From a renovated, 16th-century village house in Surrey to a Victorian rectory in Devon with an award-winning Hartley Botanic greenhouse, eight of the bestproperties with kitchen gardens.
Treviades Barton, North Helford, Cornwall. A Grade II-listed house close to Helford River set in landscaped and walled gardens that include a vegetable garden with a greenhouse and fruit trees. 6 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, study, outbuilding, paddock, 3.6 acres. £1.85m Savills 01872-243200.
Thorpe Hall, Barnard Castle, County Durham. A 13th-century, Grade II-listed house with a Georgian frontage added in 1740. The gardens were created by award-winning landscape gardener Arne Maynard, and include a kitchen garden with a large greenhouse that is designed to be productive throughout the year. 12 beds, 14 baths, 4 receps, library, 2-bed cottage, 3-bed cottage, gym, office, outbuildings, 85 acres. £6m Savills 01904-617821.
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The Old Rectory, Luggershall, Oxfordshire/Bucks border. This Grade II-listed, 18th-century rectory has landscaped gardens that include a large vegetable garden. 5 beds, 3 baths,
2 attic bedrooms, 2 receps, large kitchen/family room with an Aga, self-contained annex, orangery, coach house/stables, garage with staff flat above, pond, paddock, 5.6 acres. £2.95m Strutt & Parker 01865-366660.
The Elms, Hunton, Kent. An unlisted country house with later Victorian additions on the edge of a village. The mature gardens include a walled kitchen garden. The house has exposed wall and ceiling timbers and open fireplaces. 5 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, study, breakfast room, games room, studio with shower and sauna, detached barn, stables, pool, tennis court, 14 acres. £1.995m Knight Frank 01732-744477.
The Causey, Cranleigh, Surrey. A Grade II-listed, 16th-century village house with later additions. The gardens include a box-hedge parterre and a secluded vegetable garden with a greenhouse. 5 beds, 4 baths, 4 receps. £1.5m Strutt & Parker 01483-306565.
Streete Farmhouse, Hope Mansell, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire. A Georgian farmhouse with a sunken fuchsia garden, a parterre garden and a part-walled vegetable garden. The kitchen has a vaulted ceiling and an Aga. 5 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, conservatory, 1 acre. £860,000 Richard Butler 01989-567979.
Hockworthy House, Hockworthy, Devon. A Victorian rectory with views across its own lakes and parkland gardens, which include a one-bed cottage and a walled kitchen garden with an award-winning Hartley Botanic greenhouse. 9 beds, 8 baths, 4 receps, cellars, formal gardens, outdoor heated pool and outdoor kitchen area with dining terrace, tennis court, arboretum, spring-fed ponds and lake, pasture, 30.7 acres. £3.95m Knight Frank 01392-423111 or Savills 20 7016 3780.
Downham Grove House, Downham Grove, Wymondham, Norfolk. A 17th-century house with 19th-century extensions set in gardens with flagstone terraces, mature specimen and fruit trees, and an enclosed kitchen garden. The house has exposed beams and a large kitchen with an Aga. 6 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, gym, an indoor pool, stable and tack room, double garage, paddock, 4.4 acres. £1.6m Jackson-Stops 01603-612333.
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