The Chapel House - Sleeps 4

Description from the owner

The Chapel House is a superbly comfortable self catering holiday home in a unique setting in rural Perthshire. In the original 19th century building is the entrance hall and galley-style kitchen, with its stained glass window. The dining room features original panelling and tiling and has patio doors leading to a private sitting area and enclosed garden. The sitting room, ground floor bedroom, upper floor double bedroom and second bathroom are in the architect-designed modern extension. The twin bedroom may be converted to a double 6" zip and link bed, with an en suite bathroom with shower over the bath and tiled floor, this an ideal ground f...loor room and easy for those with limited mobility.

After a day out, enjoy a game of badminton or table tennis in the nave of the chapel - or just relax in the comfort of your very unusual holiday home.

Accommodation

Ground floor:

Kitchen - fully fitted and galley-style with a feature stained glass window. The kitchen has fridge/freezer, built in electric oven and ceramic hob, dishwasher and washer/drier, microwave, and an ample supply of crockery, cutlery and glassware and kitchen appliances. ??Dining room – originally the corridor that attached the mansion house to the chapel and members of the household would have walked this way to services. The floor has some original tiling and is wood panelled on one side, and has modern patio doors that open onto a small paved area with seating and barbecue. ?The Chapel House has a large enclosed garden with views to the south and west. ??Sitting room - a spacious and modern sitting room with colour television with Freeview TV and integral DVD player, hi-fi, radio, reading matter and board games. There are a series of pictures of the 1860's mansion house and the interior of the chapel throughout the house. There is a large cupboard, useful for storing the cot and high chair as well as bedding for an additional folding bed, which may be used from time to time. ??Bedroom - twin (or king size double) beds and a large built in wardrobe make this an ideal ground floor room. The en suite bathroom has a shower over the bath and tiled floor.

First floor:

Bedroom – from a small hall, the staircase leads to an upper bedroom with king size double bed. This is a zip and link bed and may be converted to 2 single beds on request. ??Bathroom - situated a few steps from the bedroom, the bathroom has a tiled floor and a shower over the bath. ?Guests are provided with 3 towels per person - bath, hand and face as well as a supply of shower gel, herbal bath and hand wash.

The Chapel House is available for short breaks or weekly lets.Read more

Additional Location Information

Conveniently located just off the A9 between Stirling and Perth, Duncrub Holidays enjoys a tranquil location in beautiful Strathearn with Craig Rossie, the highest hill on the eastern end of the Ochils in the background.
The Chapel House is a 10-minute walk to the attractive conservation village of Dunning, 9 miles west of Perth city and visitors can enjoy this wonderfully central location about an hour’s drive from either of Glasgow or Edinburgh airports. The area offers everything from wonderful gardens, castles, whisky distilleries, great shopping for antiques, cashmeres and Scottish specialities, entertainment from a ceilidh to a classical concert, and a fine base for your family history research. A golfer's paradise with a 9-Hole golf course at Dunning, an 18-hole course 2 miles, and the world acclaimed Gleneagles Golf Courses 7 miles, there are 41 courses in Perthshire.

It is a wonderful base for a holiday with easy access by road or rail to many parts of Scotland. The steep sided glens of the Ochil Hills have long been popular with walkers and protect the valleys of Strathallan and southern Strathearn.

The area is full of history and one of Scotland’s finest Roman Camps, Ardoch Fort is to be found at Braco. Dunning lies a few miles east of Auchterarder and is home to the Dupplin Cross, an 8 foot example of Pictish stonework that is housed in St Serf’s Church with its Norman tower.
Stay at Duncrub holiday homes if you are on holiday, visiting relatives, in the area for a wedding, a function or on business.

Visit our glorious gardens, castles, distilleries and many visitor attractions. Enjoy golfing, walking, bird watching, cycling, riding and other activities.

Research your family history using the excellent resource of the AK Bell Library in Perth or the Tay Valley History Society.

Visitors frequently enjoy trips to Stirling and the Trossachs, Royal Deeside, Dundee, City of the Discovery, the Fife and its fishing villages, Inverness and Glencoe, as well as visiting the local attractions that include distilleries, gardens, castles, Highland Games, ancestry research, ancient monuments.

There's a superb choice of places to eat and excellent shopping, whether your taste is for cashmeres, antiques, pottery, local crafts ... or just relax in the comfort of your Duncrub holiday home.

This rural setting can be reached by car from Edinburgh and Glasgow airports in 45 and 65 minutes respectively and from Gleneagles and Perth railway stations in less than 15 minutes.
Nearest train station: Gleneagles, 7 miles.
Nearest bus stop: Dunning, 1/4 mile.

Location Type Away from it all, Mountain, Village

Additional notes from owner

A 25% deposit is billed upon booking
Late availability discounts
Unlet dates within 14 days are discounted by 15%, applies to full week prices only
Long stay discount
10% discount will be applied to full weeks after the first week
Short breaks available in Spring & Autumn. Please contact us for details

What Past Guests Are Saying

• My_persona23
  Northumberland

  Large and warm and comfortable, what else is there

  Left on 11/20/2012 for a stay in October 2012
  
  

  Only stayed one night to complete our break after being in the tower the other side of the nave. Its quality and cleanliness are just a larger version of the Tower House, made for full size dweling, so not as quirky as TH, If we'd known about it when the children wee children, it would have made a good place for exploring the locality. None of the impersonal stuff that the big rental outfits deal out - real people who care about your holiday - stay here and find out.

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  Would you recommend this vacation rental to a friend? Yes

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• vicnzsa
  Melbourne

  Great place to stay

  Left on 08/11/2012 for a stay in December 2011
  
  

  I think this would have been my third stay here as it is close to family in Dunning when I visit from australia.
  The Chapel house has 2 bedrooms, 2 en-suites, large very comfortable lounge, dining room kitchen, entrance hall with seats and cloakroom (very handy for snowy boots etc) plus out door seating plus shared games room, actually in the old chapel it's self. Add to all that, good hot water, WiFi and clothes washer it makes for a very well appointed holiday let.
  Spacious outdoor area, so just great for kids.
  Sounds like a advert but no, it is just the perfect place for my wife and I and other visiting family. The owners are extremely hospitable and helpful
  Would I return? Yes, next week actually.

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  Response from Wilma Marshall - 08/30/2012

  

  Wilma Marshall

  Owner

  Thanks for this great review which is much appreciated - we love our repeat visitors and reward loyalty with repeat booking discounts. We're making a small kitchen upgrade next week, part of our ongoing process of investment in our holiday homes that we think are quite unique.