Norris Castle Estate & Springhill Estate, East Cowes

The opportunity is to purchase the Norris Castle Estate in isolation, or together with Springhill Estate. Springhill Estate is not available in isolation.

Both estates offer views over the Solent, although partially obscured by mature woodland.

Norris Castle Estate extends circa 225 acres (91 Ha), within which is the Isle of Wight’s only Grade I listed landscape. The castle itself was designed and built during 1790's by James Wyatt, who had previously worked on repair and restoration work of Windsor Castle and the Houses of Parliament. The castle is built with a combination of Norman and Georgian features, including locally mined stone.

Springhill Estate was established by William Goodrich in the late 18th Century. It extends approximately 43 acres (18 Ha).

The Property is located in East Cowes, on the northern tip of the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight has a population of circa 142,000 people (2023) with an employment rate of 72.6%.

The Property is bordered by the Solent to the north, Osborne Golf Club to the east, residential dwellings to the south and Waverley Park Holiday Centre to the west.

The Property is located circa 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the East Cowes Ferry Terminal which offers regular services to Southampton with an average journey time of 1 hour. There are approximately 108 crossing from Southampton to Cowes per week.

The Southampton Ferry Terminal is circa 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Southampton Central Train Station. This station provides regular, direct trains to London Waterloo, Brighton and Bristol with average journey times 79 minutes, 106 minutes and 99 minutes respectively.