8 of the best houses for sale for around £500,000

Fisherman’s Cottage, Pillory Hill, Noss Mayo, South Devon.

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published 4 May 2025

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Thistle Street, New Town, Edinburgh.

A contemporary second-floor apartment in a Georgian tenement in the New Town. It retains the original doors with period bronze fittings and has reclaimed cast-iron radiators. There is a striking stainless steel kitchen with exposed copper pipework. 2 bedrooms, bathroom, reception.

Price: £500,000+ Savills 0131-247 3770.

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Gayle, Hawes, North Yorkshire.

An 1850s Yorkshire-stone farm cottage and attached barn. It has been renovated and extended to create a comfortable family home and has flagstone floors, a log-burning stove, beamed ceilings and exposed stonework. 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, reception, stone outbuildings.

Price: £525,000 Savills 07816-372002.

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Fisherman’s Cottage, Pillory Hill, Noss Mayo, South Devon.

A fisherman’s cottage in the riverside village of Noss Mayo, dating from the 1800s and with views over the estuary from the front terrace. It has beamed ceilings, a wood-burning stove in the reception room and a pretty rear garden with a summerhouse. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 receptions.

Price: £565,000 Luscombe Maye 01752-872417.

Fisherman’s Cottage, Pillory Hill, Noss Mayo, South Devon.

Price: £565,000 Luscombe Maye 01752-872417.

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Pemberton Row, City of London.

A recently redecorated first-floor apartment close to Fleet Street and Holborn Circus. It has large sash windows overlooking Pemberton Row and New Street Square, and a light well. 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, reception, cloakroom.

Price: £550,000 (leasehold) Frank & Harris & Co 020-7600 7000.

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The Chapel, Thornham, Norfolk.

A converted former Methodist chapel built in 1870. It is opposite the village green in a popular coastal village, a short walk from Thornham Beach. It retains vaulted ceilings, large arched stained-glass windows and exposed beams. Features include underfloor heating, a log-burning stove, a fitted modernist kitchen, and a glass and oak staircase. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception, dining kitchen, utility.

Price: £550,000 Sowerbys 01328-730340.

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Glanteifi, Abercych, Boncath, Pembrokeshire.

An 1850s cottage by the River Teifi with 1,000 metres of fishing rights. The property has inglenook fireplaces with wood-burning stoves and beamed ceilings. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 receptions, gardens, woodland, 1.43 acres.

Price: £450,000 West Wales Properties 01239-615915.

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Molesworth Arms, Pyworthy, Holsworthy, Devon.

A period property just ten miles from the coast. The ground floor is currently used as a small restaurant and bar area, and there are landscaped gardens with a covered barbecue area and pizza oven. The house has open fireplaces, flagstone floors, beamed ceilings and spacious modernised upstairs accommodation including a self-contained apartment. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 receptions, roof terrace, parking.

Price: £550,000 Strutt & Parker 01392-215631.

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Blacksmiths Hill, Aynho, Oxfordshire.

A Grade II-listed cottage in a private position in a popular village with front and rear cottage gardens. Inside, the updated interiors have exposed beams, an inglenook fireplace with a cast-iron stove, and a modernised and extended dining kitchen with roof light, full-height glass doors and integrated appliances. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, reception, dining kitchen, cloakroom.

Price: £495,000 Hamptons 01869-337001.

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