About this property
Lose yourself in the magnificent Scottish landscapes near your traditional holiday home soak up the sunshine in your exquisite garden with its glorious shades of colour throughout the year or enjoy the great outdoors by going hiking riding and cycling or even taking part in winter sports and water-skiing. Follow Scotland s Castle Trail through Aberdeenshire and visit 19 impressive historic buildings or take the Pictish Stone Trail to see the ornate work of the community who lived in this area between the 4th and 9th centuries AD. Visit the town of Huntly about 10 miles away with its shops restaurants and castle.
Your handsome stone property was built around 1700 and has a colourful past as a mill and coach house as well as a gamekeeper s home and gardeners cottages. Today it makes an outstanding four-bedroom holiday home set in the manicured gardens of 15th century Druminnor Castle. Enter your character-filled cottage with its handsome exposed stone walls to find your open-plan kitchen/diner at ground-floor level. Prepare meals in this generous space then dine together at the table with the wood burner exuding a cosy heat. Retire to the lounge where you might light the open fire or switch on your TV to enjoy Freeview or a DVD for a few hours.
Bask in the natural light while you are here: this streams in through an impressive arched window. Discover your cottage has two staircases one leading up to a family bathroom and two bedrooms (one of which has a shower cubicle) and the other rising up to two equally pretty bedrooms each with its own shower plus shared access to a separate WC. Settle down in the sunshine on the patio and perhaps light the BBQ to cook your fresh Scottish produce. Enjoy dinner or lunch out in the fresh air stroll round the garden and visit the babbling burn at the end.
Supervise children at all times because of the open water. The cottage comes with private parking. Need to know: 4 bedrooms 1 double, 2 singles, 1 zip and link king size. 1 bathroom plus shower cubicles in 3 bedrooms. Electric oven, electric hob, microwave, dishwasher, fridge/freezer and washing machine. 2 cots available upon request . Open fire and wood burner starter pack of logs included. TV, DVD, CD and radio. Wi Fi included. A small river runs through the grounds at the end of the garden which is private but unfenced, children must be supervised at all times. Charcoal BBQ. Garden furniture.
Private water supply. Private parking. Regret no pets. Small shop 1 mile away, convenience store 4 miles away, supermarkets 10 miles away.
Accommodation
Open fire / woodburner: Yes
Internet access: Yes
Shop nearby: Yes
Fishing onsite / nearby: Yes
Family friendly: Yes
Towels included: Yes
Travel cot available: Yes