Multi-million-pound properties on the market
From a private island in the Florida Keys with a marina and beach to a 15th-century villa in Lucca, Tuscany.
The Ballington Manor Estate, Wylye, Salisbury, Wiltshire. A Grade II-listed manor on an agricultural and sporting estate. 8 beds, 8 baths, Victorian-style conservatory, mill house with annexe, 7 further dwellings, farm building complex, sporting rights over 1,637 acres, fishing rights on the RiverWylye, 1,127 acres. Available in two lots. £17.5m Savills 020-7409 8882.
Guyzance Hall Estate, Northumberland. A residential, agricultural and sporting estate with a Grade II-listed hall that has an Edwardian ballroom.It comes with sporting rights and double-bank fishing on the River Coquet. 15 beds, 15 baths, 3 main receps, 6 cottages, farm steading, parkland, arable and grassland, 323 acres. £6m Knight Frank 01578-722814.
Holt Manor, Wiltshire.A 17th-century, Grade II-listed manor and estate in Wiltshire. The house has a cantilevered staircase and grand fireplaces. 6 beds, 6 baths, 3 receps, 5-bed house, 2-bed lodge, stables, walled garden, formal gardens, arboretum, tennis court, 93.5 acres. Available in four lots. £5.95m Strutt & Parker 020-7318 5190.
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Pumpkin Key, Florida Keys, USA. A private island in Card Sound Bay in the Florida Keys, ten minutes by helicopter from Miami's South Beach. The island has one main house with three beds and three baths, two further cottages, a flat and office, and a 20-slip marina. Tennis court, pool, terrace, gardens, beach, dockage atOcean Reef private club, 26 acres. $95m Sotheby's International Realty +1 305 451 8199.
Martins Way, Red Hook, New York, US. An estate in the Hudson River Valley with an 1850s manor overlooking the river. It has a grand staircase and carved fireplaces. 6 beds, 7 baths, receps, wine cellar, 3-bed guest house, 3-bed farm house, gate house, 2-bed cottage, equestrian facilities, 290 acres. $22m Houlihan Lawrence +1 914 273 2800.
The Lakesview Estate, Farnborough Common, Orpington, Kent. A property in the London greenbelt with its own 90-acre golf course and two lakes. It has grand interiors and a sitting room with bi-fold doors leading onto a terrace. 5 en-suite beds, 4 receps, tennis court, stables, 111 acres. £12m Strutt & Parker 01732-459900.
Vicarage Gate, Kensington, London W8. An extended, refurbished house dating from 1877 in a quiet cul-de-sac in Kensington. It retains its original winding staircase and has polished wood floors, an open fireplace, a bespoke kitchen and an indoor pool complex including a dance studio. 6 beds, 6 baths, 2 receps, study, 2 terraces, garden. £19.5m Savills 020-7535 3300.
Villa Paolina, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy. A restored, 15th-century villa on a hillside with views across the valley towards the sea. It has five floors, grand open fireplaces, exposed beams and exposed stone walls. 5 beds, 7 baths, 5 receps, billiard room, farm with rural buildings producing oil from olive groves, heated outdoor pool and Jacuzzi, helipad, formal gardens, 274.3 acres. €13m Knight Frank 020-7861 1058.
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