Foreign Property News | Posted by Aye Myat Thu
The fifteen bedroom section of Gosford Castle featured in the hit TV show Game of Thrones is set in nearly 600 acres of forest and at £500,000 costs less than the average London house .
FANS of TV fantasy epic Game of Thrones can now live out their Westeros fantasies after a 19th century castle used in the show has gone up for sale for just £500,000 .
Gosford Castle in County Armagh, Northern Ireland was used to portray Riverrun castle on the show and at half-a-million pounds is less than the price of an average London flat - which will set you back £574,586.
By comparison, a one-bedroom flat in trendy Islington, North London, costs on average more than £590,000. While in South Kensington the average flat costs upwards of £1.5 million.
The portion of the castle up for sale has 15 bedrooms and 10 bathrooms and the property is in set in 590 acres of forest. However, potential owners might want their own dragon or fire priest as there’s currently no central heating in the home.
The castle mainly appeared in series three of the show and is the former home of House Tully. It is now occupied by House Frey after Walder Frey massacred Robb Stark and his followers at ‘The Red Wedding.’
The real castle was built in the mid-1800s by the second Earl of Gosford, Archibald Acheson, and housed the Earls of Gosford through 1921.
Over the years, the estate has also been used as a prisoner of war camp (both during World War II and later the Northern Ireland Conflict), a storage facility for public records, a barracks for soldiers, and even a hotel.
The part up for sale has been partly developed into three- to five-bedroom luxury apartments, according to the listing. The spacious homes are an average of 3,500 square feet.
Some of the units are to come with rooftop gardens are called "The Round Tower," "The Great Hall," and "The Old Keep."
Ref: Property Report
