Carbisdale Castle with 40 bedrooms dubbed the Castle of Spite goes up for sale for £900,000

Carbisdale Castle with 40 bedrooms dubbed the Castle of Spite goes up for sale for £900,000

Carbisdale Castle in Sutherland, north west Highlands, has been put on market because it requires extensive repairs
The 40,000 square feet property comes complete with a grand hall, ballroom and billiards room
It dates back to 1905 and was built for Mary Caroline, Duchess of Sutherland, after the death of her husband
The family of her husband, the 3rd Duke of Sutherland, did not approve of the marriage and contested his will

A historic Scottish castle with 40 bedrooms has gone up for sale for just £900,000.
Carbisdale Castle in Sutherland, north west Highlands, was originally put on the market after it was discovered the castle would require extensive repairs.
A developer had planned to spend £6.5million on transforming the 40,000 square feet property, which comes complete with a grand hall, ballroom and billiards room, into a luxury hotel.
But the sale recently fell through and now the castle has been relisted for £900,000 - less than some one-bedroom flats in London.
The £300,000 price cut means the property, which has been a backpacker hostel since 1945, is available for less than the £1m raised by selling off the collection of statues and paintings at auction last year.
The castle dates back to 1905 and was the last castle to be built in Scotland, erected as part of a bitter family disagreement.

It was built for Mary Caroline, Duchess of Sutherland, after the death of her husband George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, the 3rd Duke of Sutherland.
His family did not approve of the marriage and after his death they contested his will.
Eventually they agreed to give the Duchess a substantial sum of money and build her a castle, as long as it was outside their lands.

So the Duchess built her castle just outside Sutherland lands, on a hill where it is visible across a huge part of their estate, earning it the nickname 'The Castle of Spite'.
The clock tower is even missing a clock face on the side facing their estate, as the Duchess did not want to give them 'the time of day'.
The new owner will gain 16 acres of land and a loch when they take over control of the B-listed castle, as well as various freestanding marble statues which were not sold off.
The castle also features a library and a minstrel's gallery - a raised balcony where musicians would play during a feast or ball.
The property was originally put up for sale for £1.2m in 2014.
A buyer was found in 2015, when a company pledged a £6.5m investment to make the castle a hotel, adding a Michelin-star restaurant and revamped gardens to the property.
The deal also included plans for the developers to buy up 100 acres of Forestry Commission land around the estate, which proved controversial with local nature lovers.

But the deal fell through after Youth Hostel bosses cancelled the deal 'as a result of growing concerns as to the likelihood of the sale being achieved.'
The asking price has now been cut by 25 per cent, in a bid to shift the bargain property once and for all.
The castle hosted a variety of visitors in the years after it was built.
During WWII an agreement was made at Carbisdale between the King of Norway and Russian military chiefs that if they entered Norway they would not stay after the war.
In 1945 the castle was gifted to the Scottish Youth Hostel Association and became known as one of the most eccentric UK locations open to backpackers travelling on a shoestring.
In 2011 the hostel was closed for repairs - but workers discovered further water damage, resulting in it being put up for sale in 2014.
Harry Maitland of Savills said: 'Carbisdale is a magical property, rich in history. It will either make an incredible trophy home for a buyer from Scotland or much further afield, who is keen to restore the interior to it's former glory.
'While significant refurbishment works have been carried out on the fabric of the property, there is also incredible potential to repurpose this fairytale castle as a hotel.'

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