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A superb Tudor house boasting splendid panelling from Hampton Court Palace

The Gosnold family, who built tranquil Otley Hall at Otley, boasted high-flying connections in the Tudor period.One of the loveliest Elizabethan houses in Suffolk is up for sale: Otley Hall, a...

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A Tudor house up for sale that stayed in one family for nearly a thousand years

The site of picturesque Flemings Hall at Bedingfield was granted by William the Conqueror and remained in the same family for 900 years. Flemings Hall in Suffolk has a history stretching back almost a...

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The stunning Buckinghamshire manor house with a two-acre lake

Historic Foscote Manor at Maids Moreton sits in 39 acres of landscaped gardens and parkland. Joint agents Knight Frank (020–7861 1065) and Savills (020–7016 3713) quote a guide price of £7 million for...

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An exceptional equestrian estate with mouthwatering stabling and training...

Recently renovated The Manor at Lillingstone Lovell is set in 120 acres and offers extensive equestrian facilities. Knight Frank are handling the sale at a guide price of £6.25m of The Manor at...

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A country house with an unforgettable incentive: Buy one get one free

Church Farm House is a beautiful place near Winchester that comes with a magnificent extra: a second country house within the grounds.The idea of ‘buy one get one free’ is well-established in the world...

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A marvellous manor in the South Downs with 700 years of history

Ecclesden Manor is an ever-changing marvel of a house that has seen great changes in the last 700 years – and now it's time for the next custodians to take it on.In A Book of Houses, the eminent...

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The sporting Scottish estate that was once home to Sir Walter Scott

Romantic Ashiestiel House at Clovenfords was inhabited by the novelist in the early 1800s. Glorious landscapes and a grand country-sports tradition have long made the unspoilt Scottish Borders a...

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An exemplary mixed-use estate in the heart of Highland Perthshire

The Bolfracks estate includes a beat of salmon fishings on the Upper Tay, one of Scotland’s ‘big four’ salmon rivers.Some 50 miles north-west of Edinburgh, Strutt & Parker (0131–226 2500) and their...

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A majestic West Highland sporting estate boasting multiple income streams

The Ledgowan estate at Achnasheen in Wester Ross offers sport, accommodation and several income streams. A short flight to Inverness airport, or a romantic overnight trip by sleeper train from London,...

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A Highland sporting haven for fishing fanatics

The 6,206-acre Gualin estate, at Durness, Sutherland offers fishing on Loch Dionard as well as the River Dionard. Fishing fanatics can find Highland sporting heaven on the rugged north-west tip of...

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The country house with the finest Jacobean façade in Huntingdonshire

Grade I-listed Stibbington Hall is set in 19 acres on the banks of the Nene. On August 27, 1904, Country Life intoned grandly: ‘Houses of the class of Stibbington Hall have a particular claim upon the...

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A historic home ‘of strong and solid character’ in the heart of the Yorkshire...

Eight bedroom Hanlith Hall is set in 64 acres of splendid gardens, parkland and woodland.Stately 17th-century Hanlith Hall at Kirkby Malham, near Skipton, North Yorkshire, is one of those grand...

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The grand Georgian house that served as a Red Cross Hospital in both World Wars

Felthorpe Hall stands in a wonderfully private setting at the heart of its 125 acres of formal gardens, woodland, lakes and farmland.In the medieval period, Norfolk was the most densely populated and...

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One of Norfolk’s famous ‘gingerbread houses’ comes up for sale

The Old Vicarage at Sedgeford is constructed of shale Carrstone using a labour-intensive technique. As Sir John Betjeman sagely observed: ‘Norfolk would not be Norfolk without a church tower on the...

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The handsome country house once owned by the Quality Street heir

The 2nd Viscount Mackintosh of Halifax bought The Old Hall at Barford in the 1950s. The sale of The Old Hall at Barford, four miles north of Wymondham and seven miles from Norwich – on the market...

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The spectacular new houses at Wentworth that have entranced the world’s...

The world's super-rich are shrugging off the uncertainty that permeates the world and heading to the Wentworth Estate. Penny Churchill takes a look at the sort of places they've been snapping up once...

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The picturesque Cotswolds farmhouse that once belonged to Cath Kidston

Trillgate Farm is an enchanting period country house.Unlisted Trillgate Farm at Painswick, near Stroud, sits in Gloucestershire’s beautiful Slad Valley – the famously magical setting for Laurie Lee’s...

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An elegant Georgian house in Theresa May’s childhood village

Situated on the edge of the village, Broad Close is ideally located for a quick run through a field of wheat. The elegant, Grade II-listed Broad Close at Church Enstone, Oxfordshire, three miles from...

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The Cotswolds country house that has been in the same family for almost 100...

Described as 'charming beyond belief and in one of the most idyllic places to live in the Cotswolds', Green Close is a real rarity on the market.Grade II-listed Green Close in the pretty village of...

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The edge-of-village Cotswolds house with not one, but two Victorian walled...

Cross Hill House stands in almost six acres and includes two Victorian walled gardens. A striking, edge-of-village house, the beautiful Grade II*-listed Cross Hill House at Adderbury is a fascinating...

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