Tell me about the Saddell Landmarks
The Landmark Trust owns and has restored the Castle and a number of other houses and cottages clustered around it which are let as self-catering holiday accommodation. We plan to occupy these. The estate consists of the following buildings: Saddell Castle (Sleeps 8), Saddell House(Sleeps 13), Saddell Lodge(Sleeps 4), Cul Na Shee (Sleeps 4), Ferryman's Cottage (Sleeps 5), Shore Cottage (Sleeps 6). All these locations are within about a kilometre (about 1000 yards / 3000 feet) of each other. The total sleeping capacity is 40. Tangy Mill is about 15 miles away by road, and sleeps a further 6.
Shore Cottage, Ferry Cottage and Cul na Shee are spread out along the shoreline, successively further from the castle along a good dirt road.Wonderful views, but need to be reasonable walkers if you are not bringing your own transport, in Ferry Cottage and Cul na Shee at least. However the distances will certainly not be greater than most of us walked around Malta, to and from the Phoenicia.
Landmarks are all historic buildings, and although they have been updated to be warm and comfortable, and to have nice kitchens and comfy beds, they do lack some modern amenities: shared bathrooms and toilets are the rule (no en-suites) and there are no TVs. Smoking is not allowed. But real fires are often to be found - and bags of atmosphere.
(photo: Saddell Beach)
sleeps 8
2 x bathroom/basin/showers on ground and third (US=4th) floors.
People on the second floor (US=3rd floor) will have to climb stairs.
sleeps13
Saddell House stands right on the edge of the beach to take advantage of views across both the Kilbrannan Sound and the fertile plain inland. It is a typical Scottish laird’s house of its period, with generously proportioned rooms and large light windows. The house also proved a good base for hunting and fishing and it was while an eventual tenant, a Reverend Bramwell, was out shooting in September 1899 that disaster struck. A chimney fire spread to the attic, destroying the roof and gutting the house. Only the walls and a fine set of service rooms in the basement survived. Fortunately for us, Saddell House was judged worthy of repair and was rebuilt almost at once. It became what it remains today: an eminently sensible Edwardian house for a generation or three to spend a holiday together, close enough to an outdoors life but also a comfortable haven when needed. Those who stay here have the freedom of the steep old beechwood that surrounds the Bay with its long white strand and rocky point.
Ground Floor
1 Bath/Basin
1 Loo
1 Basin
2 bedrooms
First Floor
2 Loo/Bath/Basin
5 bedrooms
Second Floor
1 Bath/Shower
Amenities
Open fire
Open grounds
Adjacent parking
Dogs allowed
Guarding the entrance and wooded drive to the Saddell Estate is Saddell Lodge, a handsome granite gate lodge. It was possibly built between 1890 and 1910. The lodge adds its own architectural to the Landmarks at Saddell, lying snugly at the edge of the estate, just across the road from the historic ruins of Saddell Abbey.
Ground Floor (one storey only)
1 Loo/Bath/Basin
2 bedrooms
Amenities
Open fire
Open grounds
Adjacent parking
Dogs allowed
sleeps 5
loo/basin on ground floor, bath/basin and separate loo on first floor.
sleeps 4
single storey, one bath/basin/loo.
Shore cottage looks towards Saddell Castle across the bay. It stands on a rocky point, among trees that grow right down to the sea, and is a plain but stylish Victorian building, imaginative in design as well as situation. From the sitting room, a door leads straight onto the rocky foreshore where the rockpools at low tide are second to none.
Ground Floor:
1 Bathroom/Basin/Loo
1 Loo
1 Double Bedded room bedroom
First Floor:
2 bedrooms
Amenities
Solid fuel stove
Open grounds
Adjacent parking
Dogs allowed
5 Sep 2006 - revise pictures, remove tangy