Houses for sale in May 2011

British and Irish stately homes for sale – changes this month:

Cairness House, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  ** New 11 May **
£3m, 16 acres, enlarged 1789-97 for Charles Gordon by James Playfair, Category A, gardens unlisted, Knight Frank, brochure, satellite, website, a calendar house, CL images, last sold 2000, launched 11 May 2011, Country Seat, DiCamillo, Wiki.

Blair Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland  ** New 10 May **
(aka Blair House/Estate, but is not Blair Castle, Perthshire)
£8m, 1,265 acres (or £2.5m, 248 acres), built from 1105 for Blair family, Category A, gardens unlisted, Savills, brochure, satellite, website, Country Life, last sold 1105, launched 10 May 2011,
                                            Country Seat, DiCamillo, Wiki.

Noseley Hall, Leicestershire, England  ** Withdrawn 5 May
£12m, 937 acres, built 1725, Grade II*, gardens unlisted, Knight Frank, brochure, website (closed), last sold pre-1220, launched Apr 2009 (£14m, 1,264 acres), Country Seat, DiCamillo, Wiki.

Pynes House, Devon, England  ** Price Drop 23 May **
£2m, 37 acres, built 1700, remodelled 1852 by Ambrose Poynter, Grade II*, gardens unlisted, Savills, brochure, satellite, website, last sold Dec 2008 (£2.5m), launched 17 Nov 2010 (£3.25m, £2.85m 16 Mar-23 May), Country Seat, DiCamillo, Wiki.

Blachford Manor, Devon, England  ** Sold late May **
£8m, 734 acres, built 16th & 18th centuries (aka Blackford) for Rogers family, Grade II*, gardens unlisted, Savills, brochure, satellite, last sold 2001, launched 6 Apr 2011, Country Seat, DiCamillo, Wiki.

Osberton Hall, Nottinghamshire, England  ** Sold 27 May
£3.35m, 46 acres, built from 1806 for Foljambe family, Grade II*, gardens unlisted, Knight Frank, Shield Estates, brochure, history, last sold 1987 by Foljambes to Tony Budge, launched 8 Dec 2010, Country Seat, DiCamillo.

Crazies Hall, Oxfordshire, England – £18m, 80 acres  ** New **
Hoddington House, Hampshire, England – £20m, 809 acres  ** New **
Westbrook House, Surrey, England – £20m, 216 acres  ** New **
Puslinch, Devon, England – £1.9m (leasehold), 7 acres  ** New **
Bolehyde Manor, Wiltshire, England – £4.75m, 80 acres, informal launch late 2010, former home of Andrew and Camilla Parker Bowles 1973-86 (Grade II*)  ** New 24 May **
Bargany House, Ayrshire, Scotland – £1.85m, 7 acres (Category A)  ** New 20 May **
Hamatethy Manor, Cornwall, England – £4m, 542 acres (1800, unlisted)  ** New **
Flore House, Northamptonshire, England – £3.45m, 19 acres  ** New **
Bledisloe House, Gloucestershire, England – £8m, 36 acres  ** New **
Cote House, Oxfordshire, England – £4m, 6 acres  ** New 6 May **
Newberry Hall, (aka Newbury Hall ), Co. Kildare, Ireland – €7.5m, 444 acres. **Sold**
Crendle Court, Dorset, England – £6m, 270 acres (was £7m) or £3.8m (Country Seat).
** Under offer 25 May **

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