The top eight properties with libraries that are for sale

A Grade II-listed manor in Gloucestershire with a library featuring oak columns and flagstone floors, as well as a baronial mansion from the 1860s in Fife, Scotland, are among the eight finest properties for sale with libraries that we examine

Picture 1 of 2: Longniddry, East Lothian's Seton Castle. Seton Castle, East Lothian, Longniddry.

A restored Robert Adam castle from the 1780s featuring parkland, formal gardens, and a parterre courtyard. It features a library with enclosed bookcases, a grand entry hall, and elaborate fireplaces. 3 receptions, 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, a 3-bedroom apartment, a coach house, a helicopter pad, and 13 and a half acres.

8 million+ Savills 0131-247 3738 is the price.

East Lothian's Seton Castle is located in Longniddry. Seton Castle, East Lothian, Longniddry.

Robert Adam castle, restored in the 1780s, featuring parkland, formal gardens, and a parterre courtyard. A library with enclosed bookshelves, a grand entry hall, and elaborate fireplaces are all features. Six bedrooms, four bathrooms, three bedrooms, a coach house, a helicopter pad, and thirteen and five acres.

Cost: 08m+ Savills 0131-247 3738.

Rogershook, Llawhaden, Narberth, Pembrokeshire, image 1 of 1. Rogershook, Narberth, Pembrokeshire; Llawhaden.

Planning permission is granted for a historic farmhouse with three stone barns. It features period fireplaces, exposed beams, and a library with built-in bookcases. 15 acres, gardens, a lake, three receptions, five bedrooms, four bathrooms, and a dressing room.

Country Living Group 01437-616101; price: 1 point 35 million.

Bogside, Fife's Brankstone Grange Castle, image 1 of 2. Bogside, Fife's Brankstone Grange Castle.

Surrounded by open countryside, this restored baronial mansion dates back to the 1860s. A period fireplace, a custom library with a bar, and planning permission for 15 chalets are included, along with a cottage that needs renovation. 34 acres with eight bedrooms, four bathrooms, two reception areas, a breakfast kitchen, a one-bedroom apartment, a sound studio, an office, five tower rooms, a gym, and walled gardens.

Cost: £3,45,000,000+ Strutt & Parker 07384-826784.

Bogside, Fife's Brankstone Grange Castle. Bogside, Fife, Brankstone Grange Castle.

Open countryside surrounds this restored baronial mansion from the 1860s. Planning permission for 15 chalets, a custom library with a bar, and a cottage that needs renovation are all included. 34 acres, 8 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2 reception areas, a breakfast kitchen, a one-bedroom apartment, a sound studio, an office, five tower rooms, a gym, and walled gardens.

3.45m+ Strutt & Parker 07384-826784 is the price.

1 Newmarket Road, Norwich, Norfolk, image 1. Norwich, Norfolk's Newmarket Road.

Situated close to the city center, this modern, Grade II-listed home features expansive landscaped gardens. The house features a library with a wood-burning stove, a modern dining kitchen and family room with sliding doors opening onto the garden, parquet floors, and cast-iron open fireplaces. Six bedrooms, two reception areas, three bathrooms, a garage, and parking.

Sowerby's 01603-761441, 1.07 million.

Barnard Castle, County Durham, Bowes, The Manor, Image 1 of 1. The Manor, Barnard Castle, County Durham, Bowes.

Encircled by open countryside, this large Elizabethan manor house features Georgian and Victorian additions. It still has its original cast-iron range, paneled doors, open fireplaces, flagstone and wood floors, and a library with parquet floors, specially made shelves, and paneled walls. A conservatory, cellar, office, double garage, workshop, gardens, five bedrooms, three bathrooms, and three reception areas.

Finest Properties 01434-62234; price: 1 point 2 million.

The Great House in Burford, Oxfordshire, image 1 of 1. The Great House in Oxfordshire's Burford.

A 1680s house that has been refurbished and listed as Grade II, with additional additions and a large garden. In addition to a large library with built-in bookcases, it features open fireplaces. There are six bedrooms, four bathrooms, three reception areas, a garden room, a three-bedroom cottage, and a garage.

Price: 01451-832832 Savills, 4point 25 million.

1 Weetwood House, Tendring, Essex, image 1. Essex, Tendring, Weetwood House.

This modernist home features oak floors, exposed beams, vaulted ceilings, and large windows and bi-fold doors that look out over a lake. It features an open-plan living and library area with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the gardens, as well as a 38-foot dining kitchen with solid granite work surfaces. There are three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a wine cellar, a wood-oven kitchen in the garden, a lake with a jetty, and one acre.

1 point 25 million Jackson-Stops 01206-982272 is the price.

Picture 1 of 2 Gloucestershire's Edgeworth Manor. Gloucestershire's Edgeworth Manor.

On a small estate in the Cotswolds, a restored manor was listed as Grade II. It features a library with flagstone floors and oak columns, as well as arched leaded-light windows, elaborate barrel-vaulted moulded ceilings, panelled walls, and grand fireplaces. Five bedrooms, four bathrooms, two reception areas, a kitchen, a four-bedroom apartment, a 5-bedroom coach house, a 4-bedroom lodge, a 4-bedroom cottage, a chapel, an orangery, a lake, a helipad, gardens, woodland, and 57 acres.

Knight Frank 01285-659771, 13point 5 million.

The Gloucestershire estate Edgeworth Manor. Manor Edgeworth, Gloucestershire.

In the Cotswolds, a Grade II-listed manor on a small estate under restoration. It features grand fireplaces, paneled walls, ornate barrel-vaulted moulded ceilings, arched leaded-light windows, and a library with oak columns and flagstone floors. Five bedrooms, four bathrooms, a kitchen, a four-bedroom apartment, a chapel, an orangery, a chapel, stables, a three-bedroom coach house, a three-bedroom lodge, a four-bedroom cottage, gardens, a lake, a helipad, and 57 acres.

Cost: Knight Frank 01285-659771, 13point 5m.