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Linlithgow Palace, the first building to bear that title in Scotland, extensively rebuilt along Renaissance principles from the fifteenth century.. The origins of private estate houses in Scotland are in the extensive building and rebuilding of royal palaces that probably began under James III (r. 1460–88), accelerated under James IV (r. 1488–1513), and reached its peak under James V (r ...
In the United Kingdom, large country houses were built on estates in the 18th and 19th centuries to reflect a family's wealth and power, and to accommodate their extended family and a large number of servants required to maintain the house and the family's lifestyle. However, with the diminishing income from farming, the increasing wages of ...
Keir House is a large country house near Stirling in central Scotland. It is located in the parish of Lecropt, 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) north-west of Bridge of Allan, in the former county of Perthshire. The estate was home to the Stirling family from the 15th to the 20th century.
The Glasgow district of Mount Florida originated on the "Lands of Mount Floridon", which were described in detail when offered for sale at auction on 21 September 1814. The notice in the city's Herald newspaper described the estate as consisting of upwards of 15 acres (6.1 ha), with a mansion house containing two dwellings and gardens well ...
Killiechassie is a country estate and house near Weem, about one mile (two kilometres) northeast of Aberfeldy, [3] in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The estate lies on the banks of the River Tay [4] in some 12 acres (5 hectares), about 74 miles (119 kilometres) north of Edinburgh. It was owned by the Douglas family in the latter part of the 19th ...
However, by the time the estate was put up for sale in 1913, approximately 90 years later, the estate had reduced in size to about 13,500 acres (55 km 2). in fact the size of the estate when eventually sold at auction was 5,000 acres (20 km 2). The reduction in the size of the estate was due to the dwindling wealth of the Hume family of Marchmont.
Highland Estates (46 P) Pages in category "Country estates in Scotland" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
In 2004 the house, along with around 250 acres (100 ha) [6] / 261 acres (106 ha) [7] of land and the feudal caput, was put up for sale on the internet site eBay, [6] although this was unsuccessful. The house was sold a few months later for an all-time record price for a private Scottish residence to Addison Fischer , an American tycoon.