8 of the best properties for sale with libraries

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published 6 April 2025

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Seton Castle, Longniddry, East Lothian.

A renovated 1780s Robert Adam castle with a parterre courtyard, formal gardens and parkland. It has ornate fireplaces, a grand entrance hall and a library with enclosed bookshelves. 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3 receptions, 3-bed flat, coach house, helicopter pad, 13.5 acres.

Price: £8 million+ Savills 0131-247 3738.

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Rogershook, Llawhaden, Narberth, Pembrokeshire.

A period former farmhouse with three stone barns with planning permission. It has exposed beams, period fireplaces and a library with built-in bookcases. 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, dressing room, 3 receptions, gardens, lake, 15 acres.

Price: £1.35 million Country Living Group 01437-616101.

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Brankstone Grange Castle, Bogside, Fife.

A renovated 1860s baronial mansion surrounded by open countryside. It comes with a cottage in need of renovation, and has period fireplaces, a bespoke library with a bar, and planning permission for 15 chalets. 8 bed, 4 bathrooms, 2 receptions, breakfast kitchen, 1-bed apartment, sound studio, office, 5 tower rooms, gym, walled gardens, 34 acres.

Price: £3.45 million+ Strutt & Parker 07384-826784.

Brankstone Grange Castle, Bogside, Fife.

A renovated 1860s baronial mansion surrounded by open countryside. It comes with a cottage in need of renovation, and has period fireplaces, a bespoke library with a bar, and planning permission for 15 chalets. 8 bed, 4 baths, 2 receps, breakfast kitchen, 1-bed apartment, sound studio, office, 5 tower rooms, gym, walled gardens, 34 acres.

Price: £3.45m+ Strutt & Parker 07384-826784.

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Newmarket Road, Norwich, Norfolk.

A modernised, Grade II-listed house with large landscaped gardens situated near the city centre. The house has parquet floors, cast-iron open fireplaces, a contemporary dining kitchen and family room with sliding doors leading onto the garden, and a library with a wood-burning stove. 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 receptions, parking, garage.

Price: £1.7 million Sowerbys 01603-761441.

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The Manor, Bowes, Barnard Castle, County Durham.

A substantial Elizabethan manor house with Georgian and Victorian additions surrounded by open countryside. It retains its original flagstone and wood floors, panelled doors, open fireplaces, cast-iron range and has a library with parquet floors, custom-built shelves and panelled walls. 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 receptions, conservatory, cellar, office, double garage, workshop, gardens.

Price: £1.2 million Finest Properties 01434-622234.

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The Great House, Burford, Oxfordshire.

A renovated Grade II-listed house dating from 1680 with later extensions and a substantial garden. It has open fireplaces, a large library with built-in bookcases and a fireplace. 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3 receptions, garden room, 3-bed cottage, garage.

Price: £4.25 million Savills 01451-832832.

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Weetwood House, Tendring, Essex.

A Modernist house with vaulted ceilings, exposed beams, oak floors and large windows and bi-fold doors overlooking a lake. It has a 38ft-dining kitchen with solid granite work surfaces and an open-plan library and living area with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the gardens. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, wine cellar, kitchen in the garden with a wood oven, lake with jetty, 1 acre.

Price: £1.25 million Jackson-Stops 01206-982272.

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Edgeworth Manor, Gloucestershire.

A restored, Grade II-listed manor on a small estate in the Cotswolds. It has arched leaded-light windows, ornate barrel-vaulted moulded ceilings, panelled walls, grand fireplaces and a library with flagstone floors and oak columns. 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2 receptions, kitchen, 4-bed flat, indoor swimming pool, orangery, chapel, stables, 3-bed coach house, 3-bed lodge, 4-bed cottage, gardens, woodland, lake, helipad, 57 acres.

Price: £13.5 million Knight Frank 01285-659771.

Edgeworth Manor, Gloucestershire.

A restored, Grade II-listed manor on a small estate in the Cotswolds. It has arched leaded-light windows, ornate barrel-vaulted moulded ceilings, panelled walls, grand fireplaces and a library with flagstone floors and oak columns. 5 beds, 4 baths, 2 receps, kitchen, 4-bed flat, indoor swimming pool, orangery, chapel, stables, 3-bed coach house, 3-bed lodge, 4-bed cottage, gardens, woodland, lake, helipad, 57 acres.

Price: £13.5m Knight Frank 01285-659771.

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