{"id":44230,"date":"2025-10-01T16:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T15:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=44230"},"modified":"2025-09-30T17:41:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T16:41:49","slug":"ihbcs-heritage-from-the-doorstep-kinloch-castle-on-the-isle-of-rum-put-up-for-sale-by-naturescot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=44230","title":{"rendered":"IHBC\u2019s \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Kinloch Castle on the Isle of Rum put up for sale by NatureScot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kinloch_Castle_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_2919195__Anne-Burgess_commons_wiki_290925.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kinloch_Castle_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_2919195__Anne-Burgess_commons_wiki_290925.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kinloch_Castle_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_2919195__Anne-Burgess_commons_wiki_290925.png 640w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kinloch_Castle_-_geograph.org_.uk_-_2919195__Anne-Burgess_commons_wiki_290925-300x164.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><sub>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Kinloch_Castle_-geograph.org.uk-_2919195.jpg\">Kinloch Castle<\/a> by\u00a0Anne Burgess, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/sub><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The historic Kinloch Castle on the Isle of Rum has been put up for sale by NatureScot, which has been working with Savills to bring the Category-A listed castle to the open market after research found that most islanders agree the building should be sold to be redeveloped and brought back into use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Nature Scot writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study by the Scottish Government\u2019s Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services (RESAS) found that many islanders feel that the sale and redevelopment of the castle would have a positive impact on the Rum community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Donald, NatureScot\u2019s Head of Operations for Central Highland, said: \u2018Through this study, islanders made it clear that the most important aspect of any sale is a long-term commitment to contribute to the community and nature on the island. We are therefore asking prospective buyers to set out, alongside their offer, how they plan to use the castle and grounds and how they will support the nature, sustainability, culture and economy of the Isle of Rum.&nbsp; For the right buyer, this offers a rare opportunity to be part of Scotland\u2019s heritage by restoring an iconic building and grounds which are of historical and cultural importance to the Isle of Rum and beyond. We look forward to hearing from prospective buyers and will of course be keeping island residents directly informed of progress.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current market valuation for the castle, grounds and contents is \u00a3750,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information on the castle, its history and contents can be found in the <a href=\"https:\/\/search.savills.com\/property-detail\/gbedrugls210210\">sale brochure<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.scot\/kinloch-castle-put-sale-naturescot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Kinloch Castle by\u00a0Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The historic Kinloch Castle on the Isle of Rum has been put up for sale by NatureScot, which has been working with Savills to bring the Category-A &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=44230\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44232,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44230\/revisions\/44232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}