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Cromlix House

Cromlix House in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

Estate road, Cromlix - geograph.org.uk - 948826

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Typical visit
1 h–2 h

About

Cromlix House is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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From the Wikipedia article

Cromlix is a hotel near Kinbuck, Stirlingshire, Scotland. It was originally constructed as a Victorian mansion, then first operated as a hotel from the early 1980s to 2012. It was bought by tennis player Andy Murray and the hotel re-opened in April 2014, being managed by ICMI management group until December 2022. The hotel was brought into self-management from January 2023 by the Murrays and was refurbished.

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Background

History

There are records of Cromlix from the 1500s, when the Bishop of Dunblane sold the lands of Cromlix to his brother, Robert Chisholm. A house was built on the site in 1874 as a family residence in the time of Captain Arthur Drummond Hay, but was destroyed by fire in 1878. It was replaced in 1880 by Cromlix House. Cromlix House was built for Arthur Hay-Drummond, son of the 11th Earl of Kinnoull. King Edward VII visited in September 1908. The house remained a family home for the Hay-Drummonds until the 1971 death of Evelyn Hay-Drummond, who had married Terence Eden (8th Lord Auckland). Cromlix House was converted in May 1981 from the Eden family home, and retained much of the original furniture…

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Coordinates
56.2311, -3.9664

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Where is Cromlix House?
Cromlix House is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.2311°, -3.9664°.