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Part Scottish castle, part French chateau, part Gothic fantasy: The $60 million home in the heart of the wealthiest village in TexasThe Lodge at Hunters Creek is an extraordinary blend of styles in a bucolic setting, yet it's just a short drive from one of America's busiest cities.
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I absolutely hated 'Wuthering Heights', but the film sounds like fun — and so now I'm moving to one of these impossibly remote and romantic farmhousesEvery generation tells and re-tells the best stories, and the fresh treatment given to Emily Brontë's 1847 classic 'Wuthering Heights' will be enough to get even the strongest among us pining for the moors.
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A 'Sleeping Beauty' house, covered in wisteria and tucked away in ancient woodland, has come up for sale in SussexThe impossibly romantic Durrant House, set amid woodland, gardens and ancient rocks, is like nothing we've seen before.
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Rolling Stones legend Charlie Watts spent four decades in this idyllic Devon home — and now it's up for saleIn the early 1980s, Charlie Watts and his wife Shirley were looking to buy a country escape. They found it in the pages of Country Life, and stayed there happily for the rest of their lives. Now their daughter Seraphina is putting this idyllic home on the market, as Arabella Youens reports.
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A 1980s sitcom superstar is selling his 'just idyllic' Surrey hideawayThe actor Peter Egan, who became a household name when starring in one of the best-loved sitcoms of the 1980s, has put his home on the market.
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Five superb homes, from a Wiltshire mansion to 'the best flat in Battersea', as seen in Country LifeOur look at the best homes to come to the market via Country Life this week includes several places with pools and tennis courts.
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The Norfolk home of the grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales, has come to the marketLady Fermoy's former home Uphall is on the market, with 11 bedrooms, endless charm and a Victorian swimming pond in the gardens.
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When is a cottage not a cottage? When it's a spectacular, glass-walled lakehouse making waves in 'Heated Rivalry'The television show 'Heated Rivalry' has become such a huge hit that the phrase 'coming to the cottage' has found a whole new definition. But does that spell trouble for those who still think of a cottage as an ancient stone-built home with a thatched roof? Will Hosie investigates.
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The nearest thing you'll find to a tropical lodge in London? This exotic home is right on the Thames, and 10 miles from the centre of the cityThe aptly-named River Haven is for sale in Thames Ditton, and it's a gorgeously exotic home.
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A Grade II-listed farmhouse just outside the Cornwall village dubbed 'Hollywood-on-Sea', on sale for the first time in 500 yearsIn the hills above Mawgan Porth, a wonderful opportunity has come up to take on a Georgian farmhouse, and the 167 acres that come with it.
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'We made the mistake of accepting the word of a surveyor. Off we went on a voyage of restoration lasting 30 years': Griff Rhys-Jones on his first house in the countryThe comedian, actor and conservation campaigner Griff Rhys-Jones has called rural Suffolk home for over 40 years.
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A Georgian home that's the epitome of the country house dream, with four-poster beds, Aga and pool, set in one of Britain's most sought-after spotsThis glorious house in Bruton 'would have sold almost instantly' during the race for space. These days buyers seeking dream homes in Somerset can afford to take their time a bit more — although things do seem to be speeding up again, as Arabella Youens reports.
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17 charming rural hideaways, from under £600,000 to £9.5 million, as seen in Country LifeOur look at some of the best homes to come to market via Country Life this week includes a charming farmhouse with stables and a home in a breathtaking spot on the South Downs.
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Knight Frank's best places to live for commuters in 2026Sponsored by Knight Frank
As more and more people return to the office more often, experts from Knight Frank share their tips on the best places to live for those needing to commute to London.
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A medieval parsonage that's a 'fantasy mash-up of architectural styles', just down the road from a swish Somerset hotspotThe Grade I-listed Tintinhull Court is a breathtaking home that straddles the eras.
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Thinking of running away from the world? Then you'll need one of these log cabins, hillside villas, mountain retreats or island homes, from £75,000 to £6 millionSometimes the world feels like a lot — and when it does, you could do with a place to get away. Here are some of the most intriguing for sale today across the world — from £75,000 to £6 million.
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The latest 'best places to live' ranking of 1,447 towns, cities and villages... and there are some very odd winners and losersRedbourn has been named the best place to live in the country.
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Can you tell the difference between a trefoil and an embrasure? A pictorial guide to medieval architectureMedieval architecture is easy to admire, but its terminology can be impenetrable. Matthew Rice's illustration unlocks it.
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A grand seven-bedroom manor house with 11 acres, stables, 600 metres of river front and space for a grand pianoAmid the beautiful countryside of south-west Scotland, you'll find Kings Grange Manor — a house that offers a huge amount for under the £1 million mark.
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'If romance was a property, this would be it': A wonderful Georgian house in a conservation village in the heart of West SussexAt the centre of a circle which takes in Chichester, Arundel, the South Downs and the South Coast, Eastergate House is a home which ticks every box.
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Five magical homes for sale, from an 18,000sq ft mansion in Devon to a 1960s-period piece right on the waterfront in CornwallOur look at some of the best homes to appear in the pages of Country Life in the past week or so includes a gem in Surrey that's deceptively new, and an eco-home in Hertfordshire.
