From a Grade II-listed farmhouse in the Lake District to a Georgian manor with 18 acres near Bodmin in Cornwall.
Road End House, Clay Hill, Beckley, East Sussex. A detached house in a village in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It has a range of outbuildings, including an unconverted period barn and a converted roundel oast house. 6 beds, 2 baths, 3 receps, stables, pool, 4.9 acres. £1.1m Phillips & Stubbs 01797-227338.
Breamish House, Powburn, Alnwick, Northumberland. An 1840s house set in landscaped grounds. The house has wood floors, open fireplaces with marble surrounds, sash windows, a newly fitted kitchen and a range of traditional outbuildings. 9 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, tennis court, paddocks, 9.5 acres.£1.1m Sanderson Young 0191-223 3500.
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Chestnut House, Willersey, Broadway, Gloucestershire. A Grade II-listed Cotswold stone house with the original sash windows, exposed beams and inglenook fireplaces. 6 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps, coach house, stables, landscaped gardens. £1m+ Sotheby's International Realty 01789-200900.
Low Farm, Syerston, Nottinghamshire. An 18th-century Grade II-listed farmhouse near the Vale of Belvoir. It has sash windows, beamed ceilings, open fireplaces and a separate converted barn, currently let on an assured short tenancy. 6 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, stables, 96 acres. £995,000 Savills 0115-934 8123.
Mockbeggar, near Rochester, Kent. A Grade II-listed country house. It dates from the 17th century and has Victorian additions. Features include period fireplaces, sash windows, decorative wood panelling and substantial landscaped gardens. 7 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, tennis court, 2.6 acres. £1m Strutt & Parker 01227-451123.
130 Touro Street, Newport, Rhode Island, US. An 1850s house in Newport. It has period mouldings, seven-foot windows and oak panelling, and a state-of-the-art kitchen. Master bed with en suite bath and private deck with Jacuzzi, 2 receps, 4 offices, guest apartment. £963,000 Lila Delman Real Estate 020-7467 5330.
Thorneyfield, Crook, Kendal. A 1580s Grade II-listed Westmorland farmhouse in the Gilpin valley, close to the Lake District National Park. It has beamed ceilings, stone fireplaces with wood burners, slate-flagged floors, the original stone staircase and a self-contained annexe. 4 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps, 2-bed annexe, stables, 1.5 acres. £950,000 Carter Jonas 01539-722592.
Tremeere Manor, Lanivet, Bodmin, Cornwall. A Grade II-listed Georgian manor with earlier origins and south-facing views across terraced lawns and open farmland separated by a ha-ha. It has the original fireplaces, sash windows, detailed ceiling cornicings, slate floors and a library. 7 beds, 6 baths, 3 receps, range of outbuildings, gardens, 17.7 acres. £995,000 Savills 01872-243200.
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