A new lease of life for Pitlessie House as a luxury guesthouse

In 2005 Pitlessie House, a B listed Georgian Manor House, set in 0.5 Acre of walled garden, was patiently waiting for a new lease of life when we were looking for a new project in the Kingdom of Fife.

For an hotelier with many years of national and international experience Pitlessie House just cried out Bed & Breakfast or Guesthouse but it was not until 2009 that we decided to go ahead with putting our plans into action.

The beautifully built and delicately designed house has a long history. Built in 1737 by the merchant Georgie Heggie of Pitlessie, later Baillier (Provost) of Kirkcaldy, Pitlessie House is one of the historically most important properties in the Howe of Fife on the banks of the river Eden.

The Village of Pitlessie - today a mere hamlet with a village school and a fine pub, but no longer a shop or a post office, was largely developed during the 18th centuiry around Priestfield Farm and Maltings, now award winning residential units.

Originally, Pitlessie estate extended to 'upwards of 495 Scots acres' and included 'a thriving plantation of 44 acres of woods'. it contained the 'town and village of Pitlessie and the command of the watr of the river Eden' which supplied the corn (wheat) and barley mills. This was judged to be of 'great value for manufacturing purposes' as advertised in 1819 buy Mrrs. Geo. Heggie, W.S.Castle Sttreet, Edinburgh.

Pitlessie House was then described as 'an excellent dweling house and commodious steading in a very fine situation' in the parish of Cults.