Aros, Strathtay, Pitlochry, Perthshire. A former rectory dating from 1870 surrounded by established gardens, which include a greenhouse and vegetable garden. The house has open fireplaces with marble surrounds. 5 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, study, kitchen/family room, double garage with workshop above, 2 acres. £750,000+ Savills 0131-247 3700.
Beck Farm House, Hindolveston, Norfolk. A Grade II-listed, William & Mary house with an orchard and a kitchen garden with raised beds. The house has an open fireplace and a garden room with bifold doors opening onto the terrace. 6 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, library, stables, paddocks, 6 acres. £1.65m Savills 01603-229229.
Childe Court, Streatley, West Berkshire. This property was designed as a gentlemen's club. It was built in 1740 and remodelled in 1898. The large gardens include a period garden studio and a kitchen garden. 8 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, conservatory, kitchen, breakfast room, 0.4 acres. £1.85m Jackson-Stops & Staff 01635-45501.
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Hill Top House, Beaulieu, Hampshire. This Grade II-listed, Georgian house has 16th-century origins. It is situated in the New Forest and has a kitchen garden with a greenhouse. The house has open fireplaces and a kitchen with an Aga. 6 beds, 5 baths, 2 receps, conservatory, 2-bed cottage, stabling, barn. 8.6 acres. £2m John D Wood & Co 01590-677233.
Newby House, Barningham, Richmond, North Yorkshire. A Grade II-listed village house dating from the 1700s, overlooking the village green. The gardens include a kitchen garden and summer house. It has listed panelling and a country kitchen with an Aga. 6 beds, 2 baths, 3 receps, orangery, sauna, garage with planning permission for conversion. £745,000 Strutt & Parker 01423-561274.
Salt Acres Road, Stonington, Connecticut, USA. A Victorian-style house on a private peninsula overlooking Fisher Island Sound. It has vegetable gardens and a 450-foot breakwater pier with a dock. 6 beds, 6 baths, 2 receps, 3-bed cottage, 2-bed cottage, 11.25 acres. $13.75m Lila Delman Real Estate +1 401 284 4820.
The Laines, Plumpton, East Sussex. A Grade II-listed, 18th-century rectory with landscaped gardens that include a Victorian-style kitchen garden. The house has open fireplaces and an orangery.
8 beds, 5 baths, 4 receps, study, breakfast kitchen, 3-bed cottage, 1-bed timber summer house, orchard, swimming pool, tennis court, paddock, 5.3 acres. £3.15m Strutt & Parker 01273-475411.
Weavers Cot, Biddenden, Kent. A Grade II-listed, 16th-century cottage with later additions surrounded by landscaped grounds that include a walled kitchen garden, asparagus and artichoke beds and espaliered fruit trees. 7 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, study, outbuildings, 6 acres. £1.95m Jackson-Stops & Staff 01580-720000.
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