8 of the best properties for sale with wildlife ponds

Property for sale with wildlife pond: Tanyard, Wierton Hill, Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, Kent. — (Image credit: Knight Frank)

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Bucklesham Hall, Bucklesham, Ipswich, Suffolk.

A renovated, 15th-century hall set in formal gardens with spring-fed lakes, including one with a Japanese-style bridge and an island. It has beamed ceilings and open fireplaces. 7 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 receptions, conservatory, barn, 23 acres.

Price: £3.5m Fine & Country 01379-646020.

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Tanyard, Wierton Hill, Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, Kent.

A Grade II-listed, 16th-century house with later additions, with a wildlife pond, a kitchen garden, an orchard and woodland. It has exposed wall- and ceiling-timbers, and oak staircases. 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 3 receptions, 1-bedroom cottage, 9 acres.

Price: £1.75m Knight Frank 01732-744460.

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Becknor Manor, Broughton Green, Hanbury, Worcestershire.

A restored and extended Grade II-listed 1550s medieval manor house with several ponds in the mature gardens, including a wildlife pond with a waterfall. It has exposed wall and ceiling timbers, a medieval finial decoration in the drawing room, open fireplaces and a country kitchen. 6 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, 3 receptions, garage with 1-bedroom flat above, swimming pool, 3.6 acres.

Price: £2.1m Knight Frank 01789-297735.

Becknor Manor, Broughton Green, Hanbury, Worcestershire.

A restored and extended Grade II-listed 1550s medieval manor house with several ponds in the mature gardens, including a wildlife pond with a waterfall. It has exposed wall and ceiling timbers, a medieval finial decoration in the drawing room, open fireplaces and a country kitchen. 6 beds, 6 baths, 3 receps, garage with 1-bed flat above, swimming pool, 3.6 acres.

Price: £2.1m Knight Frank 01789-297735.

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White Lodge, Westleigh, Bideford, Devon.

A Grade II-listed property dating from the 1600s with Georgian extensions set in landscaped gardens that include a walled courtyard garden, a vegetable garden with a greenhouse, and a wildlife pond. It has a grand entrance hall with an elegant staircase and a large kitchen with an Aga. 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, dressing room, 2 receptions, 1-bedroom coach house, 4 acres.

Price: £1.5m Jackson-Stops 01271-325153.

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Property for sale with wildlife pond: — (Image credit: Knight Frank)

Blaenllechog, Rhosfach, Pembrokeshire.

A renovated former farmhouse on the slopes of the Preseli Hills set in large gardens surrounded by woodland, which include three award-winning cottages and a one-acre lake stocked with carp and tench. It has floor-to-ceiling windows, slate floors and wood-burning stoves. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, open-plan kitchen, 1-bedroom and 2 x 2 bedroom cottages, outbuildings, 36 acres.

Price: £1.5m Country Living Group 01437-616101.

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Aston By Budworth, Cheshire.

A 1730s house on the edge of a village surrounded by gardens that include a large pond with a jetty. It has exposed beams, a glass staircase, a bar and entertainment room, and a kitchen with bi-fold doors leading onto a terrace. 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 2 receptions, study, office, dining hall, stables, gym, 7 acres.

Price: £1.9m Savills 07972-177118.

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Farley Cottage, Winwood Heath Road, Halesowen, West Midlands.

A period cottage surrounded by open countryside protected by a National Trust covenant, with extensive gardens that include a lake. The house has a large kitchen with an Aga, a panelled billiards’ room with a bar area, a double-height dining room and period fireplaces. 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 receptions, garage, barn, stables, gardens, 16.6 acres.

Price: £1.4m Chartwell Noble 01384-884608.

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New Bridge Mill House, Newbridge, Colemans Hatch, East Sussex.

A 16th-century former farm house in the Ashdown Forest with landscaped gardens that include an outdoor kitchen, a kitchen garden with a Victorian-style greenhouse, a summer house and a large pond with a dock and a boat. It has beamed ceilings, wood-burning stoves, and French doors leading onto the gardens. 6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 2 receptions, library, dining kitchen, garage with en-suite bedroom above, 3.1 acres.

Price: £2.3m Strutt & Parker 01273-475411.

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