From a house on the banks of Cochill Burn in Perthshire, to a converted mill with its own millrace in Ilkley, Yorkshire.
Bossington Mill, Houghton, Hampshire. A Grade II-listed mill mentioned in the Domesday Book with waterside gardens that include 244 metres of single bank fishing rights on the River Test. It has a mid-18th-century faade and Gothic casement windows. 5 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, flat, tennis court, mill race. £2.45m Knight Frank 01962-850333.
High Mill, Addingham, Ilkley. A Grade II-listed converted mill with its own millrace. It has handcrafted oak fixtures that compliment the exposed beams, an open fireplace with wood-burning stove and a balcony overlooking the river. 3 beds, 2 baths, recep, kitchen, workshop/store. £375,000 Hunters 01943-660500.
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Milton, Amulree, Dunkeld, Perthshire. A restored house on the banks of Cochill Burn. It has wood floors, oak wood finishes and a double height dining/sitting room with vaulted ceiling and wood-burning stove. 5 beds, 4 baths, recep, conservatory, planning permission for double garage, 1.5 acres. £750,000+ Savills 0131-247 3700.
Capler Wood Cottage and The Ballingham Fishery, Fownhope, Herefordshire. A pair of 17th-century cottages merged into one refurbished house with views over the meadows bordering the River Wye. It has flagstone floors and beamed ceilings, landscaped gardens and a fishery that includes 15 pools and 0.75 miles of double bank fishing rights. 3 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps, kitchen, 1 acre of gardens and orchard, 2.7 acres of woodland. £675,000 Knight Frank 01432-273087.
Havelock Cottage, Seathwaite, Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria. An 1870s stone cottage with gardens that include two streams in the Lake District National Park. It has open fireplaces, a log-burning stove and the original kitchen cupboards and old service bell pulls. 4 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, cellar, 5 acres. £595,000 Carter Jonas 01539-722592.
Point House, Noss Mayo, Devon. This house is in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the southern banks of the estuary of the River Yealm. It has sloping gardens that lead down to the waterfront and a private mooring. 7 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps, breakfast kitchen, 1-bed flat, garage. £1.35m Marchand Petit 01752-873311.
The Orangery, Litley Court, Hereford. A renovated house built in the style of a Georgian orangery with traditional stone columns, set in its own gated grounds on the banks of the River Wye. It has shared access to two acres of communal grounds that include fishing rights. 4 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, solid oak orangery. £699,000+ E-Move 0844-5499229.
The Pant, Berriew, Welshpool, Powys, Mid-Wales. An extended 1800s Welsh stone cottage set in ten acres of landscaped grounds with three stream-fed pools and half a mile of river frontage with fishing rights. 3 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps, study, garden room, office, outbuildings. £535,000 Strutt & Parker 01743-284200.
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