The Old Rectory, Beeston, King’s Lynn, Norfolk. A Grade I-listed Georgian house with a moat, a one-bedroom cottage and a garage in the garden with a workshop and an office and studio above. It has open fireplaces and a kitchen with an Aga. 6 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, greenhouse, kitchen garden, 1.23 acres. £1.1m Bedfords 01328-730500.
Lady Place, Storrington, West Sussex. A Grade II-listed, 16th-century village house at the foot of the South Downs. It comes with a detached stone barn converted into a workshop and the gardens include a children’s play area and a formal kitchen garden. 6 beds, 3 baths, 4 receps, kitchen, 0.75 acres. £2m+.Hamptons International 01403-290283.
Scatterford, Newland, Gloucestershire. A restored, Grade-II listed, 15th-century country house overlooking a valley. It has leaded-light windows, flagstone floors, beamed ceilings and open fireplaces. The courtyard includes a Grade II-listed, 18th-century stone barn, outbuildings and a workshop. 5 beds, 4 baths, 2 receps, library, 1-bed annexe, studio, gardens, paddocks, woodland, 12 acres. £2.5m Knight Frank 0117-317 1991.
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Hindley Hall, Stocksfield, Northumberland. This country house occupies the principal wing of a refurbished Victorian property. It comes with a timber stable block that has been converted into two workshops and is surrounded by parkland and woodland. 4 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, sun room, 2 offices, snooker room, gym, all-weather tennis court, manège, walled garden, 19 acres. £2.1m Strutt & Parker 01670-516123.
Bromsash House, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire. A Georgian house overlooking Chase Woods and set in six acres of gardens with a range of outbuildings, including a two-bedroom, semi-detached cottage with an attached, two-storey stable block and coach house with a workshop on the ground floor and two large studios above. 6 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, breakfast kitchen, cellar, two 1-bed annexes, paddock and orchards. £1.6m Fine & Country 01989-764141.
Yellowell House, Horley, Oxfordshire. This house was built in the 1960s and comes with a bespoke oak and reclaimed stone garage with room for a large workshop. It has exposed, reclaimed beams and flagstone floors and open fireplaces. 6 beds, 2 baths, 3 receps, gardens, 1.1 acres. £2.65m Savills 01295-228000.
Brownhill Cottage, Glossop, Derbyshire. A semi-detached, stone-built cottage just outside the Peak District National Park. It has beamed ceilings, open fireplaces, a wood-burning stove and a large conservatory. The gardens include a detached stone garage and workshop with a separate stone-built store room. 4 beds, 2 baths, recep, summer room, office, paddock, 4.4 acres. £680,000 Finest Properties 01434-622234.
De Freville Manor, High Green, Great Shelford, Cambridge. A Grade II-listed, 15th-century manor house with later additions. The house comes with a range of outbuildings, including a timber-framed barn, a clunch barn and several workshops. The house has exposed wall and ceiling timbers, open fireplaces and a large country kitchen with an Aga. 4 beds, 4 baths, 2 receps, study, gardens, paddock with post and rail fencing, 1.5 acres. £2m Strutt & Parker 0797-7253854.
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