Houses for sale

From a mid-18th-century manor with a high pheasant shoot in Hertfordshire to a medieval castle with traditional hunting grounds in Siena, Italy.

From a 15th-century cottage in the conservation area of Sandwich, Kent, to a one-bedroom apartment in London’s Earls Court Road.

From a Grade II-listed farmhouse in Wiltshire to a beachfront villa in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, eight of the best properties for sale with swimming pools.

From a 1790s farmhouse on a 270-acre oceanfront estate in Nova Scotia, to a Grade I-listed Gothic folly in Kent, eight of the best properties for sale for £2m.

From a solar-powered retreat in the Bahamas to a converted taxi works in Hertfordshire, eight of the best eco-friendly properties for sale now.

From a 15th-century tower in Caithness, to a house with a private slipway leading onto the Fal estuary, eight of the best properties for sale with boathouses.

From a Grade II-listed, 16th-century manor house with stables in Essex, to a converted barn with its own sand school in Coolham, West Sussex, eight of the best properties for sale with stables.

From a 19th-century farmhouse in 48 acres in Devon to a Grade II-listed cottage with a wildlife meadow in Surrey, eight of the best properties for sale with tennis courts. 

From a house with a private beach in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to a Grade II-listed cottage in Oxfordshire, eight of the best properties for sale for around £700,000.

From a Highland retreat with a central tower in Nethy Bridge, Inverness-shire, to a terraced house in Putney with an extension overlooking the Thames, eight of the best houses with contemporary extensions.