Properties for around £600,000

From a Victorian house on the shores of Loch Goil in Argyll, to a countryside cottage in Cornwall.

Ferndale Manor, Bag Enderby, Lincolnshire. A 17th-century house set in large grounds in a small village in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It has open fireplaces and a coach house currently used as a garage and office with planning permission for conversion into a domestic building. 5 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, 2.25 acres. £595,000 Robert Bell & Company 01507-522222.

Gwalia, Llangynhafal, Denbighshire. A country house with a two-bed attached cottage and views towards the Denbigh Moors. It has beamed ceilings, open fireplaces and wood-burning stoves. 3 beds, 2 baths, recep, kitchen/dining room, garden with vegetable garden, 2.7 acres. £595,000 Strutt & Parker 01244-354880.

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Il Melaio, Castiglione del Lago, Perugia, Tuscany, Italy. A 17th-century farmhouse set in terraced gardens. It has vaulted brick ceilings and arches and open fireplaces. 3 beds, 3 baths, open-plan living room, kitchen/dining room, 1-bed guest house, swimming pool, 2.2 acres. £620,000 Knight Frank 020-7629 8171.

Lochwood House, Lochgoilhead, Argyll. A Victorian house on the shores of Loch Goil with its own private beach and slipway. It has period fireplaces and mature gardens and woodland. 3 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, dining/kitchen, gym/playroom, separate 2-bed wing, 3 acres. £575,000+ Savills 0141-222 5875.

The Old Stone House, Teeton, Northamptonshire. A 17th-century, Grade II-listed village house constructed in ironstone with mullioned and stone cross windows. It has beamed ceilings, inglenook fireplaces, and oak doors. 6 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps, kitchen, garage, parking, gardens. £569,950 Carter Jonas 01604-608200.

Redmire Farm, Hawkswick, North Yorkshire. A Grade II-listed farmhouse opposite the River Skirfare in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. It has beamed ceilings, open fireplaces, a wood-burning stove and a detached stone barn with planning permission to convert into a two-bed house. 3 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps. £595,000 Hunters 01756-700544.

The Wellnage, Duns, Berwickshire. An early 19th-century Georgian house with a late 19th-century two-bed cottage and a stable yard. 7 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, kitchen/family room, formal gardens, 3.2-acre paddock, 4.4 acres. £600,000+ Knight Frank 0131-222 9600.

Wyvell Cottage, St Veep, Cornwall. Two countryside cottages converted into one house with wood floors, exposed beams, a large inglenook fireplace with wood-burning stove and south-facing gardens. 4 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps, kitchen with Aga, outbuildings, gardens, paddock, 1.5 acres. £595,000 Savills 01872-243200.