Ewan McGregor has returned to live in Scotland after splashing out more than £2 million on a mansion near his home town.

The actor has purchased an 18th century country retreat in Perthshire set in more than 18 acres of land and gardens. The property is 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 regularly in the area in recent weeks and it is understood he will now split his time between Scotland and LA.

Property records show Ewan, 52, bought the Category C-listed 10 bedroom property last May for £2.35 million. It had been on the market for offers over £2.15 million.

It comes with a gate lodge and a courtyard of outbuildings and has more than 15,000 sq ft of living space on three floors, with a two-bedroom flat, stores and a wine cellar on the lower ground floor.

The accommodation includes an entrance hall, three reception rooms, a billiards room, family room, study and a 1930s hothouse/conservatory.

McGregor has been carrying out renovations at the house and has been granted permission by Perth and Kinross Council to erect a replacement garage.

Last week he posed for photographs at a street food van in Dundee. He surprised staff at Heather Street Food on the city's waterfront as he visited the V&A museum.

He was later spotted dining at the Mae Ping Thai restaurant in Perth.

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 spend long periods of time away from them.

He married Mary, 37, in April 2022 in a low-key ceremony near their home in Los Angeles. The couple have been together since 2017 after meeting on the set of TV comedy crime drama Fargo.

McGregor also has four daughters with ex-wife Eve Mavrakis. They split up in 2017 after 22 years of marriage and their divorce was finalised in August 2020.

The actor also spoke about how much he misses Scotland an interview at Comic Con exhibition in Edinburgh last year.

He said: 'What I miss the most about Scotland, is of course my family. My mum and dad and my brother (Colin) and his wife Sarah and my nephew and my niece...

'I miss the landscape. I miss the air in Scotland. I miss the smell of the rain, the smell of the green and the colours of Scotland. And the people and the culture. I could just keep going on and on.'

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.