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Spectacular Scottish castles and estates for sale - Country Life
WEBJun 3, 2024 · Highlands — £7,500,000. A 1,000-acre estate with a red stone castle at its heart. Woodland and pasture are part of the landscape, with deer stalking and scope for a driven shoot. The agents also cite the opportunity to develop further. For sale with Goldsmith & Co.
Scotland property for sale - Country Life
WEBWhether it’s a farmhouse in the Scottish Borders, an amazing Georgian townhouse in Edinburgh, or a cottage on the stunning west coast, Scotland has a brilliantly varied selection of property for sale. Prices are lower than England – you can buy a castle for the price of a semi-detached three bedroom home in Surrey – and the quality of ...
Best country houses for sale this week - Country Life
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Yorkshire — £5.95 million. A slice of heaven in Yorkshire, Oaklands Manor has 15,000sq ft of beautifully presented and classically proportioned accommodation. Eight bedrooms and almost 60 acres are part of the package in one of the finest Georgian homes in the county. For sale with Knight Frank.
Alan Titchmarsh: A foolproof guide to growing wisteria
WEBJun 22, 2023 · Feeding your wisteria with a generous helping of rose fertiliser (rich in flower-promoting potassium and magnesium) every March will help to promote regular flowering and healthy growth. If your wisteria has been pruned and fed and grown on a sunny wall and still refuses to flower after three or four years, give it up as a bad job, haul it out ...
Best wellington boots: The finest wellies you can buy - Country Life
WEBDec 14, 2021 · Aigle Parcours 2 Wellington Boots. The children’s range includes lovely nautical-themed boots for £30 for the wannabe sailor, but this is our pick of the adult’s range, made from natural rubber that claims to be self-cleaning — within reason, presumably — and tear resistant. £120 from www.aigle.com.
Ten simply magnificent photographs of Pashley Manor, Britain's …
WEBMar 11, 2018 · The Sellicks began renovating their neglected, overgrown garden in 1981. There were rewarding revelations: groves of old and beautiful rhododendrons as well as ancient trees, including a majestic oak, carbon-dated to 1580, which roughly corresponds with the building of the present house, in 1550.
A simple guide to the wildflowers of Britain - Country Life
WEBCountry Life April 3, 2023. At long last Spring seems to be here — and with it, the natural flora that give so much pleasure. British flora is full of pleasures for those prepared to look. Woodland flowers come early in the spring, before the canopy closes overhead, then the lanes and verges are full of creamy beauty.
In Focus: The greatest Victorian houses in Britain, as featured in a ...
WEBFeb 26, 2021 · An opening timeline offers an overview of the Victorian Age, but the focus of what follows is exclusively architectural. The coverage of country houses has always been central to the magazine, but it can also claim to have been a pioneer in the study of Victorian architecture through the work of two former Architectural Editors, Mark Girouard and Michael Hall.
Who owns Britain: Top ten aristocratic UK landowners
WEBCountry Life November 11, 2010. Prince Charles. 1. Duke of Buccleuch & Queensberry. 240,000 acres. Richard Buccleuch, the 10th Duke. of Buccleuch & Queensberry, owns four major estates: Queensberry-complete with magical pink sandstone Drumlanrig Castle Langholm in Dumfriesshire, Bowhill in Selkirkshire, …