Perthshire: perfect for winter

Kinloch House
by Blairgowrie, Perthshire
Tel: +44 (0)1250 884 237

Relais & Châteaux member Kinloch House stands in 25 acres of grounds near Blairgowrie. Built in 1840 at a time when it was fashionable for newly-rich industrialists to establish seats for themselves in the country, Perthshire, with rich opportunities for country sports of all kinds, provided a perfect environment.

For much of the year Highland cattle graze outside the hotel; in spring there are carpets of bluebells. In summer the south-facing walled garden, with its Celtic cross layout and high walls, provides a joyous place to sit. But it was in a cooler month that we stepped into the richly panelled hall to be uplifted by the evocative scents of log fires and flowers. Warm, cosy, glowing evenings in this much-enhanced house
appeal enormously…

Kinloch, with its mellow oak panelling and very classy first floor portrait gallery, truly lives up to the adjective ‘beautiful'. Such praise especially belongs to the 20 bedrooms, particularly those in the original house. We highly recommend rooms one and two, but all the recently redesigned ones are tops. Superb fabrics, light carpeting, gorgeous new rose marble-lined bathrooms, wonderful views: this is real quality.

Drawing rooms are luxurious and classy, painted in heritage tones, hung with good art. Relax in a squishy sofa and enjoy afternoon tea in style. And there's a pool and gym too, good for the body and the conscience!

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• By : Dominic Roskrow
• In : Best of Scotland
• Issue : 18
• Page : 54
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