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.
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Property with potential: Renovation projects for sale
Wanted: brave new owners with patience and imagination.
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What's the best colour front door for selling a house?
If you're re-painting your front door, you'll end up going round in circles — especially if you're thinking of selling soon. Do you keep it simple? Mix it up? Go for something bold to stand out in the market? Annunciata Walton quizzes the country’s most experienced agents to get their views.
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Nine of the best country properties for sale in Yorkshire, including a 28-bedroom historic hall for under £1m
Beautiful homes in England's biggest county, from a £125,000 project to an immaculate country house at £2.5m.
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A stupendous 18th-century home with gardens that look like they've been borrowed from Versailles, designed by an architect credited as the 'father of wrestling'
Built in the 1700s, this eye-catchingly restored historic house is now available to view in the most modern sense — virtually.
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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
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An old Victorian coach house in Suffolk with a Grade-II listed vegetable garden
The Couch House in Bury St Edmunds is a gorgeous little home, in budget and perfectly set up for sustainable living.
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A self-sufficient farmhouse with three trout lakes, two holiday lets and a vegetable garden
Halamiling in Cornwall is the perfect place to ride out the apocalypse with an income source, a vegetable garden and a beautiful garden to explore.
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A sprawling mansion in Surrey, with a two-century history of fame and changing fortunes
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A 15th-century medieval manor house, once frequented by Kings and courtiers, which moved from East Sussex to Kent
Although it's now common to see houses moving down a motorway, that wasn't always the case, and Court Lodge's journey across counties was far from ordinary. Penny Churchill reports.
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The perfect home for newlyweds, a country house with excellent transport links and a little work to do
Claxby House is a brilliant starting point for a young family; close to Lincoln, stupidly pretty and within the budget of most people wishing to escape city life.
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10 utterly irresistible thatched cottages for sale, from under £400,000
As Bilbo Baggins has it: ‘It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door.’ Best stay warm, under cover of thatch.
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A fully-reinstated 18th century mansion, with an ornamental lake with 14 acres of gardens
With its Georgian addition and beautiful lake, Park Hall earns its spot as one of the best homes in the area.
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The home of Byron's one legitimate child, a beautifully-renovated mill house with wheel intact
A red and black brick house in the ‘Lovelace’ neo-Romanesque style, Ockham Mill is as beautiful as it always had been, with two and a half acres of land.
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A beautifully imposing home on a hill, built by a paper mill tycoon to overlook his empire
Clapton Revel was built at the heart of a mini-estate. Saved from dereliction in the 1980s, the home is now on the market once more, and a very happy home it will be.
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A curiously-shaped country cottage in East Anglia, with a beautiful orchard and a scandalous history
The Round House is not entirely round and didn't used to be a house, but its colourful history has finally settled in this, the next chapter of its life. Alexandra Fraser peaks inside.
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An absolutely idyllic stone farmhouse, buried in the Caldbeck Fells of the Lake District
Claybottom Farm is exactly as it should be, with a price tag that reflects the love and care which has gone into preserving it for generations to come. Alexandra Fraser takes a look.
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A dutch-gabled manor house with a stunning barn conversion in the Kentish countryside
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A Grade II-listed Georgian home in the glorious countryside, just 23 minutes from central London
Kent property is finally having its heyday, with this gorgeous country home at the head of the charge. Penny Churchill reports.
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One of Berkshire's most important historic houses, for sale for only the second time in 80 years
Set in 46 acres of splendid gardens and soon to benefit from Twyford's Crossrail link, this gorgeous Tudor home was built in 1580. Penny Churchill reports.
