Best country houses for sale this week
Catch up on the best country houses for sale this week that have come to the market via Country Life.
Country houses for sale and property news
Discover the latest rural property news in the UK. We reveal the finest country houses for sale across the country, from chocolate box cottages to impressive estates, keep an eye on country house property prices and trends and outline the best places to live for commuters.
Looking for a new home? Browse beautiful properties for sale across the UK here.
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'Robust, buzzing and buoyant' — but how long can the property market keep rising for?
The latest news from the property market is still pointing upwards. When will that change?
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Nine achingly beautiful thatched cottages for sale across England, starting from under £250,000
The idea of living in a thatched cottage in an idyllic spot in the English countryside is a dream for so many of us; we take a look at some of the most alluring thatched houses for sale at the moment.
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Eight beautiful properties for sale in Cornwall, from £525,000 to £2.25 million
Cornwall is full of beautiful spots that will seduce property hunters, from romantic retreats and family houses to historic homes and properties that cling to the spectacular coast. Here's our pick of what's currently on the market.
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Seven of the best country properties for sale in Yorkshire, from the North Yorks Moors to Harrogate
Beautiful homes in England's biggest county, including a property that is up for sale for only the second time in 200 years.
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The best country houses for sale in Surrey, from £750,000 to £18 million
A farmhouse with land that's still within an hour of Waterloo is just one of the beautiful homes for sale in our latest look at the best homes on the market in Surrey today.
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The best farms and estates sold in 2021, from £2 to £20 million
2021 was stellar for the farms and estates market, reports Penny Churchill, who highlights the most spectacular sales of the year.
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Spectacular Scottish castles and estates for sale
We take a look at the finest country houses, castles and estates for sale in Scotland, starting from just £725,000.
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The 15 best country houses that were sold in 2021, from under £3m to over £15m
2021 brought us all many ups and downs — but in the property market it was pretty much just ups, as Penny Churchill reports.
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The British property market 'is unsustainable', says head of estate agents' association
The gap between demand and supply is widening, with October seeing an average of 24 buyers for every property.
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16 wonderful country houses for sale, as seen in Country Life
From under £700,000 to over £18,000,000, we take a look at some of the finest homes to appear in Country Life in the past week or so.
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A wonderfully sweet Cotswold cottage in a quiet Oxfordshire hamlet that seamlessly blends modern and period features to create the perfect country home
'Elegant and unassuming' Lancotta House in the hamlet of Brighthampton in Oxfordshire is everything you could hope a country house to be.
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Why is most new-build housing in Britain is awful — and why it doesn't have to be this way
Housing development is conditioned by concerns that have nothing to do with creating attractive or sustainable places to live. Clive Aslet gives his take on the situation, and suggests what we might be able to do about it.
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The most valuable property postcode outside London? It's Hove, actually
New figures have shown that almost £70 billion of property has changed hands in England and Wales during 2021 so far.
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The grand country houses where you can stay for the weekend
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Kinloch Castle, a crumbling-but-iconic landmark on the Isle of Rum with a nominal value of £1 — but the buyer will need very deep pockets...
Kinloch Castle has been seeking a buyer for years, but as its condition worsens the renovation and repair costs for this magnificent Scottish property are estimated to be in the region of £20 million. Can a new owner be found?
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Moving house during the 'pingdemic'? Here's what you need to know
Moving house is a notoriously stressful affair, what with liaising between different groups of people, travelling sometimes large distances and having all your possessions in cardboard boxes...but there's a new factor now added to the mix: the pingdemic.
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The UK's top property hotspots over the last 10 years — and the place where property is cheaper now than a decade ago
Prices rose by an average of 54.7% in the past decade, but some surprising locations saw much higher increases — while one even saw a drop. Carla Passino takes a look.
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Listed-building mistakes and how to solve them
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Eight of the best houses with lifestyle businesses attached up for sale across Britain
If you're looking to quit the rat race and start a new life in the country, then buying a house with a business attached can be a hugely attractive way of making it work.
