A remote Scottish castle estate on the Isle of Mull brings together an 18-bedroom Baronial castle, more than three miles of Atlantic coastline, three lochs, woodland, farmland, holiday properties, and an established working estate economy.

Before designing Parc Monceau in the 8th arrondissement, Louis Carrogis Carmontelle laid out one of France’s earliest romantic parks at this 18th-century château less than an hour from Paris.

100 km / 62 miles from Paris, the Normandy estate was converted into a regional art centre in 1970 and has exhibited works by artists including Salvador Dalí, Victor Vasarely, Leonor Fini, Georges Mathieu, Braque, and Volti.

Built around 1850 for Annette Chavane, heiress to a local ironworking estate, the restored château sits near the Vosges border with direct access to the Canal des Vosges and its own place to moor a boat.

In the Scottish Borders, Portmore is a David Bryce-designed country house built in the architectural language of a castle, set on 3,459 acres with restored Victorian gardens, working farmland, woodland, a reservoir, and access to Edinburgh in around 45 minutes.

Built in 1614 on the site of an earlier manor, the restored Normandy château sits on 9 ha / 22 acres near Falaise, the birthplace of William the Conqueror.

The château dates to the 16th century and was once held by one of France’s oldest noble families, while the wider estate carries a permit for 17 villas within its forested grounds.

A listed 17th-century château in Anjou with equestrian facilities once used to breed and supply horses for the French Royal Household has come to market for €6 million.

Listed with Denniel Immobilier and published exclusively on Francis York, the 109-acre estate carries centuries of aristocratic, architectural, and motoring history.

Dating to the 1600s, the 23-bedroom château is set in an elevated position overlooking Lac de Sainte-Croix, the reservoir at the tip of the Gorges du Verdon, and one of the primary access points to the gorge by water.