Owners of castle put it up for sale for first time in 700 years for £21m

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The owners of a Grade I listed castle have put it up for sale for the first time in 700 years - for an incredible £21m.  Lady Emma Ingilby and Sir Thomas Ingilby are putting Ripley Castle in North Yorks., which boasts turrets, a lake, secret passageways and even deer on the market.   The castle will also be sold with the estate, which includes a cricket pitch, a hotel, a village store, a shoot yard, a gift shop and tearooms.   The estate hasn't been sold in over 700 years and Sir Thomas inherited the property when he was 18.  King James I stayed at the property ahead of his coronation in 1603 while Oliver Cromwell stayed here for the The Battle of Marston Moor in 1944.

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00:00Hi, I'm Lady Ingleby, Emma. And I'm Sir Thomas Ingleby. I inherited the castle at the age

00:13of 18 and so I've been managing it for over 50 years and I'll be 70 this year and like

00:23everyone else at that age, it's time to retire. I think we've, you know, both so loved bringing

00:29up a family here. We've been the 28th generation of Ingleby's and I think sometimes you just

00:35say we've done our bit, we'll retire and we close a chapter on the Ingleby's at Ripley

00:40but it's exciting prospect for Ripley moving into the next, hopefully, 100 or 700 years.

00:47You know, whenever you leave a home, there's always a little bit of sadness but we could

00:51not have loved it more. We couldn't have had more fun. We couldn't have worked harder and

00:55I think that, you know, we will also have a feeling of excitement about what's ahead

01:00for both of us.

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