The best houses for sale with libraries – from a five-storey Victorian townhouse in Islington, London, to a 1920s house in Mere, Wiltshire, with a circular library with curved bookshelves
A refurbished, Grade II-listed 16th-century house built by Thomas Wendy, physician to Henry VIII. It has beamed ceilings and a library with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. 7 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, dressing rooms, 2 receptions, open-plan kitchen, gardens, 3.08 acres.
A 1920s house rebuilt in the 1990s to include a tower and a loggia. It has panelled walls and a circular library with curved bookshelves and a staircase leading to a study in the tower. 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 2 receptions, gym, workshop, swimming pool, gardens, 4.79 acres.
Stanbridge Mill, Gussage All Saints, Wimborne, Dorset.
A Grade II-listed former mill house and cottages on the banks of the River Allen with an award-winning conversion of former stables into a library, study and reading room with a barrel-vaulted ceiling. 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 receptions, kitchen, bar, water wheel and mill room, 2-bedroom, 3-bedroom and four-bedroom cottage cottages, outbuildings, gardens, 52 acres.
Stanbridge Mill, Gussage All Saints, Wimborne, Dorset.
A Grade II-listed former mill house and cottages on the banks of the River Allen with an award-winning conversion of former stables into a library, study and reading room with a barrel-vaulted ceiling. 3 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, kitchen, bar, water wheel and mill room, 2-bed, 3-bed and four-bed cottage cottages, outbuildings, gardens, 52 acres.
A Grade II-listed former vicarage surrounded by gardens designed by Gothic Revival architect Samuel Sanders Teulon. It has a library with full-height fitted bookcases, a rolling ladder, a bay window overlooking the gardens and an open fireplace. 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2 receptions, kitchen, summerhouse, woodland, 2.85 acres.
A Georgian Grade II-listed village house with a medieval manor at its core, set in large gardens. It retains its original floor tiles, and has large inglenook fireplaces with carved stone surrounds and a library with an open fireplace. 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 receptions, ballroom, kitchen, coach house with flat, stables, tack room and workshop, barn, kitchen garden, sunken garden, croquet lawn, orchard. 2.34 acres.
A Georgian Grade II-listed village house with a medieval manor at its core, set in large gardens. It retains its original floor tiles, and has large inglenook fireplaces with carved stone surrounds and a library with an open fireplace. 6 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, ballroom, kitchen, coach house with flat, stables, tack room and workshop, barn, kitchen garden, sunken garden, croquet lawn, orchard. 2.34 acres.
A period property surrounded by landscaped gardens. It retains its original fireplaces and has a library with recessed bookshelves and a large orangery. 8 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, reception, open-plan kitchen/living area, bar, laundry, tennis court, pond, 1.75 acres.
This Grade II-listed, five-storey early Victorian townhouse in Islington has been refurbished by award-winning architects. It has a roof terrace, a library, fireplaces with Carrara marble surrounds, a contemporary kitchen with state-of-the-art fittings, a gym and two vaults used for storage. 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2 receptions, library, study, dining kitchen, gardens, vaults.
A refurbished, Grade II-listed 16th-century house with earlier origins, including a 13th- or 14th-century barrel-vaulted cellar. The house has a library with exposed beams, fitted bookshelves, an inglenook fireplace with a wood-burning stove, a breakfast kitchen with a brick floor, and a bedroom with French doors leading onto a courtyard. 7 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 3 receptions, vaulted cellar, walled garden.
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