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J.B. Priestly's glorious manor house, with secret passages and rotating bookcase, comes up for sale on the Isle of Wight
J.B. Priestley’s former home is brimming with history and intrigue, from a unique bookcase to a secret passage once used by smugglers. The plot thickens...
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The man who made Mayfair
Thomas Cundy II changed the face of Mayfair with the refronting programme he launched as chief surveyor of the Grosvenor estate, but much of his work was lost in subsequent renovation, as Carla Passino discovers.
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An enhanced Elizabethan Manor house in Kent with gardens by Gertrude Jekyll
With 9,400sq ft of living space and almost eight acres of gardens, Stonepitts Manor near Seal Chart is a rose in the Garden of England
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This wisteria-clad former home of Dame Clara Butt on the edge of Wallingford is ready for a new lease of life
With a stunning location near the River Thames in prime Oxfordshire, Georgian Prospect House presents a prime opportunity for a new owner.
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This 15th century family home in Surrey might just have one of the nicest extensions we've seen
Four-bedroom Smallbrook Farm near Thursley shows how good design can improve our built heritage.
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A converted barn in West Sussex with the most spacious interiors
The Great Barn in East Lavant might be the pinnacle of open-plan living
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22 country houses for sale, from under £300k to over £5m, as seen in Country Life
Our look at some of the best homes to come to the market via Country Life in the past week or so includes everything from dinky cottages to a clifftop masterpiece.
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An Art Deco country house in Essex with almost 5,000sq ft of living space
New Farm near Great Dunmow was designed by Walter 'Pink' Crittall, and it's not hard to see how he got his nickname.
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A classic Georgian country house that's perfectly secluded amid woodland, orchards and lawns
Derwent Hill is a delightful country house that's just 20 minutes from Newcastle — yet feels like it's in a dreamy little world of its own.
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Seven outstanding rural homes for sale, as seen in Country Life
Our look at the best homes to come to the market via Country Life in recent days includes a sprawling pile in the Lake District and a superb family home in Ascot.
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An oast house within the landscape that gave birth to the National Trust
It was at Toys Hill in Kent that Britain's largest charity came to being and this home holds those ideals of conservation and preservation close to its heart.
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Six palatial homes for billionaires for sale across Britain
Annabel Dixon takes a look at some of the most opulent, extraordinary and occasionally outrageous properties for sale across the country today.
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Quentin Blake’s former home for sale, and it’s as wonderfully higgledy-piggledy as his illustrations
This 570-year-old house was until recently the home of the iconic children’s illustrator Quentin Blake. We stepped inside to take a look.
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A quintessential cottage in one of West Sussex's best villages has to be seen to be believed
This delightful Grade II-listed cottage in the West Sussex village of Amberley hits the market for the first time in 30 years
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Thatched, detached and unmatched: A covetable cottage in Hampshire
This three-bedroom home on the edge of the village of Deane is an absolute delight
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The Surrey towns where 1 in 5 homes now costs over £1 million
Rising house prices and ongoing buyer demand for luxe properties in Surrey have helped to fuel the county’s high-end housing market. Annabel Dixon finds out more.
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The ultimate January sale? A £15 million Surrey estate that's now on the market at £6.75 million
The first big estate sale of the year is here, says Penny Churchill, in the form of Chobham Park, a wonderful property right on the edge of London.
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A divine manor house in the heart of the South Downs — just beware of the naughty peacocks
Errant peacocks and playful gargoyles are just some of the former inhabitants of seven-bedroom Folkington Manor
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Five gorgeous country houses for sale in Buckinghamshire, from £1.5 million to £75 million
From a thatched cottage to a castle, and from a former pub to one of Britain's greatest privately-owned homes, Buckinghamshire has a huge amount to offer.
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The Grade II*-listed former home of the BBC's founder, Lord Reith, is for sale in the heart of Westminster
Rumour has it, Reith would ask broadcasters to wear black tie at Salutation House. It’s a far cry from the days when the Georgian period property was a pub.
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The country house where PG Wodehouse wrote one of his best-loved books, and where the wife of Charles I fled from her would-be captors
It was in the grounds of the 15th century property that Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of Charles I, reputedly hid in as she fled on her way to seek refuge in France.
