Compton Bassett House, Compton Bassett, Wiltshire. A 1670s carriage house and stables converted to include a leisure complex with an indoor pool. The house has stone fireplaces and a large kitchen with bespoke fittings. 8 beds, 9 baths, 2 dressing rooms, 2 receps, 2 flats, cottage, tennis court, 69.63 acres. £6.75m Knight Frank 01488-688530.
The Manor House, Bradninch, Exeter, Devon. A Grade I-listed 1540s house with later additions surrounded by landscaped gardens with a lake. The house has grand fireplaces with carved wooden surrounds and a leisure complex with an indoor pool. 6 beds, 4 baths, 2 receps, 1-bed flat, 7 acres. £2.5m+ Strutt & Parker 01392-229405.
Shandon, St George’s Hill, Weybridge, Surrey. A modern property built in a classical style in the St George’s Hill Estate overlooking the golf course. The house has a triple-height atrium, a large kitchen with floor-to-ceiling windows, open fireplaces, a cinema and an indoor swimming-pool complex. 6 beds, 7 baths, galleried reception hall, 2 receps, study, 2-bed flat, tennis court, gardens, 1.5 acres. £14.5m Savills 01932-838013.
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Wartnaby Castle, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. A Grade II-listed early Victorian property built in the style of a Highland castle with castellated elevations and a hexagonal turret. It has a grand reception hall with a carved marble fireplace, half-wood panelled walls, galleried landing and full-height windows, and a detached swimming-pool complex with a Jacuzzi and bar area. 9 beds, 4 baths, 7 receps, 3-bed cottage, gardens, woodland. 26 acres. £2.65m Savills 0115-934 8020.
Thornhill, Ashurst Wood, East Grinstead, East Sussex. An 1880s house on the outskirts of a village. It retains its original fireplaces and has a wood-panelled billiard room and an indoor swimming pool and gym on the ground floor. 8 beds, 4 baths, 2 receps, 1-bed flat, 3-bed cottage, 19.47 acres. £4.5m Knight Frank 01892-772942.
Denewood Road, Highgate, London. A large house in gated, landscaped grounds close to Kenwood House and Hampstead Heath. It has wood floors, an elegant central wooden staircase and an indoor leisure complex with wood-panelled walls and ceiling that includes a swimming pool and games area. 7 beds, 6 baths, 2 shower rooms, 3 receps, breakfast kitchen, conservatory, roof terrace, spa, gardens. £9m Winkworth 020-8341 1988.
Devisdale House, Bowdon, Altrincham, Greater Manchester. A 19th-century Arts and Crafts villa remodelled to include a leisure suite with a swimming pool, Jacuzzi, sauna and gym with bi-fold doors leading onto a sunken terrace. The house has an American walnut staircase and a one-bedroom annexe. 4 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, dining kitchen, cinema room, gardens, 0.75 acre. £3.45m Jackson-Stops 0161-928 8881.
Hunsdonbury, Hudson, Ware, Hertfordshire. A Grade II-listed, 1830s Gothic revival house set in mature gardens and parkland. The house has a plaster rib-vaulted passage leading to the drawing room, detailed plasterwork ceilings, open fireplaces and leisure facilities that include an indoor swimming pool and a gym. 7 beds, 6 baths, 3 receps, study, breakfast kitchen, studio, stable block, all-weather tennis court, 3 lakes, woodland, 42.23 acres. £3.75m Strutt & Parker 020-7318 5025.
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