Coille House

Coille House is offers accommodation with free WiFi in Hawick. The property is surrounded by a large garden and woodland.

The room has an en-suite bathroom with both a bath and separate walk in shower.

Coille House's continental breakfast includes fresh fruit, a selection of cereals and pastries.

Edinburgh Airport is 42.3 miles away.

Information about the host

Coille House was built in 1906 in the Arts & Crafts style by a local mill owner in the days when the Scottish Borders was the centre of the wool milling trade. Two of Coille House's seven bedrooms are available to guests, one with an en-suite bathroom the other with sole use of a bathroom across the corridor. Breakfast is served in the drawing room which is solely available for guests use. The house sits in six acres of woods and garden which boasts glorious rhododendron in the spring. There is a tennis court should guests wish to use it but the house tennis rackets are not quite up to Wimbledon standard.

My husband and I are keenly interested in history, particularly Scottish history, and are keen to show visitors the best of the Borders. Many people come to this area to seek out their Scottish ancestry and The Borders has wonderful facilities in local council archives staffed with enthusiastic experts.

Our nearest town is Hawick which, in its heyday had many mills producing high quality knitwear. The young Princess Elizabeth's woollens came from Hawick weavers and we like to think she has a soft spot for this small Border town. Although there less mills still producing Hawick cashmere those that are produce high quality garments that are sold through some of the most exclusive retailers in the world. Factory outlets have annual sales that are very popular with both locals and retailers & v. From May till July each Border town has its 'Ride Ooot'. In Hawick the town virtually hands itself over to the week of civic rituals, balls, horse races, parties and general merriment. Everybody who can sit on a horse joins the town's elected 'Cornet' in riding the boundaries of the town. This can be up to two or three hundred riders, which, when riding through the High Street in their smart tweed jackets, yellow waistcoats and shinny boots and top hats, could be a vision from a hundred years ago. Many of those who come back year after year are those who have made their homes away from the Borders, often as far away as Australian or the USA