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Carlowrie Castle
Set on 32 acres of manicured grounds near Edinburgh, Carlowrie Castle is an exclusive-use estate offering weddings for up to 275 seated or 450 at an evening reception.
- Up to 275 guests
- 21 rooms
The story
Edinburgh's Most Theatrical Hotel, In Parkland Below Arthur's Seat
Prestonfield House is Edinburgh's most theatrical hotel — a 17th-century Baroque manor whose interiors lean so hard into velvet, antler, tartan, and candlelight that the effect stops just short of excess and lands instead at something genuinely original. Set in parkland below Arthur's Seat with peacocks on the lawn, it is, as The Telegraph put it, 'swoon-worthy' — a country house that somehow manages to feel urban and escapist at once.
For weddings, the venue moves through several registers. The intimate Italian Room (18th-century hand-painted panelling, up to 24 guests) and the Garden Room with its private terrace (up to 50 guests) suit small celebrations with high atmospherics. The circular Stables venue scales to 500 for grand dinners, balls, and award ceremonies. Twenty-three luxury bedrooms and suites — each decorated with the same unapologetic maximalism as the public rooms — hold the wedding party overnight. The Rhubarb restaurant team handles all catering, bringing the same energy to wedding menus as to their headline dining.
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