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Baltersan Castle is a late 16th-century Ayrshire landmark, 13 miles from Glasgow Prestwick international airport, is on the market for £195,000. Historic Scotland will give the buyer of the ruin £492,000.

Baltersan Castle comes with a more than just its asking price. In order to get half-a-million-pound grant, you’ll need to invest £1.5m in its restoration.

the project will require a substantial investment of time, vision, dedication and true love. James Brown, the current owner, has to admit that he has been punching above his weight since buying Baltersan (pronounced Bal-tair-son) in 1992.

historic homes, which have belonged to the Church of England for centuries, could be sold off in a bid to raise money for cash-strapped parishes

A confidential internal review is examining whether the diocesan bishops’ houses, nine of which are palaces, are appropriate for the Church to keep. The bishops’ residences are worth about £120 million, but cost up to £9 million each year to maintain.

They are at the centre of a row between Church commissioners over whether it is justifiable to retain such opulent residences, which give the perception of bishops living in luxury while parish clergy struggle to make ends meet.

While the commissioners - who are responsible for overseeing the Church’s £4 billion of assets - are to look at all of the historic palaces over the next few years, they met last week to debate the future of Rose Castle, which has been home to the bishops of Carlisle since the 13th century and is estimated to be worth around £2 million.

It is one of the Church’s oldest palaces and was described by Wordsworth and Coleridge as “all but perfect”. But despite the building’s rich history, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt that the bishoprics committee, an influential advisory group, has recommended its sale.

It argued that the castle, with its 16 bedrooms, contravenes new guidelines, which recommend that bishops should not live in homes with more than five bedrooms and two bathrooms.

we have just sold five houses at an average price of just over £1 million each.” Last year Mr Bound, who has over 25 years experience in the Highland property market, sold Braelangwell House near Cromarty, described as one of the most elegant 18th Century Georgian country mansions in Ross-shire. This is the fourth time in his career that he has sold the same property Ñ which has increased in value by 300 per cent in eleven years.It went on the market last year for offers over £1.2million
When it went on the market in May last year, it was the second million-pound Black Isle property to be put up for sale within a week.

LEISURE and tourism operator Marton Hall has acquired a 600-year-old stately home for a figure believed to be in excess of £12.5m.

Witton Castle, which dates from the 1400s, has been bought from the estate of former Tory MP and under secretary of state for defence, Lord Lampton, by Marton Hall, based at Marton Hall, Sewerby, near Bridlington.

The grade two-listed Witton Castle, near Bishop Auckland in County Durham, and its 338-acre estate, which incorporates one of the north east’s largest caravan parks,

Watanabe mansion, one of Omaha’s largest and most notable homes, is for sale.

The home of philanthropist Terry Watanabe, former owner of Oriental Trading Co., has an assessed valuation of $4,989,600, according to the Douglas County assessor’s Web site.

Watanabe is living in the home and plans to maintain another residence in Omaha, Rensch said. Rensch declined to specify whether Watanabe has purchased another home.

Rensch said the mansion’s finished space is now 20,125 square feet, which is slightly more than the assessor’s site shows.

The brick, limestone and slate mansion sits on 4.05 acres and features nine bedrooms, 18 bathrooms, a gourmet kitchen, a custom wine cellar, a whole-house energy management system and a three-story elevator. The lower level features a modern exercise facility and health spa with sunken Jacuzzi, steam room, dry sauna and massage room.

The property also includes an indoor and outdoor pool and tennis courts.

Berkeley Castle , Mayfair sits between Berkeley Square and Grosvenor Square, and its turreted elevations are physically impossible to photograph.It is one of London’s best kept secrets . If you can actually find it (keep to the right of the pavement and look out for a small alley), you will catch a glimpse of its Gothic front door through the electric port cullis.The five-bedroom hunting lodge occupies one of the most exclusive plots in London, yet is perhaps the most elusive property on the market. Cher slept in the Tudor-panelled master bedroom in the late 1990s, and its castellated walls were home to Paula Yates when she was married to Michael Hutchence.

Easterheughs Castle is halfway between the villages of Aberdour and Burntisland on the rugged Fife coast . Few would guess that this perfect example of a traditional 16th-century laird’s house was built less than 60 years ago. Easterheughs was the brainchild of scientist William Thomas, who was manager of the British Aluminium Company’s laboratory at Burntisland when war was declared in 1945. He joined the Home Guard, and while on coastal fire-watch duty, spotted the outcrop of rock on which he determined to build his dream castle once the war was over.

In 1946, he duly bought the site and commissioned Kirkcaldy architects Williamson and Hubbard to draw up plans based on the design of nearby medieval Rossend Castle. Over the next 15 years, Thomas turned his dream into reality, salvaging stone from the villages of High and Low Binns, when they became a spoiling ground for the aluminium works, reclaiming window stones from Otterston Castle, crow-step and step-gabling from other historic buildings, and curved roof tiles from Auchterpool distillery. Roof timbers were made from railway sleepers and minesweeper keels, and much of the interior was finished with panelling and fireplaces bought from the then derelict Rossend Castle at £6 a load.
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Compact ground floor flat for sale in Polmont , Falkirk, UK with excellent transport links to Edinburgh . 1 bedroom , living room, kitchen , main hall and bathroom. Edinburgh is half an hour by road and 23 minutes by train . Front and back garden . Parking in cul de sac. Ideal for first time buyer or anyone working in Edinburgh. Perfect for the Edinburgh Festival.Phone 01324 883305 for details

Cyprus property prices are on the increase , but mortgage rates are likely to drop from 7.5 per cent to 3.5 per cent. High standards and low costs of living along with virtually non-existent crime rates and numerous tax advantages make Cyprus an attractive option for UK investors. Prices in Cyprus are still considerably lower than France or Spain, with a three-bedroom detached villa with a private pool costing around £250,000 sterling in Cyprus , which would only stretch to a large two-bedroom apartment in the South of France.
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Searles Castle is for sale. 120 year old castle has seven turrets and blue dolomite exterior creating a fortress at the end of Main Street. French chateau-style castle is for sale - a $15 million property joining a small niche of the world’s luxury real estate market. Searles Castle has all the trappings to make it worthy of a princess. The seven-floor castle has a dungeon that could be used for a friendlier purpose - a restaurant, perhaps, or an extensive wine cellar.Castles is for sale Castles for sale
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