Church Farm, Carlton, Cambridgeshire/Suffolk border. An 1860s Victorian village house set in large, landscaped gardens that include a hard tennis court and a heated swimming pool. The house has sash windows, open fireplaces and a country kitchen with an Aga. 6 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, office, cellar, garage, stables, outbuildings, two paddocks, 6.7 acres. £1.95m Jackson-Stops 01638-662231.
Church Farmhouse, Edgefield, Norfolk. A Grade II-listed house dating from 1704. The house is set in large, formal gardens that include a lawned tennis court. The house has beamed ceilings, open fireplaces and a fitted kitchen with antique pine cupboards and an Aga. 5 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps, 1-bed, single-storey barn conversion, workshop, stables, two paddocks, 8.1 acres. £1.45m Strutt & Parker 01603-617431.
Heydour Priory, Heydour, Grantham, Lincolnshire. A Grade II-listed house with a hard tennis court and a summer house with a vaulted ceiling and bifold doors. The main house has flagstone floors, exposed wall and ceiling timbers and open fireplaces. 5 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, gardens, 3.3 acres. £999,950 Savills 01522-508908.
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Holdfast Cottage, Haslemere, Surrey. A Grade II-listed cottage at the end of a quiet lane, surrounded by mature gardens with formal areas, a tennis court, a wildlife meadow and a brook that runs through the grounds. The cottage has flagstone floors, beamed ceilings and open fireplaces with wood-burning stoves. 5 beds, 4 baths, 2 receps, music room, study, breakfast kitchen, cellar, 1-bed annexe, double garage with office. £2.1m Clarke Gammon Wellers 01428-664800.
Kirkliston House, Kirkliston, Edinburgh. An 1850s, Grade B-listed manse on the edge of a village with views towards the Pentland Hills. It has mature gardens with a tennis court. 4 beds, 2 baths, 3 receps, breakfast kitchen, garages. £795,000+ Simpson & Marwick 0131-525 8600.
Pyt House, Ashampstead, Berkshire. A Grade II-listed, 16th-century house with later additions set in formal gardens that are arranged as a series of rooms, created with yew and beech hedges. There is a tennis court and a swimming pool. 8 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, 3-bed coach house, three traditional oak-framed barns and further outbuildings with planning permission, pasture, woodland, 8.5 acres. £4.25m Knight Frank 01488-688547.
The Old Rectory, Sible Hedingham, Essex. This Grade II-listed Georgian mansion is set in just over five acres of walled gardens, and has a tennis court, a heated swimming pool, a Grade II-listed carriage house and a three-bed cottage in the grounds. The house retains its sash windows with their original shutters and has wood floors and open fireplaces with marble surrounds. 8 beds, 5 baths, 3 receps, study, breakfast kitchen, library, detached office. £1.995m Carter Jonas 01787-882881.
Willesley Farm, Milton Abbot, Tavistock, Devon. A mid-19th-century farmhouse set in gardens that include a tennis court and a small lake. 5 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, 3-bed cottage, stone farm buildings, modern farm buildings, pasture, woodland, 48 acres. A further 92 acres are available separately. £2.3m Savills 01392-455741.
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