The best houses with swimming pools for sale now
From an 18th-century farmhouse in Reigate to a Modernist property in Amersham, with a circular pool, eight of the best houses with swimming pools on the market now.
Ancre Hill, Ancre Hill Lane, Monmouth. A Georgian house with earlier origins in an elevated position in the Wye Valley. The Mediterranean-style gardens include a heated outdoor pool. 6 beds, 6 baths, 3 receps, orangery, study, kitchen/living area, converted barn, stable block with 1-bed flat, 3.5 acres. £3.995m Savills 029 2036 8915.
Haygrass House, Taunton, Somerset. A Grade II-listed Georgian house set in formal gardens that include a swimming pool, tennis court and level garden used as a football pitch. 9 beds, 6 baths, 3 receps, library, cinema, study, kitchen, gym, 2-bed lodge, 2-bed stable flat, stables, commercial orchard, 28.7 acres. £2.95m Knight Frank 01392 848824.
Home Farm, West Littleton, Chippenham, Wiltshire. A restored, Grade II-listed house set in gardens that include a swimming pool and traditional stone building converted into a changing room. The house has beamed ceilings, period fireplaces with wood-burning stoves and a large kitchen, and comes with a restored barn with a library. 4 beds, 3 baths, dressing room/bed 5, 2 receps, paddock, 3 acres. £2.85m Knight Frank 01225-325993.
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Bossington House, Bossington, Kent. A renovated, Grade II-listed house surrounded by mature gardens that include a heated swimming pool and a walled kitchen garden. It retains some of its medieval timbers and has sash windows with shutters and period fireplaces. 9 beds, 5 baths, 4 receps, study, offices, games room, kitchen, 3-bed annexe, wine cellar, workshops, paddock, 3.45 acres. £3.5m Fine & Country 01227-479317.
High and Over, Amersham, Buckinghamshire. A restored, Grade II-listed, 1920s Modernist house designed by Amyas Connell. It is built in a “Y” shape with three wings leading off from a hexagonal reception hall and has a part-covered roof terrace. The house is set in landscaped gardens that include a circular swimming pool. 6 beds, 2 dressing room, 2 baths, breakfast kitchen, recep hall, 3 receps, library, study, detached garage, 1.7 acres. £2.5m Savills 01494-725636.
Grove House, Little Bardfield, Braintree, Essex. A renovated Georgian country house set in landscaped gardens that include a heated pool, a pool house and a kitchen garden. 9 beds, 6 baths, 4 receps, breakfast room, orangery, office, garage with workshop, 2 acres. £2.25m Strutt & Parker 01245-254618.
Oak Farm, Leigh, Reigate, Surrey. A renovated 18th-century farmhouse set in landscaped gardens that include a covered al-fresco entertaining area and a heated swimming pool. The house has beamed ceilings, an open fireplace with a wood-burning stove and a contemporary extension with a large kitchen with an Aga. 4 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, 2-bed barn annexe, garage with adjacent studio, stables, paddocks, 6.7 acres. £2.15m Jackson-Stops 01306-887560.
Widworthy Barton, Widworthy, Honiton, Devon. A refurbished, Grade II-listed Elizabethan house with 13th-century origins set in walled grounds that include a heated swimming pool. The house has beamed ceilings, flagstone floors and large open fireplaces. 7 beds, 4 baths, recep hall, great hall, recep, long room, minstrels’ gallery, home cinema, traditional outbuildings, agricultural barn, tennis court, 2-bed cottage, woodland, 43 acres.£4.3m Strutt & Parker 01392-229405.
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