From a restored manor with mountain views in Mallorca to a Victorian house overlooking Lake Windermere with a boathouse and jetty.
Balla Wray House & Cottage, High Wray, Ambleside, Cumbria. A Victorian house overlooking Lake Windermere surrounded by gardens that include a lease on a boathouse and jetty. The house has a grand entrance hall with tiled floors, period fireplaces, wood floors, a newly fitted kitchen, and a wine cellar with racks, oak dresser, glass wash sink and tasting table. 5 beds, 5 baths,4 receps, 3-bed cottage, 2 acres. Price on application. Savills 01625-417454.
Clareville St, London SW7. A renovated house in South Kensingtonthat includes a lower ground floorwith a temperature-controlled wine-tasting room and a separate cinema room. The house has marble floorsand a winter garden with a glass retractable roof. 3 beds, 2 baths,3 receps, dining kitchen. £4.15m Strutt& Parker 020-7244 1274.
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Edgeley Hall, Edgeley, Whitchurch, Shropshire. A Victorian house dating from 1858 with an extensive converted cellar that has a private pub, a large dining area and wine cellars. 7 beds, 4 baths, 8 receps, billiard room, breakfast kitchen, conservatory, kitchenette with three offices, gardens, 6.8 acres. £1.35mSavills 01952-239500.
High Barn, Horsley, Gloucestershire. This house is a conversion of a barn and two cottages. It retains its beamed ceilings, exposed stonework and open fireplaces and has floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the courtyard garden.5 beds, 6 baths, 5 receps, kitchen, wine cellar, indoor pool, gym, tennis court, outbuildings, 14 acres. £3m Humberts 01285-706013.
A rural manor in Lluc, Mallorca. A restored manor house with views of the mountains. It has beamed ceilings, a library with a mezzanine and a traditional wine cellar. 5 beds, 5 baths,
2 receps, kitchen, 2-bed guest house, 3-bed staff house, swimming pool, tennis court, outbuildings, 140 acres.€7m Mallorca Sotheby's International Realty +34 971 721 000.
Palace House, Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire. A Grade II-listed, 1690s house set in landscaped gardens that include the ruins of a former bishop's palace. The house has period fireplaces, wood panelling and a kitchen with an Aga. 7 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, wine cellar, 1-bed annexe, former coach house with gym, greenhouse, listed granary, tennis court, swimming pool, 9.7 acres. £2.95m Knight Frank 01962-850333.
Warwick Heights, Guildford, Surrey. A modern Arts & Crafts-style house with views across open countryside. It has a Poggenpohl fitted kitchen with a glass-topped underfloor wine cellar that holds up to 1,400 bottles. 6 en-suite beds, 3 receps, media room, indoor pool. £3.95m Grantley 01483-407620.
York House, Chedworth, Gloucestershire.A modernised, Grade II-listed Georgian house dating from 1764. It has open fireplaces, a wine cellar, and a newly fitted kitchen with an Aga. 6 beds, 4 baths,5 receps, library, grounds. 3.5 acres. £1.85m Butler Sherborn 01285-883745.
