Castles & Estates
The latest Castle & Estate breaking news, comments and features from Country Life
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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
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A glorious, rolling Hampshire estate with grounds designed by Capability Brown, on the market for the first time in three-quarters of a century
Wilverley Park offers the chance to buy an idyllic slice of England, a place where one of our greatest landscapers left his mark. Penny Churchill takes a look.
By Penny Churchill Published
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Rossley Manor, the Cotswolds country house and estate that became a country club, now a house once more and seeking a new owner
Penny Churchill takes a look at Rossley Manor, a beautiful estate in the Dodswell Valley near Cheltenham.
By Penny Churchill Published
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A timeless and magical Cotswolds country house for sale, with 26,000sq ft, 117 acres, royal neighbours, and a £7.5 million price tag
Elmstree House Estate is a sprawling rural paradise for those seeking a lot of space — especially if you're after outbuildings — and a rather enormous project.
By Penny Churchill Published
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A selection of truly magnificent country houses and estates for those with £10 million to spend
At the top end of the market, the properties for sale are breathtaking.
By Toby Keel Published
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An £11 million castle for sale in Kent, with 130 acres, views over to France, and absolutely breathtaking both inside and out
The Grade I-listed Lympne Castle in Kent is a breathtaking castle and estate which boasts beautiful gardens and vast grounds — and what's more, it could even pay for itself. Lydia Stangroom takes a look.
By Lydia Stangroom Published
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A rare chance to buy Barton Hall, a spectacular Derbyshire house with breathtaking gardens
A Georgian home with superb rural location has come to the market in the form of Barton Hall. Penny Churchill takes a closer look.
By Penny Churchill Published
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A pocket-sized estate on Dartmoor with a little bit of everything, including a 10-bedroom house and a river
If you want a piece of the land to really call your own, but don't fancy the headaches that come with managing huge swathes of land, Ludbrook could be ideal.
By Toby Keel Published
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A fantasy castle for sale on Loch Lomond, with a Rennie Mackintosh library and a herd of Highland Cattle
Turrets, carved stone fireplaces and wood-panelled walls abound at the extraordinary Auchendennan House, a castle near Glasgow that's on the market with virtual tours available for interested parties.
By Toby Keel Published
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Bowden Park, one of England's great estates, has comes to the market at £35 million
The Bowden Park estate is a truly vast property — with a correspondingly vast price tag — whose sale marks a great new chapter in its four-hundred-year history. Penny Churchill reports.
By Penny Churchill Published
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An estate in the Brecon Beacons for sale that's family home, sanctuary, working farm and business opportunity rolled into one
362 acres of beautifully-unspoilt Brecon Beacons countryside is for sale as The Mandinam Estate comes to the market. Penny Churchill takes a look.
By Penny Churchill Published
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Grandeur, splendour and practicality in two homes for sale that make it easy to live in your own castle
Living in a spectacular castle doesn't have to come with the headaches of owning a castle, as shown by these beautiful apartments at Thurland Castle, a grand pile wedged into the space between the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and Forest of Bowland.
By Toby Keel Published
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A dreamlike castle for sale set on a hillside overlooking a sweep of river in one of the most beautiful areas of Britain
Glandyfi Castle was built to impress 200 years ago — and it still manages to do so today.
By Toby Keel Published
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A 13-bedroom castle under £1m with a stunning oak-panelled library and impossibly romantic boathouse
The beautiful Glencruitten House bears the mark of one of Scotland's great architects of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After years of ownership by a religious community, it's now looking for a new custodian.
By Toby Keel Published
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A 'baby Windsor Castle' in Devon that's been transformed into a gorgeous family home
Tawstock Castle was originally built as a folly, a feature in the grounds to be grand, beautiful and raise a smile. It's still that, but it's also now a comfortable family home.
By Toby Keel Published
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A stunning Scottish castle for sale at less than the cost of a luxury car
Knockhall Castle is beautifully, irresistibly romantic — but to say that 'it needs a bit of work' would be one of the great understatements of the year.
By Toby Keel Published
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A castle in the 'new Cotswolds' for sale with stone spiral staircases, 30 acres and a castellated roof terrace
Astwell Castle is a 15th century castle in Northamptonshire for sale that's full of history and absolutely bursting with potential.
By Toby Keel Published
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Mountains, beaches and 'perhaps a loch or two': The incredible Scottish estates at the price of a family home in Surrey
If you're after thousands of acres, a string of properties and breathtaking scenery — as well as incomparable sporting life — for the cost of a family home in the south east of England then a Scottish estate is the answer, says Holly Kirkwood.
By Holly Kirkwood Published
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A beautiful Georgian home at the heart of a 563-acre sporting and residential estate in whisky-making country
The grand house that's the centrepiece of the Cairnty Estate is just the start of a property which offers pheasant shooting, deer stalking and trout fishing, as well as opportunities for farming, forestry and residential development – what more could one want from a Scottish country estate?
By Penny Churchill Published


