Luxury Castles & Country Houses in Britain- Scotland

Kilcardine

Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Sleeps 20 45 minutes from Aberdeen 10 bedrooms- 6 twins, 3 doubles, 1 single (all with bathrooms).
Kincardine has hosted house parties since Victorian times. Set in Royal Deeside and offering stunning views of rivers, fields, forest, moors and mountains, this is the perfect venue for those wishing a retreat in the countryside. Kincardine is very much a family home, where guests enjoy the personal hospitality of the owners.

INTRODUCTION

Very few homes match the splendour of Kincardine and even less afford their guests the opportunity to sample the ambience of country house society life. Every room in this wonderful house is decorated in period style and furnished with antiques from the last 300 years of this family's history. Visitors can breakfast in the small dining room; relax in the opulence of the drawing room; the musically inclined can sing, dance or play in the grandeur of the great hall; or simply retreat to the homely comfort of a log fire with a book from the library.

CORPORATE EVENTS

Whether it is to entertain a top client or to conduct a seminar for key executives, the splendour of Kincardine is sure to impress.
Sleeps 20 and caters for up to 400 
45 minutes from Aberdeen 
Serviced marquee on the lawn 
The Great Hall can seat up to 80 theatre style 
Telephone, fax and presentation aids available 
On the edge of Royal Deeside 
Top quality sport

HISTORY

Although there has been a house at Kincardine since the 1780's, it was the present owner's Great Grandmother, Mrs. Mary Pickering, who rebuilt the mansion house in the early 1890's. A socialite in London, Mrs. Pickering was well connected and moved in the circles of the pre-Raphaelite and the Arts and Crafts set. Within the house there are fine examples of tiles by her famous cousin William de Morgan. Mrs. Pickering was an acquaintance of Andrew Carnegie, the Scots-American iron and steel Baron and they corresponded as they were both building large houses in Scotland at the same time. It is interesting to compare the American with the home grown approach to bathrooms. While Carnegie built more than a dozen suites of rooms at Skibo Castle, Mrs. Pickering built Kincardine with only three bathrooms. It took nearly a century for Kincardine to catch up!

There are a couple of interesting literary connections in the family. Andrew Bradford's Great-Great-Great-Grand Aunt was Jane Austen and there are artefacts and portraits from her family home now at Kincardine. Not to be outdone Nicky Bradford's Great-Great-Great-Great- Grandfather was Henry Fielding, author of Tom Jones.

ACTIVITIES

Walks 
Lovely Country walks on the estate and in the surrounding area. 

Ancestral Homes 
Visits to the many Castles on Royal Deeside. 

Music 
Musical evenings in the house. 

Riding 
Cycling and horse back riding. 

Gardens 
World famous gardens and nature reserves nearby. 

Gardens 
World famous gardens and National nature reserves nearby. 

Antiquities 
Burial mounds, stone circles, underground chambers and hill top forts in the locality. 

Golf 
Plenty of golf in the area. 

Distilleries 
Whisky distilleries for private tastings. 

Shooting 
Game bird shooting, Deer stalking and Salmon fishing on the estate. 

DISTANCES

45 minutes from Aberdeen Airport and City Centre

BOOKING & MORE INFORMTION

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