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 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
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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
