Gardenrose Bed and Breakfast is a luxury Arts & Crafts house with 2 large, luxury, en-suite rooms. The house was built in 1911 and designed by a local architect, Thomas Jack, who also designed the house next door and Straiton village hall.
We are situated on a hill overlooking the small town of Maybole and have great views across the valley. The house retains many of the original features that are reminiscent of the Glasgow School and Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Stay at Gardenrose B&B in our Glasgow Room and visit the many Charles Rennie Mackintosh buildings and exhibitions in Glasgow. The House for an Art Lover is an excellent place to visit and it also serves a delicious lunch. There is also the Hunterian Museum and Kelvingrove Art Gallery, to mention just a few. The Hill House in Helensburgh is also another beautiful Mackintosh original house that is well worth a visit, although it is under repair at the moment and shrowded in a protective housing.
If you enjoy drinking, or learning about, whisky then the Whisky Experience in Kirkoswald is only 4 miles away and an excellent choice.
We are only 150 metres from the station and on the local bus route to Ayr, Girvan, and other nearby villages.
Culzean Castle and Country Park is only 4 miles away and the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum is about 6 miles. Dumfries House is about a 30 minute drive away. The popular wedding venues of Dalduff Barn and Blairquhan are a short distance away. Turnberry golf course is close by, as are many other world class courses.
The Ayrshire coast is a short drive away and there are many wonderful views from the vantage points along the road. Boat trips to the island of Ailsa Craig are available from Girvan. If a visit to the Isle of Arran is what takes your fancy then there are regular ferry crossings from Ardrossan whish is only a 40 minute drive away. For the more ambitious travellers there is the opportunity for a day trip to Belfast from Cairnryan which is also about 40 minutes away.
A 10 minute drive and you are in open country with peace and quiet and hardly a soul around.
Gardenrose B&B is a pet free home.
We have 2 luxury rooms - The Oriental Room and The Glasgow Room - both rooms are large and have super king sized beds with goose down quilts and pillows. Both rooms can be used as single occupancy. If non-allergenic bedding is required, please advise us at the time of booking. Both rooms are on the first floor with stair access.
The Glasgow Room has many original features that are in the Arts&Crafts, Glasgow School style. The Glasgow Room is 30 square metres, has a zip&link 6ft super king size bed and an en-suite shower room. The Glasgow Room can be set up as a twin bedded room.
The Oriental Room, which is 20 square metres, has a 6ft super king size bed and a luxury en-suite bathroom with egg-shaped bath, overhead monsoon shower and twin wash hand basins. Both rooms have luxury toiletries from Arran Aromatics.
Tea and coffee making facilities with homemade biscuits, large screen TV, hairdryer and twin USB charging points are provided in both rooms. There is also a seating area in both rooms.
We have a separate breakfast room which has lots of Arts&Crafts and Glasgow School features. Wherever possible, we use Scottish, or British quality produce for our breakfasts. We take the order and time for breakfast the night before so we can prepare it at the required time.
Our driveway, entrance just past the house, provides ample free parking in front of the house. For cyclists there is ample, secure storage for bikes in our garage. Gardenrose B&B sits on a hill overlooking the town with fantastic views across the valley.
