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At Crosswoodhill we offer
you 4 superb properties, all on our hill farm. Each
has its own welcoming character and quality, with one unifying theme
.. our constant care for your enjoyment and relaxation.
The 3, 4 and 5 Star accolades
awarded by the Scottish Tourist Board contribute to your peace of mind
that we bring you some of the best in Scottish self-catering accommodation.
Many of our guests return year after year. Some have sampled each of our
properties and can't make up their minds which property they like best.
Others have definite loyalties.
You may now choose to
go straight to any of our 4 properties to view good-sized photos of each individual
exterior and interior.
Sometimes layout
can be the deciding factor. So for those of you curious to know where the
living-room is in relation to the bedrooms or where the kitchen or bathrooms
are, study the floor plan at the base of each individual cottage page .
The plan also indicates the overall size of the property.
For all this, please click
directly on the properties below:
Midcrosswood
Steading Cottage The
Wing of Crosswoodhill Farmhouse Orlege
End
You may then want to return
to this page. Or you may first welcome some guidelines on..
:
Which property is the right one for
us?
To help you choose the one
best meeting your needs, these snapshot summaries may help answer some
of the most frequently asked questions...
Please note: We apologise but Midcrosswood is unavailable for booking in 2008. Please choose one of the others.
Midcrosswood
Idyllic and romantic with the feel of a remote Highland Cottage. Single
storey, detached, this secluded hillside hideaway makes an ideal
honeymoon cottage. But equally well, it will sleep up to 5 as
family accommodation.
Two bathrooms. The roomiest kitchen and a good-sized living room with
a dining table that will seat up to 8 ( useful if you have visiting
friends or relatives or are planning a round-the-table
business get-together.) Midcrosswood is the most isolated of our properties. Suitable
for wheelchair users who can cope with one step into a shower cabinet.
No dogs as sheep graze close by. Children love the freedom of the hill
unfolding from the door but Midcrosswood does not have a formal enclosed
garden. The access track, though of a very acceptable standard for
a farm track and easy for cars to drive on, is hardcore rather than
tarmac.
[ view the cottage ]
Steading
Cottage
Close to, but set back from the road (no farm gates to open) this
detached property has a real farm feel to its situation. Two storeys.
Sleeps up to 6. . Appearing deceptively small from the outside,
inside it's amazingly spacious with its lofty ceilings and impressive
interior. Open plan kitchen and living area allows
the chefs in your party to socialise with the rest of your group, whilst
preparing the grub. Children
can enjoy their own daytime space in the upstairs bedroom which now
has a second T.V. Detachable stairgate for the base of the stairs only.
Two bathrooms downstairs and a toilet / washroom upstairs. Pets welcome.
There is a small garden at the front: by closing the gates, at the
entrance
to the property, it becomes totally enclosed for children and dogs.
This is the property which lends itself best to an extra one or two
sleeping persons in addition to the advertised 6. Steading Cottage
has
also been singled out by the Tourist Board as particularly wheelchair
friendly. It has a wheel-in shower on the ground floor and has no steps.[
view the cottage ]
The
Wing of Crosswoodhill Farmhouse
On the opposite side of the road from all the farm activities,
this accommodation has a lovely traditional feel to it. Two storeys,
not detached. Sleeps up to 6. The wing is not a "cottage" but
so many of our past guests call it a cottage because of its comfortable
feel that we now think of it in this way ourselves! Of the trio
the Wing
has the best garden but the smallest kitchen and only one bathroom
which is upstairs. The downstairs dining / living-room is a bit
on the small side but the third upstairs bedroom offers the
flexibility of converting into an instantly very attractive second
living room provided the bed is made! Guests love the versatility
of having a second living area which allows older children, or individual
members within a group, their own space to relax or perhaps watch
a T.V. programme on a different channel from that being watched downstairs.
On either side of the Wing are friendly neighbours. Your hosts live
at one end. At the far end of the farmhouse live Eve and Bill, who
have rented their accommodation from us for over 30 years! They have
Scottish Deerhound dogs. Holidaymakers' pets welcome. For the cost-conscious,
this is the least expensive of the 4 properties.
[ view
the cottage ]
Orlege End Sleeps
3 + 2 + 1. The most contemporary and open-plan
of our properties and the most expensive. "One of the most surprising
things about turning up here" writes a visiting journalist, " is
that Orlege doesn't feel like holiday accommodation at all but rather
a highly characterful and contemporary home. The modernity
of this conversion is apparent throughout -- from the tension
wire detailing to the mezzanine's balustrade and ash wood staircase,
to the contemporary halogen lighting suspended on tension wires along
the vaulted space. However the building's original character remains: there's
an earthiness almost, in the use of stone and wood, albeit
one played against crisp white walls and streamlined leather
furniture." Click
on View the Cottage below for lots more (non-journalistic!) detail
on this stunning conversion of what used to be a collection of
outbuildings tagged onto the main eighteenth century farmhouse.
With such a flexible friendly layout Orlege's 5 STAR
chic is a catch-all for holiday romance, homely family comfort
or for stress-busting furrowed business brows!
Orlege End
has already caught the eye of two different magazine editors
who have given us some free, impressive publicity. Both displayed
photos of Orlege on the covers of their magazines. The
July 2006 issue of "Property Ladder" headlines Orlege
as "Scottish Sophistication: Stunning Interior" and gave
us seven pages of coverage. The April 24th 2005 issue
of Scotland on Sunday's "At Home" supplement entitled
their article "Holiday Romance" and gave us three pages and
a rave review!
We now have a new website, launched in late September 2007, www.fivestarholidaycottage.co.uk devoted exclusively to Orlege. However before you click on to this one, you may want to click on the link below for a more concise summary of what Orlege offers. Where the new website scores over this one is in the quantity and quality of images and the more contemporary feel it has.
[ view
the cottage ]
If you haven't
already visited our More Information page,
it would be worth taking a look at this link-page to see the range of facilities
and equipment we offer in each property. Everything from washing-up
liquid to a wok.... dishwasher to duster.
Or would you
prefer first to explore our livestock farm? To do this, click on the small
sheep icon alongside.
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Copyright Crosswoodhill Farm Holiday Cottages 2005
Tel. 01501 785205
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