A castle which was at the centre of a 25-year battle over a £230 debt has gone on the market for more than £1.25million.
Knockderry Castle’s previous owner, Marian van Overwaele, 72, was made bankrupt after repeatedly refusing to pay a bill relating to a bridalwear business she ran in 1997.
After her repeated refusals to pay up, the debt rose to £30,000 and a bankruptcy trustee was appointed.
Over the last two decades the pensioner fought various attempts to have her removed from the castle in Cove,
Dunbartonshire, so it could be sold to pay off her creditors.
She transferred ownership to her brother George Amil after being made bankrupt in 2000.
However, they were evicted from the property in March.
Designed by Alexander “Greek” Thomson in the 1850s the Victorian mansion boasts six bedrooms and four reception rooms.
Estate agents Strutt and Parker said: “It is category A-listed largely on account of the exceptional Leiperian interior which is considered one of the finest domestic interiors of its style in Scotland.”
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