House of the Northern Gate is an exclusive-use private house in the Scottish Highlands, available for holidays, family gatherings, weddings, and extended stays. With a remarkable setting on the north coast of Scotland, the house has generous living spaces and comfortable bedrooms. It is rented exclusively to one group at a time, giving guests complete freedom and privacy.

Positioned at the edge of Dunnet Head in Caithness, the house looks out across moorland, clear water, secluded sandy beaches, surf breaks, remote islands, and the open North Atlantic. Guests can walk to the beach on the estate, swim in sheltered bays, surf at nearby Dunnet Bay, hike coastal paths, or simply enjoy the space and stillness that define this part of the Highlands.

The house sleeps up to eighteen guests across nine individually designed bedrooms, making it ideal for multi-generational family gatherings and groups of friends. Bedrooms are finished with Egyptian cotton bed linen and fluffy bathrobes. Shared spaces include a fully equipped gym, movie room, games room, study, and a living room with a wood-burning stove.

In 2018 our family began restoring the house as part of a long-held, multi-generational ambition to return a property in the Highlands to life. Finding House of the Northern Gate in the village our ancestors left over 200 years ago, made the project deeply personal.

The restoration work was extensive and was carried out with the help of skilled local craftspeople. Today we share the house with our guests  and hope they come to love the Dunnet estate as much as we do.

The Dunnett family