
Penny Churchill
Penny Churchill is Property Correspondent for Country Life.
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A delightful Georgian house that's perfect for anyone who loves life by the watersideIvy House is a beautiful home in a prime spot on the south coast. Penny Churchill takes a look.
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A traditional South Downs farmhouse with stables, a pool... and a skateboard stunt park in the barnIt had to happen: Country Life and skateboarding come together at last.
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An exquisite home tucked away in Surrey Hills woodland that blends Arts-and-Crafts with a touch of VersaillesPenny Churchill takes a look at Charles Hill Court, a magnificent home up for sale in a hugely popular spot.
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The Scottish house of your dreams has come up for sale beside a loch in the heart of the HighlandsLairg Lodge is a glorious Highland retreat in a spectacular location. Penny Churchill takes a look.
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With its own private chapel, Robert Adam's most northerly house is for sale with 308 acresThe first house Robert Adam ever built in Scotland — one he created just after he returned from his Grand Tour — is for sale, after many happy years being lovingly cared for by its American owners.
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Flower of Scotland: An estate near Edinburgh that was inspired by the gardens of Versailles hits the open market for the first timeThe centrepiece of the 764 estate is a 13-bedroom home designed by Robert Adam. And it's just 10 miles from Scotland's capital.
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One of Ireland's great estates, once lived in by Fred Astaire's sister, and with salmon fishing on the Blackwater, comes to marketFortwilliam, one of 'the hidden jewels of the Blackwater valley', sits in 400 acres of rolling pasture and woodland and is only an hour from Cork.
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'A wreck' in Herefordshire that's been transformed into a wine-producing mini manoir on the banks of the FromeThe Grade II-listed farmhouse offers more than 9,000sq ft of living space and 52 acres of productive gardens, orchards, woodland and paddocks.
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A remarkable Edwardian country house in one of Herefordshire's most enviable locations hits the market for the first timeWhitney Court stands in the glorious Wye Valley and has been in the hands of the same family for more than 120 years.
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An exquisite, completely refurbished Georgian country house with grandeur, beauty and a brilliant treehouseHarptree Court is a stunning west country home up for sale. Penny Churchill takes a look.
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A Pembrokeshire hideaway that's a perfect family home, with seven bedrooms, 15 acres, and its own river islandLancych Mansion, tucked away in a perfectly unspoilt Pembrokeshire valley, is a charmed family home.
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A Georgian home worthy of a starring role in a period drama, at the heart of a 286-acre Wiltshire estateThe Landford Lodge estate includes a breathtakingly pretty Georgian home surrounded by wonderful gardens and productive land. Penny Churchill takes a look.
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A gorgeous Georgian house in one of the South Downs' prettiest villages, for sale for the first time in half a centuryHockley House is an incredible rarity, up for sale in a stunning location overlooking a picture-perfect village.
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A true labour-of-love country house with pool, party barn and endless 19th century charmLight-filled rooms, dramatic entertaining spaces, exquisitely pretty gardens and a huge list of leisure facilities make Grove House a real find.
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A Lutyens' designed house on the edge of Dartmoor with four bedrooms that survived a fire.The hand of Sir Edwin Lutyens is in evidence at Littlecourt in Tavistock, Devon.
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A 'beguilingly beautiful' Grade I-listed home dating back to the days of Henry VIII, set in a charming hilltop villagePenny Churchil takes a look around Gayton Manor, a 500-year-old home full of history and original features.
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A breathtaking medieval monastery and estate that's just half an hour from central LondonPenny Churchill takes a look at a remarkable medieval home which has come to the market in Essex: Beeleigh Abbey.
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Florence Nightingale's wisteria-and-ivy-clad childhood home is up for sale — and its incredible setting offers truly life-enhancing beautyThe beautiful Lea Hurst has gorgeous views, delightful rooms and a fascinating history.
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A magnificent ivy-clad mansion in the Wessex Downs which comes with its own Iron Age hill fortYou probably didn't have it on your 'must have' list, but Bussockwood Estate's USP is a great talking point — and the rest of the property is full of potential.
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Four poster beds, magnificent tapestries and an endlessly beautiful setting at this £10.5m Shropshire estateExotic, exquisite and dramatic, Chyknell Hall and its surrounding estate offer life at an elevated level. Penny Churchill takes a look as Chyknell comes to the market.
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A 400-year-old fantasy house with moat, four-poster beds and a 'magic' swimming pool that converts into a ballroomThe majestic Ludstone Hall is one of Shropshire's greatest privately-owned country estates — and it's now looking for a new owner. Penny Churchill looks inside.
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A Hampshire estate with some of finest trees in the county, as well as an 11-bedroom houseThe Shroner Wood estate was once owned by Edwin Hillier, who created a grand arboretum in its grounds.
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The £30 million Dorset estate that comes with a 200-year-old mansion, a cricket ground, a nature reserve and an entire villageThe Bridehead Estate in Dorset has come up for sale — and it's quite an astonishing opportunity. Penny Churchill takes a look.
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A country house, a medieval ruin and 814 of acres of Hampshire countryside up for sale in an idyllic, rural £15 million estateThe Manor Farm estate near Rockbourne also comes with a medieval monastic ruin in its grounds, and is situated within the Cranborne Chase National Landscape.
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