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Grain Store
Innerleithen, Peeblesshire |
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The Scottish Borders is a truly attractive holiday area, which some folk tend to overlook as they rush on their way to Edinburgh and the Highlands - perfect for those who stay here as it is less busy and spoilt then other parts of Scotland. The Grain Store is an interesting small cottage, with pink roses growing over the front door in the summer. It is part of a modern conversion of a stone farm steading which is over a 100 years old.
Kirkhouse itself is a small friendly hamlet with splendid views of the countryside and good walks right on its doorstep, including along the Southern Upland Way, down the farm track below the Grain Store, and through open fields grazed by sheep, onto the nearby forested hill tops. Innerleithen is the nearest town (3 miles away) and it is convenient for local food shopping – it has a really good butcher, general/green grocer, and ice cream shop!
There are historic houses nearby, such as Traquair with its maze and brewery, and tourist towns such as Peebles with Neidpath Castle, the Eastgate Theatre, craft centre, shops, pubs, restaurants and cafes. This is also a great area for outdoor activities such as mountain biking, horse riding, golfing and trout and salmon fishing (the River Tweed is nearby). There are facilities for all of these between 2 and 4 miles from the cottage. It is an easy one hour drive to historic Edinburgh (or you can catch the bus from Innerleithen) with its castle, palace, Old and New Town, its zoo, museums, art galleries, shops, restaurants and pubs, and because of the ring road it is also easy to get further afield.
Traquair House has a performing arts and crafts fair in the first weekend in August, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival is also in August, and the Edinburgh International Festival starts in mid August. There are a wide range of events and happenings throughout the year across the Scottish Borders, so there is much to do here or you can just relax and enjoy the stunning scenery.
- Sleeps 4
- Bedrooms 2 - 1 double + 1 twin
- Bathrooms - 1 with modern shower cabinet
- TV/DVD
- Washing machine on request
- Microwave and cooker
- Multi fuel stove
- Sorry, no pets
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- Innerleithen - 3 miles
- Edinburgh Airport - 40 miles, 50 mins drive
- Rosslyn Chapel (24 miles)
- Pubs and restaurants nearby
- Great golf courses nearby
- Tweed Valley Forest Park
- 7 Stanes: bike trails at Glentress & Elibank
- Peebles swimming pool - 6 miles
- Fishing on the Tweed - 2 miles - contacts for ghillies
- Horse riding
- Traquair House 2 miles
- Acclaimed gardens 2, 5 and 17 miles
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Accommodation:
The Grain Store is a two bedroom house, part of a modern conversion of a Granary within a 19th Century stone farm steading. The steading is in Kirkhouse, a small hamlet of 10 houses and the ancient Kirk of Traquair, which lies directly on the Southern Upland Way in the Scottish Borders.
This compact self catering accommodation, with immediate access to the surrounding Borders countryside, consists of:
a well equipped ground floor kitchen/living room with small multi fuel stove,
a first floor 'Green Bedroom' with a double bed,
a first floor 'Yellow Bedroom' with two single beds,
a first floor modern shower room with walk-in shower unit and instant electric shower,
walk in cupboard with space for hanging clothes and storing cases on the first floor
ample off-road parking to the rear of the property (below the barn), and
a picnic table overlooking the countryside (again, below the barn).
Access to the front door is through a small lobby with hooks for coats and space for boots. The lobby is shared with the adjacent house.
Prospective guests with small children should be aware that:
the house is 50 metres from the B709 and there are no gates between the house and this road, and
a track close to the house leads directly through fields to Newhall Burn (a distance of 150 metres)
which is crossed by an open sided bridge where small children would need supervision.
Cottage occupants have access to a strip of land on either side of Newhall Burn which is 150 metres down the farm track below the Steading. On a warm day this is a good place for adults and teenagers to wade in the stream, watch for dipers and herons, build dams and generally idle on the banks of the stream. The local fields are part of a worked hill farm and are grazed by sheep, with the farmer’s barns being located along the valley.
Directions:
From the south exit M74 at junction 15 and follow the directions to Moffat. In Moffat turn right and follow the road out of the town and along besides St Mary’s Loch to Gordon Arm’s Hotel, turn left on to “Paddy slacks”(B709), after 5 miles you will come to the hamlet of Kirkhouse: a cluster of houses either side of the road plus the white Kirk of Traquair standing back from the road on the left hand side. The journey from Moffat takes one hour by car. The entrance to the Grain Store parking area is directly opposite the Kirk on the right hand side.
From the north take the A72 to Innerleithen. In Innerleithen take the first right turn onto the B709 passing the Traquair Arms Hotel. Continue along Traquair Road, across the Tweed bridge and continue along the B709 to Traquair village, after a further 2 miles you will come to the hamlet of Kirkhouse - then see above.
What's included:
All bed linen, heating, and electricity are included in the price.
Wood and coal for the multifuel stove are also included.
Cost and availability.
This self-catering cottage in Peeblesshire is rented out year round.
Change over day is Saturday: entry after 3pm, departure is 10am.
The house can be booked for: 7 day periods (Saturday to Saturday only) between March and the end of December, and 3 day periods during Spring and Autumn (Saturday to Tuesday or Wednesday to Saturday).
To book this self-catering cottage in the Scottish Borders, click the enquiry button below and see availability and rental rates.
Grain Store, 2 Kirkhouse Steading, Traquair, Peeblesshire, EH44 6PU
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