You can always be sure of a warm welcome at Leith Hall, a charming and intimate Scottish family home. The house itself was built over three centuries, starting in 1650, and remained the home of the Leith-Hay family until the mid-20th century. Along with the house, all the furnishings and paintings were left to the Trust by the family, and walking through the elegant rooms it’s easy to get a feeling for how they lived.

Today, it’s a picturesque and tranquil place – but it has been touched by tragedy in the past. The last two lairds died within months of each other in 1939. And in 1763 John Leith was murdered in Aberdeen. His ghost reputedly still walks the hallways and the story was recently featured on the TV programme Most Haunted.