Antye House, Wivelsfield Green, Burgess Hill, West Sussex. A Grade II-listed house set in more than an acre of landscaped gardens that includes a natural stone wild-swimming pool that will feature on Grade Designs. 5 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, larder, utility, garage, studio, stores, gazebo, 1.08 acres. £1.5m Fine & Country 01273-739911.
Hillfoot House, Beenham, Reading, Berkshire. A Grade II-listed property dating from 1737 that featured in Nikolaus Pevsner’s Buildings of England. It has large sash windows, high ceilings, period fireplaces and a large country kitchen with Aga. 6 beds, 2 baths, 3 receps, library, garage, garden. £1.5m Strutt & Parker 0118-984 5757.
Old Droxford Station, Soberton, Hampshire. A converted early 1900s train station. It retains the oak-panelled vaulted ceiling in the drawing room that was the waiting room and the original booth and cabinet from the ticket office, and the platform is now a covered veranda. 4 beds, 3 baths, 3 recaps, 1-bed signal box, garage/workshop with home office above, greenhouse, gardens, 2.5 acres. £1.5m Knight Frank 01962-677234.
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Heronwater, Bramshott, Liphook, Hampshire. A thatched cottage on the River Wey with its own spring-fed lakes and landscaped gardens. It has a dining terrace overlooking the river, beamed ceilings, stone and terracotta floors, a large fitted kitchen leading onto a breakfast conservatory and a master bedroom suite with balcony. 4 beds, 2 baths, 3 receps, loft, double garage, 5 acres. £1.495m Clarke Gammon Wellers 01428 728900.
Belmont, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. A Grade II-listed Georgian townhouse with landscaped gardens. Approached through a gated courtyard, the house retains flagstone and oak floors, sash windows, period fireplaces and a fitted kitchen with French doors leading onto the terrace. 5 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, study, breakfast kitchen, wine cellar, cloakroom, store, terrace. £1.5m Savills 01952-239500.
Upper House, Craswell, Hereford. A small country estate in the Brecon Beacons National Park. The barn conversion and spa building have been used as a boutique holiday letting business. 4 beds, 4 baths, recep with mezzanine library, pasture, woodland, 70 acres. £1.55m Strutt & Parker 01584-873711.
Raswell Cottage, Hascombe, Godalming, Surrey. Originally two cottages dating from 1647, this family home is set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It has beamed ceilings, wood-burning stoves and a recently added sitting room with vaulted ceiling and double doors leading onto the terrace. 5 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, breakfast kitchen, utility, cloakroom, 1-bed guest annexe, terrace, garden, 1 acre. £1.5m Savills 01483-796800.
Novello Street, Fulham, London SW6. A classic terraced house in some of the prettiest streets in Parsons Green. The house is in good condition throughout and has sash windows, period coving and a fitted kitchen with French doors leading onto the rear garden. 4 beds, 3 baths, recep, dining kitchen, front and rear garden. £1.495m Knight Frank 020-7751 2400.
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