Historic and secluded 17th Century Castle located in private Scottish estate
5 Guests
5 Bedrooms
3 Bathrooms
Wi-Fi
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Historic and secluded 17th Century Castle located in private Scottish estateProperty Description:Grade A listed Scottish tower house built in the mid Seventeenth century by William Maclellan.The Castle offers comfortable accommodation for a group of up to 9 guests with excellent westerly views of the rolling hills of the Glenkens across mature lawned gardens and beautiful surrounding countryside.Furnished in a traditional country style the Castle has a large kitchen family room on the ground floor a Great Hall on the first floor and four bedrooms with two bathrooms (one en suite) on the second floor. There is also a bedroom with ensuite located above the entrance.The Castle is quietly situated within Barscobe Estate a privately owned 800 acre estate located about 1 mile from the village of Balmaclellan and 17 miles from the market town of Castle Douglas.This secluded and historic estate also benefits from its own wild trout fishing on the picturesque Barscobe Loch hills ancient woodlands river and waterfalls making it the perfect Scottish retreat.There are also numerous other activities locally available within 5-10 minutes of the house including sailing canoeing water skiing on Loch Ken; hill walking and mountain biking in the Galloway Forest Park; and the local golf course in New Galloway. Barscobe House is also within easy distance of sandy beaches and a range of nationally famous country houses open to the public such as Drumlanrig Castle and Dumfries House.PRICING: Minimum stay is 3 nights. Nightly rates vary according to season. The VRBO system is unable to apply our discounts available on nightly rates. PLEASE CONTACT US for an exact quotation if you are interested in booking.PLEASE NOTE: for families and couples only; stag parties hen parties or the like are strictly forbidden and entry to the property will be refused.
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Reviews
| Rating | Review | User | Published Date | Liked | Disliked | Title | Description | Stay | Response | Response By |
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| 8/10 | Good | Jean O. | 30 Oct 2024 | Liked: Check-in communication location | None | Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2024 | ||||
| 8/10 | Good | Rose B. | 2 Aug 2024 | Liked: Cleanliness check-in communication location listing accuracy | None | Retirement family get together | 3rd time of staying at Barscobe with the family Magical place homely and peaceful with beautiful gardens and waterfall we never want to leave and most certainly will return. | Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024 | ||
| 10/10 | Excellent | Ann-Marie G. | 25 Jun 2024 | Liked: Cleanliness check-in communication location listing accuracy | None | Birthday weekend at Barscobe | Fantastic property and grounds. Made a special birthday extra special | Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024 | ||
| 10/10 | Excellent | Malcolm F. | 1 Jun 2024 | Liked: Cleanliness check-in communication location listing accuracy | None | Absolutely stunning! | We took the whole family and partners to Barscobe Castle and found both castle and area absolutely fabulous. The castle is so atmospheric and the area beautiful. Would definitely book again | Stayed 6 nights in May 2024 | ||
| 8/10 | Good | Colin T. | 17 May 2024 | Liked: Cleanliness location listing accuracy | Disliked: Check-in | Unique experience.Great place to celebrate a special birthday with my close family | All the facilities were correct for what is a very special place difficult to replicate anywhere else. Communication though needs to be more timely both from Vrbo (No communication between booking made and 3 days before with key instructions) and the proprietor who sent an email after we had left home | Stayed 7 nights in May 2024 | ||
| 8/10 | Good | Heidi B. | 25 Oct 2023 | Liked: Cleanliness check-in communication location listing accuracy | None | Pretty good | We LOVED walking around the farmland and open areas--there's a small lake and lots of hills most with a lot of sheep. It was relatively remote but the two houses of the people that work on the farm were pretty close; however I only ever saw them twice in 4 days and just as we were driving by. The castle has all the conveniences and was very homey. However the mildew and peeling paint here and there from all the moisture had me worrying about perhaps some being black mold. I'm sure it doesn't have it as the owner was very responsive and has clearly taken good care of it but it was still a concern of mine. It has some funky musty smells throughout and the stairs were something you had to be very careful on as they're not really even or flat steps. It was only two of us so we only needed one room and one bathroom. I think this would be a great place for a group as it was well set up w/multiple bedrooms and bathrooms and a large updated kitchen. I recommend it but with hesitation due to the moisture. I was happy with my stay but wouldn't stay there again. If you're looking for something as I was that is out in the country where you can roam freely without seeing people this is great for that! | Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023 | ||
| 10/10 | Excellent | laurie powell | 20 Jun 2023 | Liked: Cleanliness check-in communication location listing accuracy | None | Fantastic location | Beautiful scenery and great walks | Stayed 5 nights in Apr 2023 | ||
| 2/10 | Terrible | Rebecca F. | 31 May 2023 | Liked: Check-in location | Disliked: Cleanliness communication listing accuracy | No running water for half the stay nobody came out to check on us and no refund of any kind. | We booked a 3 night stay. On day 2 we went out and when we returned found that the water had stopped working. It took about 10 phone calls to find someone who would pick up our calls and then that's when the nightmare started. First we were told that this had only ever happened after a long drought. An hour later they called to say everyone on the estate was out of water this has never happened this time of year and the caretaker was on his way to the water tanks to investigate. Meanwhile we had no drinking water couldn't flush toilets do the dishes couldn't bath or shower. We were all sweaty and grassy from playing out in the nice weather on the fresh cut lawns and ended up having to climb into bed like that. I received a text message at 22:40 to say the water problem was unprecedented that they would fill the tanks the next day but only use what we need to drink and flush loos but not to bath for 24 hours!! The water still wasn't working then. No offer to bring us drinking water no gesture of apology nobody came to speak with us no money back at all and a loud whirring noise from the utility room went on through the night keeping us awake. The next day we were told by text the caretaker would look into it but we never saw him and the water was still not working fullywe had a trickle in the kitchen so we had to carry jugs upstairs and manually fill the cisterns to flush. On our last day wewent out to get away from it and it was back on when we got in. Never | Stayed 3 nights in May 2023 | Response from VrboOwner on 13 Jul 2023 | Unfortunately for the 2nd time in 3 years there has recently been a widely reported water shortage across Scotland particularly in Dumfries & Galloway. This is unprecedented particularly when one thinks of normal Scottish weather! I admit we were taken by surprise when we learnt that our private water supply had stopped across the estate. However contrary to this review we immediately responded and investigated the problem the details of which were relayed to Rebecca by my wife my housekeeper and myself with our sincere apologies for the inconvenience. To rectify the problem our caretaker started taking water to our tanks from a neighbouring farm at 5am the following morning (not being possible during the hours of darkness) and in so doing he missed the funeral of his best friend’s daughter a testimony to how seriously we took the situation. By midday we had the water back on and simply asked that everyone preserve water as much as possible as we continued to fill the tanks. Interestingly we had 25 other guests and tenants on the estate at the time and not one complained about how we handled the situation or demanded a refund. This review is therefore inaccurate and inconsistent with the many others we have received over many years. Our guests remain our top priority. |
| 10/10 | Excellent | Nicki Z. | 15 Jan 2023 | Liked: Cleanliness check-in communication location listing accuracy | None | A fabulous New Year away with extended family. | The most beautiful peaceful setting to relax & enjoy being together. We cooked ate danced played games walked hiked climbed swam & read our way through the New Year break just lovely. Alistair & the team looking after the castle could not have been more helpful. | Stayed 5 nights in Dec 2022 | ||
| 10/10 | Excellent | Lesley W. | 31 Dec 2022 | Liked: Cleanliness check-in communication location listing accuracy | None | Wonderful stay | Spent Christmas week at Barscobe Castle with the family. Despite the weather it was warm and comfortable with everything needed for preparing our Christmas celebrations. It was very special and we even had our own tree to decorate and to put the presents under. The area was stunning amazing walking country and we were very sad to leave. Thank you for giving us such a memorable Christmas and a birthday celebration. | Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2022 |
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