Culdearn House
On the edge of the Cairngorms national park, William and Sonia Marshall’s bay-fronted Victorian house looks on to a tract of the ancient woodlands that surround Grantown-on-Spey. More
Good Hotel Guide Review
On the edge of the Cairngorms national park, William and Sonia Marshall’s bay-fronted Victorian house looks on to a tract of the ancient woodlands that surround Grantown-on-Spey. It is more ‘fine guest house’ than hotel, say readers. When our inspectors last visited, they found ‘an atmosphere of comfort and warmth’, the six bedrooms done in eclectic country house style (dual-aspect Craigievar has some fine antiques). The Marshalls are welcoming hosts: ‘We had a very pleasant room, and interesting chats with the man of the house.’ Guests gather for drinks before dinner in a lounge ‘with family photos on the sideboard’. Sonia Marshall’s nightly-changing menus, which some readers report are ‘more akin to home cooking than fine dining’, are a showcase of local ingredients: free-range eggs, humanely reared beef and fish from the Moray coast. ‘The meat and game were so tender and full of flavour.’ At breakfast there is ‘lovely fruit salad, home-made marmalade, and a good choice of cooked dishes’, including haggis. Fishing, shooting, golf, wildlife-watching and whisky tours can be arranged.
Hotel details
Address
Woodlands Terrace
Grantown-on-Spey
Highland
PH26 3JU
Scotland
Telephone
01479 872106
Bedrooms
6. 1 on ground floor, with wet room, suitable for disabled.
Open
all year except Feb, Mar, Christmas (open New Year).
Facilities
drawing room, dining room, in-room TV (Freeview), ¾-acre garden, public rooms wheelchair accessible.
Background music
none.
Children
10 and upwards welcomed, younger children by arrangement.
Dogs
only guide dogs.
Credit cards
Amex, MC, Visa.
Prices
per room B&B single £125–£150, double £160–£180. Fixed-price dinner £48.
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