Barton Hall, Church Broughton, Derby, Derbyshire. A Grade I-listed Georgian country house with 15th-century origins in large grounds that include a kitchen garden with two Victorian greenhouses. 6 beds, 5 baths, 3 receps, 2-bed flat, four cottages, equestrian facilities, lake, parkland, 168 acres. £5.5m Knight Frank 020-7861 1707.
Newport House, Almeley, Hereford. A refurbished, Grade II-listed Georgian house set in grounds laid out in the 1760s that include a walled kitchen garden with restored glasshouses. 9 beds, 8 baths, 4 receps, library, Victorian stable block with 4 flats, 3 cottages, 3 farmhouses, lake, parkland, 427.4 acres. £10m Knight Frank 01905-746887.
Dairy House, Ashford Hill, Kingsclere, Hampshire. A Grade II-listed Queen Anne house with views over open countryside. The house has large gardens that include a productive kitchen garden with a glasshouse and mature plants. 6 beds, 5 baths, 3 receps, study, breakfast kitchen, indoor pool, party barn, 2-bed cottage, range of outbuildings, tennis court, wildlife pond, orchard, paddock, 7 acres. £3.95m Strutt & Parker 01635-521707.
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Old Rectory House, Ripple, Kent. A Grade II-listed Queen Anne former rectory with later additions. The house has a living room opening onto a conservatory with French doors leading onto the gardens. It has an enclosed kitchen garden with fruit cages, a greenhouse, a herb garden and a summer house. 4 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, study, breakfast kitchen, garage, workshop, 1 acre. £1.25m. Bright & Bright 01304-374071.
The Old Rectory, Beeston, King’s Lynn, Norfolk. The major part of a Grade II-listed Georgian house dating from 1780. The house is set in secluded grounds that include a one-bedroom cottage, a large kitchen garden with a greenhouse and a moat spanned by a wooden bridge. It has flagstone floors, an elegant staircase, open fireplaces and a wood-burning stove. 6 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, breakfast kitchen, outdoor kitchen, garage with an office above. £1.1m Bedfords 01328-730500.
West Street, Comberton, Cambridge. A renovated, Grade II-listed period property that retains its original exposed wall and ceiling timbers, inglenook fireplaces and oak staircase. It has a kitchen garden with raised beds. 3 beds, bath, 2 receps, newly fitted breakfast kitchen. £825,000 Savills 01223-347241.
Maryfield, High Street, Taplow, Buckinghamshire. A late 19th-century house extended in the 1920s to include a two-bedroom annexe. It has a study with bespoke oak panelling and a kitchen that opens onto an orangery. The large gardens include a walled kitchen garden, a summer house, an outdoor pavilion and an ornamental pond. 6 beds, 5 baths, 3 receps, gym, triple garage, 1.6 acres. £5.5m Hamptons International 01628-260322.
South East Farmhouse, Horsley, Northumberland. A restored Georgian house on the edge of a conservation village with views across the Tyne Valley. It retains its original shuttered sash windows, exposed ceiling beams and stonework, and has a garden room with French doors leading onto a decked terrace. The gardens include an orchard and a kitchen garden bordered by mature beech hedges. 4 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps,breakfast kitchen, study. £1.2m Finest Properties 01434-622234.
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