This week: properties for sale around £500,000 from a cliff-top cottage with panoramic sea views in Port Isaac, Cornwall, to a one-bedroom apartment in a Victorian mansion block in west London.
Wester Leys House, Hallyburton, Perthshire. An 1860s stone-built property in a private rural location with views over open countryside and its own landscaped gardens. The house has large reception rooms with wood-burning stoves and shuttered sash windows. 4 beds, 2 baths, 4 receps, kitchen with Rayburn, breakfast room, garage, summerhouse, greenhouse. £440,000+ Knight Frank 0131-222 9600.
Rose Cottage, River, Dover, Kent. A 1790s cottage with period fireplaces. The kitchen has a Rayburn oven and a stable door that leads onto the garden, which includes a pond, a workshop and a separate studio. 4 beds, 2 baths, 3 receps, 0.33 acres. £459,995 Strutt & Parker 01227-473724.
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Overcliff, Port Isaac, Cornwall. This semi-detached, cliff-top cottage has panoramic sea views and has been used as a successful holiday let. It has a floor-to-ceiling window in the sitting room. 3 beds, 2 baths, recep, parking, garden, separate garage. £550,000 Savills 01872-243260.
Norfolk House, Sulgrave Road, London W6. A one-bedroom apartment in a well-maintained Victorian mansion block in a popular residential street close to Brook Green and Goldhawk Road and within one mile of Shepherd's Bush underground and overground station. The apartment has been newly decorated throughout and has a modern fitted kitchen and wood floors. 1 bed, 1 bath, recep, study area, kitchen, leasehold. £495,000 Savills 020-3618 3777.
Kingfisher Barn, Flixton, Bungay, Suffolk. A converted, 16th-century barn surrounded by large gardens with views over the surrounding paddocks and farmland. The house has a grand reception room with a vaulted ceiling, exposed trusses and beams, a feature fireplace and wood floors, and there is a large kitchen with oak cupboards and exposed wall and ceiling timbers. 4 beds, 2 baths, recep, study, courtyard parking, pond, 0.33 acres. £500,000 Durrants 01379-852217.
Fair View, Great Wolford, Warwickshire. This Cotswold stone cottage is in need of complete renovation. It is set in large gardens with views over its own paddock and the fields beyond, and has flagstone floors, exposed beams and period fireplaces. 2 receps, kitchen, 5 rooms on the first and second floor, range of outbuildings, gardens, copse, 1.5 acres. £500,000 Butler Sherborn 01451-830731.
Blaencerniog, Caersws, Newtown, Powys. A restored Welsh longhouse surrounded by open countryside. It has oak and slate floors, exposed ceiling beams, natural limestone bathrooms and a wood-burning stove. The gardens include a natural spring. 4 beds, 2 baths, recep, dining room, study, 2.5 acres. £475,000 Knight Frank 01905-723438.
Blackfriars Street, Canterbury, Kent. A Grade II-listed house on a pedestrianised street a short walk from the centre of Canterbury. It has a brick fireplace with a wood-burning stove and a new kitchen and breakfast room with a vaulted ceiling. 3 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps, garden. £495,000 Strutt & Parker 01227-451123.
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