THE property which inspired Robert Louis Stevenson to write his classic adventure novel Kidnapped is on the market for £850,000.
Old Glassingall house in Dunblane, near Stirling, is a B-listed Georgian property, built in the 18th century and famous as the “House of Shaws” in Stevenson’s story.
The famous Scottish author penned Kidnapped, set after the Jacobite rebellions, in 1886 and is said to have based the plot on the family that occupied Old Glassingall at the time.
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Now the house which inspired such literary greatness is on sale and comes with one acre of land, a separate stone built outhouse and its own courtyard with two stable houses.
The country house boasts an impressive entrance hall, stone-walled gardens, three reception rooms and six bedrooms.
Kidnapped is narrated by teenager, David Balfour, an orphan who leaves a rural town to seek fortune with relatives in the House of Shaws. It follows his journey as he outwits his uncle, Ebeneezer, and claims his inheritance.
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