Maids of Honour Row, Richmond, London. A house in a Georgian terrace built in 1718 on the grounds of Richmond Palace for the Maids of Honour attending George II’s wife. It retains its shuttered sash windows, wood floors and original fireplaces. 4 beds, dressing room, 2 baths, 3 receps, study, garden. £6.5m Hamptons 020-3369 4388.
The Old Rectory, Little Bardfield, Essex. A Grade II-listed former rectory on the edge of a village with a two-bedroom cottage in the grounds. It has period fireplaces with wood-burning stoves and French doors leading onto the gardens. 7 beds, 6 baths, 2 receps, swimming pool, woodland, 8.18 acres. £3.5m Knight Frank 01279-213340.
Little Beside House, Little Beside, St Day, Cornwall. A Grade II-listed Georgian house set in park-like gardens in a village within eight miles of the coast. It has open fireplaces and an elegant entrance hall with a turning staircase. The walled garden includes a kitchen garden with a greenhouse and polytunnel. 5 beds, 4 baths, 2 receps, internal courtyard, conservatory, woodland, 5 acres. £1.195m Jonathan Cunliffe 01326-617447
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Whaplode House, Spalding, Lincolnshire. A significant portion of a renovated, Grade II-listed Georgian house on the edge of a village. The house retains its original sash windows, open fireplaces, panelled doors, moulded arches and Georgian staircase. 5 beds, 2 baths, 3 receps, breakfast kitchen, separate studio with office and attached workshop, parking, gardens. £450,000 Fine & Country 01780-750200.
Llanvair Grange, Nantyderry, Usk, Monmouthshire. A Grade II-listed house set in landscaped gardens with views towards Sugar Loaf Mountain. The house includes pre-Georgian sections that surround the courtyard. It has marble fireplaces and a large country kitchen with an Aga. 9 beds, 8 baths, 3 receps, cinema, library, 2-bed annexe, coach house, stables, tennis court, swimming pool, paddocks, woodland, 35.19 acres. £3.65m Knight Frank 0117-317 1991.
Highlands, Calne, Wiltshire. A Grade II-listed Georgian house dating from 1813 built in the Greek Revival style. It has marble flagstone floors, sash windows with the original shutters, open fireplaces and a reception hall with fluted stone columns. 11 beds, 5 baths, 3 receps, cinema. 3-bed gate lodge, 1-bed coach house, stables, 4 garages, Dutch barn, outbuildings, swimming pool and pool house, gardens, grounds, 4.63 acres. £3.5m Strutt & Parker 07818-553465.
Rodney’s, Blockley, Gloucestershire. This Grade II-listed late Georgian village house has open fireplaces with wood-burning stoves and gardens that include a kitchen garden, a pavilion summerhouse and a traditional greenhouse. 6 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, office, 0.48 acres. £2.95m Savills 01451-832832.
Harker Lodge, Harker, Carlisle, Cumbria. This Grade II-listed Georgian country house comes with a range of outbuildings set in a courtyard and a two-bedroom cottage in the grounds. The house has ornate ceilings, open fireplaces, solid oak floors, a sitting room with full-height windows and a large kitchen with an Aga. 6 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps, office, attics, garage, gardens, 2 paddocks, woodland, 6.5 acres. £925,000 Finest Properties 015394-68400.
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