About Us
We are a family-run business, who have an underlying ethos of working with nature and the environment to offer a variety of tourism related facilities. We are gradually renovating and restoring Forse House to create a bespoke destination enhancing and utilising the fabulous house and setting.
The principals behind our approach are “keeping it simple, sustainable and affordable”.
The Guest House and Café features upcycled and re-styled furniture, incorporating a Georgian style with eco-friendly and sustainable pieces.
Our home made food for the Guest House and café uses homegrown, locally sourced and sustainable produce, with many of our seasonal veggies and salads grown in the walled garden.
Our aim is to protect, enhance and promote the nature, environment and history associated with Forse and its surrounding area, and so, as the business grows we will invest into renewable technology in order to reduce our carbon footprint.
About Forse House
Forse House is a beautiful Grade B listed Country House situated at the head of a stunning three quarters of a mile wooded driveway. Originally built by Captain John Sutherland in 1753 to replace the family’s crumbling cliff top castle, it remained as a family home up to 1905. After which the house has seen a variety of uses, including a poor house, an infirmary, a care home, and a hotel.
The impressive main house has had a number of extensions added over the years but it retains many of the original features; recognised and listed at a B rating are a staircase and three ceilings, two fireplaces and the front door pillars.
It is set within 24 acres of landscaped grounds, which include lawns, walled garden, woodland and the picturesque stream which cascades its way alongside the drive down to the Gatehouse on the main road.
As well as the house itself, the area around Forse is steeped in history going as far back as prehistoric settlers over 3,000 years ago. Substantial evidence of this time still remains in the large numbers of Brochs, Cairns and standing stones that are scattered across the surrounding Landscape.
Forse House is located close to the north coast of Scotland within the county of Caithness on the A99 for Wick, just 1 mile north of the Latheron Junction.
Contact details
Forse of Nature, Forse House, Latheron, Caithness, KW5 6DG
Info@forseofnature.com
01593 741754