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

House for sale: Glebe House, Arlington, Barnstaple, Devon.

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last updated 10 October 2025

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High Bands, Gayle, Hawes, North Yorkshire.

A renovated stone-built farm cottage with attached barn dating from 1850 and extended to create a spacious family home. It has beamed ceilings, exposed stonework and a stone fireplace with a wood-burning stove. 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, reception, kitchen, outbuildings.

Price: £525,000 Savills 07816-372002.

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Glebe House, Arlington, Barnstaple, Devon.

This Grade II-listed, 1820s house is now in need of some renovation. It has a curved staircase, a curved drawing room with a mural, and open fireplaces. 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3 receptions, library, study, orangery, 5 attic rooms, outbuildings, 4.3 acres.

Price: £499,950+ Jackson-Stops 01271 325153.

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Brewer Street, Deal, Kent.

This refurbished, Grade II-listed house was formerly a Victorian theatre. It is situated in a conservation area just 500ft from the seafront and close to the station. The house has bespoke wooden and glass doors, solid oak floorboards, a bespoke breakfast kitchen, bathrooms with handmade tiles and an open-plan living area. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, store.

Price: £550,000 Strutt & Parker 01227-473700.

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Rutland Square, New Town, Edinburgh.

A ground-floor apartment in a Georgian square in Edinburgh’s New Town with access to Rutland Square gardens. It has a spacious south-facing reception room with intricate cornicing, a panelled ceiling, twin sash windows and an open fireplace. 1 bedroom, bathroom, reception, kitchen, stores, courtyard, private parking with two parking spaces.

Price: £525,000+ Savills 0131-247 3709.

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Villa Norge, Cae Boncyn Lane, Llanfyllin.

A Grade II-listed late 19th-century Scandinavian timber-framed house originally imported in the late 1800s and believed to be the only one of its kind in Wales. The wood-clad exterior and balconies overlook the gardens. It has wood-burning stoves and a breakfast kitchen with an Aga and French doors leading onto the garden. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 3 receptions, conservatory, cellar, patios.

Price: £495,000 Fine & Country 01938-531006.

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The Hawthorns, Stafford, Staffordshire.

A Grade II-listed house now in need of modernisation, with lapsed consent for conversion into flats. It has open fireplaces and a double-height conservatory. 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 4 receptions, breakfast kitchen, 5 basement rooms, garden, 0.59 acres.

Price: £500,000 Knight Frank 020-7861 1713.

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Ironworks Yard, Stroud Green, London N4.

A one-bedroom ground-floor apartment in a modern gated development with a private patio and shared communal gardens, close to Finsbury Park tube and Crouch Hill. The apartment has exposed brickwork, skylights, wood floors, and French doors leading onto the patio. 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, open-plan kitchen/dining/living area, terrace, communal gardens.

Price: £475,000 Dexters 020-7483 6360.

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Royal Crescent, Bath, Somerset.

A lower ground-floor apartment in a Grade I-listed building in the centre of Royal Crescent, which was built between 1767 and 1775. The flat comes with a private courtyard and shared access to the communal gardens. It has a living room with a high ceiling with a central rose and moulded plasterwork, sash windows and an open fireplace, and has two bathrooms and a galley kitchen. 1 bedroom, 2 bathrooms, gardens.

Price: £500,000 Knight Frank 01225-325992.

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