Spectacular Scottish castles and estates for sale
From the finest Scots Baronial castle in existence to a vast estate with a timber farmhouse at its heart, here is our pick of the finest castles and estates for sale Scotland.
Scottish Borders — £15 million
The Portmore Estate — all 3,459 acres of it — is on the market, and it's quite an amazing opportunity to buy a huge chunk of Scotland. There's farmland, hill grazing, stalking, forestry, a reservoir with fishing chalet and seven estate houses — plus, of course, the magnificent A-listed castle at the heart of it all.
All this plus a location in a charming village (with a decent pub) close to the lovely Borders town of Peebles.
For sale via Galbraith — see more details and pictures.
East Lothian — £4.2 million
Ormiston Castle is a classic Scots Baronial property dating to 1851 — with all the romatic and whimsical architecture you'd expect of the era, combined with the solidity of the Victorian builders. High ceilings, huge windows and a flowing floorplan, a recent refurbishment, 15 acres of grounds and an easy trip to either Edinburgh or Glasgow.
For sale via Alexander Millett International — see more details and pictures.
Stirlingshire — £1.95 million
A whopping 17,000sq ft of property within 11 acres of the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park; it's been for sale with a different agent, but has now been relaunched with a lower price.
Invertrossachs Country House has been run as a holiday let, but could be turned to almost any purpose, subject to the relevant permissions.
On top of all that it's under 40 miles from Glasgow, and just over 50 miles from Edinburgh, making it wonderfully easily accessible.
For sale via Savills — see more details and pictures.
Edinburgh — £1.8 million
Does this count as a castle? We think so, even though it's 'only' the tower for sale at the rather majestic New Craig, within the Craighouse Estate in Edinburgh.
The Tower at New Craig
There's epic grandeur in the architecture, huge rooms, expansive views and a roof terrace with battlements. What a place.
For sale via Knight Frank — see more details and pictures.
Angus – £1.7 million
A gorgeously pretty country house in a big-but-not-too-big estate of just under 70 acres, There's a trio of cottages as well as Keithock House, the mansion at the heart of it all, which has utterly charming architecture inside and out.
For sale via Savills — see more details and pictures.
Berwickshire — £3.25 million
The finest Scots baronial castle in Scotland? That's the reputation held by Ayton Castle, and it's not hard to agree. James Gillespie Graham's magnificent red sandstone monolith absolutely has to be seen — as do its Mediterranean-inspired gardens.
For sale via Knight Frank — see more details and pictures.
Dumfries & Galloway — £4.5 million
With almost 800 acres of land, a six-figure timber income, hydro-electric scheme, grazing for Highland cows and sporting opportunities, the Glenquicken Estate is a classic Scottish property.
The bad news? There's no castle. The good news is that there is a 19th-century Swedish-style timber farmhouse included, and it's absolutely beautiful.
The even better news — for those keen on the farmhouse but not quite so up for managing a large, busy estate — is that the house is available as a separate lot for £850,000, which includes 176 acres and three lochs.
For sale with Galbraith. See more pictures and details for this property.
Edinburgh — £15 million
13 bedrooms, stable block with nine stalls and a bell tower in this Georgian fantasy house just outside Scotland's beautiful capital city.
There is a remarkable Robert Adam mansion at the heart of the property, but with 764 acres and far too much to list here, the house is only the start. Incredible.
For sale with Savills. See more pictures and details for this property.
Clackmannanshire — £2.25 million
Technically a coachman's house rather than a castle (if this is his house, we'd love to see the coach he drove), this enormously spacious home of nearly 7,000sq ft is near Dollar, making it a fairly easy drive to Stirling, Edinburgh, Glasgow and St Andrews.
Dating to the 1880s, it's been completely refitted in quite some style — think home gym, tennis court and Sonos sound system throughout. It's like Footballer's Wives with added turrets.
For sale with Savills. See more pictures and details for this property.
Fife — £1.9 million
The cutest and the most prettily-named castle on this list by quite some way, Pirwindy Keep is in the Fife countryside between Upper Largo and St Andrews.
It's a real mix of styles: a stone-heavy country kitchen with giant Aga sits alongside Japanese-style bedroom and a bathroom which would shame most five-star hotels.
For sale with Rettie. See more pictures and details for this property.
Kingussie, Highlands — £12,000,000
The Balavil Estate is almost 7,000 acres of the Highlands, centred on this classic country seat within the Cairngorms National Park.
While its wild and remote enough to fulfil anybody's fantasies, it's also surprisingly accessible: the main A9 is close by, giving excellent links to Inverness with its rail service and airport.
For sale with Landfor. See more pictures and details for this property.
Tranent, East Lothian — Offers over £1,300,000
Battlements, spiral staircases, stags' heads on the walls and a barrel-vaulted kitchen in the basement: while some castles are disguised stately homes, Fa’side Castle is the real deal.
Built in the 14th century, it offers fantastic views across East Lothian up to nearby Edinburgh and the Firth of Forth.
There are six bedrooms, a couple of acres of grounds and a 300-year-old barn that's been converted in to a pair of cottages.
For sale with Savills. See more pictures of this property.
Creetown, Dumfries & Galloway — £9,500,000
Far from your usual castle-buying opportunity, Castle Cary isn't just a ruined castle by the sea — although it is also that — since it comes with an entire holiday park as part of the deal.
The place has been in the same family for 166 years but now the whole thing is ip for sale, including the holiday park (opened in 1976) complete with its swimming pool, pub, nine-hole golf course and over 100 tent/caravan pitches, all set in 220 acres.
There is a fine six-bedroom main house, while the castle itself is a romantic ruin, dating back to the 15th century.
For sale with Galbraith. See more pictures of this property.
