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Chirnside Hall
Duns, Scottish Borders
There is a touch of the baronial about this pink sandstone Tudor-style 19th-century mansion, a country house, country sports hotel, its public rooms adorned with shooting trophies.
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There is a touch of the baronial about this pink sandstone Tudor-style 19th-century mansion, a country-house hotel with fine original features, its public rooms adorned with shooting trophies. Stags' heads gaze out above a grand staircase to lofty first-floor bedrooms, three with modern four-posters. Spacious second-floor rooms have the same unfussy mix of period and contemporary furnishings, splashes of tartan, comfy seating. 'Our first-floor room was of a decent size' writes a reader, who enjoyed the views to the Cheviots across the Tweed valley. Chef Kirsty Duff cooks a nightly 'delicious and inventive' four-course dinner of locally sourced produce, 'always a game option'. For instance, pan-seared venison fillet with Café de Paris sauce, black truffle, parmesan fries, charred broccoli, vine-roasted tomato. A 'spacious sitting room with fire burning' is a sea of deep sofas, ideal for relaxing with a nightcap of single malt. 'An ideal base from which to explore the Borders', after 'a well-executed' cooked breakfast, it is popular with shooting parties. (Frances Thomas, Nigel Mackintosh, B and J H)
Hotel Details
Address
Chirnside, Duns, Scottish Borders, TD11 3LD, Scotland
Telephone
Bedroom
10.
Openings
year round except March.
Background Music
mixed, some classical, in public areas.
Children
all ages welcomed, under 5s free, extra bed £63.
Dogs
allowed in some bedrooms (£26.50 a night, bowl, crate, treats, poop bags), paddock, not in public rooms.
Prices
B&B doubles from £243, singles from £132. 4-course set-price dinner £57.
Facilities
2 lounges, bar, dining room, private dining room/conference rooms, in-room TV, civil wedding licence, 1½-acre grounds, parking, EV charging, lounges and restaurant wheelchair accessible.
Location
IN THE MEDIA
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