Why has Alan Carr bought a castle and where is it?

Why has Alan Carr bought a castle and where is it? 3 hours ago Share Save Megan Bonar BBC Scotland News Share Save Just months after being crowned king of The Celebrity Traitors castle, Alan Carr has set his sights on a real one. The comedian has bought 19th Century Ayton Castle in the Scottish Borders, which has 17 bedrooms and comes with 160 acres of land and its own working railway. His efforts will form the backbone of a new TV series following his attempt to turn the ageing estate into a workable home. Carr said he was in his "turret-era" after spending time at Ardross Castle in the Highlands last summer while filming The Celebrity Traitors. "Some men when they have a midlife crisis buy a Lamborghini or grow a ponytail, but me - I want my very own castle," he said. "Since I was a boy in Northampton, I've always dreamt big, and have always been enchanted with the history and romance of a stately home and as I turn 50, I feel it's my time. "All I want is a turret to call my own - get me over that drawbridge." The comedian's journey will be filmed for a new Disney+ programme. The programme has the working title Castle Man in reference to his former Channel 4 talk show Chatty Man. Carr's sprawling new pad was put on the market with an asking price of more than £3.25m last summer. Set in more than 160 acres near Eyemouth, it is one of only two baronial buildings designed by architect James Gillespie Graham. The castle's history stretches back to a medieval tower house, and its interiors were once decorated by Edinburgh firm Bonnar and Carfrae. Their work had an unlikely brush with literary fame: during a visit in 1873, Mark Twain was so taken with the dining‑room mantelpiece at Ayton Castle that he purchased it. It now sits in the Mark Twain House and Museum in Connecticut. Stories you may have missed 'I thought I was going to die' - Woman calls for tighter weight-loss jabs checks 'I put my bike up for sale - it went from Fife to Kenya' Woman's regret over botched B...