Kirkdale Estate - Kirkdale Port

About Kirkdale Estate - Kirkdale Port

Kirkdale Estate is a stunning coastal Estate situated in Galloway, and has been home to the Hannay family for over 500 years.
Situated in an area of outstanding natural beauty, Kirkdale Estate has spectacular sea views across the magnificent Solway Firth. The Estate is part of Galloway awarded UNESCO Biosphere status, which means it is internationally recognised as a world-class environment for people and nature.
Kirkdale is a private working Estate with farming, forestry, magical self-catering holiday cottages by the sea, long lets and renewable hydro power.
The Estate's centerpiece is Kirkdale House, a Robert Adam Georgian mansion built in 1787 and said to have one of Scotland's least altered Adam exteriors.
The Estate has two wonderful, detached, traditional self-catering holiday cottages, each in its own secluded location: Kirkdale Port, which sits magically looking out to sea, and Garden Cottage, idyllically situated with its own private two-acre enclosed walled garden.

Kirkdale Port - sleeps 6/3bedrooms/1bathroom


Kirkdale Port
SLEEPS 6 | BEDS 3 | BATHROOM 1

Kirkdale Port
Beautiful holiday cottage by the sea in South West Scotland.

Kirkdale Port is a magical holiday cottage with a garden that meets the sea, situated on the private foreshore of the Estate. The cottage sit in its own peaceful location looking out over the stunning Solway Firth. The shoreline is only a stone’s throw and can be directly accessed from the front garden of the cottage.

The cottage has been refurbished to provide high quality self catering accommodation for up to six people.

All three bedrooms, plus the sitting/dining room have spectacular sea views. There is a master double bedroom on the ground floor plus two twins on the first floor. An unobtrusive baby gate has been installed at the top of the stairs. All the bedrooms have black-out lined curtains and sprung mattresses.

The sitting/dining room has a wood-burning stove (free firewood is provided) and a dining-table that can seat up to 8.

The kitchen has a dishwasher, microwave, fridge/freezer and washer-dryer. Wi-fi is provided also.

Games, toys and a highchair are all provided in the cottage.

There is a fully enclosed garden to the side and rear and a stunning south facing garden which runs down to the shore. Guests have been known to successfully fish for sea bass from the shoreline at the end of the garden.

Secure storage is available in the shed for mountain bikes. Wi-fi is provided in the cottage also.

Pets are welcome too. Please find our guest reviews below.

Overlooking the sea in South West Scotland, the cottage is ideally situated for the all the very best that Dumfries and Galloway has to offer. Galloway Forest Park and the very picturesque Gatehouse of Fleet are within ten minutes of the cottage. The extremely popular towns of Kirkcudbright Artists’ Town, Castle Douglas Food Town and Wigtown Book Town are all within 20 – 25 minutes of the cottage.