Castles & Estates
The latest Castle & Estate breaking news, comments and features from Country Life
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A 1,000-acre Scottish estate for sale with a 500-year-old tower at its heart
Corsindae Estate in Aberdeenshire offers grand living in beautiful countryside, and vast swathes of Scotland to call your own.
By Penny Churchill Published
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A castle that's 'a masterpiece of the baronial revival' with 17 bedrooms, breathtaking gardens and its own miniature railway
Majestic, imposing, graceful, romantic... Ayton Castle is the very picture of
By Toby Keel Published
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Kinloch Castle: One of Scotland's most beautiful buildings for sale at £750,000 — but only to a buyer who's able to save it from ruin
Kinloch Castle — with its magnificent early 20th century rooms, wonderful views and extraordinary location of the island of Rum — is once again seeking a new buyer to rescue it from ruin.
By Toby Keel Last updated
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Spectacular Scottish castles and estates for sale
A look at the finest castles, country houses and estates for sale in Scotland today.
By Toby Keel Last updated
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A fairytale castle peeking above the treetops of Cumbria is for sale at just £2 million
Augill Castle has a wonderful backstory and a lifestyle business attached. .Annunciata Elwes tells more.
By Annunciata Elwes Published
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A £21 million castle that's come up for sale for the first time in 700 years
Ripley Castle in North Yorkshire has been the family home of the Ingilbys since the early 1300s. It's steeped in history, has a list of famous visitors over the centuries that include James I and Oliver Cromwell, and is now on the open market. Annabel Dixon takes a look.
By Annabel Dixon Published
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A true once-in-a-lifetime chance as 554 acres of blissful English countryside come up for sale in a location just 45 miles from central London
Penny Churchill looks at the Southend Estate, where hundreds of acres of space are on the market just a stone's throw from the capital.
By Penny Churchill Published
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The Scottish house of your dreams has come up for sale beside a loch in the heart of the Highlands
Lairg Lodge is a glorious Highland retreat in a spectacular location. Penny Churchill takes a look.
By Penny Churchill Published
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3,000 pristine acres of Loch Lomond National Park, where red squirrels roam spectacular woodland, have come up for sale
The magnificent Cashel Estate has come to the market, a true Scottish paradise.
By Toby Keel Published
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'One of Britain's greatest estates', complete with castle, river and 711 acres, is up for sale for the first time in a generation
Corby Castle in Cumbria is a true rarity: a Grade I-listed masterpiece that is on the market for the first time in a generation. Penny Churchill takes a look.
By Penny Churchill Published
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A £13 million Wiltshire mansion where Nancy Mitford and Siegfried Sassoon once partied with 'the brightest of the Bright Young Things'
After Wilford Manor's glory days in the 1920s it became a near-wreck with a tree was growing out of one of the bedrooms; today, it's as wonderful as it has ever been in its history, and is seeking a new owner.
By Penny Churchill Published
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Scotland's sweet secrets: The estates that lit up the market north of the border last year
The number of estates for sale in Scotland increased last year and, while fewer sold overall, the market saw an increase in private transactions
By Penny Churchill Published
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The greatest estates sold around Britain in the last 12 months
Farms and estates did not lose their appeal in 2023, with some local buyers and even a happy ending to a long-running Cornish dispute. Penny Churchill takes a look.
By Penny Churchill Published
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My five favourite castles, by Country Life's Architectural Editor John Goodall
Listen to Dr John Goodall on the Country Life podcast as he names his five favourite castles in Britain — and then adds a bonus castle with 1,000 years of extraordinary history.
By Toby Keel Published
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A magnificent, 400-year-old grand hall — plus 138-acre estate — that could pay for itself
This 138-acre parcel of land in Worcestershire offers plenty of interesting business angles. So which will you pursue?
By Annabel Dixon Published
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A 1,000-year-old real-life 'Sleeping Beauty' castle is on sale for just £500k
An incredibly rare chance has arisen to own a spectacular and romantic medieval castle with 30 acres of land, a moat and a jousting field.
By Rachael Turner Published
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Fancy a property with a difference? 7,000 acres of peat bog have come up for sale in Caithness
The £7 million Glutt Estate in Caithness is seeking a new owner to take on this incredibly important stretch of northern Scotland.
By Penny Churchill Published
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A magnificent castle dating back to William the Conqueror comes to the market
A thousand years of history come together at Otterburn Castle, a spectacular Northumberland castle that has come to the market.
By Toby Keel Published
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Five stunning stretches of land for sale in Scotland, from mountains and woodland to a coastal estate
If you've ever dreamed of owning thousands of acres of pristine Highlands, you've come to the right place.
By Toby Keel Published
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How the drive for net zero has sparked a boom in the sales — and prices — of Scottish Highland estates
Highland mists are increasingly full of buyers, but they're not likely to be individuals with big dreams and deep pockets — instead, as Penny Churchill discovers, they are institutions hoping to do their bit for the environment.
By Penny Churchill Published
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Careston Castle and its vast estate come up for sale for the first time in a century and a half, an astonishing place with arguably the finest fireplaces in Scotland
A dizzying array of handsome houses and fertile land is available on the 1,528-acre Careston estate in Angus, a property centred on Careston Castle itself. Penny Churchill takes a look.
By Penny Churchill Published