Andrew Lloyd Webber has said he would be interested in buying Highclere Castle to house his art collection.
Lord Lloyd Webber has approached planning chiefs with an offer for the landmark on the Hampshire-Berkshire border.
Owners Earl and Countess of Carnarvon are applying for permission to build up to 15 houses on the site, near Newbury.
They want to fund urgent repairs to the castle
The Pezula Private Castle on Noetzie Beach in Knysna is for sale. The property features 3 castles on the beach . This luxury private beach residence was voted best property in the world at the CNBC International Property Awards in Orlando in 2008, and Noetzie Beach has been voted one of the three top beaches in South Africa.
Priced at R56m, this house is built into the cliff-face and offers direct beach access. The entire castle complex offers five spacious luxury suites in three separate castles, all with sumptuous bathrooms, vast living areas and private terraces overlooking the beach.
The Carie estate on the southern shore of Loch Rannoch, in the heart of Highland Perth-shire. Carie is the ancient seat of Clan Robertson of Struan, whose chiefs lived at Carie House and owned most of the land in these parts. After Culloden, the Robertsons refused to ‘clear’ their estates of their clansmen in favour of the more profitable sheep, an honourable but financially ruinous policy, which led to the eventual loss of the entire clan lands by the early 20th century.
The National Trust for Scotland is to sell off some of its properties as part of a series of reforms to save it from collapse, after a damning review found the organisation had no central asset register of what it owns or any idea of repair costs.
The report concluded that the 79-year-old National Trust for Scotland (NTS), which owns many of the country’s most famous sites such as Culloden battlefield, Culzean Castle and the islands of St Kilda, is in a shambolic state, thanks in part to a bizarre management structure involving 87 trustees
This magnificent piece of property Castles over the town it’s name after.
After turning on the street called Street Of The Castle in French(Rue duChateau), to come home to a 21 room Castle with over 12,900 square feet of living space. The separate guest quarters is perfect to have family members and friends stay in when you castle bedrooms rooms are full or a complete privacy is desired. Sitting on over 6 acres, this property has room for a helicopter pad, tennis court, pool, horses, zoned for more housing, or what ever you fancy.
The interior measurements of the castle is over 12,900 square feet (1200 square meters) and the caretaker’s house is about 2476 square feet (230 square meters) with a garage and barn with chicken coop. The back of the park land include fenced off goats to maintain the woods.French castle for sale
The Italian government has announced plans to sell off properties to reduce the country’s £1.18 billion debt .In Rome, historical buildings including the Villa Giulia museum, built on the outskirts of the city by Pope Julius III in the 16th Century, will be on sale. Objects inside will also be available. There is also a 900-year-old Norman palace in Palermo which was home to the ancient kings of Sicily. Prime real estate along the Dolomite mountain chain on the border with Austria. Alternatively, you could buy a beach on Lake Como – where George Clooney has a home.
Myres Castle in Fife, Scotland is for sale , a well appointed castle with stunning gardens and parkland grounds, staff flat and gate lodge. The castle is 30 minutes from St Andrews and within 40 minutes of Edinburgh Airport.
The castle date from around 1530 and formed part of the lands of the Earl of Fife. The castle has had many illustrious owners but in 1887 Myres Castle was sold to James Fairlie who had been Private Chamberlain at the Vatican to three Popes and the walled garden was laid out in the same style as one of the gardens of the Vatican.
Nicholas Cage has sold his castle, Schloss Neidstein, to his local German advisor, lawyer Konrad Wilfurth, according to the regional daily newspaper Mittelbayerische Zeitung. He has sold several proeprtiues to pay a tax bill.
Oxford Castle, in Castle Street, has been given a virtual price tag of £45m. Some Oxford city landmarks ahve been valued by local estate agents .
The much-photographed Radcliffe Camera, in Radcliffe Square, was valued at £23m.
Property expert Nigel Lewis, of FindaProperty.com, said: “We know these landmarks will never be put up for sale, but with property prices shooting up 10 per cent over the past year we thought it would be fun to see what the market consensus was about their values
a 15th century listed castle and its listed chapel in the Poitou region is for sale. In the heart of the Poitou region, 380 km (238 miles) south of Paris (330/206 of which are on the A10 motorway), and a little less than 50 km (31 miles) from Poitiers-Briard airport with direct flights to London, Edinburgh and other European capitals.