Properties for around £2m

Gartincaber House, Doune, Perthshire. A restored, Grade B-listed Scots baronial mansion with a 17th-century core. It has period fireplaces and a contemporary kitchen with a breakfast room with a glazed extension. 6 beds, 4 baths, 3 principal receps, 2-bed flat, formal garden, parkland, 7.59 acres. £2m+ Savills 0131-247 3738.

Culverhayes, Sampford Courtenay, Okehampton, Devon. A renovated 1870s house on the edge of a village. It has large bay windows overlooking the landscaped garden, period fireplaces and a conservatory. 7 beds, 5 baths, 2 receps, library, 3-bed cottage, 4-bed cottage, outbuildings, pasture, 8.54 acres. £2m Knight Frank 01392-848824.

Fields Manor, Newport, Gwent. This renovated, Grade II-listed manor has an octagonal tower with a Jacobean front door leading onto an entrance hall with original quarry-tiled floors and a staircase with a cast-iron balustrade. It has marble fireplaces, oak floors, wood-panelled shutters and a tropical orangery. 6 beds, 4 baths, 2 receps, balcony, home cinema, double garage with studio, gardens. £2m Mr & Mrs Clarke 07884-231242

The Old Rectory, Charlcombe, Bath, Somerset. A former rectory on the edge of Bath with views over the Avon Valley. It has oak floors, feature fireplaces, sash windows, a kitchen with handcrafted solid-oak cabinets and an Aga, and mature gardens with a restored stone orangery that could be used as a home office. 7 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, study, large front and rear gardens, 0.48 acres. £2.1m Knight Frank 01225-325999.

Shouldham Street, Marylebone, London. This Grade II-listed townhouse has a south-facing garden and is situated in a sought-after residential street in Marylebone in the centre of London. It has shuttered sash windows, open fireplaces with brick surrounds and wood floors and a home office. The newly fitted kitchens and bathrooms have fittings that match the period. 4 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps, rear garden. £1.995m Berkshire Hathaway, Homes Services Kay & Co 020-3411 6557.

Buckenhill Manor, Bromyard, Herefordshire. A renovated, Grade II-listed country house that dates back to the 1200s. It has a four-bedroom flat in the clock tower and a two-bedroom flat in the courtyard buildings, which are currently being renovated. 13 beds, 12 baths, 3 receps, gardens, 4 acres. £1.8m Strutt & Parker 01584-873711.

Chequer, Rye, East Sussex. A renovated, Grade II-listed Regency town house in a commanding position in Rye with far-reaching views along the River Rother towards Romney Marsh. It has floor-to-ceiling sash windows, wood floors, period fireplaces and newly fitted kitchens and bathrooms. 5 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, dining kitchen, study/home office, roof terrace, rear garden. £1.95m Phillips & Stubbs 01797-227338.

Southdown Old Farmhouse, Medstead, Alton, Hampshire. A Grade II-listed farmhouse surrounded by landscaped gardens. It has beamed ceilings, oak doors and flooring, open fireplaces with wood-burning stoves and an oak-framed garden room with 180-degree views over the gardens. The original well room retains its well and listed donkey wheel. 5 beds, 5 baths, 2 receps, study, kitchen/family room, gym, double garage, barn, gazebo, paddocks, 2.78 acres. £2.15m Hamptons 01420-730 148.