Tour Scotland Travel Video Rainy Sunday Drive To Of Leslie House In Leslie Fife

Tour Scotland travel video of a rainy Sunday drive to the gates to Leslie House on ancestry visit to Leslie,, Fife, Scotland. Leslie House was built for the Duke of Rothes between 1667 and 1674 and this became the seat of the Rothes family. The house which was dubbed Villa De Rothes was the centre of life in the village and once rivaled Holyrood Palace for both size and glamour. When a fire destroyed the building in 1763, the north, east and south wings were demolished. Only the west wing was retained and this was reconstructed between 1745 and 1747. In 1919 the house was acquired by Sir Robert Spencer Nairn who, as he saw the advancing development of Glenrothes, gave it to the Church of Scotland in 1952 for use as an Eventide Home. Following purchase from the Church of Scotland in 2005, Sundial Properties planned to restore the building and convert it into 17 luxury flats, with 12 detatched homes within the grounds. A fire in 2009 put a halt to the renovation.

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