8 of the best properties for sale with striking gardens
Properties with striking gardens – from a 17th-century longhouse in Carmarthen, Wales, to a 16th-century manor house in Hampshire with formal parterre gardens.
A modernised 1680s Laird’s house extended in the Georgian style surrounded by walled gardens that include a stone-built lodge house and are part of Scotland’s Gardens Scheme. 5 beds, 3 baths, kitchen, 2 receps, 2-bed flat, 3-bed cottage, stables, grazing land, 39.84 acres.
A restored Grade I-listed house built in 1756 in landscaped gardens that include a 12th-century deconsecrated church. It has ornate plasterwork and a Chinese Chippendale staircase. 8 beds, 6 baths, 3 receps, 2 kitchens, library, orangery, 8.65 acres.
A restored Grade I-listed house built in 1756 in landscaped gardens that include a 12th-century deconsecrated church. It has ornate plasterwork and a Chinese Chippendale staircase. 8 beds, 6 baths, 3 receps, 2 kitchens, library, orangery, 8.65 acres.
A restored Grade I-listed house built in 1756 in landscaped gardens that include a 12th-century deconsecrated church. It has ornate plasterwork and a Chinese Chippendale staircase. 8 beds, 6 baths, 3 receps, 2 kitchens, library, orangery, 8.65 acres.
Dower House, Annery Park, Monkleigh, Bideford, Devon.
A late Georgian country house set in gardens with richly stocked borders, formal areas framing a half-moon pond, and an ornamental kitchen garden with a large greenhouse. It has ornate fireplaces and a kitchen with an Aga. 5 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, garden room, courtyard with outhouses, rear courtyard, woodland, 4.63 acres.
Price: £1.8m Knight Frank 01392-423111.
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Dower House, Annery Park, Monkleigh, Bideford, Devon.
A late Georgian country house set in gardens with richly stocked borders, formal areas framing a half-moon pond, and an ornamental kitchen garden with a large greenhouse. It has ornate fireplaces and a kitchen with an Aga. 5 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, garden room, courtyard with outhouses, rear courtyard, woodland, 4.63 acres.
A Grade II-listed 17th-century house enlarged in the 19th century and set in gardens with clipped yew hedges, topiary, naturalistic planting, a croquet lawn, pond, wildflower meadows and a summerhouse. It has exposed beams, inglenook fireplaces, open fireplaces with wood-burning stoves and a kitchen with an Aga. 4 beds, 2 baths, 3 receps, roof terrace, workshop.
Price: £1.75m Knight Frank 01962-677236.
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Compton End, Compton, Winchester, Hampshire.
A Grade II-listed 17th-century house enlarged in the 19th century and set in gardens with clipped yew hedges, topiary, naturalistic planting, a croquet lawn, pond, wildflower meadows and a summerhouse. It has exposed beams, inglenook fireplaces, open fireplaces with wood-burning stoves and a kitchen with an Aga. 4 beds, 2 baths, 3 receps, roof terrace, workshop.
A renovated Grade II-listed former vicarage in landscaped gardens arranged in a parterre style with a summerhouse overlooking a church. It has period fireplaces and panelled walls. 9 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, kitchen, conservatory.
High Street, Gilling West, Richmond, North Yorkshire.
A renovated Grade II-listed Georgian manor house with landscaped walled gardens with a formal rose garden, a kitchen garden, terraces and a York stone gazebo. It has Portland stone flooring, grand receptions with French doors leading onto a terrace and a bespoke kitchen. 6 beds, 5 baths, 2 receps, study, cinema room, 2-bed annexe, outbuildings, paddocks. 2.6 acres.
A restored Grade II-listed 17th-century stone and slate longhouse surrounded by landscaped gardens that include a productive vegetable garden and a timber summerhouse with a covered verandah. 5 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, kitchen, cellar, boiler house and stores, greenhouse, loose boxes and stable yard, paddocks, woodland, river frontage, 6 acres
A renovated Grade II-listed 16th-century manor house with two Victorian wings in landscaped gardens with formal parterre gardens and a productive vegetable garden with a greenhouse separated from the formal areas by an ancient Irish Yew. The house has a state-of-the-art climate-control system and a kitchen with fitted cabinetry. 7 beds, 4 beds, 4 receps, study, workshop, bar, 1 acre.
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