From a farmhouse on its own peninsula on Nova Scotia's South Shore, to a 17th-century former keeper's cottage in Gloucestershire.
Caladh, Tighnabruaich, Argyll, Scotland. A coastal estate with two cottages and extensive woodlands. The boathouse cottage has exposed stone walls, woodburning stoves, and three bedrooms. The lighthouse cottage has two bedrooms. Quay, sporting rights, 350 acres. Available in four lots. £950,000+ Savills 0141-222 5875.
Hill Covert, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. A 17th-century former keeper's cottage in semi-wooded grounds close to the village and only a short drive from Cheltenham. It has beamed ceilings, open fireplaces and its original flagstone floors. 5 beds, bath, 3 receps, kitchen, formal gardens, summer house, 7.6 acres. £1.1m Knight Frank 01285-659771.
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North Beer Farm, Boyton, near Launceston, Cornwall. A Grade II-listed Victorian farmhouse with a detached one-bed cottage. It has slate flagged floors, a country kitchen with Rayburn range and gardens with two ponds and wildlife areas. 5 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps, dairy and wine store, garage, workshop, barn, fields, 16 acres. £650,000 Fulfords 01822-616121.
Pant Y Drain, Llangurig, Llanidloes, Powys, Wales. A large farmhouse with organic pasture and grazing land. 4 beds, bath, 2 receps, breakfast kitchen, attached 1-bed annexe, 2-bed chalet, traditional and modern farm buildings, woodland, streams, common grazing rights, 1,087 acres. Available in three lots. £3.65m Carter Jonas 01248-360410.
Quinish House, Quinish Estate, Dervaig, Isle of Mull. An agricultural and sporting estate with mixed woodland, foreshore, two miles of salmon and sea trout fishing and red deer stalking. The 19th-century manor has 9 beds, 6 baths, 3 receps. Steading with 2 cottages, in-hand stock rearing farm, 950 acres. All vacant possession. £1.65m+ Knight Frank 0131-222 9600.
Thornwell, Stoke St Milborough, Shropshire. A stone cottage in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It has beamed ceilings, exposed stone work and a range of unconverted outbuildings set around a stable yard. 3 beds, bath, 2 receps, study, breakfast kitchen, barn, paddock, garden, 0.7 acres. £390,000 Strutt & Parker 01584-873711.
Long Cove Farm, Voglers Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada. A 1790s farmhouse on its own peninsula on Nova Scotia's South Shore. It has wood walls, stone fireplaces and a large country kitchen. 4 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps, boat house, log cabin, wharf, suspension bridge, 270 acres. £2.94m Tradewinds 020-7467 5330.
Winters Farm, Mayfield, East Sussex. A farmhouse two miles from the village. It has beamed ceilings, open fireplaces and flagstone and wood floors. 5 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, 1-bed cottage, 5 acres. £2.25m Batcheller Monkhouse 01892-512020.
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