Best country houses for sale this week

Hampshire — £3,950,000

Over 6,000sq ft of space in this beautifully-refurbished home near Stockbridge, with views over the Test Valley.

For sale with Savills. See more pictures and details for this property.

North Yorkshire — £5,000,000

Grade I-listed, 15 bedrooms, 12 receptions rooms and 83 acres: Howsham Hall is everything you could hope to find.

For sale with Strutt & Parker. See more pictures and details for this property.

Argyll & Bute — £850,000

A breathtaking location, four bedrooms in the main house, a string of outbuildings and nine acres, at the sort of price you'd pay for a three-bedroom house in the home counties.

For sale with Knight Frank. See more pictures and details for this property.

West Sussex — £2,950,000

A five-bedroom Wells house in a village not far from Storrington, with five bedrooms, grounds of over an acre, and a fine swimming pool.

For sale with GL & Co. See more pictures and details for this property.

Suffolk — £1,195,000

In a charming rural village between Bury and Newmarket, this huge thatched home of almost 4,000 sq ft has a great mix of old and new.

For sale with Bedfords. See more pictures and details for this property.

Highlands — £1,900,000

Views to die for from this incredibly-located house just a few miles from Pitlochry.

For sale with Savills. See more pictures and details for this property.

Hampshire — £14 million

Quite simply breathtaking. This Georgian home sits on an estate that pre-dates the Norman Conquest by almost 200 years.

The house and its 10 bedrooms are full of period features, while glorious views of the surrounding 17.7 acres seem to be available from almost every window. There are lawns, rose gardens, a pool house, summer houses and much more.

For sale with Savills. See more pictures and details for this property.

Wiltshire — £25 million

1,800 acres, a Grade II-listed manor house, a string of further properties... The Bapton Estate is just about as good as it gets. Astonishing. You can read the full story here.

For sale with Savills. See more pictures and details for this property.

Gloucestershire — £7.5 million

Seven bedrooms, 11,000sq ft and wonderful privacy in this home on a gated estate in Cheltenham, that's one of the finest homes in the town.

For sale with Jackson-Stops. See more pictures and details for this property.

Inverness-shire — £5,500,000

Over 1,500 acres of Scotland for sale, with fishing rights, farming, a shoot and potential for both peat and woodland restoration and creation.

The house at the heart is a grand, 10-bedroom lodge, while there are also five cottages and a string of working buildings.

For sale with Landfor. See more pictures and details for this property.

West Sussex — £2,500,000

Gnarled beams, oak panelling and leaded windows add huge character to this house on Aldwick Bay, just along the south coast from the Pagham Harbour nature reserve.

There are six bedrooms, a summer house and a boat house as part of the package within this private estate.

For sale with Strutt & Parker. See more pictures and details for this property.

Oxfordshire — £3,300,000

43 acres with a Grade II-listed farmhouse at the centre of this secluded rural home not far from Banbury.

For sale with Savills. See more pictures and details for this property.

North Yorkshire — £1,500,000

A distinguished Victorian coastal house, formerly a hunting lodge, with remarkable interiors, sea views and extensive gardens.

For sale with Blenkin & Co. See more pictures and details for this property.

Perthshire — £3,975,000

A grand home right on the shores of Loch Rannoch, with five bedrooms, an orchard, separate cottage and 1km of waterfront.

For sale with Knight Frank. See more pictures and details for this property.

Cornwall — £850,000

A Grade II listed five-bedroom residence benefiting from fishing rights on the River Tamar, set within 16.77 acres of grounds.

For sale with Fine & Country. See more pictures and details for this property.

Dumfries and Galloway — £270,000

A traditional whinstone farmhouse with an outbuilding, in a peaceful rural setting with views over the surrounding countryside.

For sale with Galbraith. See more pictures and details for this property.

Argyll — £2 million

A 665-acre private island estate with a fine main home, farm buildings, it's own harbour — and a colony of seals.

For sale with Strutt & Parker. See more pictures and details for this property.

East Sussex — £2.75 million

Complete with a very familiar bridge, an area of small lakes within the nearly 12-acre landscape of Tappington Grange is a homage to Monet’s lily ponds at Giverny in France.

The Grade II-listed, eight-bedroom house dates to the late 17th century, with high ceilings, fireplaces galore and some fine plaster work in the drawing room.
£2.75m via Hamptons

Within the rest are lawns, woodland, a swimming pool, a tennis court, a line of pleached lime trees and a timber barn — a rural haven that is somehow within quarter of a mile of Wadhurst station, with fast services to London.

Cornwall — £5 million

About midway between Falmouth and the Helford River, close to the village of Mawnan Smith, lie the idyllic 31-acre environs of Penwarne. The manor was first recorded in 1313; the current house was built in the late 18th century, with a major structural renovation in the 1980s, and the gardens open every spring via Cornwall Gardens Trust in support of various charities.

Today, the modernised Georgian house, with its six bedrooms and views of Falmouth Bay, is an occasional film set. As well as a hard tennis court in Wimbledon purple and green, the grounds contain a swimming pool, walled garden, kitchen garden, duck pond, water tower, Japanese garden and ‘Jungle’, all interspersed by pathways and streams, plus a sloping lawn in front of the gravel forecourt fringed by specimen trees. Two two-bedroom cottages accessed via a separate driveway could be let.
£5 million via Savills

Norfolk — £1.7 million

Once part of the estate of Hunstanton Hall, former long-time home of the Le Strange family, five-bedroom The Clock Tower — a reworking of the former Victorian coach house by the architect Charles Morris — is approached through picturesque parkland beyond a small moat; Morris’s Gothic stone-mullion windows are particularly distinctive.

Expansive gardens include a paddock, orchard and tennis court and there is an option to purchase a separate two-bedroom cottage. Old Hunstanton, some 18 miles north of King’s Lynn, is a popular coastal village with its championship golf course, clifftop walks, lighthouse and ruins of 13th-century St Edmund’s Chapel.
£1.7m via Sowerbys

Dorset — £4,000,000

Seclusion and beauty, right by the beach with a slipway to get on the water in Poole Harbour. The interiors are dated — to say the least — but you won't care in the slightest.

For sale with Savills. See more pictures and details for this property.

Gloucestershire — £1,500,000

A six-bedroom farmhouse in a village near Cheltenham that's a wonderful mix of traditional Cotswolds charm and newer touches — particularly with the round garden room.

For sale with Jackson-Stops. See more pictures and details for this property.

Buckinghamshire — £1,850,000

This wonderfully pretty 'Georgian' home was actually built in 2006 — but you'd never know it, other than the lack of maintenance problems. The planning permission stipulated it should be designed as a Dower House to Tyringham Hall, nearby, and they did a superb job.

For sale with Michael Graham. See more pictures and details for this property.

Oxfordshire — £3,500,000

A bucolic dream, where the four-bed main house also comes with a cottage, an orchard and wildflower meadow.

For sale with Savills. See more pictures and details for this property.

Essex — £2,500,000

This enchanting 600-year old character home exudes timeless elegance and rural charm with equestrian facilities and idyllic countryside setting.

For sale with EXP UK. See more pictures and details for this property.

Hampshire — £2,450,000

A five-bedroom farmhouse with equestrian facilities and versatile buildings offering a wealth of potential, set in 13 acres.

For sale with Knight Frank. See more pictures and details for this property.

Somerset — £2,400,000

A sympathetically restored former Rectory with a holiday barn, outbuildings and 60 acres, in a stunning position within The Quantock Hills.

For sale with Stags. See more pictures and details for this property.

North Yorkshire — £1,950,000

Superb Georgian country house in an elevated position with far-reaching views, separate cottage and traditional outbuildings, in 11.4 acres.

For sale with Blenkin & Co. See more pictures and details for this property.

Kent — £1,500,000

A stunning period farmhouse with five bedrooms, a tennis court, useful range of outbuildings and about 9.5 acres including idyllic gardens.

For sale with Hobbs Parker. See more pictures and details for this property.

Suffolk — £895,000

A historic and well-presented 16th century house with period features, a flexible use studio and secluded gardens, in an edge of village setting.

For sale with Jackson Stops. See more pictures and details for this property.

Cumbria — £745,000

This detached farmhouse and cottage offers the unique opportunity to purchase a versatile home with lots of potential in a village location.

For sale with JR Hopper. See more pictures and details for this property.

Oxfordshire — £650,000

A beautiful Grade II-listed village house fusing modernity with period charm, set within a historic stable yard in East Hendred.

For sale with Green & Co. See more pictures and details for this property.

Highlands — £640,000

A unique C-listed former manse with six bedrooms and three annexes holding holiday let potential, in a delightful Highland setting.

For sale with Galbraith. See more pictures and details for this property.

Kent — £600,000

A picture-perfect, Grade II-listed thatched cottage with three bedrooms, original features throughout and stunning gardens.

For sale with Sandersons. See more pictures and details for this property.

North Yorkshire — £550,000

An attractive and beautifully presented detached period cottage with superb views across the Yorkshire Dales to the rear.

For sale with GSC Grays. See more pictures and details for this property.

Oxfordshire — £3.45 million

In a village not far from Chipping Norton, this five-bedroom home sits in an utterly charming setting of fields, trees, streams and pretty wooden bridges.

It's a former rectory built in the Gothic Revival style, and it's for sale for the first time in nearly four decades.

For sale with Knight Frank. See more pictures and details for this property.

Kent — £3.25 million

Over 800 years of history (its roots go back to 1199) and a moated garden make this a dream place for those looking for a home with a story to tell.

It's also a dream place for those who love eight-bedroom homes with over 11,000sq ft of space and a 13th century chapel thrown in.

For sale with Strutt & Parker. See more pictures and details for this property.

Cheshire — £2.45 million

Laid out around Grade II-listed Hatherton Lodge, in Hatherton village, not too far from Nantwich, are some 13 acres, punctuated with formal gardens, woodland, a walled garden, lake, sweeping drive, tennis court and pasture.

A standout feature of the six-bedroom Regency main house, built as a response to the 19th-century Picturesque movement, is its sun-dappled orangery.

Other buildings include the five-bedroom Stables House, a garage with two-bedroom flat above and a two-storey barn.
£2.45m via Jackson-Stops

Buckinghamshire — £2.3 million

A seven-bedroom house near Aylesbury that pulls off the rare feat of being a relatively-new home (it was built in 1995) that looks like it could have been here for a century or more. That feeling is particularly strong as you stroll through the formal gardens.

Inside, there's a mix of the traditional, modern and dramatic, with the spiral staircase in the hallway a particular highlight.

For sale with Michael Graham. See more pictures and details for this property.

Hampshire — £12.5 million

Waterside homes don't get any more watersidey than this breathtaking mansion with lawns running down to the Solent, and views across to the Isle of Wight.

And if you head inland? You're in the New Forest, with Beaulieu, Brockenhurst and Lymington all nearby. The house itself is a joy, too: built by Lord Montagu's father in 1914, it's a wonderful Arts-and-Crafts home that's been expertly restored in recent years.

For sale with Knight Frank. See more pictures and details for this property.

Dorset — £9.95 million

Chedington is 'one of Dorset’s landmark houses', in the agent's description — and that pretty much says it all.

For sale with Blue Book. See more pictures and details for this property.

Northamptonshire — £2,000,000

A classic Georgian house hewn from coursed limestone, with simply delightful formal gardens which wrap around house.

For sale with Michael Graham. See more pictures and details for this property.

Argyll & Bute — £1,475,000

A house with the ultimate dining room backdrop? Breathtaking views at this four-bedroom Highland lodge in Glen Creran.

For sale with Knight Frank. See more pictures and details for this property.

Tyne and Wear — £20,000,000

The finest estate in Newcastle? Without doubt: this incredible home in six acres has 12 bedrooms, exquisite period detail and is truly something to behold.

For sale with Sanderson Young. See more pictures and details for this property.

Wiltshire — £2,750,000

This 11-bedroom house with separate coach house and lodge cottage is a gorgeous home with views across to the Bowood Estate.

For sale with Strutt & Parker. See more pictures and details for this property.

Gloucestershire — £2,500,000

An exceptional Grade II-listed country home with a magnificent tree lined drive and extensive grounds, located just outside Cirencester.

For sale with Knight Frank. See more pictures and details for this property.

North Yorkshire — £1,750,000

Superb Georgian house with outstanding south-facing landscaped gardens, privately situated in one of the region’s finest villages.

For sale with Blenkin & Co. See more pictures and details for this property.

Surrey — £1,650,000

A striking, spacious and immaculately presented four bedroom house, located a short walk to a village near Guildford.

For sale with Terra Cotta. See more pictures and details for this property.

Kent — £1,250,000

Charming period barn conversion with beautiful interior, galleried dining hall and separate annexe, in delightful gardens, orchard and woodland.

For sale with Hobbs Parker. See more pictures and details for this property.

East Sussex — £1,200,000

A lovely garden wraps around this four-bedroom, four-bedroom home near Crowborough.

For sale with Wood & Pilcher. See more pictures and details for this property.

Leicestershire — £1,150,000

An unusual Grade II-listed traditional detached house, with three bedrooms and a paddock to the rear.

For sale with Bentons. See more pictures and details for this property.

Devon — £1,125,000

A grand and impressive six-bedroom Victorian villa with plenty of character and period features. It comes with a self-contained annexe — ideal for multi-generational living.

For sale with Charts Edge. See more pictures and details for this property.

East Sussex — £1,100,000

A detached Grade II-listed country house with four bedrooms, exceptional views, double driveway, garage and large mature garden.

For sale with Charles Wycherley. See more pictures and details for this property.

Gloucestershire — £950,000

A detached Cotswold stone period house with a wealth of period features and countryside views, located in a quaint village setting.

For sale with Hayman Joyce. See more pictures and details for this property.

Devon — £760,000

A gorgeous period house with a couple of acres of mature gardens and grounds, in a peaceful valley location.

For sale with Stags. See more pictures and details for this property.