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Houses in Scotland
Scotland's 28 houses are led by the National Trust for Scotland, which cares for 11 of them, alongside Historic Environment Scotland and a run of privately held family seats. They range from the palatial - Floors Castle, the Duke of Roxburghe's home, and William Adam's baroque Duff House - to intimate town houses like Pollok House in Glasgow.
There are 28 stately homes in Scotland on this list across 14 council areas. Mount Stuart is the best-rated, at 4.8 from 1,790 Google reviews. Scone Palace draws the most reviews of any house here, 5,772 of them.
Map of every stately home in Scotland
Find a stately home - search by name, county or operator
Aberdeenshire - 3 stately homes · Best stately homes in Aberdeenshire →
- Duff House Historic Environment Scotland
- Haddo House National Trust for Scotland
- Leith Hall National Trust for Scotland
Angus - 1 stately home
- House of Dun National Trust for Scotland
Argyll and Bute - 1 stately home
- The Hill House National Trust for Scotland
Ayrshire - 1 stately home
- Dumfries House The King's Foundation (Great Steward of Scotland's Dumfries House Trust)
City of Edinburgh - 3 stately homes
- Gladstone's Land National Trust for Scotland
- The Georgian House National Trust for Scotland
- Trinity House Historic Environment Scotland
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 stately home · Best stately homes in Dumfries and Galloway →
- Broughton House National Trust for Scotland
East Lothian - 2 stately homes
- Gosford House Earl of Wemyss (Charteris family)
- Newhailes House National Trust for Scotland
Falkirk - 1 stately home
- Kinneil House Historic Environment Scotland
Glasgow City - 2 stately homes
- Holmwood National Trust for Scotland
- Pollok House National Trust for Scotland
Isle of Bute - 1 stately home
- Mount Stuart Bute Estate / Marquess of Bute
Perthshire - 1 stately home
- Scone Palace Murray family (Earl of Mansfield)
Scottish Borders - 7 stately homes
- Abbotsford Abbotsford Trust
- Bowhill House Buccleuch Estates / Duke of Buccleuch
- Floors Castle Roxburghe Estates
- Manderston Palmer family
- Mellerstain House Baillie family (Earl of Haddington)
- Paxton House Paxton Trust
- Traquair House Maxwell Stuart family
Stirling - 1 stately home
- Argyll's Lodging Historic Environment Scotland
West Lothian - 3 stately homes
- Dalmeny House Earl of Rosebery (Primrose family)
- Hopetoun House Hopetoun House Preservation Trust
- House of the Binns National Trust for Scotland
Common questions
How many stately homes can you visit in Scotland?
28 stately homes in Scotland are on this list, spread across 14 council areas. Every one of them opens to visitors in some form, whether that is a ticketed house, a regular tour or a hotel occupying the building itself.
Which council area has the most stately homes in Scotland?
Scottish Borders, with 7 of the 28. Next come Aberdeenshire, City of Edinburgh and West Lothian on 3. The full spread is 28 houses across 14 council areas, every one of them a heading on this page.
Which is the best-rated stately home in Scotland?
Mount Stuart on the Isle of Bute, rated 4.8 from 1,790 Google reviews. Only houses with at least 100 reviews are considered, so a high score from a handful of visitors does not top the list.
Which stately home in Scotland is the most reviewed?
Scone Palace in Perthshire, with 5,772 Google reviews at 4.6. That is a rough proxy for how well known and how busy a house is, not a visitor figure, which no house here publishes.
Who runs the stately homes in Scotland?
Of the 28 on this list, 4 are run by Historic Environment Scotland, 11 are run by the National Trust for Scotland and the remaining 13 by private estates, independent trusts or local councils. Who owns a house decides whether a membership card gets you in, so each entry names its operator and links to the official site.