Ewan McGregor RETURNS to Scotland as he spends £2.35million on Perthshire mansion… months after admitting he misses the ‘air, culture and people’ of his native country
Ewan McGregor has returned to Scotland after spending more than £2 million on a country house near his hometown.
The actor has bought an 18th century country retreat in Perthshire, set in more than 40 acres of land and gardens. The property is located in the Carse of Gowrie and just a 35-minute drive from Crieff, where McGregor grew up.
The Star Wars and Trainspotting star has been spotted in the area regularly in recent weeks and it is understood he will now be splitting his time between Scotland and LA.
Property records show Ewan, 52, bought the 10-bedroom, Category C-listed property for £2.35 million last May. It had been on the market for offers in excess of £2.15 million.
It comes with a gate lodge and courtyard with outbuildings and has over 15,000 sq ft of living space over three floors, with a two-bedroom apartment, shops and a wine cellar on the lower floor.
Ewan McGregor has returned to Scotland after spending more than £2 million on a mansion near his hometown
Last week he posed for photos at a street food cart in Dundee
The living space consists of an entrance hall, three reception rooms, a billiards room, family room, study and a 1930s greenhouse/conservatory.
McGregor has carried out renovation work on the house and has received permission from Perth and Kinross Council to build a replacement garage.
Last week he posed for photos at a street food cart in Dundee. He surprised staff at Heather Street Food on the city’s waterfront when he visited the V&A Museum.
He was later seen dining at Perth’s Mae Ping Thai restaurant.
McGregor recently revealed he is scaling back his acting career to spend more time at home with his new wife and son.
The actor said he is “very much in love” with Mary Elizabeth Winstead and their two-year-old son Laurie and doesn’t want to be away from them for long periods of time.
He married Mary, 37, in April 2022 in a low-key ceremony near their Los Angeles home. The couple have been together since 2017 after meeting on the set of TV comedy crime drama Fargo.
McGregor recently revealed he is scaling back his acting career to spend more time at home with his wife Mary Elizabeth Winstead and son (the couple pictured at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival)
Ewan spent Christmas with his wife Mary and ex-wife Eva Mavrakis and their children (photo with daughter Clara)
McGregor also has four daughters with ex-wife Eve Mavrakis. They separated in 2017 after 22 years of marriage and their divorce was finalized in August 2020.
The actor also spoke about how much he misses Scotland during an interview at the Comic Con exhibition in Edinburgh last year.
He said: ‘The thing I miss most about Scotland is of course my family. My father and mother and my brother (Colin) and his wife Sarah and my cousin and my niece…
‘I miss the landscape. I miss the air in Scotland. I miss the smell of the rain, the smell of the greenery and the colors of Scotland. And the people and the culture. I can just keep going.’
McGregor left Scotland in his late teens to move to London to pursue his acting ambitions. He later moved to the US after his Hollywood career took off.
McGregor has four daughters with ex-wife Eve Mavrakis. They separated in 2017 after 22 years of marriage and their divorce was finalized in August 2020.