Newbold Farmhouse, Duntisbourne Abbotts, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. This Grade II-listed village house has been extended to include an additional reception room. It has wood floors, exposed beams, an inglenook fireplace and a fitted kitchen with an Aga. 5 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, garden. £825,000 Strutt & Parker 01285-653101.
The Old Dower House, Newton St. Cyres, Exeter, Devon. A 16th-century, Grade II-listed house overlooking the Exe Valley. It has French picture windows, oak beams, wood floors and a self-contained, two-bedroom annexe. 4 beds, 2 baths, 3 receps, kitchen, workshop, gardens, 3 acres. £850,000 Knight Frank 01392-248697.
Garratt Lane, Earlsfield, London SW17. This house is set at the end of a terrace in the centre of Earlsfield and is just a short walk from a mainline rail station. It has a decorative brick facade and a contemporary, open-plan living area with a high ceiling and a fitted kitchen with floor-to-ceiling bifold doors that open onto a south-facing, walled garden. 3 beds, 2 baths, eaves storage. £825,000 Savills 020-8877 1222.
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The Dell, Higher Muddiford, Barnstaple, Devon. This Grade II-listed house is set on the outskirts of a village and has far-reaching views across the surrounding countryside. It dates from the 1700s, with an addition added in the 1830s and has Gothic-style windows, exposed beams, a large inglenook fireplace with exposed stonework and a kitchen that opens onto a double-height garden room. 6 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, study, workshop, gardens, 3.3 acres. £750,000. Jackson-Stops 01271-325153.
Beech Bank, Longburgh, Carlisle, Cumbria. A renovated village house with marble fireplaces and a contemporary kitchen. It comes with a range of outbuildings set around a courtyard. 5 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, stable, tack room, barn, paddock, orchard. £799,999 Hayward Tod 01228-810300.
Trewallter Fawr, Walterston, Llancarfan, Vale of Glamorgan. A Grade II-listed house in mature gardens that include a stable block and a two-storey, Grade II-listed barn. The house has beamed ceilings, open fireplaces, an inglenook fireplace with an original bread oven in the sitting room and a country kitchen with an oil-fired Rayburn. 5 beds, bath, 2 receps, garden room, attics, outbuildings. 1.4 acres. £795,000 Watts & Morgan 01446-773500.
Oak Gates, Weston Favell, Northampton. A mock-Tudor-style property built in 1923 and surrounded by mature gardens that include a timber summer house. The house retains its original oak floors, panelling and staircase, and has an open fireplace with an oak surround and a wood-burning stove in the living room. 5 beds, 2 baths, 3 receps, kitchen, 0.24 acres. £795,000 Jackson-Stops 01604-632991.
Boutiliers Point, St. Margaret’s Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada. A substantial property with terraces and balconies overlooking St. Margaret’s Bay. The house has an open-plan living/kitchen area with Carrara marble worktops and a granite fireplace, and there is a large reception room on the ground floor with a snooker table and a bar. 4 beds, 4 baths, 2 receps, office, garage with boat storage, waterfront, garden, grounds, 1.43 acres. C$1.35m (£790,200) Tradewinds +1 902 222 1508.
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