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Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s original River Cottage up for sale as part of a...

Elegant Slape Manor at Netherbury in west Dorset comes with four cottages – including the delightful and famous River Cottage. Dreamy Slape Manor is set in 83 acres of gardens, woodland, parkland and...

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The Somerset house that once played host to The Great British Bake Off

You may recognise the lawns of Harptree Court - they featured in the Great British Bake Off in 2012 and 2013. There is something immensely reassuring about a house that’s been lived in by successive...

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The charming former rectory built to classic Georgian proportions

Burlington House, a charming former rectory at Burrington, Somerset, has been restored over the owners’ 25-year tenure. Grade II-listed Burrington House is a charming former rectory which lies in the...

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Otterington Hall, a magnificent home with superb topiary and beautiful stables

Yorkshire properties of this calibre are few and far between on the open market: this is a spectacular home with three further cottages, amazing gardens and superb equestrian facilities.For sale for...

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A stunning estate with a castle, farmhouse and thousands of acres of sporting...

The Golden Grove Estate has come to the market, offering extraordinary sporting and fishing rights and a superb location just a few miles from the M4.Sir Edward Dashwood’s idyllic, 659-acre Golden...

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The enchanting manor house built from the same stone as Salisbury Cathedral

Chicksgrove Manor in Wiltshire sits on the River Nadder. Delightful 237-acre Chicksgrove Manor Farm is 12 miles west of Salisbury and two miles from Tisbury station – just an hour and 48 minutes by...

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The glorious Hampshire home built in the style of a French château

The Grade II*-listed Longparish house and estate in the North Wessex Downs AONB has more than 6,700ft of double-bank fishing on the legendary River Test. ‘There’s been nothing like this on the market...

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The splendid farm that has been in the Guinness family for almost 60 years

Coldpiece Farm, Hampshire, has links to the Duke of Wellington. In Hampshire, Strutt & Parker’s Estate and Farm Agency (020–7318 5166) has launched the 368-acre Coldpiece Farm near Mattingley, 11...

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The ‘New Victoria’: How London SW1 has gone from ‘Devil’s Acre’ to the new...

An ongoing £4 billion regeneration programme is breathing new life into the SW1 property market, from classic houses to new-builds. In 1872, George Walter Thornbury wrote in his classic Old and New...

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Shropshire’s Baroque masterpiece, with ‘one of the finest interiors in...

Mawley Hall is nothing less than one of Britain's finest privately-owned stately homes – a truly unique opportunity for whoever takes on this wonderful place.For sale for the first time since 1962 – at...

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‘The project of a lifetime’: A ruined mansion that needs saving in the...

Brightwell Park offers the opportunity to re-create a beautiful quintessential English estate with a traditional 'big house' at its heart. Historically overshadowed by the dominating presence of...

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A ‘faded glory that time forgot’ with vast potential on the banks of the Thames

Within easy reach of London, Oxford and Reading lies an impossibly romantic house and estate, Coombe Park – a faded beauty in need of a saviour.‘A completely faded glory… a place that time forgot’. How...

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An exquisite neo-Classical country house executed in perfect symmetry

The enduring English love affair with the Palladian tradition is encapsulated at glorious Henbury Hall in Cheshire, inspired by Villa Capra at Vicenza. Set against the backdrop of a historic...

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The beautiful Kent estate of the smuggler who became one of Britain’s richest...

Smuggler, property tycoon and gentleman – William Baldock was among the wealthiest men in England. At the time of his death, William Baldock was a well-respected property tycoon, owning houses across...

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The Kent manor with an original Tudor fireplace and space for a string of horses

Not only is Solton Manor one of Kent's most beautiful country houses, it also boasts an interesting and chequered history. Lovely, Grade II-listed Solton Manor at East Langdon, two miles from the sea...

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The grand Cornwall house once condemned as ‘past saving’, now set to be great...

Haryln House's wonderful views and 36 beautifully-proportioned rooms were almost lost – but a plucky owner has saved the building, and now a new family is sought to turn it into a home once more. This...

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The former home of the Earls of Portsmouth comes to the market

Dunley Manor is an impressive and splendid historic house formerly owned by the Earls of Portsmouth; today, the building remains grand, but requires complete refurbishment throughout.It takes cash,...

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A riverside house with gardens which look like they’ve escaped from a Monet

The Mill House is a Hertfordshire home with genuinely spectacular gardens, but none which is in need of some TLC to restore its glory within.Idyllic, picturesque – and now in need of ‘a thorough...

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A country manor in Kent that offers an ingenious way to beat the taxman

Waystrode Manor was originally granted by King John – a sovereign whose name is synonymous with punitive taxation. How ironic, then, that today the manor offers both a beautiful country house and a way...

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The Cotswolds manor house rumoured to be Prince Harry and Meghan’s new home

Luckington Court's claim to fame was once its starring role in the 1995 adaptation of Pride & Prejudice starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle. The rumour mill now suggests that it might soon have...

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