The firm, which owns the Tomintoul Distillery in the Cairngorms and Glencadam Distillery in Brechin, paid £4,257,650 for the estate.

Dylan, 82, bought the house with his brother David Zimmerman for £2.2m.

It has several reception rooms, including a music room, 11 bathrooms and a further seven attic bedrooms.

The house is surrounded by 25 acres of grounds featuring cottages, a large greenhouse, walled garden, follies, a fountain and a croquet lawn.