Properties for sale for around £1m

This week: properties for sale for around £1m from a two-bedroom flat in Kentish Town in London to a Grade II-listed, 17th-century converted barn in Saffron Walden, Essex.

Tillyochie House, Kinross. A Georgian country house surrounded by landscaped gardens, close to Kinross and with good access to Perth and Edinburgh. It has wood floors, an open fireplace, a Georgian staircase with a cast-iron balustrade, and a large kitchen with a double Aga. 8 beds, 4 baths, 3 recess, stables, mange, horse walker, shop, office, tennis court, summerhouse, greenhouse, paddocks, 14 acres. £1.1m Savills 0131-247 3700.

Shandy Lane, Wilmington, North Carolina, US. A house with more than 200 square feet of porches overlooking the gardens, which lead to the waterfront where there are two deepwater boat slips. The house has a grand reception room with cathedral ceilings and a mezzanine landing and kitchen. 4 beds, 4 baths, 3,441 square feet internal area, 0.8 acres. $1.485m (£1.1m) Intracoastal Realty +1 910 509 1965.

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Ryedale, East Dulwich, London SE22. An unusual house close to Peckham Rye Park, clad in red cedar. It has floor-to-ceiling windows to the rear, and bifold doors leading onto the garden. 3 beds, 2 baths, recep, breakfast kitchen. £949,000 Knight Frank 020-3815 9410.

Prince of Wales Road, Kentish Town, London NW5. A first-floor apartment in a popular area of London. The flat is in an Art Deco building that was once a polytechnic. There is access to secure underground parking and landscaped communal gardens and the building has a concierge. The apartment has wooden floors, high ceilings and large windows. 2 beds,

2 baths, open-plan recep/kitchen, lift access. £1m Savills 020-7472 5000.

Peek House, Rousdon, Lyme Regis, Devon. A Grade II-listed house that is part of a private estate built by Sir Henry Peek, a philanthropist and Tory politician, in the 1870s. 7 beds, 6 baths, shared access to 350 acres of private estate and beach. £950,000 Knight Frank 01392-423111.

Old Forge, Wood End, Widdington, Saffron Walden, Essex. A Grade II-listed, 17th-century converted barn. The property has exposed wall and ceiling timbers, open fireplaces with wood-burning stoves, a vaulted ceiling with an exposed oak frame, and a dining room with French doors leading onto the garden. 4 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, study, workshop, separate indoor-pool complex with Jacuzzi and sauna, 0.9 acres. £995,000 Arkwright & Co 01799-668 600.

Cromwell House, East Grinstead, West Sussex. This Grade II-listed, 16th-century house is situated in the centre of the town and is in need of some modernisation. Period features including exposed beams and timbers and a fireplace with the date 1599 carved into it. The house has large gardens with views towards Ashdown Forest. 7 baths, 2 baths, study, 2 garages. £1m Strutt & Parker 01403-246790.

Coton Grove, Coton, Whitchurch, Shropshire. An 18th-century house in landscaped gardens that include a bluebell wood. The house has open fireplaces and a kitchen with French doors leading onto a terrace. 7 beds, 3 baths, 4 receps, 2-bed coach house, 2.8 acres. £950,000 Strutt & Parker 01743-284200.