
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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Five grand country homes, from £750,000 to £14.5 million, as seen in Country LifeThere's something for everyone this week, from a thatched village house in need of a saviour to a grand rural home that's commutable to London.
By Toby Keel Published
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James Bond's Italian villa is on the market, and it's a breathtaking spot on Lake ComoIt's 20 years since Daniel Craig first drew 007's Walther PPK, but we've never forgotten the amazing home where he wrapped up his first outing as James Bond.
By Toby Keel Published
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Britain's priciest two-bedroom home is a 'true sanctuary' on one of the country's finest fishing spotsTestcombe Cottage is an impossibly idyllic home situated on the banks of one of Hampshire's famous chalkstreams.
By Julie Harding Published
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'The perfect timber-framed Sussex house', former home of J. M. Barrie and a 1970s rock god, up for sale at £3.75 millionThe 500-year-old Stonehill House is on the market — and its walls have endless tales to tell.
By Penny Churchill Published
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Batman's original mansion is for sale, and it's a mock-Tudor masterpiece that'll (almost) convince you that you're in EnglandPastiche rarely hits the spot — but when it does, it's a joy to behold. The same goes for both the original Batman television series, and the magnificent English country mansion that played a starring role in its making.
By Toby Keel Published
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A wisteria-clad house in Cornwall that inspired one of Daphne du Maurier's most chilling charactersThe wonderful old Penhallow Manor, on Bodmin Moor, plays a starring role in 'Jamaica Inn'.
By Toby Keel Published
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The perfect pool for summer at this Grade II-listed dream home in DorsetThe beautiful swimming pool is just the start at this gorgeous village home.
By Julie Harding Published
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Five rural retreats amid open countryside, from a Wiltshire farmhouse to a home with its own helipad, as seen in Country LifeWe take a look at some of the best properties to be launched to the market
By Toby Keel Published
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The home of the 'British Oskar Schindler', who saved 669 children from the Nazis, is for sale in BerkshireSir Nicholas Winton's courageous and heartbreaking story only came out when his wife discovered an old scrapbook at the house they built together.
By Annabel Dixon Published
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A secluded cottage surrounded by a glorious valley, with open fires, ancient beams and a dedicated Lego roomHaventree Cottage is a gorgeous six-bedroom home that's just what you dream of when thinking about a move to the country.
By Julie Harding Published
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As seen on TV: The houses up for sale that starred in everything from 'Rivals' and 'Black Doves' to 'Dad's Army'As one of the houses used in the filming of Jilly Cooper's 'Rivals' comes on the market, we take a look at how a starring role can help those selling their country homes.
By Toby Keel Published
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A Devon retreat with spectacular interiors, a swimming pool and enough green energy that you'll turn a profit on your electricity billEast Boreton, in the heart of the South Hams, is a rural home that has the lot.
By Julie Harding Published
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The pulpit of the man who brought the Bible to the people — only to be strangled and burnt for his effortsWilliam Tyndale was a titanic figure in the Reformation in England. The pulpit he once preached from survives to this day at Bucklebury House in Berkshire; John Goodall takes a look.
By John Goodall Published
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A centuries-old cottage for sale in the North Downs where a long-lost Gertrude Jekyll garden was brought back to lifeIn the beautiful Kent countryside near Sevenoaks, the quirky and charming Chart Cottage has an inspiring tale to tell.
By Toby Keel Published
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A billionaire's housing boom is here — and Lord Lebedev's £25 million home at Hampton Court is on the market just at the right timeStud House, Lord Lebedev's home in Hampton Court Park, is on the open market. Toby Keel takes a look.
By Toby Keel Published
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Six outstanding homes, from a Devon coastal dream to a Highland estate, as seen in Country LifeA property that is 'one of the finest coastal estates in Britain' is among the gems coming to the market through Country Life this week.
By Toby Keel Published
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The most fascinating bathroom in the world is for sale, with Elizabeth II's signature, a lifetime of photographs and a history of the 20th century on the wallsThe Old House in West Sussex, home to Lord Snowdon for half a century, contains an incredible treasure: the bathroom where he collected a lifetime of newspaper clippings, photographs, sketches and other memories.
By Toby Keel Published
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A converted Cotswolds barn with pool, party barn and its own lake — just 45 minutes from central LondonGoose Farm, in a charming Oxfordshire village, offers the best of all worlds.
By Toby Keel Published
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A Victorian palm house that became a striking five-bedroom home in DevonThe 19th century mania for exotic plants left the Mamhead Estate in Devon with a beautiful building that has found a new life in the 21st century.
By Julie Harding Published
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The Goldsmiths' £25 million London mansion is for sale, with 10 bedrooms, 2,500 acres of parkland on the doorstep, and endless stories to be toldOne of the grandest homes in London is on the market: Ormeley Lodge, the Goldsmiths family home adjoining Richmond Park, a veritable playground of A-listers, Royalty and billionaires.
By Toby Keel Published
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Five homes for sale, from a thatched cottage in Devon to a breathtaking private island, as seen in Country LifeWe take a look at some of the finest homes to come to market through Country Life this week — and one of them is probably the prettiest Cotswolds home we've seen this year.
By Toby Keel Published
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Live in the house where A. A. Milne created Winnie-the-Pooh, and where a Rolling Stones superstar met his tragic endCotchford Farm, sitting on the edge of an idyllic village in Sussex, is on the rental market.
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An idyllic country estate set in a South Downs landscape of cliffs, villages and chalk figures hewn into the hillsidesThe Grade II-listed Sherrington Manor is a wonderful character home that blends old and new, sitting in over 175 acres of spectacular downland.
By Penny Churchill Published
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A country house built on the site of an ancient Sussex castle, where the 900-year-old walls are still standingThis 17th century home built around the site of a 12th century castle is on the market for the first time in over a century. Penny Churchill takes a closer look.
By Penny Churchill Published
