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A National Trust country home to call your own (at least for the next 95 years)
The utterly beautiful Pamphill Manor in Dorset is owned by the National Trust — but they've put it on the market with one small catch.Pamphill Manor, Dorset. The epitome of the country house dream is...
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A gorgeous farmhouse clinging to the western edge of Britain, yet it's all...
Penny Churchill takes a look at Messack Farmhouse, a wonderful home for sale on the Roseland Peninsula.Messack Farmhouse at St Just in Roseland.The Roseland Peninsula is about as far west as you can...
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A 17th century slice of splendour in the Garden of England that's a simple...
Getting back home from the office never looked so good. William Peppitt of Savills and Edward Rook of Knight Frank quote a guide price of ‘excess £4m’ for the exquisite, Grade II-listed Cheveney, which...
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A classic Queen Anne country house that's so close to the City that you can...
Penny Churchill takes a look at Court Lodge, a genuine country house within the M25. A country house inside the M25? Court Lodge near Orpington, Kent. If you’ve got a big enough budget, it’s not hard...
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'One of the finest homes on the Kent coast' has come up for sale with a £4...
A grand country from where you can commute to London — or possibly even Paris. Penny Churchill takes a look.Down on the coast of south-east Kent, the picturesque village of Saltwood stands on high...
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The former home of the real Mr Rochester comes up for sale in Skipton
Grade II-listed Embsay Kirk sits in eight acres of gardens and grounds, surrounded by inspiring open Dales countryside.Within the Yorkshire Dales National Park, Blenkin & Co seek ‘offers over...
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A grand country house in Yorkshire that effortlessly blends the 1720s with...
Dougill Hall offers space, gorgeous architecture and just the right amount of modern style. Penny Churchill takes a look.Dougill Hall in Summerbridge, not far from the Yorkshire town of Harrogate....
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The 'best of both worlds' in a 16th century house with Georgian façade and...
All houses change a little over their lifetimes — and some end up unrecognisable as the centuries pass. Penny Churchill takes a look at one such example: The Old Rectory at Brandsby.The Old Rectory at...
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Life's a beach at this grand country home in the Cotswolds
Seven residential units overall, 56 acres of grounds in a conservation area.... oh, and a specialised poker playing area. At Beach House, everything is possible.The idyllic rural hamlet of Beach, south...
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'All the attributes of a classic country house' wrapped up in this stunning...
Penny Churchill takes a look at the beautiful Cherry Burton Hall.In the East Riding of Yorkshire, the pristine Cherry Burton Hall has come on to the market. Set in some 42 acres of gardens, orchards...
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A true once-in-a-lifetime chance as 554 acres of blissful English countryside...
Penny Churchill looks at the Southend Estate, where hundreds of acres of space are on the market just a stone's throw from the capital.The Southend Estate seems to sum up the phrase 'green and pleasant...
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A gorgeous Devon home owned by a great novelist and a Hollywood star, set in...
The Old Rectory at Clovelly is everything you could dream of in a Devon home. Or at least it could be, after a *lot* of hard work... The Old Rectory at Clovellly, Devon. Devon is a big county, but a...
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An immaculate Devon farmstead up for sale, with a courtyard, stables and a...
Not the Clarkson's farm, but a Clarkson's farm, has come up for sale.Overwell Farm, Devon. It’s always fascinating to see the country homes of those who make their lives in the world of, well, country...
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'The perfect English country retreat from the modern world', with medieval...
All this, plus a dovecot for 1,000 birds at Jaggards, in the heart of Wiltshire.The ivy-clad Jaggards, Wiltshire.Down in Wiltshire, Oliver Custance Baker of Strutt & Parker’s country department is...
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An utterly enchanting neo-Gothic masterpiece in 20 beautiful acres of...
Hawking Down House is a glorious country property that's full of potential. Penny Churchill explains more.Hawking Down House, a substantial, 19th-century property that stands in the centre of its 19½...
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A picture-perfect country house tucked away in its own secret valley, with...
Penny Churchill enjoys the delights of the Swathgill Estate in North Yorkshire.The graceful verandah, the glorious views... what a place Swathgill is. It seems odd to describe a 211-acre estate as...
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A country house which blends the best of England, Scotland, Italy and France,...
Grey Peel is the sort of country home which makes you wonder why anyone lives in the city. Penny Churchill takes a look.Grey Peel near Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders.People looking for a country...
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A 450-year-old house where you can revel in Tudor charm while still enjoying...
Country houses in winter can be chilly places to be — but a cruel twist of fate in the history of Hurlditch Court opened the path for that problem to be solved for generations to come. Penny Churchill...
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Kate Bush's former home is for sale — and it’s a minor miracle of Georgian...
The country market might be calming down before Christmas, writes Penny Churchill, but this house will have people running up that hill to take a look.Shenfield Mill, Theale, Berkshire. There has long...
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A Cotswolds manor for sale that one of Henry VIII's wives was granted in her...
Broughton Hall, in the very heart of the Cotswolds, is a majestic home with a fascinating history — including ownership by Anne of Cleves. Penny Churchill takes a look.Before the introduction of...
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The biggest property sales of 2024, from the 'Grade A house in a Grade A...
Weather, wars, elections and financial uncertainty all conspired against high-end house sales this year, but there were still some spectacular deals. Penny Churchill takes a look at the biggest of the...
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'People love land': The top estate sales of 2024, from the Duke of...
Some estate sales were trickier in 2024, yet overall most eventually found buyers. We look at some of the top estates to have graced the pages of Country Life last year.The wonderfully unspoilt...
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Bonnie banks, cliffs and seas: The top Scottish properties that sold in 2024
A review of glorious estates sold last year to buyers in pursuit of the Scottish dream.Spectacular Dunbeath Castle, perched on the top of a cliff in Caithness. After a challenging year, which saw few...
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Ceiling beams, stone floors and gorgeous gardens at an ivy-clad manor house...
Penny Churchill takes a look at The Manor House, Blockley. The Manor House in Blockley, Gloucestershire. The Cotswolds was one area of the UK that more than held its own in 2024, due in no small...
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A country house hotel all of your own in the West Country, with paddocks,...
The British landscape isn’t short of fine country houses which have been converted into delightful country hotels. Sometimes, though, the process works in reverse, as is the case with the enchanting...
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A 12,000sq ft Georgian fantasy mansion has come up for sale in the rolling...
Penny Churchill takes a look at the spectacular and imposing Sandridge Park.With global uncertainty still clouding the outlook for the country house market in 2025, leading agents expect demand to...
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A classic Arts-and-Crafts house with 4,000sq ft, superb gardens and endless...
Penny Churchill takes a look at a house ideal for those commuting in to the City.City workers who operate across multiple time zones in the increasingly competitive global financial marketplace are...
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An exquisite former vicarage for sale in a charming medieval village that's...
Penny Churchill takes a tour of The Old Vicarage, a house set in a gorgeous slice of countryside yet which is easy commuting distance from London.It’s something of a mystery why The Old Vicarage in...
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The green Gable House: A family home in Hampshire that even we can't believe...
If the house isn't quite right, don't be afraid to build something new. The Gable House in Ashford Hill is a glorious example of a new home that looks like it's always been there.With energy-saving,...
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A Georgian vicarage that blends idyllic seclusion, village life and a simple...
The Old Rectory in Hawkhurst, Kent, is a delightful home inside and out. Penny Churchill takes a look.When in 2001, investment guru Paul Brown and his wife, Maggie, decided to move from Hong Kong, via...
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