Killiechassie House

Killiechassie is a country estate and house near Weem, about northeast of Aberfeldy, in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The estate lies on the banks of the River Tay in some , about north of Edinburgh. It was owned by the Douglas family in the latter part of the 19th century, and a new house was erected in 1865. A dovecote by the house was listed as Grade B on 9 June 1981. The house was purchased by author J.K. Rowling in 2001.

==History== The Killiechassie Estate has existed for centuries, and historically fell within the civil parish of Logierait. The name Killiechassie is from Scottish Gaelic Cill Chasaidh, "the church of the steep face," which refers to a church which stood on the hill there. This was part of the earldom of Atholl and was then granted by Máel Coluim, Earl of Atholl, to Scone Abbey in the 12th century. thumb|left|341px|An Ordnance Survey map of 1862. Features marked include a fountain, kennel, [[mausoleum and well. The River Tay is shown running to the east of the estate.]] In the 17th century the estate was owned by members of Clan Murray who became the Dukes of Atholl. Later proprietors of Killiechassie included the Robertson family, who belonged to the house of Struan. In 1727, the estate was owned by the Reverend Robert Stewart, who left money for a chapel to be built there. On his death in 1729 he was buried here, followed by his wife, Anne, a year later. According to legend, Bonnie Prince Charlie was reputed to have sheltered in a sycamore tree here on his retreat to Inverness in 1746 during the Jacobite rising of 1745–46. A small loch in the vicinity is, according to superstition, occupied by a Celtic water spirit.