Leicestershire, £1.15 million The Old Rectory, Saxby 6 bedrooms, 2-bedroom cottage, outbuildings, 3.7 acres Distinctive due to its Dutch-gabled Ashlar-limestone frontage, this house is thought to have been designed by the architect to the 4th Earl of Harborough. It was built in 1789, with Victorian additions, and has spacious, south-facing reception rooms. The cottage is currently let on an Assured Shorthold basis. Savills (01780 484 696)
Cambridgeshire, £1.125 million
Dearsley Farm, Sturmer 4 bedrooms, kitchen/breakfast room with Aga, workshop, 17 acres The Victorian farmhouse stands in attractive gardens of 1.75 acres, which include a kitchen garden, a pond and a variety of mature trees. It comes with productive arable land of 15 acres and a small meadow—ideal for someone looking for their own smallholding. Cheffins (01223 213 777)
Gloucestershire, £895,000
Newbold Farm, Duntisbourne Abbots The main four-bedroom house has a self-contained annexe, accessible from the hallway, which includes a kitchen/living room and a double bedroom with a bathroom. This could be incorporated back into the main house, subject to planning. Jackson-Stops & Staff (01285 653334)
Devon, £1.395 million
Lower Washbourne Barton, Totnes With a pretty, south-facing walled garden and surrounded by the Devon hills, this former farmhouse enjoys a charming rural location. It has six bedrooms, three bathrooms and a one-bedroom annexe. Marchand Petit (01803 847 979)
Gloucestershire, £1.1 million
New Crosshands Farm, Old Sodbury Set on 36 acres on the edge of the Badminton Estate, this Grade II-listed four-bedroom barn conversion also features a two-bedroom apartment and numerous outbuildings. Humberts (01249 444 557)
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Uniquely unique? The Yorkshire grain silos transformed into a home that's a symphony in glass, steel and curvesAmid the beautiful countryside of North Yorkshire, on the edge of the Castle Howard Estate, The Silos is a property for which the word 'house' simply doesn't cut it. And that's not the only way in which it's made us throw out the dictionary.
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Polluting water executives now face up to two years in prison, but will the new laws make much of a difference?The Government has announced that water company executives caught covering up illegal sewage spills could now be imprisoned for two years, under new laws — but many still have their doubts.
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Ten stunning character properties for sale at under £400,000From thatched cottages near the beaches of Devon and Cornwall to a barn conversion in Kent and a wonderful getaway in Snowdonia, here's our pick of the best character cottages and character homes for sale.
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A hopelessly perfect country cottage that's hidden away in one of London's most romantic spotsIf you've a heart full of romance — and, frankly, a bank account full of money — then we have a home that might just be the perfect mix of town and country.
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'The second cosiest cottage in Britain' is on the market in WiltshireWith its attractive period features and impeccable styling, this chocolate box home has already caught plenty of media attention. It’s set in rolling Wiltshire countryside yet still commutable from London.
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Ten gorgeous thatched cottages for sale across Britain, from under £500,000Our pick of the best thatched cottages and houses for sale today across England.
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One of the original cottages used on Cadbury's chocolate boxes has come up for saleThe term ‘chocolate box cottage’ is much overused, often in a context involving neither chocolate nor boxes. Not this time, though: Weavers was one of 12 ‘official’ chocolate box properties featured on the Cadbury’s chocolate boxes in the late 1800s, and has therefore rightly earned its title.
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A cleverly-converted 14th century village hall that’s taken on a new lease of life in WorcestershireA total renovation needn’t mean that a property loses its heart and soul, as The Old Hall, in Worcestershire, demonstrates. James Fisher takes a look.
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An almost absurdly picturesque thatched cottage in rural Dorset — and it's priced under £400,000Two-up two-down has never looked sweeter than at Mundy’s Cottage, in the sought-after village of Stour Provost.
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A spectacularly renovated thatched home in a picture-perfect Northamptonshire villageA superb quality refurbishment has turned Willowbrook House into a stylish, modern home which still retains a huge amount of character.
