Little Cottage, Inkpen, Hungerford, Berkshire. A Grade II-listed, 18th-century cottage on the edge of a village with views across open countryside. It has beamed ceilings and a country kitchen with an Aga and French doors leading onto the gardens. 2 beds, bath, recep, garage, garden store. £550,000 Strutt & Parker 01635-576922.
Holly House, Hingham, Norfolk. A Grade II-listed Georgian townhouse in the centre of a popular market town. The house has an entrance hall with tiled floors, sash windows with shutters, period fireplaces and a bespoke kitchen with a stable door leading onto a courtyard garden. 4 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps. £600,000 Jackson-Stops 01603-612333.
Grooms Cottage, Ugborough, Devon. A detached cottage in gardens that include a rose garden, a vegetable area, fruit trees, terraces and a bridge over a stream that leads to a paddock surrounded by farmland. The updated interiors include tiled floors and a feature fireplace with a wood-burning stove. 3 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps, breakfast kitchen, stable, greenhouse, outbuildings, 1 acre. £625,000+ Luscombe Maye 01548-830831.
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Century Walk, Deal, Kent. A Georgian townhouse in a quiet location close to the town centre, station and seafront. The house has sash windows, wood floors, panelling, a large fireplace with a wood-burning stove and a mature, south-facing garden with an arbour, patio and rear entrance to a private parking area. 2 beds, bath, study/bed 3, 2 receps, breakfast kitchen. £595,000 Bright & Bright 01304-374071.
Holly Tree Cottage, Tong, Shifnal, Shropshire. This refurbished, Grade II-listed cottage dates from 1640 and overlooks the village church. The house retains its beamed ceilings, exposed wall timbers and inglenook fireplaces. It has wood-burning stoves, a newly fitted kitchen with an Aga and a bar leading onto a library with floor-to-ceiling shelves and French doors that open onto the garden. 3 beds, 3 baths, dressing room, 2 receps, garage, outbuilding. £595,000 Savills 01952-239500.
Amersham Grove, London SE14. A renovated Victorian former worker’s cottage at the end of a terrace opposite Charlottenburg Park. It has sash windows, an open-plan living area and a fitted kitchen with bi-fold doors leading onto the garden. 3 beds, bath, recep. £600,000 The Modern House 020-3795 5920.
St Catherine’s Lodge, Portsmouth Road, Guildford, Surrey. A Victorian lodge in the centre of the town close to both the high street and Guildford station, which has frequent trains to London Waterloo. The house has a large, bright living room with a period fireplace, a contemporary kitchen that leads onto the dining room, a garage with internal access and a private terrace. 3 beds, bath, 2 receps. £649,950 Savills 01483-796800.
Bracadale House, Nairn, Highland. A modernised Victorian villa dating from 1896 surrounded by large, mature gardens in Nairn on the Moray coast. The house retains its large sash windows, high ceilings with fine cornicing, wood floors and original fireplaces. The third-floor bedroom windows have open views over the sea and coastline. 4 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, playroom, breakfast kitchen, office/bed 5, garage, gardens. £650,000+ Strutt & Parker 01463-723596.
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