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BBC News
6 days ago
- Business
- BBC News
Asking price for Inverness' Old High Church cut by £50,500
The sale price of Inverness' oldest church has been cut by £50,500 in an effort to find a High Church on the city's riverside was built using parts of a medieval kirk that had stood on the Church of Scotland, which owns the kirk, put it on the market in 2022 for offers over £150,000 but it has now dropped the price to £99,500.A spokesperson said the vacant property continued to be a financial burden on the local congregation due to rates, insurance and maintenance costs. A potential sale fell through last November following 12 months of price cut was first reported in the Press and Journal Church of Scotland said it hoped dropping the price would lead to a successful outcome for the congregation, the A-listed building and wider Inverness and Highland spokesperson said: "The decision to sell the Old High building was taken against the background of radical reforms under way across the Church of Scotland to provide well-equipped, accessible and sustainable spaces in the right places."The Church owns thousands of properties, far more than required to achieve our primary mission of sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ and serving our local communities."They added: "Having fewer congregational buildings reduces pressure on congregational finances, freeing up funds and general income for other Church missional activities and a more sustainable and realistic situation." Jacobite prisoners The mound on which the Old High was constructed is believed to be the site where Irish missionary St Columba converted King Brude to Christianity in saint is also linked to the mythology of the Loch Ness account of the missionary's life thought to have been written in the 7th Century tells of him encountering a strange beast in the River oldest part of the Old High was used as a prison after Bonnie Prince Charlie's defeat at Culloden, and captured Jacobites were executed in the church connection with Culloden has led to the church featuring as a stop on local walking tours, and made it of interest to Outlander TV hit, based on the books of author Diana Gabaldon, follows the adventures of World War Two nurse Claire, played by Caitriona Balfe, and Sam Heughan's 18th Century Jacobite Highlander Jamie Fraser. A bell believed to have been rung daily for more than 300 years forms part of the curfew bell dates back to 1703 when Queen Anne - the last Stuart monarch - was on the British to the Church of Scotland it was originally rung at 17:00 to signal a night-time curfew before a later tradition started for ringing it at 20: bell is listed in the sales schedule for the Old High, and the new owner would take responsibility for it.
Daily Mail
20-05-2025
- General
- Daily Mail
Deer from billionaire's estate are invading Highland village again, claim locals
Deer from billionaire theatre producer Sir Cameron Mackintosh's Highland estate are said to be threatening nearby villagers, including children in a play park. Locals claim that the animals have now invaded the kids' play area in Mallaig, in Inverness-shire - where the impresario owns his sprawling estate - posing 'a danger and a health risk'. And one of the problems seems to be people feeding the creatures, luring them in. Sir Cameron's Nevis Estate promised to act over the latest incursion and stressed it had carried out a successful programme of culling in recent years to reduce the numbers. But minutes of a Mallaig Community Council meeting noted: 'Concerns have been raised that deer have been getting too close to the village - they have been in the children's play park - and represent a danger and a health risk. 'It is thought that the deer are being fed inappropriately, and this may be increasing the draw of the village.' Previously people complained that they have been 'cornered' by stags in 'dangerous and scary' situations. The Scottish Government wildlife agency NatureScot previously ordered a cull on the impresario's estate to reduce numbers. But the community council says it is once again contacting Nevis Estate and Nature Scot. Mallaig Community Council say its is contacting the estate and Nature Scot. Andrew Aitchison, factor for Sir Cameron's estates, said that people feeding the deer could be part of the current problem. 'It is not something we encourage but it's incredibly difficult to discourage,' he said. 'We will be talking to the community council. 'Over the last two seasons concerted efforts have been made to deal with the deer in the village and it has been successful.' He added that deer in villages is not an isolated problem in the Highlands. There are around 300 deer on the estate - and residents have previously estimated that up to 40 were regularly roaming around Mallaig. Sir Cameron has owned his estate in the port town for more than 25 years after falling in love with the area during a family holiday aged six.
