A HAUNTED Scots castle has hit the property market AGAIN for £5million.
The historic Carbisdale Castle, near Bonar Bridge in Sutherland, was the World War II home to the King of Norway and has 19 bedrooms.
Carbisdale Castle was the World War II home to the King of Norway[/caption]
The property is on the market for £5million after a “vast restoration”[/caption]
Carbisdale is said to be haunted by a ghost called Betty[/caption]
The castle was built for Mary Caroline, Duchess of Sutherland[/caption]
The mansion was bought by a London investment firm in 2016 from the Scottish Youth Hostel Association who had owned the site since 1945.
It was later put back on the market for £1.2million, but the deal fell through.
Now, several years later, the castle is on the market again for £5million after a “vast restoration”.
The castle’s ghost is well-known among people who stayed there while it was a youth hostel with one of the top-floor bedrooms dubbed the “spook room”.
The property is said to be haunted by a ghost called Betty, who appears in various parts of the castle dressed in white.
A description from estate agents Strutt & Parker reads: “Situated atop a natural escarpment overlooking the confluence of the Rivers Oykel and Shin, Carbisdale Castle occupies one of the most dramatic positions of any building in Scotland.
“Lying on the southern edge of the county of Sutherland, the site was deliberately chosen for its prominence by the estranged Duchess of Sutherland who commissioned construction of the castle commencing in 1905 as part of her divorce settlement from her husband, the 3rd Duke of Sutherland.
“Though situated amongst the generally wooded slopes of the upper Kyle of Sutherland, the elevation of the setting affords panoramic views from throughout the castle with the easterly outlook over the Kyle of Sutherland to the Dornoch Firth and the westerly views up Strathoykel being particularly impressive.
“The current owner has undertaken a vast restoration of key parts of the castle to turn it back into the historic castle that it once was.
“The intention of the project was to combine all of the decorative features and grandeur of the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland’s original creation with services, systems, fixtures, fittings and layout of the highest contemporary quality together with reorganisation of the existing accommodation to suit 21st Century living and the potential development of a spa and swimming pool as complementary features.
“The current position is that significant work has been carried out, and the castle will be offered with the remaining few bedrooms finished, together with the Wellness Suite to be completed by the existing owner, subject to contract with the full purchase price paid.”
The castle was built for Mary Caroline, Duchess of Sutherland, the second wife of George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland, whom she married in 1889.
Then Mary Caroline Blair (née Mitchell), wed the wealthy landowner after her first husband Captain Arthur Blair, who worked for the duke, died in a shooting accident in 1883.
Much to the distaste of Victorian society and the frustration of her second husband’s children, the duchess married the Duke of Sutherland after being his mistress.
