Boath House

In addition to housing a Michelin-starred restaurant, this restored Georgian mansion just east of Inverness is home to Donald and Wendy Matheson, its devoted conservators and residents of more than twenty years. The impressive structure, originally built in 1825, is surrounded by wildflower meadows and landscaped grounds, including an orchard and kitchen garden that supply Chef Charlie Lockley with organic fruit, vegetables and herbs. His six-course tasting menu is exquisite from the breadbasket (which might contain fennel soda bread or pine nut bread) to the memorable dessert courses (goat's cheese from Devon with homemade oatcakes and plum and shallot purée followed by chocolate cake with pearl barley ice cream).