Highland Perthshire, a part of Scotland known for its peerlessly spectacular landscape (Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were famously attracted to it – prior to buying Balmoral Estate in the 1850s), the westerly and northerly views from Bolfracks House & Gardens are outstanding.
Bolfracks House sits at the heart of about 40 acres of glorious gardens and grounds. Set within are sensitively designed and beautifully maintained formal gardens and about 2 acres of woodland garden. There has been an ornamental garden here since the mid-18th Century but the garden originates from the 1970s and is the work of the late Mr J Douglas Hutchison. The stunning gardens are renowned for their impressive collections of rare and unusual plants, including a superb display of rhododendron, azaleas, acers, daphnes, heaths, phyllodoces, polygolas, oldfashioned roses and an array of herbaceous perennials. The stream garden was planned and constructed by Ian Lawrie of Dundee in 1928 along the course of the Bolfracks Burn. It was restored and replanted between 1975 and the present day. Facing north, with fabulous views over the Tay Valley. The summerhouse was built around 1930 for Mr Hutchison and his brother and sisters as children and has been completely rebuilt in 2018. The family mausoleum in the burial ground contains the tombs of two members of the Menzies family and their wives, who originally developed the garden. The property passed out of the hands of the Menzies family in 1806.
So much to explore and experience – all private and exclusive to our guests staying at Bolfracks.