Ormidale House
About
Welcome to Ormidale House Estate – and all the very best for the 2012 season, to all visitors to our website. It hasn’t been an easy last year for anyone, but despite the cloud of economic gloom and doom hovering over the UK economy, 2011 was our busiest ever year with more enquiries, bookings and visitors than ever before, and this year does look set to be even busier. It’s partly because we have kept prices more or less frozen since 2009, and partly because we get such good feedback and word-of-mouth from guests. Ormidale was described by a recent guest as having “the happiest atmosphere - and the happiest ghosts - of any house in Scotland” – I really liked that thought. It is a place that is usually echoing to the sound of laughter.
We have some exciting new business stuff planned for 2012, but laughter will continue to echo through our halls, as families and friends come together for weeks and weekends throughout the year, to enjoy what we have in the houses, and what the Cowal peninsula has to offer visitors. Only an hour and a half from Glasgow, in our 22 acres of private grounds, with a heated indoor swimming pool and a tennis court, children’s play areas, separate games cottage, and hot tubs and saunas for each house, we are delighted to offer the following fabulously flexible self-catering or catered accommodation for up to 77 guests in total.
Ormidale House has been described as “probably the best party house in Scotland.” We certainly want ours to be the best houses for a house party available to let in the West of Scotland. The dining hall will seat 24 in style and comfort, and the rest of the house lends itself ideally to big groups for family celebrations, weddings, anniversaries, corporate bonding sessions, whatever. There are two spaces in which we can seat groups of up to 72 on round tables of 12 for formal celebration dinners. So we are increasingly used for weddings when couples want the exclusivity and privacy that taking the whole estate gives.
With the three other renovations now complete, we now have space for bigger and smaller parties! The Mill House sleeps only 22, but it has a fabulous open plan living area of nearly 1,000 square feet with a hanging landing which makes a great spot for speeches or ceremonies. The Old Barn sleeps a maximum of 16 in maybe even more style and comfort. Between them, these two stunning steading renovations attracted nearly 200 bookings in 2010 and 2011. The first guests described them as “the wow factory.” We have just completed the renovation of the pretty little Garden Cottage to provide extra accommodation and additional flexibility for parties.
Whichever house you choose, our aim is to make Ormidale as luxurious a place to stay as the nicest small hotel, but at a fraction of the cost, and without any of the formality you’ll find in a hotel… and of course with the option of being completely self-catering if that’s what you want. It’s not got the grandeur or intimidating historic atmosphere of a castle or a stately home proper, but as many of our guests have said, that makes it a very comfortable place to be at home in - even with 30 or more people. We can arrange catering if you want, on either a one-off meal, or residential live-in basis. Our latest ventures for 2012 are aimed at adding some learning around the laughter. We have created a series of partnerships with experts in their fields, and are delighted to be launching what started out as an idea for a series of themed house-parties, and have turned out to be just a wee-bit more professional and serious than that...
Contact Information
Ormidale House
By Glendaruel
Argyll
PA22 3AF
Tel: 01505 872515 or 07765 007798
Web: www.ormidalehouse.com
Email: info@ormidalehouse.com