On the Scottish property market, there are new builds, duds, and pricey properties - but sometimes there's a fairytale castle set on a coastline for sale.
This spectacular Gothic home was shortlisted by Zoopla as one of the property website's top 10 most popular homes at the moment and we can understand why.
Situated on three acres beside Ascog Bay on the Isle of Bute, the castle named Ascog Hall is billed as a 'fairytale Scots Baronial' style home.
If you're interested, the five bedroom, three bedroom home dating back to 1844 costs £699,000.
Ascog Hall, as you might expect, comes with period features like towers with fishtail slated turrets and leaded crests and finials.
There are turret staircases, ornate wooden fireplaces and bay windows aplenty to take in the sea views.
The property listing boasts of unique period features you wouldn't really find anywhere else - and some you might not even have heard of before.
"Dressed stone includes ashlar bay windows with balustraded parapets, gun loops, ashlar bracketed balcony and corbelled oriel window formations," says estate agent Robb Residential.
The Baronial home is believed to have been designed by Scottish architect James Smith.
Green thumbs will be delighted to know that there is a "wonderful and somewhat therapeutic" Victorian style greenhouse with an "award winning and reputable" subterranean fernery.
It's claimed that one of the ferns dating from the original collection of Edward La Trobe Bateman in 1870 remains - a todea barbara, also known as a King Fern.
There are a host of ways to appreciate the natural beauty on Bute, like walking on the hills and coasts, plus mountain biking and sailing.
The narrow sea channel called the Kyles of Bute is notable for sailing and is even deemed a National Scenic Area in Scotland.
All in all, this coastal castle isn't too remote with the town of Rothesay located three miles away.
Zoopla stated: "Want your very own fairy tale castle? Ascog Hall is a distinctive gothic home in classic Scots Baronial style.
"The house dates from 1844 and is set among three acres of impressive grounds, including a stunning Victorian glass-covered fernery (otherwise known as a massive greenhouse).
"It boasts towers with fishtail slated turrets and leaded crests and finials, balustraded parapets, gun loops, bracketed balconies and corbelled oriel window formations.
"It's a lesson in period architecture in itself."
Find the castle's listing on Zoopla here.
