The best of the market...: Country houses in Scotland

Ayrshire

Monkcastle, by Dalry, A Georgian mansion house set in 64 acres of mature parkland, with a further 59 acres close by. 9 beds, 4 bath, 3 receps, 2 cloakrooms, walled garden, 2-bed lodge, stable block, outbuildings, estate office. For sale as whole or in 2 lots. pounds 575,000 (whole)

Cluttons 01292-268181.

Angus

Dunlappie Estate, EdzellA residential, agricultural and sporting estate, with period mansion house and 1.5 miles of fishing on the West Water. 5 beds, 2 bath, 2 receps, morning room, billiard room, library, kitchen, staff wing, lodge, garden, Dunlappie Farm with 328 acres and farm buildings, 7 cottages, 37 acres of woodland and pheasant shoot. For sale as whole or in 10 lots. pounds 1.1 million (whole)

Knight Frank 0131-225 8171.

Aberdeen

Drumblair House, by Forgue, An historic country house dating from 1577 in private woodland with superb views. 6 beds, 3 bath, 2 receps, kitchen, utility room, staff wing, outbuildings, walled garden, paddock, 6.5 acres.

pounds 290,000 Knight Frank 0131-225 8171.

Invernessshire

Glentruim, Newtonmore, . An early 19th-century house overlooking the River Spey Valley with 55 acres of land. 8 beds, 5 bath, 3 receps, study, museum room, conservatory, kitchen, servants' quarters, tower, coach house, lodge, cottage, trout and salmon fishing.

pounds 310,000 Strutt & Parker 0131-226 2500.

Argyll

Barbreck Estate, Kilchrenan,A residential and agricultural estate on the shores of Loch Awe. 5 beds, 3 bath, 3 receps, 2 3-bed cottages, manager's house, low ground shooting, roe deer stalking, trout fishing, stock farm with farm buildings, 1,435 sheep, 2,500 acres.

pounds 500,000 Bidwell 01738-630666.

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