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An 800-year-old home for sale that comes with a medieval hall, maze — and possibly even a ghostAll manner of homes have come to the market this year, but Crook Hall, Durham, is quite unlike anything we've seen. Penny Churchill takes a look.
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An incredible stately home for sale in Yorkshire, with the 'mind-boggling' list of repairs already doneThe salvation of Sheriff Hutton Hall is now complete, writes Penny Churchill — all that awaits is a new owner to turn it into a home once more.
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Ponden Hall: The house that inspired Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights comes up for saleA hugely charismatic country house in Yorkshire has come to the market, one with a great literary claim to fame: it was the inspiration for Emily Brontë's seminal novel Wuthering Heights.
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A house and estate for sale with 'some of the finest and most picturesque fishing on the River Hodder'There are parts of the country where £1.1m buys little more than a nice semi-detached house; for those who don't mind a challenge, the Loud Mythom estate in Lancashire offers far more. Penny Chiurchill explains.
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A superb country house with 28 acres, beautiful views — and a free hat and coatA wonderful house in County Durham that was once the home of a British prime minister is on the market. James Fisher reports.
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A picture-perfect farmhouse with an exquisite parterre garden has come to the marketIf there was a Venn diagram of wonderful gardens, period features and modern comforts, Grade II-listed The Old Farmhouse would be close to a perfect circle.
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Five magnificent country houses on semi-detached suburbia budgetsIf you're after grandeur without a high-seven-figure budget, Northumberland is a county full of treasures, as these lovely country houses demonstrate.
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A new future beckons for the magnificent, crumbling Palladian mansion that is 'the finest 18th-century house in Cumbria'High Head Castle may currently only have two bedrooms and a small kitchen, but the opportunity to restore a property which was once 'the finest 18th-century house in the region' has proved too enticing to pass up.
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A historic Lancashire manor with connections to Henry VI, raised up from ruins into wisteria-covered majesty‘I will raise up his ruins, I will build as in the days of old.' True to the motto inscribed on its gateway, Waddington Old Hall, which provided refuge to Henry VI, has been beautifully restored.
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A 17th century farmhouse perfectly combining old and new, with ample acreage and enviable Lake District viewsWe’ve fallen in love with this Grade II listed home, which has been beautifully restored and is nestled in a peaceful yet well-connected rural location.
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‘One of the finest houses in Northumberland’ has come to the marketA few miles down the road from the beautiful town of Alnwick is Glanton Pyke, a Georgian home remodelled in the 19th century and with truly delightful gardens.
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A sprawling estate that includes not one but two magnificent country housesIt's not often that great country houses come to the open market in Cheshire — but two have arrived at once in the form of Cogshall Hall and Cogshall Grange.
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A dozen devastatingly charming properties, as seen in Country LifeThis week's collection includes a home in the New Forest, a harbourside cottage in the North Yorks Moors National Park and a genuinely breathtaking house on Jersey.
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A futuristic home with glorious views, an indoor cricket pitch and a zipwire in the groundsSteppingstone – a modern house in Cheshire with helipad, pool and football pitch – is truly something else, says Penny Churchill.
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Three charming homes for sale, as seen in Country LifeOur regular look at some of the houses featured in Country Life recently unearths a gem in Cumbria.
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An 578-acre estate within the Lake District National Park, including the Cumbrian retreat of interior designer Robert KimeLongsleddale estate provides the opportunity to own one of the most accessible, yet still totally unspoilt estates within the Lake District National Park.
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A nine-acre estate with plenty of room for improvement, wonderfully secluded in the north of EnglandOld Ridley Hall is a Grade II-listed country house, under 20 miles from the busy Newcastle-upon-Tyne, yet firmly ensconced in its own rural privacy. Penny Churchill reports.
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An exquisite neo-Classical country house executed in perfect symmetryThe enduring English love affair with the Palladian tradition is encapsulated at glorious Henbury Hall in Cheshire, inspired by Villa Capra at Vicenza.
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A magnificent Lake District mansion designed by the man who built the National Portrait GalleryCasterton Grange was built for a vicar by a church architect who would one day go on to design the National Portrait Gallery – and it's now looking for a new owner.
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A 16th-century 'bastle' which evolved into a stunning country retreat, high in the North PenninesClargyhll Hall has served as a holiday retreat, a hotel, a centre for wartime evacuees and a retirement home run by Britain's most famous white witches. Penny Churchill reports.
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A beautiful Grade II-listed former vicarage along the old Roman road in north CumbriaThe Old Vicarage has undergone many renovations since the original property was first built in the early 15th century, transforming it into the stunning Georgian country house we see today.
