Pennyland House
A bed and breakfast in a white house of the 1700s on the edge of Thurso, with sea views over Thurso Bay to Orkney and rooms named after Scottish golf courses.
On the western edge of Thurso, on the road out to the Orkney ferry at Scrabster, stands a tall white house built in 1780, looking out over Thurso Bay.
Pennyland House was the birthplace of Sir William Smith, who founded the Boys' Brigade, and today it is a welcoming bed and breakfast.
The owners have lived in Thurso all their lives, and the rooms show a love of golf: each is named after a Scottish course, from St Andrews to Royal Dornoch, and hung with old golf postcards. Every room has a sea view, some from little dormer windows looking towards Thurso Castle, some with fine eighteenth-century fireplaces, and all have their own bathroom and home-baked shortbread on the tray. Breakfast is a full Scottish.
From the windows you can see Orkney, Dunnet Head and the harbour at Scrabster. A Discover Caithness pack in every room will fill a day or two of exploring.
A bed and breakfast, open to guests; check-in from 4pm to 7pm.
Book on the house's own site.
- Where
- The A9 west of Thurso, KW14 7JU.
- Rooms
- Six, all en suite, with sea views.
- Built
- 1780.
On the western edge of Thurso, on the road to Scrabster, KW14 7JU.
The View, ThursoUnder a mile3 min by road
The Galley, ScrabsterA seafood restaurant in an old ice house on the harbour at Scrabster, cooking fish landed at the port, with a vaulted stone dining room.1 mile3 min by road
Forss House HotelA country house by the River Forss.5 miles8 min by road
Surfing in CaithnessSurf lessons at Dunnet.10 miles22 min by road
Dunnet HeadThe most northerly point of the mainland.14 miles25 min by road
Places to stay near the house, and when each is next free.
Scotland, in print.
Every photograph commissioned, every word written by somebody who went. Printed twice a year, made in Scotland.
For further reading, before you go.