Kilmun, Argyll.  PA23 8SE

Tel ++ 44 (0)1505 843678  Mobile 07765 007798

A beautifully restored but comfortable historic 17th century house with 2 acres of private gardens, luxuriously equipped as a holiday home for up to 18 guests, in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park, by the side of the Holy Loch, Argyll, Scotland.

Old Kilmun House is a lovely, luxurious holiday home picturesquely situated in two and a half acres of private gardens at the side of the Holy Loch in the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park in Argyllshire.

The house is well situated for sight-seeing around the West Coast. The immediate area is renowned for some of the best walking in Scotland, and it’s a great base for fishing, riding, shooting, sailing or cycling. We’ve also tried to make it comfy enough for people who don’t want to go anywhere else.

We use the house ourselves and with improvements for 2004 including a new kitchen, an open fire in the sitting room, bigger and better dining room furniture that makes the table a very comfortable 12, and a new shower-room downstairs, we are getting nearer our aim of making it the most comfortable and best-equipped holiday house available.

Another innovation for our 2004 season is that we can put you in touch with an excellent, and very reasonable, outside caterer. Alison Sykora of the Real Food Consultancy is based a couple of miles away in Strone. Not only did she take away our old kitchen, but she has begun to service some of our guests with either prepared food for the freezer / Aga or fully catered and served dinner parties. We've had nothing but enthusiastic feedback from everyone who has used her.

Accommodation  Maximum Occupancy is 14 adults, 18 in total

With a large sitting room, wood-panelled dining room, comfortable kitchen-breakfast room, snug with big TV and DVD, games and snooker room, plus five double bedrooms, two triple rooms, and a bunk room for children, the accommodation is flexible enough for most parties. The garden, like the house, is absolutely unique.

Lower ground floor

Large billiards room (3/4 sized table), Small games room (darts, table football), Snug / TV room with woodburner.

Ground Floor

Entrance hall with staircase, Wood panelled dining room with large open fire, Large sitting room with fireplace, Breakfast / kitchen room with Aga, Utility room, and a Shower room and wc.

First floor

2 x large double bedrooms (loch views), 2 x double bedrooms (loch views), Double bedroom (woodland views), Children's twin bunk bedroom (woodland views), Bathroom with bath, shower & basin, Bathroom with large corner bath, shower & loo, and separate bathroom with basin.

Second Floor

2 x large triple attic rooms with coombed ceilings, set up as twins or triples.

Facilities

We’ve put in 6 fishing rods, 8 bikes for different sizes (with helmets), and 4 bags of golf clubs. There’s loads to do in the area, and some great local pubs and restaurants .There’s a croquet set, football & large goal net, cricket stuff, soft tennis and badminton for the garden. As well as the ¾ sized billiard table in its own room, there is a little games room downstairs with a dartboard plus a multifunction / convertible entertainment thingy with table football, air hockey, table tennis, mini-snooker etc.

We’ve supplied Monopoly, Outburst, Pictionary, Scrabble, Backgammon, Chess, a few jigsaws etc for days or evenings when you don’t fancy anything more energetic. There’s a pretty decent library with loads of Scottish authors represented, and over 40 CDs. The snug features 32” widescreen Sky telly with CD surround-sound plus a variety of videos and about 20 good quality DVDs.

Children  welcome.

Activities in the area

Walking, Cycling, Golf,  and Fishing.

Eating Out

We are really well-served (by Scottish standards anyway) for good pubs. Whistlefield Inn and Coylet Inn, up the side of Loch Eck at 10 and 5 minutes respectively, are both well-recommended – we’ve included menus in the house. Dunoon has dozens of cafes, bars, takeaways and restaurants. The Loch Fyne Oyster Bar trades a bit on reputation price-wise but is a landmark destination in these parts and only about 35 minutes away.

Food Shopping

The Cot House service station on the main road has a good convenience store attached, selling papers, basic groceries etc and is open long hours every day. The diner there is not really recommended, but the shop is fine, like the pub. It’s a mile away (if you are walking, take the pretty little footbridge over the river off the road to the left, 150 yards from the main road junction). Dunoon is a busy little town all through the year, and has lots of traditional shops including butcher, bakeries, hardware, little galleries, etc. Its two main supermarkets are both open seven days - Safeways on John Street till 8pm weekdays, and the Co-op on Queen St till 10pm.

Places to visit

Benmore Botanic Gardens, Inverary,  The Kyle's of Bute,  Island of Bute, and Glasgow are just a few.

Travel Directions

Old Kilmun House is situated on the shores of the Holy Loch, adjacent to the Argyll Forest Park, and is perfectly placed for exploring the Cowal peninsula, the West of Scotland generally, and the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, within which it sits. Two minutes from the Benmore Botanic Gardens, it's a 10 minute drive from Dunoon, 35 from Inverary, 40 from Loch Lomond or the Island of Bute. The "long drive" to Glasgow is less than an hour and a half. Via the M8 and ferry from MacEnroes Point at Gourock, we are just 70 minutes from Glasgow Airport.

Tariff's

4th January - 21st March                            £1100

21st March - 16 May                                   £1400

16th May - 26th September                        £1750

26th September - 24th October                 £1400

24th October - 19th December                  £1,100

Xmas                                                            £2,500

New Year Booked                                      £2,500

Short Breaks Available off season from    £850

Includes linen, towels, heating, electricity, initial supply of logs.

A deposit of 25% at time of booking secures your dates with the remainder due 8 weeks before departure. We take a £350 good house keeping deposit, which will be returned shortly after departure.

For further information please visit our website which features a virtual tour of rooms as well as a gallery of other photo's.

Website:-         www.oldkilmunhouse.com

Or Email:-    info@oldkilmunhouse.com

To check availability or for further details, please call us:-

Tel:-01505 843678  or 07765 007798

John & Jan Davies
Auchengrange
Lochwinnoch
Renfrewshire  PA12 4JS