This week: the best houses for sale with wildflower meadows – from a 1770s mill house in Petersfield, Hampshire, to a cottage in Fittleworth, West Sussex, with gardens designed by a Chelsea Flower Show gold-medal winner
A Grade II-listed, 16th-century house in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty overlooking a wildflower meadow and the countryside beyond. It has leaded-light windows, beamed ceilings and panelled walls. 7 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, 3 receptions, swimming pool, 3.73 acres.
A Grade II-listed, 16th-century house in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty overlooking a wildflower meadow and the countryside beyond. It has leaded-light windows, beamed ceilings and panelled walls. 7 beds, 6 baths, 3 receps, swimming pool, 3.73 acres.
A Grade II-listed, 16th-century house in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty overlooking a wildflower meadow and the countryside beyond. It has leaded-light windows, beamed ceilings and panelled walls. 7 beds, 6 baths, 3 receps, swimming pool, 3.73 acres.
A renovated 1930s Art Deco house set in gardens with a raised semi-circular deck and a wildflower meadow, with views across Romney Marsh towards the English Channel. The house has floor-to-ceiling windows. 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, kitchen, 3 receptions, study, studio, 0.46 acres.
A renovated 1930s Art Deco house set in gardens with a raised semi-circular deck and a wildflower meadow, with views across Romney Marsh towards the English Channel. The house has floor-to-ceiling windows. 4 beds, 4 baths, 2 kitchens, 3 receps, study, studio, 0.46 acres.
Hagg House, Cotherstone, Barnard Castle, County Durham.
A restored Victorian country house with a walled garden leading down to a river that includes a cottage garden, a pond, an orchard, a Grade II-listed folly and a wildflower meadow. It has wood-burning stoves and an open-plan kitchen and dining room. 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 receptions, music room, garage, workshop, paddock.
Hagg House, Cotherstone, Barnard Castle, County Durham.
A restored Victorian country house with a walled garden leading down to a river that includes a cottage garden, a pond, an orchard, a Grade II-listed folly and a wildflower meadow. It has wood-burning stoves and an open-plan kitchen and dining room. 5 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, music room, garage, workshop, paddock.
Manorford House, Gate Helmsley, York, North Yorkshire.
A modern detached house with gardens that include a wildflower meadow and a pond. It has solar panels, log-burning stoves, a large kitchen leading an Aga, a conservatory and a garage with an electric vehicle charging point. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 receptions, study, utility with shower room, barn with garage, stables with 1-bedroom flat above, 3.66 acres.
A renovated, modernised former farmhouse with a range of outbuildings on the banks of the River Stinchar. The landscaped gardens include an orchard and a wildflower meadow. The house retains its Victorian fireplaces, ornate plasterwork, wood floors and sash windows. 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 receptions, home office/studio, breakfast kitchen, barns, old mill building, potting shed, workshop, 6 acres.
A Grade II-listed, 1770s mill house with gardens leading down to the River Rother and a wildflower meadow. It has open fireplaces and beamed ceilings. 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen, 2 receptions, garage with 1-bedroom flat above, conservatory, 3.5 acres.
A Grade II-listed cottage dating from the 1600s on the edge of a village in Bedham woods. The gardens are designed by Tom Stuart-Smith, a multiple Chelsea gold-medal winner, and include a wildflower meadow. It has leaded-light windows, brick floors and inglenook fireplaces. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception, kitchen, barn with games room, barn with storage, swimming pool, 2 ponds, 1.56 acres.
A modern house in an elevated position surrounded by gardens with a wildflower meadow and a pond. The house has a wraparound terrace, large windows with panoramic views, wood-burning stoves and a dining kitchen with fitted cabinets, a double range-style oven and bi-fold doors leading onto the terrace. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, reception, mezzanine, garage, studio, greenhouse, 1 acre.
A modern house in an elevated position surrounded by gardens with a wild flower meadow and a pond. The house has a wraparound terrace, large windows with panoramic views, wood-burning stoves and a dining kitchen with fitted cabinets, a double range-style oven and bi-fold doors leading onto the terrace. 4 beds, 3 baths, recep, mezzanine, garage, studio, greenhouse, 1 acre.
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Natasha read politics at Sussex University. She then spent a decade in social care, before completing a postgraduate course in Health Promotion at Brighton University. She went on to be a freelance health researcher and sexual health trainer for both the local council and Terrence Higgins Trust.
In 2000 Natasha began working as a freelance journalist for both the Daily Express and the Daily Mail; then as a freelance writer for MoneyWeek magazine when it was first set up, writing the property pages and the “Spending It” section. She eventually rose to become the magazine’s picture editor, although she continues to write the property pages and the occasional travel article.
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