Castles & Estates

Spectacular Scottish castles and estates for sale

A look at the finest castles, country houses and estates for sale in Scotland today.

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.

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.

The £30 million Dorset estate that comes with a 200-year-old mansion, a cricket ground, a nature reserve and an entire village

The Bridehead Estate in Dorset has come up for sale — and it's quite an astonishing opportunity. Penny Churchill takes a look.

3,000 pristine acres of Loch Lomond National Park, where red squirrels roam spectacular woodland, have come up for sale

'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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

An elegant Highland castle and estate on the market for the first time in eight centuries

The 560-year-old Kilravock Castle and its estate have come to the market, a fabulous opportunity — but one which will require a lot of work, as Penny Churchill reports.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.