8 of the best houses for sale with libraries

The best houses for sale with dining terraces – from an Arts & Crafts property in Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, to a duplex apartment in a garden square in Kensington with a decked roof terrace

A benign market backdrop over the past 50 years has not prevented recurrent routs, says Max King

The best houses for sale near sporting grounds – from a house opposite Kempton Park Racecourse in Sunbury-on-Thames, to an apartment with a terrace overlooking Lord’s Cricket Ground, London

The best houses for sale for around £500,000 – from an 1850s property in Great Yarmouth with a viewing tower overlooking the harbour, to an apartment in period property with a private residents’ garden in Greenwich

The best houses for sale with tennis courts – from a period property in Dumfries and Galloway with two islands on the River Dee, to a house in Cumbria with a 1977 En Tout Cas tennis court

​The best properties for sale with award-winning gardens – from a Victorian Gothic rectory in Hampshire, to a Georgian house in Kent with gardens designed by multiple Royal Chelsea Flower Show gold medallist Roger Platts

Britain’s feudal system of property ownership is being overhauled. It's about time, says Simon Wilson

The best properties for sale with access to communal gardens – from an apartment in a listed building opposite London’s Hyde Park, to a wing of a mansion with access to 180 acres of parkland in Henley-upon-Thames