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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An Aga so special it inspired the salvation of a magnificent 300-year-old homeThe Moat House in Bedfordshire is immaculate — but if its previous owner hadn't fallen in love with the Aga, it might have remained semi-derelict.
By Toby Keel Published
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Six outstanding homes, from an Elizabethan farmhouse to a miniature castle in Sussex, as seen in Country LifeOur round-up of homes to come to the market via Country Life this week includes the work of some of Britain's finest architects.
By Toby Keel Published
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'A platform that dignifies the views outwards into the world': Doddington Place's elegant prospect towerA new prospect tower and family memorial forms a stylish addition to the fine Edwardian garden at Doddington Place, Kent, the home of Richard Oldfield and Amicia de Moubray. John Goodall reports.
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Agatha Christie bought and sold homes like she was playing real-life Monopoly — and one of her favourites has come up for saleIn an Art Deco block in the heart of Chelsea, Agatha Christie kept a pied-à-terre for three decades where she wrote several of her most famous works. Today, it's up for sale.
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'She is part of its atmosphere, its memory, and its soul': The bucolic final resting place of Henry VIII's last brideJohn Goodall talks to Elizabeth Ashcombe about the beautiful tomb of Katherine Parr at Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire.
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This Cornish manor house with a 700-year history is full of life, colour and flairNansough Manor looks every inch the classic Georgian home from the outside — and within it's a joyously pretty family home.
By Penny Churchill Published
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A wisteria-clad Cotswolds home with a name that'll put a smile on your face17th century architecture and early-Victorian design flair combine in the beautiful Pud Hill, in a village in the heart of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire.
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Six country houses, from an Elizabethan mansion to a converted boathouse that dips its toes into the water, as seen in Country LifeFrom Cornwall to Hertfordshire, here's our pick of the best homes to come to the market through Country Life in the past week.
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A house for those whose biggest problem is whether to take the yacht or the helicopterCrown Pigeon Island is a private island paradise in the Bahamas with three beaches, a marina, its own golf course and space to land your helicopter.
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A £15 million manor house that's been transformed into as grand a home as you'll find in the CotswoldsSeven years ago, Foxcote Manor in Gloucestershire was a traditional, ivy-clad Cotswolds home. After years of work — and a seven-figure refurbishment bill — it's a country house ready for the 21st century. Penny Churchill takes a closer look.
By Penny Churchill Published
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900 acres of Scotland to call your own, with rivers, beaches and mountains, at the price of a two-bed flat in South LondonA croft in north-west Scotland has come to the market that is 'the ideal place in which to escape modern life'.
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A £3.5 million townhouse that sparked a raging debate in the Country Life officeRefurbished, updated... yet unfinished? This home on one of Islington's swishest streets split opinion in the Country Life office. Is it irresistibly beautiful, or is this chic just too shabby?
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Six impossibly grand country homes, from a thatched Devon farmhouse to Leicestershire's answer to VersaillesDive into the treasures that have come to market through Country Life this week.
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The Cotswolds home of the meanest quiz show host in television history is up for saleAnne Robinson became world-famous for her withering put-downs of contestants on 'The Weakest Link' — and after insulting all and sundry, this is the place where she went back home.
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A Caribbean dream home? Pied-a-terre in Portofino? Or an 11-bedroom château? What £2 million buys you around the worldThose looking for a home overseas are spoilt for choice in the £1.5 million to £2 million bracket. Here's our pick of some of the best homes on the planet for sale at that price.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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