Estate Agency Seeks Scotland's Newest Nobles
Borders based estate agency Buccleuch John Sale are selling a rare Scottish title dating back more than 500 years.
And for offers over POUNDS50,000, the new owners will join the gentry and become instant aristocracy as a new Baron and Baroness
The Duke of Roxburgh has instructed the Duke of Buccleuch’s Borders estate agency sell the remnants of a traditional stone property on his beautiful Borders estate.
Foumartdean has planning consent to be converted and boasts unrivalled views overlooking Loch Yetholm, a stone walled courtyard and a paddock.
The land on which the steading sits, comes with the Barony Title of Primside, which has been in the Duke’s family for more than five centuries.
Kathleen McIntee, who is overseeing the sale said it was a rare opportunity to purchase a piece of history.
She said: “An opportunity like this doesn’t come along every day.
“Foumartdean Steading has huge potential and is in a beautiful location and is so unique there really isn’t anything else quite like it on the market.
“The opportunity to buy such a special title at the same time is really the icing on the cake and we expect a lot of interest in it”.
In Scotland, the rank refers to holder of a feudal barony and holders can lawfully use the title Baron or Baroness
Spouses can also legally adopt the title.
The people who buy the title will be able to add Baron of Primside to their surname.
The house and the title are available to buy separately.
For further information about this property contact Buccleuch John Sale in Kelso or visit www.johnsale.co.uk
Notes To Editors
The first mention of Primside in the Register of the Great Seal is in 1474 when it was part of the Barony of Cesfurde.
On 21st September 1542 Primside was erected into a barony in its own right in a charter to Walter Ker of Cesfurd. At the time the Kers would have had judicial jurisdiction over all who lived within the barony. The ownership of the barony depended very much in staying on the good side of the monarch.
Walter Ker is an ancestor of the current Duke of Roxburghe, His Grace, Guy David Innes-Ker.
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