Facilities
- Sleeps - 12 - 18
- Bedrooms - 9
- Bathrooms - 7
- Bed linen included
- Storage for bikes, golf clubs and walking boots
- Central heating - Yes
- Telephone - Yes
- 42" Plasma flatscreen, Sky TV & DVD
- Broadband
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- Parking - ample
- Shops - 3 miles
- Eating out - 3 miles
- Fishing on River Earn - 3 miles
- Golf - 4 miles (Gleneagles 9 miles)
- Leisure facilities at Crieff Hydro
- Walking and cycling from the door
- Dogs - by arrangement
- Smoking - No
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Accommodation:
The Mill has 9 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms, accommodating 18 adults. There are five double bedrooms and four twins (2 of which can be made into doubles). Further accommodation can be provided using two day beds arranged in the lounge area of the master bedroom. Four of the bedrooms are connected to offer family suites. There are 3 cots and three high chairs
Both master bedrooms have king size four poster beds and lead onto the upper garden area where the original Mill lade still flows.
Storage for walking boots, golf clubs and bikes. Huge Lounge with stone fireplace, with doors leading to the Upper Terrace Area. Library area. Dining Hall.
Services: Central heating, bed linen and towels, electric oven, microwave, dishwasher, washing machine and tumble drier. 42" Plasma Flatscreen TV. Sky TV and DVD. Wireless Broadband access. Childrens play room with SKY TV, Xbox and range of games & toys
Availability: Available all year for weekly lets and short breaks. Price is all inclusive rate including heating, bed linen and towels. The house is let for family groups only - groups wishing to meet up for Hen or Stag breaks are not permitted.
Prices range from £2750 to £7500 per week.
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The Mill has 9 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms, and it can be let for 12 or 18 people for family groups only. There are five double bedrooms and four twins (2 of which can be made into doubles). Further accommodation can be provided using two day beds arranged in the lounge area of the master bedroom. Four of the bedrooms are connected to offer family suites. There are 3 cots and three high chairs.
Both master bedrooms have king size four poster beds and lead onto the upper garden area where the original Mill lade still flows.
Believed to be a Flax Mill originally, this superb 19th century B-listed building is being restored to provide exclusive use self-catering or catered accommodation.
Locherlour Mill features a totally unique and luxurious interior design with the following facilities:
Dining Hall with mezzanine floor with structured clear glass balustrade
Original stone staircase with steel and glass balustrade
Library area in Upper Hall area
Huge Lounge with stone fireplace, old oak beams and 4 original stone arches, with doors leading to the Upper Terrace Area.
Old Mill wheel is restored and can be viewed from the open plan kitchen
Green environmental friendly with a geothermal system providing all the underfloor heating and hot water.
Arran Aromatics toiletries in all the bathrooms
High quality Egyptian cotton bedlinen, towels & bathrobes
Childrens play room with SKY TV, Xbox and range of games & toys
The water lade in the Upper Garden area, which can be assessed directly via the bedrooms
Range of tailored activities (hiking, biking, fishing, white water-rafting)
Dogs by arrangement.
Locherlour Mill was built over several years and completed in 1832. It was designed by William Stirling Architect of Dunblane who was also responsible for Lecropt Kirk in Bridge of Allan. It is an interesting example of Georgian architecture with great symmetry, dressed stone and slated roofs. William Stirling is famous for many churches, mansions, grand steadings and neo -classical re-modelling of castles in the Perthshire area and beyond. The Mill has a wealth of features including stone steps, a doo'cot, date stone, slated roof and the original water wheel.
The Mill was probably originally a flax mill. Certainly it was the height of agricultural innovation at the time it was built, though sadly, its construction coincided with the last land clearances in this area. People came from all over the country to see this site in its heyday. At that time flax milling was a growth industry and Ruthvenfield near Perth was being touted as a rival to Manchester and many mills were constructed there, drawing workers from all over the highlands. Today all of Ruthvenfield's mills are either ruins or have gone completely which is why Locherlour is so architecturally significant and why Historic Scotland have taken such an interest in the site.
Further back in history, Locherlour was reputed to be the armoury for Fingal's army and certainly there is evidence of the smelting of iron ore up in the hills near Loch Turret. Historically it was recorded that there was a Roman burial site on the hill behind here and Clathick to the West and there are also several stone circles.
| Christmas visitors |
Dec 2009 |
| "This year we were lucky enough to spend Christmas week in the most perfect winterwonderland we could have imagined. we booked Locherlour Mill in November to save the trauma of any of our party hosting the christmas dinner, and it was truly the best idea we'd had all year. the mill itself is breathtaking, the views over the perthshire countryside spectacular, and the interior was so well finished we bored our friends to extinction with descriptions of wallpaper, door handles, kitchen fittings and of course, the amazing bathrooms. our 3 year old twins loved the grounds, as did we, and Crieff and Comrie were excellent distractions for shops and eats. We're working on dates to try a summer week up there- we can't wait" |
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