8 simply magnificent properties for sale, as seen in Country Life
Our round-up of new places on the market includes a breathtaking Wiltshire home and some glorious Cotswolds houses.


Cardigan — £850,000
Beautifully restored 9-bed mansion, with attached 2/3 bed self-contained cottage and a stone barn (ripe for conversion STPP) in around 1.93 acres of grounds, located near the coast in West Wales.
For sale with West Wales Properties. See more pictures and details about this property.
Suffolk - £1.5 million
Superb lodge in an idyllic setting nestling beneath Sutton Hoo, with an extensive river frontage and views of the Woodbridge skyline.
For sale with Jackson-Stops. See more pictures and details about this property.
Wiltshire — £750,000
An exceptional first floor apartment in a Grade I listed Jacobean manor house. Reception hall, drawing room/dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, cloakroom, double garage and communal grounds.
For sale with Savills. See more pictures and details about this property.
Gloucestershire — £1.9 million
Significant Grade I listed castle and charming 17th century house in a highly regarded area within the Cotswolds AONB.The Castle includes a stable yard, bungalow, estate office and flat, a Cotswold stone barn and beautiful gardens including a walled garden. Additional 4 cottages, farm buildings, fully equipped farmstead, commercial arable land, pasture and woodland extending to 693 acres available by separate negotiation.
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For sale with Savills. See more pictures and details about this property.
Oxfordshire — £3.75 million
An inspiring new build blend of contemporary and period architecture. Located in a private and elevated position in the highly sought after village of Cowley. 3 reception rooms, 5/6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, games room, study, detached garage building with studio, gardens and grounds.
For sale with Savills. See more pictures and details about this property.
Oxfordshire— £1.65 million
Space and privacy on the edge of a hamlet with wonderful views. 4 reception rooms, kitchen/breakfast room, 4 bedrooms (2 en suite), family bathroom, landscaped gardens,off road parking and double garage.
For sale with Savills. See more pictures and details about this property.
Gloucestershire — £3.45 million
Extensively refurbished Grade II listed Cotswold house. Drawing room, sitting room, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, 6 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, orangery, 2 bedroom detached coach house, gardens and paddock.
For sale with Savills. See more pictures and details about this property.
Oxfordshire — £2 million
Grade II listed village home with open views onto the countryside. 3 reception rooms, kitchen/breakfast room, 7 bedrooms, 4 bath/shower rooms, tennis court, double garage with room above, gardens, grounds and paddock.
For sale with Savills. See more pictures and details about this property.
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Country Life is unlike any other magazine: the only glossy weekly on the newsstand and the only magazine that has been guest-edited by His Majesty The King not once, but twice. It is a celebration of modern rural life and all its diverse joys and pleasures — that was first published in Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee year. Our eclectic mixture of witty and informative content — from the most up-to-date property news and commentary and a coveted glimpse inside some of the UK's best houses and gardens, to gardening, the arts and interior design, written by experts in their field — still cannot be found in print or online, anywhere else.
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Jane Wheatley reports on an innovative project to restore Britain’s once plentiful native oyster reefs in Tyne & Wear.
By Jane Wheatley Published
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What connects Brutalism and fancy pink diamonds? The Country Life Quiz of the Day, October 17, 2025
Featuring more questions on collective nouns. The perfect way to start a weekend.
By Country Life Published
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Life on Portugal's Coast of Kings, where Ian Fleming met the triple-agent whose gambling inspired 'Casino Royale'
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By Russell Higham Published
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An extraordinary Italian palazzo built in the heart of Oxfordshire is up for sale at £16 million
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By Penny Churchill Published
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A bum deal on a bog-standard property? The former public conveniences being sold off for a song
London has several affordable properties with enviable postcodes and great lighting... so long as you're happy spending more than a penny on a Victorian loo.
By Toby Keel Published
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A castle for sale just down the road from Gleneagles, where everyone from George VI to a farmer and his pigs once roamed the grand halls
Orchil Castle has seen it all in a tumultuous century and a half — but it's getting back to its best, and now needs a brave new owner to take it on the next step of its journey.
By Toby Keel Published
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Five homes with their own orchards that will be the apple of your eye (almost literally)
If you've been looking enviously this year at neighbours with apple trees that have been heaving with fruit, here is the solution: five lovely homes for sale that come with their own orchards.
By Arabella Youens Published
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A beautiful Victorian vicarage that was home to one of the Cadbury family heiresses is on the market
Penny Churchill tells the tale of Monks Bridge in Warwickshire.
By Penny Churchill Published
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An outrageously opulent mansion in London's answer to Beverly Hills, with a gym that 'wouldn't look out of place in a 7* hotel'
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By Annabel Dixon Published
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Six homes with fantastic features, from pools and paddocks to waterside settings, as seen in Country Life
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