Dormont Estate

05/02/2026

Welcome to Sawmill Cottage's glow up! 😍

We've spent the winter renovating much of our beloved holiday cottage, and finally we can reveal what it looks like...

The main upgrade is that the cottage now has central heating throughout! We also replaced the very tired open coal fire in the living room with a new log burner, so this is the warmest you'll ever have been after a days fishing! 🔥

The cottage has new: double glazing, front door, furniture, extra cupboard storage in the kitchen, fridge freezer, and washing machine.

For entertainment, there's a new 50" smart TV and Blu-ray DVD player. And for those who like to stay connected to the outside world, the cottage has full fibre internet via WiFi. No more trips to the phone tree for a signal 😅.

We're now also providing bedding, towels, kitchen essentials like tea, coffee, and sugar, as well as bathroom essentials, so no need to bring your own.

We cannot thank Kirsten at Måla Interiors enough for all the hard work she's put in over the past 4 months in transforming the cottage. She's done an amazing job and we're very very happy with the job she's done ❤️

There's lots of new details that you'll find when you visit. We very much hope you like it, and we always welcome feedback and questions.

If you've not already booked for the year and would like to, please email the estate office [email protected] for availability and pricing.

Cheers! Kit C.

09/12/2025

Tenancy now filled.

SEMI-DETACHED COTTAGE TO RENT DALTON, LOCKERBIE

One of our historic two storey, three bedroom, semi-detached lodge cottages is available for immediate let (see note at bottom of advert).

Downstairs: entrance hall, utility room with plumbing for washing machine, bathroom with electric shower, living room with open fire, kitchen with plumbing for dishwasher, under stairs storage.

Upstairs: three bedrooms (two double, one single/study room).

Single glazed windows (both upstairs skylights are double glazed Velux units), insulated external walls, floors, and loft. Oil central heating and hot water combi boiler, with back boiler on fireplace and hot water tank.

Previous tenant has left the property immaculate, and fully carpeted through hallway, living room, stairs, and upstairs bedrooms. We allow/encourage tenants to decorate as they wish. House is unfurnished - tenant would need to supply own white goods, furniture, and curtains/blinds.

Sky dish and box left by previous tenant, and we are in a full-fibre broadband area (up to 1GB speeds).

Garden with small garden shed and private driveway.

Sits just back from the road, with neighbouring estate tenants (see photos).

Landlord Registration Number (LRN): 1575722/170/19042
EPC D. Council Tax Band "B".

Rent £675 pcm plus one month rent as deposit.

Please contact the Estate Office at [email protected] for particulars and to arrange viewing.

Our process is to invite interested parties to view, which we then whittle down to interview stage, and offer the tenancy thereafter. We do not offer tenancies on 'first-come-first-served'.

Closing date for applications: Tuesday 16th November 2025.

20/11/2025

Sawmill Cottage works are moving on well, new door and windows in, wall cupboards up in the kitchen and yes the old fireplace has gone.

17/11/2025

This morning the big overhaul of sawmill cottage began with all the furniture removed on Friday. Old heaters are out. Living room floor up for pipes for the heating, windows and doors out and new waiting to go on and it's only 10am

15/11/2025

This winter we're doing some major renovations to Sawmill Cottage.

All going well, by Spring our beautiful wee cottage in the woods will have:

🌳 Double glazing throughout
🌳 Central heating
🌳 Log burner
🌳 Fibre broadband
🌳 New carpets, blinds, curtains, and furniture

Plus some other wee upgrades!

We're looking forward to showing you how it looks once it's ready ♥️

29/10/2025

Tenancy now filled.

COTTAGE TO RENT DALTON, LOCKERBIE

Single storey, two bedroom detached lodge cottage: south-facing sitting room with bay window and open fire, kitchen, bathroom with bath and electric shower, pantry.

Full double glazing, insulated walls, floors, and roof. Oil central heating and hot water combi boiler. Newly decorated throughout. Connected to full fibre broadband (up to 1GB speeds).

Large garden with small garage, with more garden space available.

Cottage is unfurnished - tenant would need to supply own white goods, furniture, curtains/blinds, and carpets/flooring.

No neighbours, quiet location down a short private track on the banks of the river Annan.

Landlord Registration Number (LRN): 1575722/170/19042
EPC F (March 2025). Council Tax Band "B"

Rent £700 pcm plus one month rent as deposit.

Please contact the Estate Office at [email protected] for particulars and to arrange viewing.

Closing date for applications: Thursday 13th November 2025.

13/06/2023

Visitors to Sawmill Cottage will be happy to see at last I have contractors in working on the drive up to the cottage. The old rough surface is being cleaned for new hardcore to go down but as you can see there is already a big improvement !

13/05/2022

10/11/2020

Unfortunately the big Chestnut tree at Dormont had become disease and we had to say goodbye to it here is its final moments.

01/05/2020

Unfortunately we have made the decision to cancel all stays in our holiday cottage for the 2020 season due to the current Coronavirus restrictions. Hopefully we can all look forward to the 2021 season and we will be making bookings later in the year. In the meantime we hope you and your families stay safe and well.

01/04/2020

Following our previous post and the ongoing situation with COVID (19) we have now decided to cancel all bookings for our holiday cottage up to 19th July 2020. We hope you and your families all keep safe and well in these difficult times. We will keep you updates for the bookings for the rest of the season.