Sunnyside, Marlow, Buckinghamshire. A brick-and-flint house close to Marlow high street with a separate home office and a one-bedroom cottage in the garden. It has open fireplaces with wood-burning stoves and an oak-framed sunroom with French doors leading onto a patio. 4 beds, 3 baths, recep, study. £1.495m Savills 01628-499903.
Triscombe House, Bishops Lydeard, Taunton, Somerset. A Grade II-listed house built in 1902 on the edge of the Quantock Hills. It has open fireplaces, panelled rooms and an attached outbuilding with an office on the first floor. 11 beds, 5 baths, 3 receps, 3-bed lodge, stable block, gardens, 19.86 acres. £3.95m Strutt & Parker 01392-229405.
The Dower House, Winster, Derbyshire. A Grade II-listed, 17th-century village house set in large gardens that include a contemporary garden room that could be used as a home office. The house has stone-mullion windows, flagstone floors, oak ceiling beams and a large fitted kitchen with an Aga. 5 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, cellar, conservatory, double garage. £1m Fisher German 01530-410840.
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Inglethorpe Street, Fulham, London SW6. A renovated, contemporary duplex apartment in a period terraced house on a quiet residential street. The apartment has a sitting room with glass doors leading onto a large kitchen and dining room. Bifold doors in the kitchen open onto a garden that includes a separate studio office with a shower room. 3 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps. £1.78m Knight Frank 020-7751 2400.
Dalton House, Dalton, Newcastle Upon Tyne. A Grade II-listed, 19th-century house set in landscaped gardens with a range of outbuildings that include a separate studio office and a stable block with planning permission to convert into a two-bedroom cottage. The house has open fireplaces with wood-burning stoves, wood floors and a large kitchen with an Aga. 6 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, conservatory, paddock, 2.85 acres. £1.695m Finest Properties 01434-622234.
Swan House, Over, Cambridgeshire. A Grade II-listed Georgian house with an outbuilding in the garden currently used as a home office and garage. The house has beamed ceilings and inglenook fireplaces with wood-burning stoves. 4 beds, 2 baths, 3 receps. £900,000 Cheffins 01223-214214.
Tulls, Standford, Bordon, Hampshire. A Grade II-listed, 15th-century farmhouse surrounded by large landscaped gardens that include a newly constructed office. The house has an open fireplace and exposed wall and ceiling timbers. 6 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps, library, breakfast kitchen, Grade II-listed barn, Grade II-listed granary, stable block, adventure playground with zip line, paddock, 12.3 acres. £3.25m Knight Frank 01428-770562.
Marshalls Manor, High Street, Cuckfield, Haywards Heath, West Sussex. An extended, Grade II-listed manor on Cuckfield high street. It was once owned by an uncle of Percy Bysshe Shelley, who was a regular visitor. It has panelled rooms, beamed ceilings, period fireplaces and two conservatories, and comes with a one-bedroom cottage and a home office above a separate garage. 5 beds, 2 baths, 3 receps, study, kitchen, cellar, gardens. £2.25m Hamptons 01444-360175.
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