Offer made on historic Perthshire castle with royal connections
An offer has been made on a Perthshire castle which was once a royal residence.
Methven Castle, five miles west of Perth, was put on the market earlier this year at offers over £1million.
Queen Dowager of Scotland Margaret Tudor (1489-1541) had lived in the castle and died there.
The sale of the A-listed property, within 1.16 acres of grounds, is being conducted by estate agents Rettie.
A Rettie spokesperson said this week: 'I can confirm that Methven Castle is under offer. We cannot release the price.'
Margaret Tudor had been Queen of Scotland from 1503 until 1513 by marriage to James IV.
She received Methven Castle as part of a marriage gift.
Following the death of James IV at the Battle of Flodden in 1513 she became Queen Dowager.
She lived at Methven Castle after her third marriage to the first Lord Methven Henry Stewart and she died there in October 1541.
The current building, which has distinctive turreted towers, dates from 1664 and was built by John Mylne.
Rettie said earlier this year: 'The ancestral home of Margaret Tudor, Methven Castle is an A-Listed and sympathetically restored former royal castle, presenting a rare opportunity to acquire a piece of Scotland's late medieval history, wherein a wealth of atmospheric accommodation allows for most comfortable modern living, in a dramatic period setting.'
The castle, which has four floors, includes a James IV Hall and a Minstrel's Gallery as well as a dining room, drawing room, wine cellar, games room and five bedrooms.
Methven Castle also has associations with William Wallace and Robert the Bruce who fought skirmishes in nearby Methven Wood during the Wars of Independence.
Historic Environment Scotland's listed buildings portal states that the castle set within a mainly wooded and parkland designed landscape has 'an outstanding history and [is] reputed to contain one of the oldest pinetums (an arboretum of coniferous trees) in Scotland'.
HES also point out: 'Despite the many changes of ownership at Methven, historical accounts go back to the 14th century and its association with several historic personalities including Wallace, Queen Margaret and Lord Methven gives it outstanding historical value.'
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