite its seclusion, Tulloch Bridge station is nearby, with sleeper trains to London, and Glasgow Airport is two hours away.
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