Step in through the fortified entrance at the South Tower and you won’t find a reception or a bar anywhere. Fenton Tower is a home not a hotel. The accommodation is spread across five elegant floors: Ground Floor: When did you last enjoy dinner sitting at a huge walnut refectory table in a vaulted chamber Dining Hall? At Fenton Tower, it is the norm. However, you can take breakfast quietly at the smaller table or in your bedroom if it is too early for conversation.

All meals are created in the adjacent state-of-the-art kitchen - you are welcome to use these facilities if you wish. To find out more about the cuisine, click on the hospitality link at the bottom of this page. Also on the ground floor is an alternative entrance with a lobby where you can store golf clubs and sports equipment, walking boots and outdoor clothing. Shotguns are stored securely in the nearby gun cupboard. To go up to another level, there is a choice of spiral staircases. One goes from the kitchens right to the third floor while the other goes from the entrance hall to the garret.

In the Great Hall, you will find a stylish living room. Here you can relax on comfortable sofas and enjoy the beautiful furniture in a relaxed atmosphere under a double-height, beamed ceiling. A log fire usually crackles in the eight-foot wide fireplace while the large windows supply magnificent views of the surrounding countryside.

Next door is the Library. Here you can select any of the huge range of books and settle in front of the log fire, perhaps with a glass of our own malt whisky. It is an intimate, quiet haven from everyone and everything.

Between the First and Second Floors is the Communications Room, equipped with an up-to-date computer, conference phone, printer and Internet access.

This can become an extra single bedroom if needs be, and boasts a spectacular view of the laich. There’s a further well-appointed single bedroom with shower room in the First Floor annexe area - the Seton Suite. This has the same fine view over the laich.

The Ruthven Suite boasts a double aspect with windows to the North and West. Other features include an unusual Provincial half-tester bed (6’ x 6’6"), a writing table, ample storage in the Dressing Room, plus an original Doulton of Paisley canopy bath and a day bed in the bathroom. Colours: creams and beiges. The Carmichael Suite enjoys a triple aspect of North, East and South. You sleep on an Italian silver-gilt bed frame (5’ x 6’6"), wash in original French double basins from a Montmartre house or relax by the fire in the unusual bobbin chair. Colours: soft greens and terracottas.

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The Erskine Suite offers you a large double bed (6’ x 6’6" which can convert to two single beds), complete with a small double redassier bench at the foot.

The views are to the North and West. The TV is hidden in an 18th century linen press. There’s also an ample Dressing Room, an unusual ebonised leather-topped desk, and a fully-restored French antique copper bath. Colours: creams and blues.

The Stewart Suite enjoys a triple aspect of North, East and South. It offers you a large double bed (6’ x 6’6" which can convert to two single beds), with a plaid-covered day bed at the foot. Painted 19th century pot cupboards serve as bedside tables, while an immense Swedish armoire creates wardrobe space. The bathroom boasts original French double basins from a Montmartre house. Colours: green and soft pinky red.

Fourth Floor: Finally up the spiral staircase again to the Garrett Suite. Here there are twin 2’6" x 6’6" beds with a sitting area from which to gaze out at the fabulous inland views towards Edinburgh (binoculars are provided). You can also have access to the windswept battlements. There is a comfortable shower room. Now that you have seen inside, let us tell you a bit more about the hospitality at Fenton Tower.