14th century castle in Scotland has gone on sale for 475k

The wing of a 14th century castle where Scotland's 'Old Pretender' was unofficially crowned is being sold as a family home for £475,000.

Fetteresso Palace, near Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, was where James Stuart, figurehead of the doomed 1715 Jacobite rebellion, was named King James III.

Now known as Fetteresso Castle, the property has undergone a host of renovations since its first tower was built in the 14th Century.

The south wing of the 'fairytale' castle, converted from the grand ballroom into a four-bedroom family home, is up for sale at offers more than £475,000.

Fetteresso Palace, near Stonehaven, Scotland, (pictured) was the place where James Stuart was unofficially crowned and named King James III

The property has undergone a host of renovations since its first tower was built in the 14th Century and is now known as Fetteresso Castle

The spectacular and historical property - 18 miles from Aberdeen - was transformed into a four-bedroom home and is up for sale at offers more than £475,000 

The wing of the 14th century castle which is on the market has been described as being 'brilliantly conceived and sympathetically converted'

The wing of the castle, called South Range, is arranged over three floors which is dominated by the former ballroom

Fiona Gormley of Savills said: 'South Range at Fetteresso Castle has been brilliantly conceived and sympathetically converted.

'The present owners have done a superb job in presenting the property with real panache and yet with great respect for the historic origins of the building.'

The house passed into the hands of the Duff family after the Earl of Mar, John Erskine, lost the Battle of Sheriffmuir against Hanoverian forces in November 1715 and went into exile.

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They set out to rebuild the estate and by 1808 put battlements in place, which give the building a fairytale castle appearance, according to the seller.

In 1993 it was transformed into seven individual houses set in seven acres of gardens and grounds.

South Range is arranged over three floors, dominated by the former ballroom, with south facing views on to the Carron Water and a woodland valley.

The property offers spectacular views of the surrounding area and the castle got its fairytale appearance when the estate was rebuilt in 1808 

This is one of the four bedrooms in the wing. Towards the end of the 20th century, the castle was restored and partitioned into seven houses

The wing, which has gone on sale for £475,000, comes with a fitted kitchen (pictured) after it was transformed into a four-bedroom home

The next owner of South Range will get to enjoy the south facing views on to the Carron Water and a woodland valley from a reception room 

Some of the rooms in the property offer stunning views of the Scottish countryside - just 18 miles south of Aberdeen 

CATHOLIC REBELLION PLUNGED BRITAIN INTO CHAOS

The Jacobites were the supporters of the exiled Stuart King James II and his descendants following the Glorious Revolution - and their cause became something for nearly anyone with a grudge against the government.

James II ruled Britain from 1685 to 1689 - but because he was a Roman Catholic he was replaced by his daughter Mary and her husband, the Dutch Prince William of Orange.

The Jacobites were opposed by the Williamites or Whigs in 1689, who were Britons backing the Protestant cause who did not want a Catholic kingdom.

They had three major uprisings – with the first led by ‘Bonnie Dundee’ John Graham of Claverhouse in the same year, which was quickly quelled.

The second was Mar’s Rebellion, or the ‘Fifteen’, which followed the death in 1714 of the last Stuart monarch, Queen Anne, and King George I's accession.

Then the third was the ‘Forty-Five’ in 1745-46, when ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’ Charles Edward Stuart led a Scots army against the Hanoverian dynasty. 

The Battle of Culloden fought near Inverness was the final confrontation in the Jacobite rising, as the Jacobites faced British cannons and muskets.

The Battle of Culloden: This battle fought near Inverness was the final confrontation in the Jacobite rising, as the Jacobites faced the British cannons and muskets across the moor of Culloden

In the 1940s, the castle was owned by Maurice and Geraldine Simpson, heir to the Pringle knitwear fortune.

The castle was restored and partitioned into seven houses in the latter part of the 20th Century,

James Edward Stuart, known as the Old Pretender, was born to James II of England and his second wife Mary of Modena in 1688.

The last Roman Catholic king of Scotland, England and Ireland fled to the continent soon after, as he was disliked by the largely Protestant population and was succeeded by William III.

After an attempt at insurrection in Ireland failed at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, it would be another 25 years before a Stuart set foot on Scottish soil.

The Old Pretender landed at Peterhead in 1715 to meet James Erskine's army but the uprising against George I failed within three months.

His son Charles Edward Stuart, Bonnie Prince Charlie, landed on the west coast in July 1745 with only nine men but managed to cause an upset against the government army at Prestonpans.

However, few of his expected supporters joined the cause, which ended in a disaster for the Highlanders at Culloden, the last full martial engagement in Britain.

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