For sale - one ruined castle in Yorkshire
If you have a spare £1.5 million (approx. US $3 million). Regular visitors know that I love it when these old properties show up for sale.
Here’s an article from The Telegraph about the sale:
A 700-year-old castle which once belonged to King Henry VIII has been put on the market for only the second time in its history for £1.5 million.
Sheriff Hutton Castle, which was built in 1382, comes complete with a hooded ghost and bat cave but it is almost totally ruined.
Just four crumbling 100ft stone turrets and the corners of the keep remain and it has no roof or walls.
However, it boasts an impressive list of former royal owners, including Richard III, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.
One thing I find interesting is that the castle was built in the 14th century and was owned by the Neville family that played a big part in the Wars of the Roses, but the title of the article is: “For sale: King Henry VIII’s haunted castle”. Playing to the popularity of the Tudors perhaps? 
Foose said,
May 3, 2008 @ 11:04 pm
It’s rather disappointing, with all Sheriff Hutton’s illustrious royal and noble connections — Warwick the Kingmaker, Richard III, Henry Fitzroy — to find out that the actual ghost roaming the premises is “of a servant-girl named Nancy.” I might be willing to spring for a ruinous English estate for the chance of having my sleep disturbed by Richard Neville clanking around in armor or Wolsey bewailing his fall from favor, but not for a mere Nancy, no matter how touching her tale.
shyanne said,
May 6, 2008 @ 6:17 am
very nice