Strathieburn Castle in Woodlands of Durriss , near Banchory in the North of Scotland is for sale . The castle is a unique mix of the old and new with a 16the century tower and a 20 year old castle built around it . The castle has mod cons with under floor heating and a Bang and Olufsen sound system . The castle has stunning views of Clachnaben. It has five bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms . The castle is situated 14 miles from Aberdeen . It is set in an acre of garden . The Strathie Burn forms its western boundary and it is surrounded by 20 acres of woodland with deer and pheasant.
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Duncraig Castle has been sold for over £1 million . The Dobson family sold so that they could move to jamaica to look after Perlin’s mother
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Scottish castles beat the credit crunch as visitor numbers at Stirling and Edinburgh Castle were up over the Easter weekend.
Historic Scotland say some 9215 people visited Stirling castle last weekend – an increase of almost 900 over Easter last year when 8321 visitors passed through the gates.
With numbers at Edinburgh Castle also up head of visitor services Kari Coghill said: “We had a superb Easter with lots of families taking advantage of the good weather to enjoy a visit to Edinburgh and Stirling castles.
“Our Renaissance Easter activities at the castles were also highly popular.
“Despite the recession it all added up to a great start for the new season.”
Over the last five years Stirling Castle’s strongest performance for visitor numbers between Good Friday and Easter Monday was in 2006 when 10,737 people paid a visit to the historic attraction. -
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Castle Hotel , Lincoln is for sale . The Grade II listed Castle Hotel, which is located a few feet away from the castle and cathedral in Westgate, Lincoln, has an asking price of £549,950. Owner Mark Worrall and his family took over the 19-bed hotel in 2004 and extensive renovations have been carried out over the last five years.
He said that the hotel was the ideal size for someone who wanted to run a business without compromising on family life.
“Of course you always get attached to something when you’ve worked so hard for it and I really hope that the new owners continue with its development and enjoy it as much as we have,” said Mr Worrall.
The family now plan to move away from Lincolnshire and take on another business.
The Castle Hotel, which first began to operate as a hotel in 1979, has an annual turnover in excess of £468,000 and achieves a gross profit of around 83 per cent.
Over the decades, the Castle Hotel served as a school, evening institute, parish rooms, army cadet centre, Sunday school, riding school, occupation centre, repair workshop and finally a hotel.
The building now contains 20 bedrooms, the Knight restaurant and two lounges.
The owners’ flat has two bedrooms as well as a kitchen diner and lounge with views over the cathedral.
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Buyers of Ballyfinboy Castle would face a massive renovation project as the castle has been ruined for hundreds of years.
It goes on the market next Monday in London and is priced to sell.
The castle, which is being offered for sale by UK-based property auctioneers Andrews & Robinson, is being touted as an ideal renovation project despite the fact that the structure has lain in ruins for around 200 years.
The guide price for the castle, on the market for a number of years now, is €108,300 — a drastic cut from the 2006 asking price of €250,000.
Designs have been drawn up to convert it into a four-storey, four-bedroom house but planning permission for the project has not been obtained from North Tipperary County Council.
The castle, overlooking the Ballyfinboy River a mile from Borrisokane, was built by the O’Kennedy Clan around 1480. In a 1840 survey of castles in Tipperary, it was described as being “a ruin in a good state of preservation”.
Jeremy Lamb, Associate at Andrews & Robertson said: “This is a property heaped in history set amidst superb countryside. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to restore one of Ireland’s castles back to its former glory.
“A number of similar castles have been restored, one in the immediate area, which is now owned by the film actor Patrick Bergin.”
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Many Scottish castles are believed to be haunted . Shieldhill Castle has parts dating back to the 12th Century, but ‘the keep’ is the part haunted by the Grey Lady, thought to be a daughter of the Chancellor Family, who owned the house until the 1950s.
The Lady herself comes from the 17th Century, a time of religious persecution in Scotland, and may have been driven to suicide after being molested by soldiers passing through the area. The more accepted story, however, is that she fell in love with a ‘commoner’ and when her father forbade the marriage the broken-hearted lass committed suicide. The Lady, wrapped in a grey cloak, prefers to keep to her own room, which is one of the bedrooms available to guests.
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ONE of South Africa’s most historic and luxurious hotels and its award-winning restaurant has become the latest casualty of the global economic crisis.
The owners of Lynton Hall, the former home of a sugar baron and a five-star country hotel situated on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, announced yesterday that it will close on May 15.
General manager Shaun Elliot said the current recession had prompted the decision to shut the castle-like hotel.
“Given the present economic climate, both the owner and I agree that Lynton Hall can’t continue to operate to the high standards with which it has become synonymous,” he said.
However, Elliot said the restaurant and hotel will honour all bookings made until the closing date.
The building became the home of sugar baron Sir Frank Reynolds in 1895 .
It was was converted into a hotel in 2002 and i ts tower offered spectacular sea views to its guests.
Lynton Hall won several accolades, including being named one of Condé Nast Traveller magazine’s top 80 hotels of the world, and AA Travel Guide’s best country estate in 2004.
The 12ha garden, established in 1910, boasts what is considered to be one of the finest private collections of exotic plants in Africa. -
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Duncraig Castle in the Highlands , star of a BBC fly-on-the-wall documentary is back on the market with an asking price of £800,000.
Duncraig Castle, near Plockton in Wester Ross, was bought by 17 members of the Dobson family, originally from the Midlands, in 2002. Now, after several family feuds, only Sam and Perlin Dobson and their two children remain in the 19th-century castle. The castle is a wedding venue and has a spectacular setting overlooking a loch and the village of Plockton
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Parts of the building date back to the 16th century, with 17th-century additions and a major Victorian extension by A & W Reid, of Inverness.
In the 1980s and early-1990s, Westhall Castle was run as a hotel with self-catering units, but today requires complete restoration.Historically the property of the Bishops of Aberdeen, it passed to a branch of the Gordons at the Reformation and, in 1681, was bought by James Horn, vicar of Elgin, who married a Leslie of Pitcaple.
It subsequently passed by marriage to the Dalrymple-Elphinstones of nearby Logie-Elphinstone, who added Horn to their name. From 1860 until 1944, it was owned by the Leith family. The accommodation within Westhall is laid out over the original castle and in the later additions. It is the Victorian additions that have suffered most damage and deterioration, but these larger and spacious rooms give evidence of past grandeur.
The three principal reception rooms on the ground floor in this section still retain their fine ornate cornicings, and there are a number of rooms, including a kitchen, to the back of the building.
There are vaulted stores within the original castle and a stone spiral staircase leading to the upper floors.
At first-floor level, the rooms in the original castle would have included the original hall. There are 15 bedrooms and numerous bathrooms dating from its days as an hotel.
Outside, there are former gardens and grounds spanning about 54 acres, including some fine mature trees and rhododendrons.
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Set in 25 acres of private landscaped grounds, Johnston Tower, part of Keithhall House, was originally constructed as Caskieben Castle in the 16th century.
At one time, Caskieben Castle was owned by classical Latin poet Arthur Johnston, before it was bought in 1662 by the infamous Keith family.
The Keiths were a major Scottish military family in the 17th century with Jacobite connections and they transformed the building from a modest tower house construction to a grander Renaissance building.
Councillor Marcus Humphrey, chairman of North East Scotland Preservation Trust, said: “Johnston Tower is a unique part of Inverurie’s heritage and its new owners will be funding the restoration of many other unique buildings throughout the north-east.”
The corridors of Keithhall have been graced by many popular historical figures of the Keith family, such as George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal of Scotland, and a Jacobite rebel.
In 1984, the building underwent another transformation and was converted to sections for residential use.
Johnston Tower was purchased by an American resident in 1991 but, as he never took up residence, neighbours asked Aberdeenshire Council to step in to help restore the historic dwelling.
Once the council had formalised a repairs notice and received formal endorsement through committee, it was able to purchase and repair the tower before selling it.
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