Award-Winning 4-star Apartments in Historic Scottish Townhouse with Free Parking and Wi-fi
Unique, Tranquil Parkland Location, Yet Close to Edinburgh City Centre
1 and 2 Bedroom Apartments - sleep 2-4 people
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2009 Scottish Thistle Award Winner - 'The Extra Mile'. 2008 Thistle Award Finalist - 'Customer Care'. Pilrig House is an A-listed Scottish townhouse (1638) with a distinguished history & wonderful literary connection it was once the home of Robert Louis Stevenson's family, and as a child, RLS often visited & played in the gardens here. He mentions Pilrig House in many of his books & novels, eg Kidnapped and Catriona. Guests will enjoy not only beautiful accommodation, but also a private garden full of wildlife, which includes a lovely Regency garden with secluded seating areas, a tranquil park on the doorstep, & park views from all 3 apartments' main rooms. All guests have a free parking space in a private car park to the rear of the house. Edinburgh city centre & all the main attractions are only a 15-min stroll away (under a mile), or 5 mins by bus (excellent local bus service very close by). All our apartments are non-smoking. Sorry - no pets. Outstanding facilities & owner managed!
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| Rental Period | Per Night | Per Week | Per Month | Min. Stay (Nights) |
| 1 February 2012 - 31 March 2012 | £120 | 3 | ||
| 1 April 2012 - 31 May 2012 | £130 | 3 | ||
| 1 June 2012 - 31 July 2012 | £150 | 4 | ||
| 1 August 2012 - 31 August 2012 | £200 | 7 | ||
| 1 September 2012 - 31 October 2012 | £130 | 3 | ||
| 1 November 2012 - 31 January 2013 | £110 | 3 |
Pilrig House Garden Apt (Sleeps 2 max, 1 Bedroom) Prices
| Rental Period | Per Night | Per Week | Per Month | Min. Stay (Nights) |
| 1 February 2012 - 31 March 2012 | £110 | 3 | ||
| 1 April 2012 - 31 May 2012 | £120 | 3 | ||
| 1 June 2012 - 31 July 2012 | £130 | 4 | ||
| 1 August 2012 - 31 August 2012 | £150 | 7 | ||
| 1 September 2012 - 31 October 2012 | £120 | 3 | ||
| 1 November 2012 - 31 January 2013 | £100 | 3 |
Pilrig House Balfour Apt (Sleeps 4 max; 2 Bedrm's) Prices
| Rental Period | Per Night | Per Week | Per Month | Min. Stay (Nights) |
| 1 February 2012 - 31 March 2012 | £140 | 3 | ||
| 1 April 2012 - 31 May 2012 | £150 | 3 | ||
| 1 June 2012 - 31 July 2012 | £200 | 4 | ||
| 1 August 2012 - 31 August 2012 | £250 | 7 | ||
| 1 September 2012 - 31 October 2012 | £150 | 3 | ||
| 1 November 2012 - 31 January 2013 | £130 | 3 |
Notes on prices
Please Note:
3 night min. stays
4 nights in June/July
7 nights in August and over Christmas and New Year.
Payment accepted by CR/DR card.
Solo travellers: 10% reduction on nightly/weekly rates.
Please see our website for reduced weekly rates.
Our longer-stay reductions are as follows:
2 weeks - 15% discount on nightly rate.
3 weeks - 20% discount on nightly rate.
4 weeks or longer - 25% discount on nightly rate.
Changeover day
Changeover day is entirely flexible. Check-in is 2.30-3.30pm, unless an alternative later time has been arranged. If earlier check-in is required, we advise booking the day before to ensure this. Departures: By 10am latest.
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Pilrig House Garden Apt (Sleeps 2 max, 1 Bedroom)
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| The Garden Apartment is perfect for solo travellers or couples. Charming, beautifully furnished and 'cottagey' in style, it is extremely attractive and comfortable, and has oak flooring throughout (except in the bedroom, which is carpeted). The accommodation comprises: sunny living-room with reclining seats and sofa, dining table, windows overlooking the garden and park to the front of the house - one with window-seat; a fully-equipped cottage-style kitchen with pretty recessed windows; sunny and peaceful double bedroom with double bed, full-length mirror, comfortable easy chair, wardrobe, and dressing-table & chair and which has garden and park views; and, fully-tiled, modern bathroom with shower over the bath/large glass shower screen, heated towel rail and shaver point. We pay personal attention to detail and consider cleanliness of paramount importance! All three apartments have Broadband Wi-Fi access, for those wanting to bring a laptop! Or, we have one we can hire you. | |
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Pilrig House Balfour Apt (Sleeps 4 max; 2 Bedrm's)
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| The Balfour Apartment's second-floor position offers wonderful views over the entire park and Edinburgh skyline. The most spacious of our three apartments, the accommodation is perfect for 2-4 people. The accommodation comprises: large, sunny living-room with marble fireplace & two lovely recessed window-seats, 2 double sofas, large dining-table and chairs; a fully equipped kitchen; modern, fully tiled bathroom with spacious walk-in shower cabinet, heated towel rail and shaver point; and, 2 double bedrooms - fully carpeted -1 with a super-king-sized bed that can be separated into twins - both have double wardrobes and spacious chests of drawers. | |
Notes on accommodation
All apartments offer: Free Parking, Free Wi-Fi, flat-screen TV, CD player, DVD-player (large DVD/CD library), digital radio, Welcome/Tours/Restaurant/Places to Visit Outside Edinburgh Packs and up-to-date tourist information files, selection of novels/children's books, board games, binoculars, umbrellas, hairdryers, Edinburgh guidebooks & street maps. Included: Egyptian cotton towels, fine bedlinen, utilities (no add-on charges!), telephone (free local & national calls and Call Minda answer service), Pilrig House stationery, leaflets & postcards, Scottish toiletries, and, on arrival, fresh flowers, refreshment tray, fruit bowl, chocolates and crystal decanter of whisky. Plus, many other extras! Adjustable heating in all rooms. On arrival, Philip and Debbie, the owners, personally welcome all guests. Laptop and printer are available for hire - £5 per day, should you wish to leave your laptop behind. Payment accepted by CR/DR Card.
Accessibility
Sadly - none of the apartments is suitable for wheelchair access due to the historic layout - there are steps down to the gardens and steps up to the Park and Balfour Apartments, and narrow paths around the gardens. Pilrig House is an A-listed building and cannot be altered. If you have minor mobility problems, the steps referred to total around 10 up to the main-door apartment and around 8 down to the garden apartment - around 30 up to the Balfour Apartment.
Outside
Guests can enjoy the private gardens to the front overlooking the park, plus there is the added bonus of a quiet Regency garden to the side of the house, which has more secluded seating areas and is teeming with birds, squirrels, and the resident fox, who occasionally puts in an appearance! This is a lovely sunny, quiet spot, which has garden seats. The park - right on your doorstep - is quiet and used mostly by dog-walkers and joggers, and has several entrances - you can awaken and take an early morning jog should the urge take you! The nearest bus-stop is a mere few minutes' walk through the park.
Nearby are excellent restaurants, local shops, supermarket and food stores, bus-stops, gym/swim centre.
‘ ... and besides, Pilrig being in the country, I made bold to find the way to it myself, with the help of my two legs and a Scots tongue... ...I came in view of Pilrig, a pleasant gabled house set by the walk side among some brave young woods.' Robert Louis Stevenson, Catriona
Coast/Beach
There are many delightful sandy beaches along the East Lothian coastline (great golf-course country!), around an hour's drive from the apartment. A car hire is handy for places out with Edinburgh, but, if staying 3/4 nights and sightseeing in Edinburgh, car hire is not necessary. We would advise guests that Edinburgh is a very compact city, easily accessible on foot. We also provide up-to-date details of local tour companies that specialise in half-day, 1-day and 2-day tours at reasonable prices
Golf
St Andrews Old Course is around an hour-and-a-half's drive from Edinburgh. Turnberry and Carnoustie are both around 2 hours' drive away. East Lothian - only around a half-hour drive - has many golf-courses, including: Gullane, Muirfield (where the Open is often held) & North Berwick. A whole host of other famous Scottish golf-courses can be reached within a few hours by train or car, eg Troon, Gleneagles.
Leith Links, less than one mile from Pilrig House, is famous for establishing the first recognised rules of golf: 'Leith Rules'!
Please see useful links on our website for other golf-course links! We can send you great links to municipal courses in and around Edinburgh - you will be spoilt for choice!
Special interest holidays
Many of our visitors are attending Leith School of Art or the Printmakers' Studio in Edinburgh - both are within walking distance,
And, if you are attending a cookery course at Michelin-star rated Martin Wishart's Cookery School, you could not hope to be located any nearer - Pilrig House is located 5 mins up the road!
Travel
Edinburgh Airport is around 12 miles from Pilrig House. Taxi rank outside the airport - cost in the region of £22. Alternatively, guests can take the airport bus, which leaves at regular intervals directly outside the airport, into the centre of Edinburgh, then take a cab from the bus depot.
Glasgow Airport is c. 35 miles away - a city link bus will take guests from Glasgow Airport to Edinburgh city centre. Edinburgh's Waverley Station is just off Princes Street - taxi to house - c. £5.
Distances
Edinburgh is around 35 miles from the city of Glasgow - trains go there every 15 minutes from Edinburgh's Waverley Train Station. It is also near to the coastal trail of East Lothian, where there are many picturesque villages: North Berwick, Gullane, Gifford, Dirlton. Guests may wish to visit the Borders, Fife, St Andrews, Stirling - 1-2 hours' drive. Lindisfarne is around an hour-and-a-half's drive from Edinburgh. There are many coach tours to the stunning Highlands of Scotland.
Further details
Pilrig House is 5 minutes' walk, via the park, to the nearest bus-stop, where buses travel every few minutes to the city centre, or, in the other direction to the Shore area of Leith - Edinburgh's old port - it is an interesting area, teeming with life, on the waterfront with a great mix of restaurants, shops, bars and art galleries. The house is one mile exactly from Princes Street - guests can walk there in 15 minutes, and perhaps visit the The National Gallery, or the Portrait Gallery, or just do a spot of shopping in Jenners - Edinburgh's oldest store. The 'Royal Mile' is around 20 minutes' walk away - Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood Palace and Park, The Scottish Parliament, and a whole host of attractions can be found wandering down the High Street! Local food shops, restaurants, post office and banks are all very close to the house. And, guests can enjoy the fact that there is a private mail-box to the rear of the house for sending postcards, etc. Pilrig House is around 15 minutes' walk from Edinburgh Botanical Gardens, and is minutes away from the Water of Leith Walkways - a network of walkways/cyclepaths that run alngside the river, leading to a myriad of areas throughout Edinburgh, including the 'village' of Stockbridge, and Edinburgh's 'New Town'.
Booking notes
Bookings are confirmed by email, or, in writing if paid by cheque. Payment is by credit/debit card via secure online payment system. Our cancellation policy is detailed in our Booking Conditions on our website.
Guest comments
Debbie and Philip, Our vacation to England, Wales, Scotland and France was just wonderful. We stayed in 7 different establishments, from hotels to cottages to apartments to flats. Most were OK, and one or two were just satisfactory. However, one stood out as exquisite, that was Pilrig House. Please accept our highest praise for a lovely apartment, clean, beautifully decorated, comfortable beds, wonderful park setting etc., etc. Also our thanks to both of you for your kindness and help in making our Edinburgh stay perfect. While this was our first European experience with a rental of this type, we have rented many times in the US, and Pilrig ranks tops with us. Our very best to both of you and thanks again. Warmest Regards. Carolyn and Jim Eitel
Owner profile
Debbie & Philip - wedding day at Pilrig House
About the owner
Philip and I got married 5 years ago - here we are on the steps of Pilrig House after the wedding...on the steps to the Park Apartment. Golden oldies. Philip is a retired mechanical engineer, who travelled the world as a naval engineer for many years - living in Mexico and Belize for periods of time. He is an amateur historian, and has amazing local and Scottish historical knowledge... and, is also a keen 'treasure hunter' - goes off frequently to local sites with his metal detector. I am an ex-copy editor who worked for over 20 years in the field of publishing, and then on a freelance basis as an editor/proofreader. We both enjoy travel, books, films and, life in general. We decided that we couldn't bear to sell Philip's apartment in Pilrig House, and so the holiday lets evolved.
Why the owner chose an apartment in this location
Well - there's the fact the Pilrig House is utterly unique as an historic 17th-century Scottish townhouse in Edinburgh - with its incredible history! Then there's the lovely location, and the parkland and Edinburgh skyline views... And the peace is supreme! Then, there's the wonderful ambiance in the house itself - it really is special. And, the private parking, the beautiful gardens... there is so much to enjoy about living here. We just couldn't replicate what Pilrig House offers if we searched the length and breadth of Edinburgh. And the fact that we can walk into the centre of Edinburgh in 15 mins, or take a bus right outside the park... more than anything, we love the feeling of living in the country, with nature on our doorstep, while living so close to the city centre.
Unique benefits of the property
All of the above! We awaken to birdsong, can gaze out our windows and see the park in all seasons in all its beauty, or sit in the garden to the side of the house in total privacy and enjoy the tranquillity, and read a book... We often walk down to the Port of Leith - only a 10-minute walk from Pilrig House and now a fashionable dining spot with Edinburgh residents, where there are great restaurants, including Martin Wishart's and Kitchins (two Michelin-star restaurants) right on the waterfront, and grab a bite to eat. Everything we need is close-by - shops, transport links, restaurants (2 within mins), Edinburgh's main train station... and, there are beautiful drives to the East Lothian countryside and coastal trail, including some charming villages - within a half-hour's drive.
For booking and further information
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Debbie Martin
Tel: (UK) + 44 (0)131-554 4794
Mobile: (UK) + 44 (0)7788 113886
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