Eighty years after a mother walked into a London estate agency and bought a Hebridean island she had never seen, her family is selling their historic home.
The Island of Shuna, which includes a now-ruined castle, working farm and a holiday accommodation business, has been home to the Gully family since 1945, but is now on the market for £5.5m.
Jim Gully, who was the second generation of the family brought up on the island, said its white sand beaches and rocky coves gave them an "idyllic" childhood.
Estate Agents Sothebys International Realty said the sale of the 1,000-acre island was a "truly rare offering".
The wildlife haven has belonged to the the Gully family since the Dowager Viscountess Selby - a descendant of the politician Sir William Court Gully who was given the title on retirement as Speaker of the House of Commons - approached an estate agent after the war, asking if they had any islands on their books.
