Luxury Castles & Country Houses in Britain- Scotland
Mountquhanie
At Mountquhanie, guests can enjoy the gracious and comfortable drawing room, dining room and library, enhanced during the winter months by blazing log fires. 9 bedrooms, each one unique, can sleep up to 17. Most have en-suite or adjoining bathrooms. A marquee can be sited on the croquet lawn to the west of the house for large social gatherings. Additional accommodation is available in luxury farmhouses and cottages on the estate.
CORPORATE EVENTS
For Golfers, Mountquhanie is ideally located for all the great Fife courses!
Sleeps 17 and caters for up to 200
20 minutes drive from St Andrews
50 minutes drive from Edinburgh airport
dining room seats 20
Golf courses - St Andrews, Carnoustie, Kings Barns, Elie, Crail, Ladybank and Gleneagles
Shooting, riding and fishing
Woodland walks
HISTORY
The Wedderburn family have been associated with Mountquhanie, pronounced "Montwhannie" for over 400 years. The family originally occupied the now ruined Mountquhanie Castle which saw glimpses of Scottish History - Flodden, the murder of Cardinal Beaton and Darnley and the ravages of Dundee by Cromwell's General Monk. Creich Castle, also on Mountquhanie Estate, was the birth place of Mary Bethune, one of Mary Queen of Scot's ladies-in-waiting. It is said to be haunted.
"The new house" was built by David Gillespie in 1820 to the design of the celebrated Scottish architect, James Gillespie Graham - probably using the castle as a stone quarry. The public rooms are hung with portraits of many of the present family's ancestors, five generations of whom have served with the local regiment "The Black Watch". The property passed through the female line to Colonel Bethune in 1905 and through his daughter Mary to the present incumbent, Andrew Wedderburn, whose son Patrick now manages the estate.
ACTIVITIES
Golf
Located close to St Andrews and Carnoustie. There are 70 excellent 18 hole courses in Fife & Tayside!
Theatre
Theatres in St Andrews, Dundee and Perth.
Fishing
Trout fishing on Loch Leven, Salmon fishing on the Tay.
Shooting
Excellent pheasant shoot, rough shooting and clay pigeons.
Walking
Nature reserves at Loch Leven and the Isle of May, plus other nature trails and childrens play area.
Ancestral Homes
Plenty of local ancestral homes to explore.
DISTANCES
1.5 hours from Edinburgh International Airport
20 minutes from St Andrews
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