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Title
Kirroughtree Country House Hotel Newton Stewart Scotland
Description
One of our friendly staff will be there to welcome you personally to the hotel and show you to your luxurious room.
Kirroughtree is an ideal retreat from modern life, with its elegant public rooms, spacious and comfortable bedrooms, and excellent food. Standing in eight acres of landscaped grounds on the edge of Galloway Forest Park, this historic country mansion offers its guests individual attention and care in surroundings reminiscent of a bygone age.
Kirroughtree was the home of the Heron family whose ancestry can be traced back to a Norman adventurer called Fairuns, who came to Britain with William the Conqueror. Around 1300 a Gerald Heron fought on the side of King Robert the Bruce, who, on victory, compelled Galloway to return to the Scottish Crown after years of English Rule. As a reward, Gerald Heron was granted the rich lands of Kirroughtree.
Languages
English
