The storied Scottish castle you can now holiday in with family and friends
For a rental with bragging rights, consider Inveraray Castle with its six bedrooms, two turrets – and 120 radiators
Live like a lord or lady by renting a holiday castle like Inverary
“It’s a miracle if any stately home can survive another year,” says Eleanor, Duchess of Argyll, from the kitchen turret of Inveraray Castle. Her husband, Torquhil, the 13th Duke, agrees: Life is too unpredictable with the pandemic.” Indeed, while the castle has recently reopened, the number of tourists is still at an all-time low; the tens of thousands of visitors dwindled to nothing.
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Kirtlington Park is spectacular by every estimation, second only in size to Blenheim Palace in its county of Oxfordshire. The Grade I listed Palladian mansion is grandeur incarnate, set in 3,000 acres of rolling parkland landscaped by Sir Lancelot Capability Brown with views over the gardens to the Chiltern Hills.
Elizabeth Taylor reportedly considered the stately home so desirable she attempted to persuade its owner, Christopher Buxton (the cousin of the current owner), to sell it to her by inviting him for a night alone on her yacht. According to the
Times, she dreamed of turning it into the drama school she wished to create with her husband, Richard Burton. Taylorâs offer was declined, but now the paying public â liberated from the constraints of lockdown â will be able to stay at the 18th century mansion at a weekly rate of £28,000.