21 India Street
Edinburgh
Scotland

Number 21 (the open white front door near the middle of the photograph, right) is the home of a branch of the Macpherson Chieftains, Macpherson of Glentruim. Zandra Macpherson's house is full of Scottish history: family portraits in the dining room, interesting pictures and antiques, including a pair of 18th century cannons at the front door. Zandra is an author of Scottish books - People of the Wild Cat Country: Tales from Badenoch and Strathspey, 2006, A Strange and Wild Place, 2004, as well as cookery books (see below).

Two bedroom suites are reserved for guests, and Zandra warmly welcomes visitors to Edinburgh to stay for bed and breakfast. Here, in the midst of some of the finest 18th and 19th century classical architecture in the world, almost everything Edinburgh has to offer is within walking distance. Princes Street and George Street are less than 5 minutes away, and there are shops, cafés and restaurants close by.

Above left and right;
The Laird's Room. Double bedroom with an antique half-tester bed and a view over the garden behind the house.
The bathroom (bath, shower over, basin, bidet and wc) is en suite.

Below left and right;
The Patio Room. Lower ground floor with its own private entrance down original stone steps beside the front door.
In summer honeysuckle fills the small patio courtyard.
The shower room (shower and basin) and wc are just across the passage from the bedroom in this self-contained suite, as you can see in the photograph on the left.

Right;
Breakfast is served in the Dining Room, which is also Zandra's music room. Notice the clarsach (traditional Scottish harp) silhouetted against the fireplace.

Porridge, cereals, all sorts of fresh fruit as available. Full Scottish breakfast of bacon, tomatoes, sausages, eggs, black pudding, mushrooms and potato scones.

Fish (haddock, kedgeree, kippers, etc.) on request.

Special diets can be catered for.

No smoking and no pets please.

Right;
The Entrance Hall

Zandra's books are full of wonderful stories from her life at Glentruim and evoke the characters, atmosphere and history of the Highlands. If you you would like to read them she publishes under the name Sandra Macpherson and her books can be bought from Amazon.

From amazon.co.uk:
People of the Wild Cat Country: Tales from Badenoch and Strathspey (2006)

From amazon.co.uk:
A Strange and Wild Place (2004)