Barscobe House, Castle Douglas
ID: S135454
- Bedrooms 11
- ・ Sleeps 18
- ・ Pets Yes
About this property
Barscobe House makes the perfect setting for a family party with the house ample able to cater for 18. Set in the beautiful Galloway countryside, the house is on an 800 acre estate ensuring peace and tranquillity while enjoying the views over the garden towards the rolling hills of the Glenkens.
Please note that bookings for Barscobe House will remain provisional until they have been approved by the owner. If you have any queries, then please call us on 01556 504030.
Barscobe House makes the perfect setting for a family party with the house ample able to cater for 18. Set in the beautiful Galloway countryside, the house is on an 800-acre estate ensuring peace and tranquillity while enjoying the views over the garden towards the rolling hills of the Glenkens.
Barscobe House provides comfortable traditional country house style accommodation. Based around a large reception hall with billiard table, there are numerous reception rooms including drawing room, sitting room, dining room, playroom and country style kitchen with breakfasting area - plenty of room for everyone to find their own space.
Barscobe Estate is well off the beaten track and the house is 1 miles from the public road with privacy ensured by being set back from and screened from the road leading onto the farm steading, Barscobe Castle and the estate cottages. The Estate has pleasant walks from the doorstep either along the level track to Barscobe Loch, natural paths through the Estate woodlands to discover the impressive waterfalls in Garple Glen (watch the path edges) or a rough walk to the top of Barscobe Hill giving panoramic views over the countryside (enjoy the view while you catch your breath). Trout fishing is available on the Loch.
Whilst the Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park is on the doorstep the location of the house means that you can enjoy the stars from the house itself. The Park does however provide superb opportunities for enjoying all outdoor pursuits such as walking mountain biking and wonderful wildlife including Red Deer, Red Kite, if lucky a Golden Eagle, kingfishers, Otters and many more. The Solway coasts has many quiet and peaceful beaches together with all the water sports that you would expect and Loch Ken is just 5 miles with water-skiing, sailing and water based activity centre.
The local area provides much of interest for days out including historical sites such as Threave Castle, Castle Douglas, Dumfries House, Cummnock or following the various Rabbie Burns trails. Taking time to explore the small Galloway towns like New Galloway, just 4 miles away on the other side of the valley or Kirkcudbright on the Dee Estuary is also well worth doing.
postcode: DG7 3QG
Security Deposit £750 (Unfortunately we are unable to facilitate the Damage Waiver Fee on this property, please select the Refundable Damage Deposit
Barscobe House is let Friday to Friday. Short breaks may be possible out of High & Peak season for a minimum of 4 nights, please contact us with your requirements.
STL Licence: DG01091F
EPC: E
Accommodation for 18 over two floors Ground Floor: Reception Hall with billiard table; Drawing room; Sitting room; Dining room (dining table seats up to 18); Playroom; Bar; Kitchen with Pantry/utility room; Boot room; WC.
First Floor: The Bedrooms configuration is as follows:
First Floor
Bed 1| Super king size double room, with en-suite bathroom, with bath with hand held shower attachment, w.c and wash hand basin
Bed 2| Super king size double room with wash hand basin;
Bed 3| Four poster double room with wash hand basin
Bed 4| Single bedded room
Bed 5| Single bedded room
Shared bathroom for Bedrooms 2, 3, 4 & 5 = Bath with hand held shower attachment, w.c and wash hand basin
Bed 6| Twin with two single beds and wash hand basin;
Bed 7| Twin room and wash hand basin; door to wing section;
Shared bathroom for Bedrooms 6 & 7 = bath with hand held shower attachment, w.c and wash hand basin
Bed 8| Double bedded room
Bed 9| Single bedded room
Bed 10| Single bedded room
Bed 11| Twin with two single beds; bathroom, with bath with shower attachment, w.c and wash hand basin.
Shared bathroom for Bedrooms 8, 9, 10 & 11 = power shower, w.c and wash hand basin.
Services: Biomass heating * Aga * Open fires (initial supply of logs)* Bed linen & Towels included * Washing Machine * Drier * Dishwasher x 2 * Fridge Freezer * Freezer* Electric double oven and hob* Microwave * Telephone, Honesty System * Mobile reception * Free view T.V. * DVD * Bluetooth Speakers * WI-FI * High chair * Bicycle storage * Enclosed garden with patio furniture and BBQ * Pets welcome maximum of 3 (Extra charges apply).
Extras: Extra Logs, if required, £20 per week.
Piano in photos for Decorative purposes only as it is not tuned but can be played.
Special note: Bookings will only be accepted for Families and couples only and stag parties, hen parties or the like are strictly forbidden and entry to the property will be refused entry.
lease note that dogs are not allowed within carpeted areas (i.e. in main reception rooms or upstairs)
Note: Private Water Supply and Farm Traffic nearby
Reviews (2)
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Confirmed Guest
We enjoyed our week in Barscobe House. It has a lovely prospect looking over the countryside, set in a well kept estate, and a large secluded garden with a mowed lawn. There are walks starting from the house e.g. the Holy Linn waterfall, and up into the hills. It was reunion for three generations of a family, coming together from Edinburgh, Yorkshire, London and Maine USA. It was helpful having the caretaker and housekeeper staying on the estate to help with queries. We also used a local agent, who had good local knowledge. The kitchen is very well equipped: it is difficult to know what one is going to find in a holiday let, but this property has the sense of a much loved family house, well designed for catering. There were many baking trays, cake, bun and loaf tins, a blender, food processor, hand mixer, ice maker… A real old fashioned larder, 2 fridges (one with a freezer section) and a chest freezer. Ample cutlery and crockery etc. Good recycling arrangements (glass to the nearby village, or local supermarkets). Two washing machines, a tumble dryer, an old style wooden ceiling pulley for clothes (in a separate scullery). Two dishwashers. Some of the chairs and furnishing are wabi-sabi, but we found this made it comfy, and matches the house. Beds comfortable, nice cotton bedding, plumbing good, very toasty hot press to dry/air clothes. We already knew that Castle Douglas is a foodie town, and it didn’t disappoint: three butchers (we used Grierson’s, excellent), bakers, a greengrocer, and we ended the week ordering a very good fish supper from Moore’s (with a rigid insulated box and a foil-lined bag, they stayed hot enough on the 25 minute drive). The nearby village of Balmaclellan has a friendly community shop for messages like fresh milk. There are mobile fish van shops in the region too. We were lucky with the weather, but the house has a snooker table (pool too? Not my strong suit!) and lots of indoor space should the weather break - we did consider playing “Sardines”, but actually spent a lot of time exploring local attractions for outdoorsy types (some of my family has an affinity for cold water, and swam enthusiastically in Loch Ken), with the coast not too far away. We were sad (in a way) not to need the fires, that’d be cosy indeed. The “dark sky” area meant that on clear nights we could see the Perseid “falling stars”. The wifi dropped out occasionally but this wasn’t a problem for us. The caretaker was on hand on the one occasion the router needed rebooting. We understand that infrastructure improvements are coming soon. It is an interesting old building (early 20th century) that must be challenging to keep from disrepair. The windows alone are a daunting task. The hefty security deposit is unusual in these days, but I see why it is imposed, and it was repaid within the week. The entry time of 5 pm is the latest we’ve ever been offered (due to cleaning schedule, I think), but we built that into our arrival time. We had one electric car in our party: the provision at the house is currently via a standard indoor socket using one’s own trickle feed cable: rather slow, and the surcharge seemed arbitrary (not metered, rather high) - but we did opt to use it as the fast chargers in Castle Douglas were in use/out of order: the infrastructure will presumably eventually catch up (and I don’t just mean at this property). Highly recommended.
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Confirmed Guest
A brilliant week in a fabulous property that worked so well for our large family group. A stunning setting, plenty of space indoors and outdoors. We loved the billiard table!