Toby Keel
Toby Keel is Country Life's Digital Director, and has been running the website and social media channels since 2016. A former sports journalist, he writes about property, cars, lifestyle, travel, nature and more.
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A 600-year-old house that's full of period charm outside — and 1980s-style fantasy on the insideRipple Hall, not far from Tekesbury, is a place that simply has to be seen.
By Penny Churchill Published
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A beachfront Victorian fortress for sale on Alderney that could be in the CaribbeanThe historic fort of Château l'Etoc is on the market for the first time since the 1930s.
By Julie Harding Published
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Six outstanding country homes, from £460,000 to £6 million, as seen in Country LifeOur look at some of the best homes to come to the market through Country Life this week includes a magical Georgian home and a huge period house in Berkshire.
By Toby Keel Published
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A six-bedroom mansion with tower, lake and 22 acres on a beautiful Scottish peninsula at just £635,000Ardmore House in Dunbartonshire offers the country house dream at a city flat price.
By Toby Keel Published
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For sale: a château that went from hosting medieval kings to a 'wild and famous' nightclubThe Château de Domblans is the very picture of the classic French castle — but its story is a little different to what you might expect.
By Toby Keel Published
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This statement bathroom is just the start in a four-bedroom Victorian dream house for sale at £750,000In a secluded plot on a Yorkshire hillside, his wonderful house is a rare find.
By Toby Keel Published
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An iconic Surrey home created by Sir Edwin Lutyens has defied the property market — and it's not hard to see whyThe Grade II*-listed Red House in Godalming has only just appeared on the market, yet has already found a buyer.
By Toby Keel Published
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Five wonderful homes, from a thatched wonder to a house with its own bluebell wood, as seen in Country LifeDream homes in Hampshire, Wiltshire and Buckinghamshire are among our pick of the places to launch in Country Life this week.
By Toby Keel Published
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Waterside homes to die for, from a house carved in to a Cornish cliffside to an island home on a Cotswolds lakeThose who love getting out on to the water are spoilt for choice in today's property market. Annabel Dixon dips her toes in to pick out five of the best.
By Toby Keel Published
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Six superb country properties, from a vast Highland estate to a South Coast rectory, as seen in Country LifeOur round-up this week features a everything from a contemporary mansion to a manor house in the 'Notswolds'.
By Toby Keel Published
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'One of the most iconic waterfront homes in Cornwall' has just come to the marketIn the irresistible village of Flushing, this thatched house has its own private mini-harbour.
By Penny Churchill Published
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An Italian villa with an English country garden that's 'a genuine work of landscape art'Tucked between Lake Como and Lake Lecco, this wonderful villa is surrounded by a distinctly English country garden.
By Toby Keel Published
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A grand Scottish paradise for sale, just along the coast from the Mull of KintyreThe breathtaking Ronachan House is everything you could want in a Scottish home. Toby Keel is entranced.
By Toby Keel Published
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'One of the most exciting properties in years' is on the open market in Guernsey, blending Swiss Family Robinson with Bond villain styleThe Lookout is a former mill set above its own lake that is aching to be turned into one of the most iconic homes in the Channel Island.
By James Fisher Published
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The Greek Island of your dreams is for sale at €35 millionIf you've been inspired by 'The Odyssey' to up sticks and move to a magnificent Greek island, we have just the place...
By Toby Keel Published
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Fowey good indeed: Six homes for sale on one of Cornwall's most beautiful stretches of waterThe Fowey Royal Regatta takes place this week — August 15–21 — prompting a look at some of the glorious places you could live in this magical spot.
By Toby Keel Published
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A home that brings modern luxury to a castle built by one of the heroes of AgincourtA home in the West Wing of Thurland Castle has come up for sale, and it's a fascinating mix of new and old.
By Toby Keel Published
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Five charming country homes, from an Oxfordshire cottage to a grand Yorkshire mansion, as seen in Country LifeA sweeping staircase lit by a stained glass window is one of the superb houses to come to market through Country Life this week.
By Toby Keel Published
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A 400-year-old cottage for sale with vivid and bohemian interiors that are, quite literally, works of artThe artist Mark Brazier-Jones has works on display at the Louvre and the V&A Museum, and has had his creations bought by Madonna, Mick Jagger and Karl Lagerfeld. What he's done with his 400-year-old country home stands alongside anything he's produced in his career.
By Toby Keel Published
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Marilyn Monroe's iconic house in Palm Springs is up for sale. Whether she actually lived there is an entirely different questionMarilyn Monroe's life and career were shaped by her time in the Californian desert oasis of Palm Springs almost as much as they were shaped by Hollywood — and her 'Marilyn Monroe Doll House' in the city is now for sale. But as ever with the greatest starlet in movie history, the tale is not quite as straightforward as it initially seems.
By Toby Keel Published
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A beautiful home on the medieval green next to one of Britain's greatest cathedralsThis wonderful home sits literally in the shadow of Salisbury Cathedral. Julie Harding takes a look.
By Julie Harding Published
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One of the world's finest polo estates for sale, with pristine pitches, a string of houses, and space for 120 horsesThe Emsworth Estate is up for sale, and it's a vanishingly-rare opportunity to buy a place that's been home-from-home to the greatest polo player of all time.
By Toby Keel Published
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A 500-year-old house with four-poster beds, stables and its own cider orchardIn a pretty hamlet on the border between Gloucestershire and Herefordshire, Pound Farm is a home full of history that's a dream for equestrians.
By Penny Churchill Published
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A 700-year-old home where ancient stone and timber meets a gazebo and a hot tubThe medieval Burstow Manor offers as intriguing a mix of ancient and modern as you'll ever see.
By Toby Keel Published
