Properties for around £500,000

From a converted church in Upleatham, North Yorkshire, to a timber-framed house on the coast in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Campden House, London W8. A fifth-floor flat with passenger and goods lift and access to communal gardens in Kensington. The 414 sq ft property would benefit from modernisation. 1 bed, 1 bath, largerecep, kitchen, porter. Leasehold. £500,000 Savills 020-7727 5750.

Millers House, Asygarth, Wensleydale, Yorkshire. A property in the Yorkshire Dales close to Asygarth Falls with a range of traditional outbuildings with scope for development. The main building has beamed ceilings and period fireplaces. 4 beds,3 baths, 2 receps, breakfast kitchen, landscaped gardens. £475,000 Knight Frank 01423-530088.

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Morelands, Duns, Berwickshire, Scottish Borders. A Grade B-listed Georgian house near the market town of Duns. The house has a staircase with cast-iron balustrade and open fireplaces. 5 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps, kitchen/family room, 4 attic rooms, 1-bed west wing, 2-storey garage block, formal garden, paddock, 1.5 acres. £540,000+ Knight Frank 01578-722814.

A country mansion in Prigueux, Dordogne, France. A listed, 17th-century mansion that requires major renovation. It retains its original fireplaces, bread oven and vaulted cellar. 3 beds, 2 receps, office, stables, 3 barns, outbuildings, gatehouse, former chapel, 1,100 sq m living space, 5 acres. €588,500 Groupe Mercure +33 (0) 666 792 653.

Seal Pointe, Northwest Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada. A timber-framed house with south-westerly sea views and grounds that go right up to the rocky shore. It has high beamed ceilings, wood floors, a wood-burning stoves and a covered verandah and deck.3 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, office, kitchen, garden, 2.6 acres. CAD$825,000 Tradewinds Realty+1 902 275 5613.

St Andrews, Upleatham, North Yorkshire. This Grade II-listed converted church dates from 1835 and retains its original pitch-pine panelling, an elegant staircase leading up to a galleried landing, stained-glass windows and stone columns. 4 beds, 3 baths, open-plan living room and kitchen, grounds. £499,000 Strutt & Parker 01423-561274.

Stone House, The Hill, Bramfield, Halesworth, Suffolk. A village house overlooking fields and with original features including tiled floors, period fireplaces, and a country-style kitchen with an Aga. 3 beds, bath, 4 receps, outbuildings, gardens. £500,000 Abbotts 01986-875357.

The Villa, Eardington, Bridgnorth, Shropshire. A Grade II-listed Georgian house with a feature fireplace including a wood-burning stove, quarry-tiled floors and a country kitchen with beamed ceilings and an oil-fired Aga. 5 beds, 2 baths, 3 receps, conservatory. £500,000 OnTheMarket.com 01746-556989.