Brandsby Hall, Brandsby, North Yorkshire. A refurbished, Grade II-listed Georgian house on the edge of the Howardian Hills. It has period fireplaces and a grand entrance hall with a sweeping staircase. 8 beds, 6 baths, 2 receps, 2-bed flat, stabling, estate offices, 4-bed cottage, formal gardens, parkland, 43 acres. £4.25m Knight Frank 01423-530088.
Bredon's Norton Manor, Bredon's Norton, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. A Grade II-listed, 1750s manor surrounded by formal gardens with an outdoor swimming pool. It has beamed ceilings, open fireplaces and a library with French doors leading onto the gardens. 8 beds, 6 baths, 3 receps, 1 acre. £1.5m Fine & Country 01242-220080.
Broomfield, Gladbury-on-Wye, near Hay-on-Wye, Powys. A 1750s Grade II-listed house in an Italianate Regency style overlooking the Wye Valley. It has grand fireplaces and shuttered sash windows. 7 beds, 7 baths, 4 receps, breakfast kitchen, 3-bed annexe, coach house, garden studio, 5 acres. £1.5m Savills 02920-368930.
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Dinder House, near Wells, Somerset. A restored, Grade II-listed, Regency house set in landscaped gardens. 9 beds, 5 baths, 3 receps, study, dining kitchen, secondary kitchen, coach house with former stables, 2-bed lodge, pasture with frontage onto the River Sheppey. £5.25m Knight Frank 0117-317 1991.
Glenavon House, Linlithgow, West Lothian. A Grade B-listed, 19th-century house overlooking the River Avon. It has engraved ceramic tiled floors and a carved wooden staircase. 7 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, 2 kitchens, triple garage with workshop, vinery, greenhouse, gardens leading down to the river, trout fishing rights on the River Avon, 2.4 acres. £1.1m+ Strutt & Parker 0131-226 2500.
Little Loveney Hall, Wakes Colne, Essex. A 16th-century, Grade II-listed timber-framed house with a moat in a country estate. It has open fireplaces and a country kitchen with an Aga. 4 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, summerhouse, traditional Essex barn, stables, woodland, 130.4 acres. £2.35m Nicholas Percival 01206-563222.
Old Beech Farm, Cuckfield, West Sussex. A Grade II-listed, Jacobean farmhouse in need of some updating. It has a separate two-bed cottage and a range of outbuildings, including a Grade II-listed barn with a one-bed flat. 5 beds, 4 baths, dressing room, 2 receps, tennis court, greenhouse, gardens, 15.8 acres. £2.5m Savills 01444-446000.
The Pump House, Misterton, Nottinghamshire. This contemporary conversion comprises two Grade II-listed pump houses connected by a wide glazed link. 5 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, mezzanine games room, unconverted brick barn, gardens, field, 5.6 acres. £850,000 Jackson-Stops & Staff 01904-625033.
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