Sparsholt Manor, Winchester, Hampshire. A Grade II-listed Arts & Crafts house and gardens designed by Harry Inigo Triggs. The gardens include a tennis court, a sunken garden, matching loggias and a circular pool. 7 beds, 4 baths, 4 receps, kitchen, 1-bed cottage, 2 fenced fields, 12.89 acres. £5.75m+ Knight Frank 01962-677234.
Deddington Manor, Deddington, Oxfordshire. An 18th-century manor house set in large gardens that include a tennis court and a walled garden with a period glasshouse. It has oak floors, open fireplaces and a breakfast kitchen with an Aga. 6 beds, 2 baths, 3 receps, 2-bed annexe, 14.63 acres. £2.95m Knight Frank 01865-264851.
Queens House, Monk Sherborne, Tadley, Hampshire. An extended Victorian house set in grounds that include a hard tennis court with a pavilion, and woodland with a zip wire. The house has a large kitchen with an Aga and French doors leading onto a terrace, and comes with a coach house that include a spa with a swimming pool and gym. 7 beds, 4 baths, 2 receps, 1-bed flat, 3-bed flat, stables, paddocks, 13.23 acres. £8.5m Savills 01635-277705.
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The Old Vicarage, Farnham, Suffolk. A former vicarage accessed by a long, private drive and set in formal gardens with a hard tennis court, a heated swimming pool and a studio. The house has open fireplaces, a wood-burning stove, a kitchen with an Aga and double doors in the drawing room and sitting room that open onto a terrace. 7 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, study, games room, woodland, 8 acres. £2m+ Jackson-Stops 01473-218218.
Newlands, Bury, Pulborough, West Sussex. A period property in the South Downs National Park surrounded by formal gardens that include a hard tennis court and an outdoor heated swimming pool. The house has been extended to include a fitted kitchen with an Aga and has a drawing room with a feature stone fireplace. 6 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, study, conservatory, home office, double garage, separate games room, 3.4 acres. £1.75m Jackson-Stops 01243-786316.
Eastbrook House, Upwey, Dorset. A Grade II-listed, mid-19th century Italianate villa set in 6.24 acres of landscaped gardens that include a resurfaced tennis court with a covered viewing area. The villa has moulded stone fireplaces. 8 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, two cottages available separately. £2.25m Fine & Country 01305-835300.
Eccleston Square, Pimlico, London, SW1V. A refurbished, light and airy third-floor apartment in a period building overlooking one of Pimlico’s premier private garden squares. The flat comes with access to the gardens, which include a tennis court, and is close to Victoria mainline and underground stations. It has lift access, a fitted kitchen and large sash windows overlooking the gardens. 2 beds, bath, recep, £870,000 Hamptons 0203-369 4386.
St Katherines, Forge Lane, Shorne, Gravesend, Kent. A period property overlooking the Thames set in mature gardens that include a tennis court. The house has wood floors, period fireplaces, exposed beams, a sitting room with a bar area and a kitchen that opens onto a conservatory with views over the garden. 6 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps, bar area, office, breakfast kitchen, second kitchen, media room, gym, wine store, garage, hot tub. 1.2 acres £1.75m Strutt & Parker 01732-459900.
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