
Penny Churchill
Penny Churchill is Property Correspondent for Country Life.
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An incredibly rare chance to buy a great house within one of Britain's most storied estates... but you'll have to be ready to roll your sleeves upA rare chance has come up to buy a house on the Holkham Estate in Norfolk. Penny Churchill takes a look.
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A grand country house with a wonderful faux-medieval folly, just down the road from the King's estate at SandringhamIngoldisthorpe Hall is the sort of house that is as easy to fall in love with as it is hard to spell.
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Beautiful views? Mod cons? Close to good schools? A trio of beautiful Norfolk homes up for sale which cover all the basesPenny Churchill looks at Larkfields, the Manor House at Oulton and Gurneys Manor at Hingham.
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An exquisite Georgian country house for sale for the first time in 40 years in a village with an irresistibly quirky nameYou'd never get sick of writing 'Trudoxhill' as your address — nor of living in this beautiful country home in this pretty Somerset village.
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'One of Britain's greatest estates', complete with castle, river and 711 acres, is up for sale for the first time in a generationCorby Castle in Cumbria is a true rarity: a Grade I-listed masterpiece that is on the market for the first time in a generation. Penny Churchill takes a look.
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A £13 million Wiltshire mansion where Nancy Mitford and Siegfried Sassoon once partied with 'the brightest of the Bright Young Things'After Wilford Manor's glory days in the 1920s it became a near-wreck with a tree was growing out of one of the bedrooms; today, it's as wonderful as it has ever been in its history, and is seeking a new owner.
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A Cotswolds home is up for sale that ticks every box... so long as you have £12 million to spendLittle Barrow, in a picturesque hamlet in the North Cotswolds, is a real dream home. Penny Churchill takes a closer look.
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A wonderfully secluded old rectory in Dorset with spectacular gardens, dedicated wine room, and it's walking distance from the stationNo house ticks every single box for buyers... but it must be said that Old Came Rectory, just outside Dorchester, comes awfully close.
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A gorgeous Victorian farmhouse that comes with almost 900 acres of Exmoor all to yourselfEmmetts Grange is the highest farmhouse on Exmoor — and one of the most enticing. Penny Churchill takes a look.
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A gorgeous farmhouse next door to Stonehenge with a gardens by an iconic Chelsea gold medal winnerat Moor Hatches, while away the hours fishing on the Avon, enjoying the amazing gardens, or exploring this seven bedroom farmhouse with exquisite interiors.
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An estate for sale that's older than the Norman Conquest, complete with stone circles, burial mounds and a beautiful country houseAt the Lanacre Estate near Withypool, potential buyers have the opportunity to live and own some of the most beautiful and historic land on Exmoor.
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A five-bedroom home on Dartmoor where brown trout flourish, swallows glide and song thrushes lead the dawn chorusAt Bagpark near Widecombe-in-the-moor, the current owners have taken a delightful manor house and turned it into a home for nature.
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For sale for the first time in 50 years, an unlisted Sussex farmhouse surrounded by a 'thriving 117-acre nature reserve'https://www.knightfrank.com/properties/residential/for-sale/wards-lane-wadhurst-east-sussex-tn5/CHO180010
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18th century elegance and some 6,500sq ft of space with views over the citadel of RyeThe Victorian elegance of Mountsfield House stands in stark contrast to the town's history of smuggling and piracy.
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Where Cotswolds stone meets Art Deco, a fabulous country home with walled garden, stables — and a pool to wash your sheepA superb Cotswolds mansion with an intriguing history — not least its 'sheepwashing pool' — has come to the market near Moreton-in-Marsh. Penny Churchill took a closer look.
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The £1m pair of Victorian sea forts for sale in the waters off Britain, complete with hotel rooms, nightclub and helipadYou might get wet on your commute, but on the plus side you'd never get trouble with noisy neighbours at these utterly unique properties.
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A classic Georgian manor house in an ancient hilltop town in the CotswoldsThe Lammas is a spectacular Georgian house in one of the finest spots in the Cotswolds, as Penny Churchill explains.
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A 'rare and exceptional' medieval estate with an Elizabethan-style house, a string of cottages, and a location an hour from LondonThe Allexton Hall Estate comes to the market, and Penny Churchill tells its story.
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A £24 million estate that has everything you could dream of — except the final half acre to make it perfectThe Buckholt Estate is a grand country home in a grand country estate of a size that's a hair's breadth away from being a grand.
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An £18 million Surrey mansion, with vaulted hall, turrets, and a kitchen-diner the size of a three-bedroom housePenny Churchill takes a look at the breathtakingly impressive Combe Court, in one of the prettiest locations in the Surrey Hills.
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An £8 million gem that is 'the sort of country house we all dream of', less than 90 minutes from LondonPenny Churchill marvels at the genuinely delightful Chalcot House in Wiltshire.
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An irresistible 'gardener's paradise' in Somerset that's on the market for the first time in 52 yearsBarr House at Bishop's Hull has been a much cherished home and is something of a gardener's paradise.
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A gorgeous old rectory which featured in a Thomas Hardy Novel, for sale in one of Dorset's most deliciously-named villagesMelbury Bubb House is up for sale in a tiny village in Dorset. Penny Churchill takes a look.
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Where three became one — an intriguing conversion that created an oasis in Land's EndEmbla Gew has been transformed from dereliction into a dream family home that makes the most of its exquisite position in west Cornwall.
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