Bring friends and family to your own Scottish castle in Ayrshire's golfing heartland.
Baltersan Castle is for sale. This 16th-century tower-house lies just six miles from Turnberry and 25 minutes from Scotland's other west-coast Open Championship course at Royal Troon.
Designed for one of the Kennedy clan gentry, Baltersan is still ranked among the aristocracy of Scottish Renaissance buildings. Now work is ready to start on its restoration as a private country residence.
The project coul benefit from an Historic Scotland grant of up to GBP500,000, covering about one-quarter of reconstruction costs. The restoration already has Listed Building Consent as a Category-A building, and Full Planning Consent. Baltersan is on Historic Scotland's list of "most desirable restoration projects".
Originally built at the heart of a small estate, Baltersan Castle was elegantly designed as a place of safety, hospitality and business. Its proportions, while generous, are still on a human scale.
Rebuilt, it could serve as a five-bedroom family residence, a second home, or a holiday retreat for a group of joint owners to share throughout the year.
The present reconstruction plans envisage a revival of the old ground-floor kitchen and first-floor great hall, with library/sitting room, three en-suite bedrooms, plus two other bedrooms, each with its private bathroom.
Could Baltersan become YOUR Scottish castle home? If you are right person to build and live the dream, a beautiful, welcoming property awaits in a near-perfect location.
Offers for the purchase of the castle are invited either from individuals or a consortium able to raise the finance to turn the ruin back into a coveted luxury residence.
Restoring Baltersan needs nerve as well as cash.
But nearly all the groundwork has been prepared, including research, architectural drawings, quantity surveys and cost plans. Vitally, the restoration has Full Planning Consent Planning Consents 08, and had won a grant offer worth around 25% of the rebuild budget. This could be available to a new owner, subject to conditions. Also James Brown, the owner who has taken Baltersan to this stage, is willing to offer his expertise to new owners as project consultant.
For these reasons, we recommend that you buy the company, Lichtsome Hoose Ltd as well as the castle (the price is the same).
It would be an uncomplicated purchase as the company has no employees, has a single purpose (restoration of the castle) and only one major tangible asset, the castle. There are also tax advantages (both corporation and VAT) to be had by taking over the company.
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