The Blue House, Portloe, Cornwall. A refurbished Grade II-listed cottage in a fishing village on the southeast coast of the Roseland Peninsula. The living room has a vaulted ceiling and a woodburner, and there is a sun terrace overlooking the harbour. 2 beds, bath, recep. £485,000 Savills 01872-243200.
Croome House, Painswick, Gloucestershire. A Grade II-listed Cotswold stone terraced townhouse in the village of Painswick. Original features include ornate fireplaces, a panelled dining room and a walled garden. 3 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps, breakfast kitchen, cellar, parking. £495,000 Murrays 01452-814655.
Great Skerrygill, South Stainmore, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria. A renovated detached farmhouse dating from the 1400s with outstanding views. It has flagstone floors, an open fireplace, beamed ceilings and an 18th-century stone and wood staircase. 4 beds, bath, 2 receps, kitchen, conservatory, guest accommodation, 0.5 acres. £450,000 Carter Jonas 01539-722592.
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Redmire Farm, Hawkswick, North Yorkshire. A Grade II-listed farmhouse near the River Skirfare in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The house has beamed ceilings, a stone inglenook fireplace with a wood-burning stove and a detached stone barn. 3 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps, kitchen, dry stone walled gardens. £499,950 Hunters 01756-700544.
The Old Chapel, Hempnall, Norfolk. A restored former Methodist church dating from 1880. The modernist interior retains the high chapel ceilings with wood arched beams and leaded-light windows. 4 beds, 4 baths, recep, study, dining kitchen, parking, garden. £500,000 Savills 01603-229229.
The Toft, The Old Town, Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire. A 1670s, Grade II-listed house remodelled in 1840. It has a carved chimneypiece, timber-panelled dining room and leaded-light windows. 5 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, library/study, breakfast kitchen, cellar, parking, garage, greenhouse, walled gardens. £450,000 Jackson-Stops & Staff 01904-625033.
Weatherly, near Porthmadog, Wales. A contemporary marine-side residence overlooking the harbour and Glaslyn Estuary. 3 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps, breakfast kitchen, parking, storage building, planning consent for a garage, decked balcony, garden, harbour frontage, mooring. £500,000 Jackson-Stops & Staff 01244-328361.
