Eight of the best properties for sale for around £1m

Bryn Madyn Hall, Bagillt Holywell, Flintshire. A Georgian house with views over the Dee Estuary. It has a dining kitchen with hand-built English oak cabinets and a double sitting room with French doors leading onto the garden. 7 beds, 3 baths, dressing room, 2 receps, stables, 1.18 acres. £1m Strutt & Parker 01244-456823.

The Grove, Gislingham, Suffolk. An early 1800s house with an adjoining former coach house surrounded by gardens with a large vegetable patch, a polytunnel and a pond. The house has open fireplaces and French doors leading onto a conservatory. 4 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, kitchen, stables, 4 acres. £1.195m Jackson-Stops 01284-700535.

Lleifior, Llandegfan, Porthaethwy, Lon Ganol. An 1890s house built in a mixture of Tudor, Arts & Crafts and Scottish Baronial styles with views over the Menai Strait. It has reception rooms with leaded casement windows and open fireplaces, and a large kitchen with an Aga. 4 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, study, 3 attic rooms, barn, summer house, 1.45 acres. 2 paddocks available separately. £1.1m Strutt & Parker 01743-284200.

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The Red Cottage, Whitburn, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear. A Grade II-listed house built in 1842 for a brickworks owner to display a range of ornate design features. The house is a short walk from the seafront and is set in walled gardens that include a kitchen garden, a greenhouse and a grape house. It has beamed ceilings and a sun room with French doors opening onto a patio. 5 beds, 2 baths, 3 receps, dining kitchen, outbuildings, 0.45 acres. £999,999 Sanderson Young 0191-223 3500.

Deerhill, Aveton Gifford, Kingsbridge, Devon. A period barn conversion in a woodland setting on the edge of a village. It has vaulted beamed ceilings, a living room with French doors opening onto the garden and a heated swimming pool. 5 beds, 4 baths, 2 receps, 4 acres. £1m Marchand Petit 01548-831163.

Wheeleys Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham. A renovated, Grade II-listed 1820s villa in a quiet street in the popular suburb of Edgbaston. The house retains its sash windows, wood floors and period fireplaces, and has a Minton tiled floor, a double drawing room with French doors leading onto the garden and a fitted kitchen with an Aga and doors onto a terrace. 4 beds, 2 baths, 3 receps, cellar, garage. £1.2m Knight Frank 0121-233 6400.

Tall Trees, Kites Hardwick, Rugby, Warwickshire. This 18th-century village house was originally two thatched cottages, which have been converted into a single property. It has a large, handmade kitchen with a vaulted ceiling, exposed trusses, an Aga and bifold doors leading onto a terrace. The reception rooms have exposed timbers and open fireplaces. 5 beds, 2 baths, 2 receps, sun room, garage with studio, workshop, gym, stables, gardens, 0.96 acres. £1m+ Pritchard & Co 01608-801030.

Wapping High Street, London E1W. A two-bedroom apartment in an award-winning, Grade II-listed warehouse conversion close to Wapping overground station. It retains its iron hoists and exposed brickwork, and has curved, sash-style windows with shutters and wooden floors. It comes with a secure parking space and a share of the freehold. 2 beds, 2 baths, open-plan living area, shared courtyard gardens. £1m Savills 020-7456 6800.