Stay in a Scottish mansion for 15 grand

HADDINGTON, Scotland, July 19 (UPI) -- Well-heeled visitors to Scotland can have the ultimate sleeping experience -- spending the night in a bed once used by Mary, Queen of Scots.

Lennoxlove House in East Lothian near Edinburgh has a history that dates to the 14th century, when it was built as a castle keep. For centuries, it was the home of the Maitland family, including William Maitland, Queen Mary's secretary of state.

As of this weekend, the house can be rented for $15,000 a night, The Scotsman reported. With 11 suites available, a group could club together.

The house was recently renovated at a cost of $6 million. Overnight guests get fine Egyptian cotton sheets on their historic beds, a butler and the chance to spend some time with a major art collection and Queen Mary's death mask, The Scotsman said.

The house is also open to the masses three afternoons a week.

The Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, whose family acquired Lennoxlove House in 1946, told the newspaper that turning it into an upmarket bed and breakfast was the best was to preserve it for future generations.

"This house is one of the most interesting and historic houses in Scotland, and I want to keep it that way," he said to The Scotsman.