Longfield House, Port Mór

Outstanding family house, superb location

STB **** 4 Star Award

Sabbatical rates: this magnificent house deserves to be enjoyed all year round, so we now offer it on the following winter basis (except Christmas / New Year):
1 week £250, 2 weeks £375, 3 weeks £450, 4 weeks £500 inc. VAT

BOOK NOW FOR 2011 AND PAY BEFORE NEW YEAR TO ENJOY 2010 PRICES AND EXEMPTION FROM THE VAT INCREASE - but make sure you are insured against cancellation. This offer extends until further notice and may be withdrawn at any time. All bookings by that date will be honoured.

You can use Google Street View to see the house and get a 360 degree view; enter PA61 7YR and then reduce the map imagery by one step to reveal it. Then, move the yellow man so that his circular footprint is over the tiny junction where the ring-road comes closest to the west coast. It is a pity the tide is out but it is quite good fun and I will post the link here. Longfield is the big house set back in its own grounds, and the small building with a black car outside is our island bookshop.

This splendid 4-star house is comparable with our very popular Cill a' Rubha, and we also have Phoebe, our 3-star mini-lodge at Scalasaig - ideal for couples without cars.

2010 chart 2011 chart

We try to be flexible as to changeover days and from late August may be able to agree to varied lengths of stay (minimum 6 nights).

Longfield House is in the centre of this picture, with Port Mor to the left and raised beaches to the right. The house faces the open Atlantic and just beyond An Rubha ("The Point") one can see the waves breaking over the reefs beyond Carraig Chatan ("St. Catan's Fishing Rock").

In this view, Longfield House nestles below the impressive bulk of Meall a' Chaise; Dun Meadhonach, the ancestral home of Clan Currie, is close at hand, as is Tobar Chatain ("St. Catan's Well) and there is a challenging ancient pathway through the hills to Scalasaig.

Longfield, a family home overlooking Port Mór

This three-bedroomed property is ideal for couples or for an extended family. It is particularly suitable for anyone with a mobility problem as there is an en-suite double bedroom on the ground floor as well as upstairs bedrooms. Longfield is furnished, equipped and intended for sensitive occupation by caring tenants. Sorry - no smoking inside the building; dogs downstairs only, and off the furniture.

Full BT Broadband provided

Available in 2010
Is it available? See our 2010 availability chart

Available in 2011
Although it is without firm commitment, we are very happy to pencil in tentative reservations for 2011. Because guests sometimes have to change plans, we must encourage them to keep us informed. Therefore, when making a provisional reservation for 2011, we ask you for a £50 refundable deposit. The reservation may then be cancelled at anytime before New Year's Day 2011 for a full refund without penalty, but cancellation after that date will entail a £50 administration charge.

For 2010, see our main chart. For 2011, use the 2011 chart

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Port Mór is on the west side of Colonsay, facing onto the open Atlantic, with distant views of Dubh Hirteach Lighthouse and the Torran Rocks. It shelters the occasional yacht in settled weather and is a favoured haunt of a wide variety of sea-birds - shelduck, greylag geese, barnacle geese, guillemots, herons and oystercatchers. The shoreline is girdled by a series of imposing raised-beaches, backed by dramatic inland cliffs - expect to notice redthroated diver, curlew, plover, peregrine falcon, chough and corncrake. There is very easy walking to be enjoyed at Machrins and Arskenish, with the option of more challenging terrain along the cliffs or in the inland hills.

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This property is ideal for couples and has the benefit of a double-bedded en suite bedroom on the ground floor, as well as upstairs accommodation. Please note that it is not suited to very young children unless carefully supervised - the design of the building and many elements of the furniture and fittings are not appropriate.

The preferred "changeover day" is Wednesday, Thursday or Friday - it varies a bit because we try to make the bookings dovetail. Please have a look at the availability chart to see what might fit.

The property is self-catering, which means that the tenant is reponsible for normal cleaning and washing-up. It is a condition of letting that it is left in a proper state upon departure. We do not charge for pets but they must not be allowed upon furniture and any dog-hair must be thoroughly removed. A minimum charge of £50.00 will be raised where additional cleaning, washing-up or dog-hair are encountered by our staff.

Please do not smoke or permit smoking inside the lodge. The property is rented only as a holiday let and not as an assured tenancy in terms of Housing (Scotland) Act 1988.

Weekly Tariff for Longfield House until Spring 2011

Now until March 19 2010	£310.00
Except Christmas/New Year	£585.00
March 20 - May 8 2010	£440.00
May 9 - June 26 2010	£585.00
June 27 - August 7 2010	£840.00
August 8 - August 21 2010	£585.00
August 22 - October 16 2010	£440.00
October 17 2010 - March 2011	£250.00
Except Christmas / New Year 2010/11	£595.00

Is it available? See our main chart.

Sabbatical rates: this magnificent house deserves to be enjoyed all year round, so we now offer it on the following winter basis (except Christmas / New Year):
1 week £250, 2 weeks £375, 3 weeks £450, 4 weeks £500 inc. VAT

Basic Tariff is per week and includes 17.5% VAT and all bed-linen and towels.

Electricity is supplied via a digital meter and charged on departure at cost price per unit inc. 5% VAT.

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