Dumfries and Galloway
Artemisia Lodge
Introduction
Artemisia takes its name from Artemisia Gentileschi, the Italian Baroque painter, and the art theme runs right through the lodge, from the Arcadian mural in the living room, its robin's egg blue walls matched to the painting, to the hand-painted woodland mural by artist Jen Robson in the downstairs bedroom. The kitchen holds a 16th-century antique table for a dining spot with some history under its elbows.
The lodge sleeps four across two bedrooms, one on each floor. Downstairs has two single beds and an en-suite rain shower, upstairs the king takes the whole top floor along with a workspace and a bathroom with a bathtub looking into the trees. Outside, tall hedges and mature trees close in a garden that ranks among the largest of any Dunskey lodge, with a sweep of lawn running to the woodland edge. It sits at the village side of the 2,000-acre estate, the closest lodge to Portpatrick.
Prices & Availability
Facilities & Services
The kitchen comes fully stocked and equipped, with a starter pack of dish soap, sponges, kitchen roll and laundry detergent. There's a washing machine, smart TV and WiFi, outdoor furniture, and a BBQ with tools. Logs are unlimited for the length of your stay, and dressing gowns and slippers are laid out for arrival. Every booking includes a welcome hamper of bread, eggs, coffee, artisan cheese, jam and baked goods, plus laundry, linen and Dunskey's own toiletries. Guests get complimentary use of the boat on the estate loch, and ready-made meals from the estate kitchen can be ordered in.
Location
The lodge sits at the Portpatrick edge of Dunskey Estate on the Rhins of Galloway, the nearest of the lodges to the village, its harbour, pubs and golf course. The estate runs two miles up the coast to Killantringan Lighthouse, with the glen path leading past a waterfall to two private bays. Stranraer, eight miles east, has the supermarkets and the railway station, Cairnryan's ferries to Northern Ireland are 20 minutes away, and Glasgow is around two hours by car.
Good to know
Artemisia sleeps a maximum of four, with one king room upstairs and a twin room with en-suite on the ground floor. Minimum stays run to three nights year round, rising to seven over Christmas and New Year, with flexible check-in dates. Up to two pets are welcome, with a £60 deep-clean fee per stay, and the enclosed garden keeps dogs safely contained. The estate grounds, maze, walled garden, lochs and beaches are closed to the public, so it's guests only throughout. A car is the sensible way to arrive; public transport ends at one bus a day from Stranraer.
What's nearby
Portpatrick is on the doorstep by Dunskey standards, a pastel-fronted harbour village with pubs, a brewery, a putting green and the start of the 212-mile Southern Upland Way. The clifftop ruin of Dunskey Castle, a 1500s tower house, stands south of the village, viewable from the coast path. Killantringan Lighthouse, built in 1900 by David A Stevenson, anchors the coast walk north, and the Mull of Galloway, Scotland's southernmost point, is about an hour's drive. Logan Botanic Garden, growing southern-hemisphere exotics in the Gulf Stream air, sits 20 minutes down the Rhins.
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