--- description: A castle fit for a pop princess? title: Taylor Swift: I'm Not Buying a Castle in Scotland image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4063d395e834b20f/69885ece5f570fa763b1cdee/rtx1dehk.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Taylor Swift: I'm Not Buying a Castle in Scotland by [K.C. Blumm / People](/author/people/) ## K.C. Blumm / People Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 12, 2015 3:19 AM CUT  Singer Taylor Swift poses backstage at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, Nev., May 17, 2015 Singer Taylor Swift poses backstage at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, Nev., May 17, 2015L.E. Baskow—Reuters by [K.C. Blumm / People](/author/people/) ## K.C. Blumm / People Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 12, 2015 3:19 AM CUT It seemed like a perfect plan when reports surfaced last week that [Taylor Swift](http://www.people.com/people/taylor%5Fswift "undefined") was looking to purchase a 16th-century castle in Scotland. The singer, 25, who’s [dating](http://www.people.com/article/calvin-harris-insanely-happy-taylor-swift "undefined") Scotsman [Calvin Harris](http://www.people.com/people/news/category/0,,personsTax:CalvinHarris,00.html "undefined"), 31, was said to be eyeing the [Tower of Lethendy](http://search.savills.com/property-detail/gbedrueds040088 "undefined"), an eight-bedroom castle with its own private golf course on 40 acres that’s priced at $7 million and located not far from the DJ’s home. But the “Bad Blood” singer put those rumors to rest on Tuesday with a Tweet. > [](https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/631203163098382336) [_This story first appeared on People.com_](http://www.people.com/article/taylor-swift-not-buying-castle-scotland-calvin-harris "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3993608/taylor-swift-castle-scotland/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3993608/taylor-swift-castle-scotland/"},"headline":"Taylor Swift: I'm Not Buying a Castle in Scotland","datePublished":"2015-08-12T03:19:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:05:58.500Z","description":"A castle fit for a pop princess?","url":"https://time.com/3993608/taylor-swift-castle-scotland/","keywords":["Music","U.K."],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4063d395e834b20f/69885ece5f570fa763b1cdee/rtx1dehk.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"K.C. Blumm / People"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4063d395e834b20f/69885ece5f570fa763b1cdee/rtx1dehk.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Singer Taylor Swift poses backstage with her awards at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas","caption":"Singer Taylor Swift poses backstage with her awards at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas","creditText":"L.E. Baskow—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3993608/taylor-swift-castle-scotland/","name":"Taylor Swift: I'm Not Buying a Castle in Scotland"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"How Taylor Swift rocked her way to the top of the World’s Greatest Leaders list","description":"Fortune's Leigh Gallagher and Geoff Colvin discuss how the pop star ended up being #6 on the list.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/s8b4Qw5A/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-08-04T14:21:25.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/s8b4Qw5A.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3993608/taylor-swift-castle-scotland/","duration":"PT58S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3993608/taylor-swift-castle-scotland/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```