Idyllically situated overlooking the Keltney Burn, a small river, Kiln House is a Listed Building noted for its picturesqueness, nestled among splendid Scottish scenery.
Perfectly positioned as a Highland hideaway or as a home base for tourism, it is within easy reach of all of the activity and sightseeing that this undeniably beautiful part of Scotland has to offer.
Kiln House accommodates up to four people. It has two double bedrooms, one with a Super King Size bed that may be separated into two single beds if requested. There is a main living area and a mezzanine, a kitchen-diner, a bathroom and an en suite shower room. It is equipped as a practical Home from Home. Kiln House has a fibre to property Internet connection.
Scottish Short-term Let Licence: PK11053F
Built in 1824 by Colonel David Stewart of Garth, Kiln House was originally intended as the Malt Kiln of the Keltneyburn Distillery and is a rare and early example of its type. It is part of the historic Keltneyburn Milton — formerly a rural industrial hamlet centred on a watermill, since transformed into residential properties by an award winning project.
Inside, the multi-level layout reflects its original purpose, although is also modern and open plan. Kiln House is thoughtfully furnished and equipped for comfort and practicality, interweaving creative, contemporary and traditional themes, yet echoes the unique history and heritage of the property in its décor too.
Outside, the natural landscape of the garden cascades down to the edge of the Keltney Burn, the river in the garden, in a series of terraces clustered around the old mill lade and what was once the tumbling run-off from its sluice. Outdoor living is well catered for: breakfast or dine, sit and read, or have a romantic glass of champagne together, as the burn splashes by. This is a place to relax, to just be and enjoy.
Expect to see Highland wildlife: Red squirrels darting by the river and coming into the garden, roe deer in the evening in the field opposite the Smithy, occasional red deer in the distance or as a herd on the nearby hills; heron, kingfisher, grey wagtail, ducks and white-throated dipper on the Keltney Burn; and in the surrounding area golden eagles, osprey, buzzards, pheasants and now and again evidence of pine martin, otter, beaver, badger and fox.
And Scotland’s history is found everywhere around Kiln House.
Situated just below the geographical centre of mainland Scotland Keltneyburn sits above the Highland Line in the historic area of Breadalbane in between the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs and the Cairngorms National Parks. It is surrounded by National Scenic Areas, Wild Land Areas, National Nature Reserves, Scottish Wildlife Trust Reserves and Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
Popularised by Queen Victoria‘s visit to nearby Taymouth Castle in 1842 the local landscape extends across a series of deep glacial valleys with mountainous divides. Considered ‘the most varied and the most beautiful’ of locations by Sir Walter Scott, because of the combination of awesome ruggedness rising above lush pasture that characterises the scenery of the Lochs and Glens nearby, he described it in 1828 as ‘…beauty lying in the lap of terror.’
Ancient standing stones, Iron Age hill forts, Castles and Highland cows are to be found here, as are mountains, lochs and waterfalls.
The pretty village of Kenmore and Loch Tay are 2 miles away. The ancient Fortingall Yew, believed to be 3,000 to 9,000 years old, is further along the road. The mountains Schiehallion and Ben Lawers and several other Munros are around Keltneyburn, where Kiln House is positioned at the beginnings of Glen Lyon, the "longest, loneliest and loveliest glen in Scotland".
Loch Rannoch and Loch Tummel, the Falls of Moness within the Birks of Aberfeldy that Robert Burns wrote of, the Falls of Dochart at Killin and close by, the less well-known Falls of Keltney; and of course the wilds of Glen Lyon itself are each just short distances away, while the local town of Aberfeldy, where Bonny Prince Charley's army crossed the River Tay en route to Culloden, has shops, cafés, a cinema, the Dewars Whisky distillery and a delightful bookshop.
The locality offers walking, cycling, fishing, golf, canoeing, white water rafting, restaurants, even chocolatiers, with much more in day tripping range, including museums and galleries.
