Logie House is a house and gardens built in Baronial style, near Forres in Scotland.
Logie House was begun for the son of the Cumming family as a tower house in the 16th century. [1] [2] After several renovations in the following centuries, in 1924, the house was bought by Sir Alexander Grant, a businessman who started McVitie & Price and developed the digestive biscuit. [3]
Close to the house is Randolph's Leap. According to legend, Randolph's Leap was the site of a battle in the 1300s in which Thomas Randolph, later Earl of Moray, was pursuing a Comyn who leaped to the other side and escaped back to his castle.[4]
Logie Steading is comprimised of a collection of sandstone farm buildings attached to Logie House and estate. It was built in the 1920's as a model farm and now houses independent shops, a cafe and hosts exhibitions and events, attracting visitors as a sightseeing place.[5]
The steading is also the home of the Logie herd of Longhorn Cattle, which was founded in 1982.[6]
This part of the Findhorn, the area around Logie House and Gardens, is renowned for its dramatic rocks, cliffs and waterfalls, and pine forest. Important wildlife, such as Lesser black-backed gulls, woodpeckers and red squirrels, frequent the area.[7]