Properties with impressive fireplaces

From a grand house in a gated estate in Casey Key, Florida, to a Palladian mansion in Brechin, Angus, we bring you eight of the bestproperties with impressive fireplaces.

Little Park, Gentleman's Row, Enfield, EN2. A Grade II-listed house dating from Tudor times. Period features include a stone fireplace carved with the royal arms, stained-glass windows and a billiard room with a vaulted and beamed ceiling. 6 beds, 6 baths, 4 receps, conservatory, gym, heated pool, tennis court, landscaped gardens, 1 acre. £2.8m Savills 020-8447 4400.

Lower Washbourne Barton, Washbourne, Totnes, Devon. This Grade II-listed stone house has a one-bed annexe and a detached barn. It has an 18th-century staircase, a fireplace with a Devon limestone chimney and a slate fireplace with a wood-burning stove. 7 beds, 3 baths, dressing room, 2 receps, 1.8 acres. £1.5m Marchand Petit 01803-847979.

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Wolford Lodge, near Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire. This restored, extended 19th-century gentleman's residence has polished flagstones, gothic stone-mullioned windows and a baronial fireplace with a raised hearth. 3 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps, breakfast kitchen, coach house with 1-bed annexe, summerhouse, gardens, 1 acre. £1.25m Jackson-Stops & Staff 01386-840224.

The Manor House, Little Missenden, Amersham, Buckinghamshire. A Grade II-listed house with medieval origins and 17th- and 18th-century additions. The River Misbourne runs through the gardens. Period features include wall panels painted by John Flaxman and 17th- and 18th-century fireplaces. 9 beds, 2 baths, 3 receps, kitchen, 2 cottages, stable block, 8.75 acres. £3.75m Hamptons International 01494-863134.

Stracathro Mansion House, Brechin, Angus. A Grade A-listed Palladian mansion surrounded by landscaped gardens. It has fireplaces with ornate carved marble mantelpieces and a Pompeian red staircase. 15 beds, 4 baths, 2 dressing rooms, 5 receps, orangery, six 2-bed cottages, listed coach house, arboretum, 17.5 acres. Available in three lots. £1.68m+ Strutt & Parker 01330-824888.

Ayot Montfitchet, Ayot St Peter, Hertfordshire. This restored, 15th-century, Grade II-listed country house has a great hall with a Tudor arched fireplace and minstrels' gallery, and an 18th-century breakfast room with a carved marble fireplace. 7 beds, 6 baths, 2 receps, stables, 2 cottages, 2 flats, garden, lake, 27.3 acres. £10m Savills 01582-465002.

Casey Key, Florida, US. A grand house in a gated estate on the north end of Casey Key with a yachting lagoon in the bay. The house has a two-storey covered terrace with an outdoor dining area, summer kitchen and a stone fireplace. 5 beds, 6 baths, 3 receps, infinity pool, 2.6 acres. £9.5m Michael Saunders & Co +1 888 552 5228.

Woodclose House, Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire. A 17th-century house with 19th-century additions. It has elegant fireplaces, exposed beams, and Jacobean panelling in the drawing room. 6 beds, 3 baths, dressing room, 3 receps, conservatory, wine cellar, gardens, courtyard with workshop, 1.75 acres. £795,000 Carter Jonas 01423-523423.