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THE castle where Game Of Thrones star Rose Leslie was brought up is being sold for £1.3million.

Rose’s father Sebastian, the Aberdeenshire chieftain of Clan Leslie, and her mum Candy have decided to give up Lickleyhead Castle, near Insch, which has been in the family for centuries.

Seven-bedroomed Lickleyhead has been rented out for the last few years as a wedding venue and holiday home.

Candy says the turreted 16th-century building, with 10 acres of woods, was a perfect family home when Rose, 24, and her other four children were young.

She said: “Lickleyhead was a wonderful place to bring up children, lending itself to games of hide and seek and sardines using all the nooks and crannies in the castle.

“Rose was born there. It has seen births, christenings, children’s parties, anniversaries and weddings, has hosted music recitals organised by the director of music at Aberdeen University, and accommodated the Leslie clan gathering for the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Harlaw.”

Estate agents Knight Frank are selling the castle for offers over ­£1.35million.

With its amazing fireplaces, circular stairway and land, it’s regarded as one of Scotland’s most beautiful historic homes.

The Leslie family now live in their other home, the 12th-century Warthill Castle in Rayne, Aberdeenshire. It’s thought they felt they no longer needed two homes within a few miles of each other.

Rose, who was born Rose Eleanor ­Arbuthnot-Leslie, is the middle of five children and went to primary school in Rayne before boarding school in England and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

She appeared in a documentary before landing the part of Rhian in TV film New Town. The role earned her a Scottish Bafta for best acting by a

new talent.

In the first series of Downton Abbey, she played ambitious housemaid Gwen.

In Game Of Thrones, based on George RR Martin’s A Song Of Ice And Fire series, Rose plays wildling Ygritte, who becomes the lover of Jon Snow of the Night’s Watch as they trek across frozen wastes to the Wall.