Castles & Estates

Spectacular Scottish castles and estates for sale

We take a look at the finest country houses, castles and estates for sale in Scotland, from an amazing renovation project in Perthshire to an astonishing place with its own loch.

A sprawling 1,500-acre estate in the heart of Scotland, full of potential for the future

Penny Churchill takes a look at the sale of the Leckie Estate, a huge swathe of land with a fine house at its heart, almost equidistant from Edinburgh and Glasgow.

Five 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A sprawling castle once owned by the Naval commander who ended the piratical career of the real-life Jack Sparrow

Penny Churchill takes a look at an English castle fresh to the market that offers history, escapism and a touch of the unexpected.

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.

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.

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.

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?

Yorkshire castle removed from ‘at risk’ register thanks to 10-year repair programme

The castle ruins, which date back to 1070, have been taken off the ‘at risk’ register for the first time since 2003.

An estate that comes with two beautiful castles at the price of a three-bed semi in the suburbs

The Dalquharran Estate in Ayrshire offers a quite unbelievable opportunity: a pair of castles set in 260 acres of land at the price of just £800,000.

A private island in Scotland for sale with 660 acres, ancient ruins and its very own ferry

The island of Inchmarnock is an incredibly rare opportunity to own a beautiful island in the Firth of Clyde with hundreds of years of history and a staggeringly beautiful location.