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Bed and Breakfast Accommodation
7 miles from Princes Street, Edinburgh.
Free private parking. Glasgow 50 minutes.

Newmills House bed and breakfast

Newmills House,
Balerno
near Edinburgh
Scotland

Staircase

Only 7 miles from Edinburgh, Newmills House is a charming Georgian family house built in about 1780, where Lois-May and David Donaldson offer bed and breakfast; a warm welcome in an informal atmosphere. The house is full of interesting paintings, and colourful painted decoration. Also many of the period features remain including a large, comfortable drawing room and an acre of secluded gardens with an historic yew hedge.

There is an excellent bus service and the bus stop is 2 minutes walk away. Many guests at Newmills House find the bus is the most convenient form of transport into Edinburgh, thus avoiding any parking problems - and the need to remember the route home!

Right; A marvel of Georgian engineering. The stone pen-checked staircase curves effortlessly past a window.

Accommodation:

Bedroom Sitting room
Bathroom

Above left; Double bedroom (with its own private sitting room).

Above right; Private sitting room for the Double bedroom above left. You can see the door to the bedroom straight ahead.

Left; Bathroom en suite with the Double bedroom above.

Right; Bathroom for the Twin bedroom below right.

Below left; Double bedroom with bathroom en suite.

Below right; Twin bedroom. From the window seat you can see Edinburgh Castle on the horizon.

Bathroom
Bedroom Bedroom

Right;
You are welcome to use the Drawing Room. The decorative plaster ceiling and fine chimneypiece are typical of the height of the Georgian period.

drawing room

Breakfast:

Right;
Breakfast is served in the Conservatory, a sunny room with dried flowers hanging from the ceiling.

There's a choice of continental or full traditional Scottish cooked breakfast.

Eating out: There are a number of good eating places within easy reach.

Breakfast in the conservatory

Tariff:

£35.00 - £45.00, depending on the time of year, for all rooms.
The price is per person per night and includes full breakfast (continental or traditional Scottish).

No smoking in the bedrooms please.

Credit Cards: Access, Visa and Mastercard accepted.

To enquire or to book:

Please contact:
Lois-May and David Donaldson,

Newmills House,
Number 1, Newmills Road,
Balerno,
EH14 5AG
Scotland UK.
Tel: 0131 449 4279
or from outside the UK:
Tel: 44 131 449 4279

The dogs

Please tell Lois-May and David you found Newmills House through About Scotland!

You are also welcome to use the tennis court. The garden is sheltered by high walls with fruit trees and informal borders.

Newmills is a good base for touring in the Central belt of Scotland, for visiting many of the Historic buildings in the area and for gaining quick access to the centres of Scotland's two largest and most beautiful cities.

tennis court and the house
! If you are visiting Ayrshire, perhaps to play at Turnberry, Troon or Prestwick Golf courses why not stay with Lois-May's brother Mungo and his wife Julia at Heughmill - in the country about 6 miles from Prestick airport and 3 miles south of Kilmarnock.

Heughmill

 Heughmill

Map of the West of Edinburgh:

map of west edinburgh