Owner of Omaze Highland mansion slashes asking worth for second time as she tries to dump the property
A widow who won a £4m Highland mansion in a raffle has slashed the asking price for a second time as she tries to offload the property.
Patricia Moule, 81, from Southampton, scooped the dream home after entering the Omaze prize draw with a £25 ticket.
The five-bedroom property was raffled in April but was put up for sale almost straight away.
Ms Moule cut £550,000 from the price in a bid to push through a sale in July.
But a further £250,000 has been wiped off in a bid to find a wealthy buyer and it is now on the market with Knight Frank for offers over £3,200,000.
Ms Moule described the house, 3.5 miles west of Kinloch, Rannoch, as ‘breathtaking’ and ‘like something from a film’.
The home, named Carie, boasts a private jetty and a tennis court, and is accessed by a tree-lined driveway.
It also has three double bedrooms in the main house, two double en-suite bedrooms in a factor’s cottage, five bathrooms and three reception rooms surrounding a cobbled courtyard.
The £4million mansion sits in a picturesque spot on the shores of Loch Rannoch, Perthshire
Patricia Moule pictured outside her Omaze mansion, which she won earlier this year
Ms Moule bagged the des res four-bedroomed property after entering the prize draw with a £25 ticket
Ms Moule has now slashed £800,000 from the top price and the property is now for sale for offers over £3,200,000
There is also a steading with a garage, workshop and a toilet, as well as a summerhouse, and formal gardens, with an orchard and lawns.
The home also features around a kilometre of foreshore between the gardens and Loch Rannoch.
Knight Frank describes the property as ‘an exquisite, contemporary house finished to the highest standard’.
They added: ‘Carie is the historic seat of Clan Robertson of Struan, whose chiefs lived at Carie House and owned much of the land along the southern shore of Loch Rannoch.
‘The chief supported Bonnie Prince Charlie during the 1745 Jacobite Rising. After the defeat at Culloden, the Prince hid nearby on Ben Alder.
‘The chief remained a symbol of resistance and was so respected that government commissioners avoided Carie until his death.’
The draw was backed by Dundee actor Brian Cox, as it helped raise money for Alzheimer’s Research UK.
Omaze president James Oakes said at the time: ‘The eventual winner is free to decide what they want to do with the house.’
