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The Dunecht Estate is one of the largest private estates in Aberdeenshire, Scotland at 53,000 acres (210 km 2). It is owned by The Hon Charles Anthony Pearson, the younger son of the 3rd Viscount Cowdray. Dunecht's business interests include farming (in hand and let farms), forestry, field sports, minerals, let houses, commercial lets and tourism.
The building has more than 300 rooms, with 250,000 square feet (23,000 m 2) of floorspace, [4] including 124,600 square feet (11,580 m 2) of living area, and was – until it ceased to be privately owned – often listed as the largest private residence in the United Kingdom.
This is intended to be as full a list as possible of country houses, castles, palaces, other stately homes, and manor houses in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands; any architecturally notable building which has served as a residence for a significant family or a notable figure in history.
Estate Image Dates Location: Size (units) Notes/Description; 1: Churchill Gardens: 1946–62 built Pimlico area of Westminster. 1,600 Designed by architects Powell and Moya to replace Victorian terraced houses extensively damaged during the Blitz; won RIBA London Architectural Bronze Medal (1950); model for many later projects.
The Wentworth Estate is a private estate of large houses set in about 2.7 sq mi (7 km 2) of woodland, in the Borough of Runnymede, Surrey. It lies on a gently undulating area of coniferous heathland, around 0.75 mi (1.21 km) south west of the centre of Virginia Water. Construction of the estate, known locally as "The Island", began in the early ...
Land ownership in the United Kingdom is distributed in a Pareto-like distribution, with a relatively small number of organisations and estates, and to a lesser extent people, owning large amounts, whether by area or value, and much larger numbers owning small amounts or no land at all.
He owned the largest private landed estate in the United Kingdom, covering some 280,000 acres (1,100 km 2). The estate includes Drumlanrig Castle in Dumfries and Galloway, Bowhill House in Selkirkshire, and Boughton House in Northamptonshire.
There was virtually no urban property. Most of the present Scottish estate excepting foreshore and salmon fishing is due to inward investment, including Glenlivet Estate, the largest area of land managed by the Crown Estate in Scotland, purchased in 1937, [65] Applegirth, Fochabers and Whitehill estates, purchased in 1963, 1937 and 1969 ...