Lennox of Lomond - Bonnie Barns

Five barns for two on a working hill farm

The Lennox family have farmed this ground since the 1750s, eleven generations of them, and they still run 5,000 acres of tenant hill above the west shore for prime Scotch lamb and beef. The barns sit on that farm rather than beside it, which is why arriving means half a mile of single track road and why the sheep are the thing you hear first.

Each barn is the same shape of stay: one room for two adults, a king bed with storage under it, an L shaped sofa, glazing towards the water, and an en suite with a rainfall shower. The kitchen is a two ring induction hob, a microwave convection oven, and a fridge freezer, so it suits cooking rather than catering. Linen, towels, and robes are provided.

What separates the five is the ground outside them. Inchmurrin, Inchcailloch, and Inchtavannach each have a fenced garden and take one dog. Creinch and Inchlonaig have the deck and the hot tub but no fence, so book by that before the view.

The five barns

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Where it puts you

You are on the quieter side of Loch Lomond, on the A82 road up the western shore, with Luss five minutes south and Balloch ten minutes on from that. Luss is the village most people picture when they picture this loch.

Down at Alexandria, the same postal town as the farm, the Loch Lomond Distillery Centre is a reasonable use of a wet afternoon on an adults only stay. Beyond Balloch the road carries on to Glasgow one way and Argyll the other.