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If you're looking for something different for your money, then for £1.6m how about this stunning Grade 2 listed castle set in beautiful mature gardens overlooking Holy Loch?
Built in 1816 by architect David Hamilton for Glasgow merchant James Hunter, who instructed Mr Hamilton to build a baronial-style mansion house, Hafton Castle is located at Hunter's Quay in Dunoon, Argyll and surrounded by beautiful views of the loch. It remained James Hunter's family seat until the end of the 19th century.
(Hamilton is best known for Glasgow's Royal Exchange - now home to the Gallery of Modern Art.)
It's got a helipad!
Hafton Castle boasts 26 en-suite rooms, ten receptions and a fabulous indoor swimming pool with sauna, steam room and gym. Outside, the castle gardens include a private helipad!
Having previously been used as a hotel there is a bar and two kitchens, which can be adapted for other uses if bought as a private residence. The castle has been very well maintained and is complete with gas central heating and partial double glazing.
There is plenty of potential with this castle - either as a large family home, a hotel again or, subject to planning permission, conversion into office space.
Famous faces
Dunoon has connections with many international celebrities including Oscar-nominated actress Julieanne Moore, whose mother was born there and still has family in the town, and Kate Winslett who honeymooned in Dunoon.
Hafton Castle is a twenty minute journey across the Firth of Clyde from Hunters Quay, Dunoon, to McInroy's Point at Gourock in Inverclyde.
Less than an hour away from Glasgow Airport, Hafton Castle is the ideal hideaway that is only a short trip to the rest of the world.
The sale of Hafton Castle is being handled privately by owner Peter Wilkinson, who can be contacted on 07720 707806.
Images of the castle can be viewed at www.No1intheworld.com/property.
