Delboy1940Essex/FlickrHarry Potter author J.K. Rowling's property in Scotland, the Killiechassie Estate, reportedly will add a new structure.APJ.K. Rowling
In another great example of life imitating art, Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is planning to build a summer house on her Scottish estate that looks suspiciously like the "Hagrid Hut" where her giant and beloved character lived.
The Western Daily Press reports that, like Hagrid's gamekeeper hut, the new, circular structure will open to the front, and have a stone bench and slate roof. It will be situated on the edge of a forest on Rowling's 19th century, 162-acre Killiechassie Estate, located on the upper reaches of Scotland's River Tay.
Doug Kline/Flickr Hagrid's Hut as depicted at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter attraction.
The building application was reportedly submitted by Rowling's husband, Dr. Neil Murray, and recently approved by local Perth and Kinross Council planning officials. The council reportedly stipulated that no trees can be damaged or cut down during construction.
In 2012, Rowling sold another home that she owned in Scotland, a sprawling eight-bedroom Victorian house -- also constructed of stone -- in the capital of Edinburgh, where she lived with her husband and children while writing many of the Potter books. It reportedly sold in three weeks after being listed for $3.7 million.
