History

About The Bank House

Originally the home of the bank manager when he was obliged 'to live above the shop', the Bank House was bought by the writer Rosamunde Pilcher in 1992, as she thought Dornoch to be similar to her childhood home in Lelant, Cornwall. Her husband was also a keen golfer and a member of the Royal Dornoch Golf Club. In 2008, Rosamunde Pilcher handed the house over to her daughter-in-law, Kirsty, who had spent her own childhood on a farm near Dornoch and had attended the Academy.

Rosamunde's book, Winter Solstice, was made into a film in Dornoch, using many of the local landmarks for locations.