Eastside
Five cottages in the old buildings of a working hill farm in the Pentland Hills, close to Edinburgh, with a wood-fired sauna on the farm.
A cow shed, a hay shed, a cart shed, a wash house and a new timber cabin, on a farm the Cowans have worked for five generations.
Eastside is a working hill farm in the Pentland Hills Regional Park, farmed by the Cowan family for five generations, with Scottish Blackface sheep on the heather hills. Its 18th-century farm buildings have been turned into places to stay. Two are award-winning conversions by Studio IMA, the Cartshed and the Wash House, and there's a new timber cabin, the Woodshed, with its own hot tub. The Byre and the Steading are family cottages with log fires. There are miles of walking from the door and views all the way to the Highland hills, and after a day out there's a wood-fired sauna on the farm. It's a mile up a farm track, and yet Edinburgh is close.
So close to Edinburgh, but far enough away to feel like a different world.
Two family cottages for four, and three hideaways for two.
The ByreSleeps 4- The old cow shed
- A double-height kitchen
SteadingSleeps 4- The old hay shed
- A spiral staircase
WoodshedSleeps 2- A silvered timber cabin
- A wood-fired hot tub
CartshedSleeps 2- By Studio IMA
- Big picture windows
Wash HouseSleeps 2- By Studio IMA
- A marble shower room
For four of you, The Byre and Steading are just right.
October2026
Choose the night you arrive.
4peopleThe ByreJust right4peopleSteadingJust rightWoodshedToo small for fourWash HouseToo small for fourCartshedToo small for fourIn the Pentland Hills near Penicuik, south of Edinburgh.
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