Four properties for sale, including a converted water tower, as seen in Country Life
We take our pick of some of the best homes to appear in Country Life in the past week or so.


Yorkshire — £995,000
Carr Hall is an impressive period country house with private garden and garaging, set within a prestigious gated estate near Whitby.
Dining hall, three further reception rooms, kitchen, cloakroom, cellars, four bedrooms, three bathrooms (two en-suite), study/5th bedroom, plus several acres of communal grounds including tennis court and wildlife pond.
For sale with Blenkin via OnTheMarket. See more pictures and details about this property.
Witham — £1,350,000
Thought to date back to 1933, this sympathetically restored water tower has been converted to offer stunning living accommodation.
Many original features have been retained, and the tower sits in over two acres of land.
For sale with Fenn Wright via OnTheMarket. See more pictures and details about this property.
Durham — £500,000
A high quality recently converted five bedroom barn conversion with outstanding views, set in a rural location.
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The centre of the house is a huge 51ft living and dining space with an impressive feature fireplace.
For sale with JW Wood via OnTheMarket. See more pictures and details about this property.
Wiltshire — £235,000
An individually designed, modern, character home quietly tucked away a very short distance from Amesbury High Street / Salisbury Street.
For sale with Venditum. See more pictures and details about this property.
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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A 17th century farmhouse in Surrey with one of Britain's oldest squash courts
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19 outstanding country homes, from £450,000 to £20 million, as seen in Country Life
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A pavilion, pool and pleasure gardens at this Devon country house 'with not another building in sight'
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Take over the world or throw a great big party on this private fort for sale in Pembroke
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The perfect summer house? A country home, beach house and rural escape rolled into one in a prime spot in Sussex
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