This week: properties with home entertainment from a 12th-century priory with a golf driving range in Kent to a Grade II-listed Victorian mansion with a cricket pitch in Staffordshire
Raleigh Manor, Exmoor, Somerset. A Victorian country house in Exmoor National Park. It has Victorian fireplaces, a newly fitted kitchen with an oil-fired Aga and a wood-panelled billiards room. 6 beds, 5 baths, 3 receps, 1-bed annexe, garage, gardens, pasture, 14 acres. £1.55m Jackson-Stops & Staff 01823-325144.
Mockley Wood Farm, Ullenhall, Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire. A detached country house in a lakeside setting. It has a leisure complex that includes an indoor pool, snooker room, gym, and squash and tennis courts. 6 beds, 5 baths, 5 receps, conservatory, stables, 120 acres. £4.5m Sotheby's International Realty 01789-200900.
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Millbrook, Dutchess County, New York, US. This colonial-style house has a pool, tennis court, ice-skating rink, indoor basketball court, motorcross track, home theatre, spa and stables that include an 18-stall barn. Main house, guest house, staff house, caretaker's house, gardens, grounds, 145 acres. £15m Houlihan Lawrence 020- 7467 5330.
Ludhill House, Warter, York, East Riding of Yorkshire. This house contains a home cinema designed in an Art Deco style with bronze statues, a ticket booth, eight reclining seats and a 12ft screen. There is also a bar with snooker table. 5 beds, 5 baths, 2 receps, 3-bed cottage. £1.5m Carter Jonas 01904-558200.
Le Grillaie, Greve in Chianti, Tuscany, Italy. A traditional country house and unrestored barn within walking distance of the town. It has beamed ceilings, open fireplaces and landscaped grounds that include a saltwater heated swimming pool and a football pitch. 5 beds, 6 baths, 2 receps, olive grove, 10 acres. £2.46m Knight Frank 020-7629 8171.
Horton Priory, Monks Horton, Ashford, Kent. This property was once a 12thcentury priory. It has an indoor golf practise room, a putting green, a golf driving range, a home cinema, a pool and a tennis court. 11 beds, 6 baths, 4 receps, 3 flats, 2-bed cottage, 55.5 acres. £4.95m Savills 01580-720161.
Dunstall Hall, Dunstall, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. A Grade II-listed Victorian mansion overlooking its own parkland and cricket pitch. 12 beds, baths, showers, 4 receps, ballroom, library, orangery, 1-bed flat, former stable block with groom's cottage, 86 acres. £5m Strutt & Parker 01743-284200.
Angels Rest, Crowthorne, Berkshire. A country house set in large grounds. It has wood-panelled walls and open fireplaces, a panelled billiards room and a leisure complex with indoor pool, 2-lane bowling alley and nineseat home cinema. 8 beds, 7 baths, 5 receps, library, study, stables, garage block, staff flat, 15.5 acres. £4m Carson & Co 01344-484242.
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