Best country houses for sale this week
A breathtaking ivy-clad Cotswolds mansion is just one of the many wonderful homes in this week's selection.
Devon — £6.95 million
All set within 60 acres of beautiful gardens and rolling grounds, in a sought-after position, The Sanctuary is a superb country home by any measure.
For sale via Strutt & Parker — see more details and pictures.
Dorset — £8.75 million
Nine bedrooms, 370 acres and 700 years of history in this truly magnificent — and beautifully-kept — medieval masterpiece near Dorchester.
For sale via Knight Frank — see more details and pictures.
Somerset — £6 million
'An immensely lovely example of the English country house at its most refined,' says the agent — and we can only nod our heads in agreement.
For sale via Blue Book — see more details and pictures.
Northamptonshire – £45 million
Quite simply one of the finest private-owned properties in Britain, as Penny Churchill wrote about here.
For sale via Savills — see more details and pictures.
Wiltshire — £3.2 million
This stone-built house dates to the 1920s, and is full of the character of the era — but it's the gardens, the pool and the wisteria growing gracefully across the façade which really makes it irresistible.
For sale via Strutt & Parker — see more details and pictures.
Hampshire – £8 million
The house, the setting — almost on the Solent, with views of the Isle of Wight — and the gardens... this is the stuff of dreams, as long as you dream big.
For sale via Savills — see more details and pictures.
Oxfordshire – £12 million
You could easily run out of superlatives to describe Kirtlington Park. Listed Grade I, designed by James Gibbs, refined by John Sanderson and with gardens by Capablity Brown, it's a greatest hits of English architectural elegance. Something like this only comes to the market very, very rarely. And what a joy when it does.
Featuring 17 bedrooms, 15 bathrooms and seven reception rooms, the house is astounding in almost every way, and has recently been restored and refurbished. All set in 29 acres of gardens and grounds, with a variety of amenities and outbuildings.
For sale via Savills – Click here for more details and pictures
Lincolnshire – £2.25 million
The Gothic mansion of Northorpe Hall is one of Lincolnshire's finest family homes, offering eight bedrooms, seven reception rooms and six bathrooms over its 10,000sq ft of living space.
There is much to love here, but most of all the interiors are where this property sings, with lashings of stained glass throughout, and elegant and rich reception rooms. The property also features 6.5 acres of gardens, grounds and parkland, and extensive garaging for up to 10 cars.
For sale via Strutt & Parker— see more details and pictures.
Surrey – £15 million
Few properties are as desirable as a home on the Wentworth Estate, and it's even more rare when something as architecturally significant as this mid-century Modernist property comes to market, with views over the world-famous West Course.
Six bedrooms, seven bathrooms and outstandingly well appointed, this home once served as the country estate of US ambassador John Hay Whitney. Originally built in the 1930s by Oliver Hill, the house is inspired by the works of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
For sale via Knight Frank and Savills — see more details and pictures.
Essex – £1.75 million
There are 'old vicarages', and then there's the Old Vicarage in Castle Hedingham. A superbly presented Grade II*-listed home, praised by Pevsner, the property must surely be one of the finest in the county.
The interiors are grand and spacious, but do need a little bit of love, and offer eight bedrooms set over three floors. A particular highlight is the acre of gardens that surround the property, as well as the achingly contemporary pool that has been seamlessly blended into the surrounding landscape.
For sale via Knight Frank — see more details and pictures.
Bedfordshire – £2.75 million
This list wouldn't be complete without a delightful bit of thatch, and that can be found at Strawberry Farm, just outside Milton Keynes.
Five well proportioned bedrooms are married to a plethora of period interiors, making this a country house that is vanishingly traditional. Set in 10 acres of land, with extensive grounds, outbuildings and bags of potential, the property is also within easy reach of London, giving you the best of both worlds.
For sale via Strutt & Parker — see more details and pictures.
Malmesbury — £9.5 million
Imagine a Cotswolds mansion crossed with an Arts-and-Crafts house, all designed by a tech billionaire... and the result would probably be something along the lines of Ladyswood, a country house that tears up the rulebook in fine style.
It's bold, for sure, but is all done with a vast amount of style and panache — and the stables are the sort of thing that would bring out the Rupert Campbell-Black in anyone.
For sale via Strutt & Parker — see more details and pictures.
Badminton — £9.5 million
This ivy-clad home is so beautiful it could bring a tear to the eye, but it's more than just charming and quaint. It's a 15,000sq ft mansion with a vastly impressive leisure suite, grand reception rooms and eight bedrooms.
For sale via Savills — see more details and pictures.
Condicote — £21.65 million
There are half a million acres in the Cotswolds AONB, and the new owners of Hinchwick Manor Estate will own just under a quarter of a percent of the whole lot — at over 900 acres, this is a vast stretch of land. As you'd expect, there are several properties included (including a five-bedroom barn conversion) , but the Grade II-listed manor house at the centre of it all is utterly magnificent.
For sale via Savills — see more details and pictures.
Just outside Bath — £13.95 million
Just a short drive from Bath — and also within easy reach of Bristol — the incongrously-named Beach House is a joy, with a mix of Georgian architecture and Clive Christian-designed interiors.
It's a wonderful blend, from the grand and ornate reception rooms to a playroom that looks like a private soft play centre, and its own private pub. Six more properties within the 57 acres come as part of the deal.
For sale via Knight Frank — see more details and pictures.
Also just outside Bath — £12.5 million
A former monastery, St Catherine's Court was for many years the home of actress (and iconic Bond girl) Jane Seymour.
There's not a huge amount of land by grand country house standards (14 acres) but it's delightful as far as the eye can see — and the main house is genuinely spectacular inside and out.
For sale via Savills — see more details and pictures.
Cirencster — £9 million
You'd never think it at first glance, but this house is actually only 12 years old: it's a conversion of a 19th century, stone-built series of barns. The owners have really leant in to the olde-worlde style, though, with exposed beams, open fires, medieval-style chandeliers and even some folly-style ancient ruins in the gardens.
For sale via Knight Frank — see more details and pictures.
Kent — £5.95 million
A 500-year-old coach house that's been lavished with attention in the last 20 years, creating a superb home that's as comfortable and liveable as it is eyecatching.
For sale via Knight Frank — see more details and pictures.
Wiltshire — £7.9 million
Water, water everywhere in this Grade II*-listed house that sits on the banks of the Avon, with lakes alongside, and its own swimming pool. Period features abound — including plasterwork ceilings and open fires — and wait until you see the wine cellar.
For sale via Savills — see more details and pictures.
Essex — £9 million
It's not every day that a house with boarded-up windows goes on the market with a seven-figure price tag — but what you're buying here is potential, because the development plans here will make this a truly grand house on the outskirts of London, yet surrounded by fields and trees.
For sale via Strutt & Parker — see more details and pictures.
Derbyshire — £3.25 million
Over 200 acres of land with farming faciliies and a charming farmhouse at its centre. Huge potential.
For sale via Brown & Co — see more details and pictures.
Buckinghamshire — £1.65 million
The outdoor kitchen-diner is the stuff of a Chelsea Flower Show dream stand, and the rest of this pretty old dower house is just as delightful.
For sale via Michael Graham — see more details and pictures.
Bedfordshire – £2,250,000
A generous portion of this wonderful country house in Ampthill is for sale, with seven bedrooms and 7,300 sq ft of space set over four floors. It's all amid grounds that were landscaped by Capability Brown.
For sale via Michael Graham — see more details and pictures.
North Yorkshire — £3,000,000
This magnificent house has a veritable Cluedo board of a floorplan — snooker room, butler's pantry and many more — and it's all in a charming village in Yorkshire. Wonderful.
For sale via Knight Frank — see more details and pictures.
Suffolk — £5,500,000
Our property correspondent Penny Churchill called the impeccably-restored Polstead Hall 'one of the most sought-after homes in Suffolk' when writing about this Georgian country house a couple of weeks ago. It's not hard to see why.
It's charming inside and out — and if there's a finer poolhouse in Britain, we'd love to see it.
For sale via Savills — see more details and pictures.
Cambridgeshire — £2,950,000
An intriguing mix of 18th and 21st centuries in this village home in the south of Cambridgeshire, within easy reach of the stations at Sandy and Biggleswade.
For sale via Strutt & Parker — see more details and pictures.
Kent — £825,000
A storybook-pretty thatched cottage with Inglenook fireplace, exposed beams and timbers, set in immaculate grounds.
For sale via Hobbs Parker — see more details and pictures.
Dorset— £2,500,000
A majestic Grade II-listed family home with fantastic outbuildings, gardens and grounds — and stunning views.
For sale via Jackson-Stops — see more details and pictures.
Warwickshire — £3.25 million
An ivy-clad Cotswolds dream, Grade II*-listed, and sumptuously refurbished. Magnificent.
For sale via Knight Frank — see more details and pictures.
Gloucestershire — £6.95 million
Over 16,000 sq ft of space — and all of it the stuff of dreams. Epic.
For sale via Savills — see more details and pictures.
Hertfordshire – £2 million
A wonderful gym, swimming pool and tennis court at this five-bedroom home in Letchworth Garden City. It's immaculate.
For sale via Michael Graham — see more details and pictures.
Warwickshire — £3.1 million
A six-bedroom house plus a two-bedroom cottage and 32 acres of the Cotswolds to call your own.
For sale via Strutt & Parker — see more details and pictures.
Gloucestershire — £8.5 million
Six bedrooms and breathtaking architecture in this waterside home — and proof that Cotswolds home doesn't need to be three centuries old to be desirable.
For sale via Knight Frank — see more details and pictures.
Cornwall — £5,500,000
A breathtaking contemporary home', say the agents. That pretty much sums it up: panoramic views, floor-to-ceiling windows, a wellness wing, its own cinema... the list goes on.
For sale via Strutt & Parker / Jonathan Cunliffe — see more details and pictures.
Wiltshire — £3,200,000
Simply outstanding, the Bapton Estate is a Wiltshire gem. The main house and 120 acres are on at £3.2 million, but the entire thing is for sale at £25 million for those looking for a large-scale agricultural business too.
For sale via Savills — see more details and pictures.
West Sussex — £9,500,000
Magnificent views of the South Downs from this wonderful seven-bedroom house on the Surrey border, close to Haslemere, Petworth and Chiddingfold.
For sale via Knight Frank — see more details and pictures.
Herefordshire — £3,000,000
A seven-bedroom mansion, plus coach house, game lodge and more, amid 84 acres of beautiful countryside.
For sale via Balfours — see more details and pictures.
Somerset — £875,000
A charming period house tucked away on a small no-through-lane in the historic market town with flexible accommodation
For sale via Roderick Thomas — see more details and pictures.
Herefordshire — £825,000
An impressive Grade II-listed Georgian townhouse adjacent to Leominster Priory, with a south-facing walled garden.
For sale via Balfours — see more details and pictures.
Leicestershire — £725,000
The appearance and character of a cottage with the convenience of a modern home in this village home not far from Melton Mowbray.
For sale via Bentons — see more details and pictures.
North Yorkshire — £775,000
A detached Georgian village house, beautifully updated, with gardens on three sides and a garage block with storage rooms above.
For sale via Blenkin & Co — see more details and pictures.
Ayrshire — £795,000
A charming farmhouse with buildings and land in a beautiful secluded situation with over 67 acres.
For sale via Galbraith — see more details and pictures.
Kent — £1,995,000
Ever seen a home with a former chapel now used as a ping pong room? No? You have now:
This gorgeous former vicarage , beautifully situated with stunning gardens and woodland, really has to be seen.
For sale via Hobbs Parker — see more details and pictures.
Warwickshire — £950,000
Up for auction at the start of June, this gem of a place on the edge of the Cotswolds is being sold for the first time in four decades. Huge amounts of character, this old water mill is a dream.
For sale via Sheldon Bosley — see more details and pictures.
Wiltshire — £2,000,000
Some 7,000 sq ft of space on offer within 1.4 acres near Warminster. From the wrought iron gates at the entrance to the wood panelling and ceiling beams, there's huge character about this house — yet it's remained unlisted.
For sale via Strutt & Parker — see more details and pictures.
Buckinghamshire — £3,750,000
An 11-bedroom country house that dates to the early days of the 20th century. There's wonderful Edwardian detail within, and fine grounds that include pool, tennis court and a garage with a gardener's room above.
For sale via Savills — see more details and pictures.
Berkshire — £9,500,000
Just over a mile from Henley-on-Thames, with eight acres and a picture-perfect location on the banks of the Thames, this is a rare and wonderful find. Six bedrooms, a separate two-bedroom lodge and far more complete the picture.
For sale via Knight Frank — see more details and pictures.
Surrey — £1,950,000
Superb equestrian facilities — including manege, stables and paddock — mark out this wonderful house in a village near Dorking. A real Surrey Hills dream home.
For sale via Jackson-Stops — see more details and pictures.
Bedfordshire — £2,200,000
A huge house (almost 7,500 sq ft) and four acres of charming grounds. The whole place has been sensitively upgraded, and can be arraanged as two self-contained wings — ideal for multi-generational living.
For sale via Michael Graham — see more details and pictures.
West Wiltshire — £900,000
Simply spectacular countryside views at this newly-built home with three bedrooms, and potential to extend on the one-acre plot.
For sale via Sandersons — see more details and pictures.
North Yorkshire — £1,250,000
Sunbeck House is an energy efficient family house in an idyllic location within a National Park village, renowned for its amenities.
For sale via Blenkin & Co — see more details and pictures.
Jersey — £2,349,000
This exquisite early 20th century residence has been thoughtfully restored, and sits amid tranquil surroundings.
For sale via Fine & Country — see more details and pictures.
Cornwall — £2,000,000
The bright yellow car on the driveway gives but a hint of what is to come, for this grand Edwardian manor house is anything but your usual country house — and in a good way. Old school features — a turret, marble floors, sweeping staircase and so on — are married to bold and fun design throughout, and it's all set within four acres near North Cornwall's beaches.
For sale via eXp UK — see more details and pictures.
