Accommodation
ACCOMMODATION
Kincardine Castle can sleep up to 17 guests in wonderful comfort.
The Drawing Room
The Drawing Room is a gloriously bright room – with six windows overlooking the gardens with a panoramic view of Royal Deeside.
The Great Hall
This oak-panelled room has great atmosphere. In continuous use for house parties, it can also be used for larger banquets seating up to 56, receptions and parties.
The Dining Room
The Dining Room table seats 24 maximum but with additional tables this room can seat 42 (summer) or 36 (winter). The walls are hung with family portraits from the last 400 years.
The Board Room
This room, on the ground floor, is easily accessible for wheel-chairs. Bright and airy it provides an excellent quiet place for meetings.
Kincardine Castle can sleep up to 17 guests.
The Bedrooms
The Chinese Bedroom
Single Room with en-suite bathroom with power-shower over bath. Full of antique Chinese furniture the main feature is the extraordinary 18th century ‘drum’ bed. The only example we know of in the UK is in London’s Victoria and Albert Museum.
Emslie
Twin bedded room with en-suite bathroom with power-shower over bath. Named after the decorator who in 1935 managed to put the wallpaper on inside out. Two comfortable single brass beds. Stunning view over Deeside.
The Garden Room
A family room sleeping 3 with en-suite bathroom with power-shower over bath. Two beds can be made into a super king-sized double. The two west-facing windows overlook the walled garden.
Old King Cole
Twin or double-bedded room with en-suite bathroom with power-shower over bath. The bathroom has fabulous ceramic tiles by William de Morgan.
The Tower Room
Twin bedded room with en-suite power-shower room. Perched high above the front door this room’s five window give astounding views from east to south-west across Deeside.
The Turret Room
Super-king double bed with en-suite bathroom and power-shower over bath. The twin turrets flank the bed which has a painted headboard formed from the overmantle which was removed from the Drawing Room in 1930. This room is a favourite.
The Queen’s Bedroom
Super-king double four-poster bed with en-suite bathroom with shower over bath. Named in honour of a private visit by members of the Royal Family in 1991. The Queen didn’t spend the night here as her own home is nearby. This room overlooks the entrance drive and five windows give views from north-east to south-west.
Maggies’s Room
Twin/Double bed with en-suite bathroom and power-shower over bath. This room faces south-east and is lovely and bright in the mornings. It has views over the woodland garden and fields. Maggie is the Laird’s sister and this was her room when she grew up at Kincardine.
Nini’s Room
Single bedroom with wash basin and a private bathroom just along the passage. Not one of the main bedrooms it is perfectly comfortable nonetheless. Nini was a former batman (soldier servant).
Edward’s Room
A Queen-sized double bedroom with en-suite shower room.
The Stranger Footman’s Room
A charming single bedroom with a private bathroom just along the passage. On the ground floor. Stranger Footmen were not even weirder than normal footmen – they were visiting staff brought by guests.
