Auction House Scotland is poised to sell its most expensive house next month (guide price £1.3m), which is recorded as once having sheltered Bonnie Prince Charlie.

The award winning brand is expected to auction up to 100 lots in its largest ever sale in Glasgow on 3 July 2014. Monkstadt, an impressive estate on the Isle of Skye is being auctioned with a starting price tag of £1.3m. The 'B' Listed  house was originally built as a Laird's house for the Macdonald’s of Sleat using stone and other materials from nearby Duntulm Castle. There is a record that Lady Margaret Macdonald from Benbecula to Skye sheltered Bonnie Prince Charlie here after the failed Jacobite uprising of 1745.

The house fell into disrepair in the last century and only a ruinous shell remained once the roof was removed in the 1950s.  Over the last few years the main house and nine holiday cottages have been extensively restored to their former glory. During the restoration work a cross-shaped doorway was exposed at the front of the house with marks on the stonework believed to have been made by the Macdonald clansmen sharpening their swords as they left the house to do battle.  There are also three re-thatched outhouses, thought to have been the cells of the monks who inhabited the original Monkstadt.

Auction House Scotland, Managing Director, Ross Harper said, “It’s rare for such a stunning property in excellent condition to come up for auction. There is so much history attached to this estate and it presents a marvellous business opportunity with nine holiday cottages in the surroundings grounds.”