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    Cromlix

    Feb 15, 2024 3 minutes

    SWEEPING up the mile-long driveway to Cromlix in the chauffeur-driven limousine that had been sent to collect me from Edinburgh Airport, I began to appreciate why it has been voted one of the UK’s best country house hotels. Originally built in 1874, Cromlix was once the home of the Eden family, a member of which was former Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden. His grandson Henry still owns the 2,000-acre estate that surrounds it

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