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The 12 biggest country property sales of 2025, from 'one of the finest homes in the Cotswolds' to a £5 million cottage in CornwallMomentum came and went during 2025, but agents around the UK showed time and again that exceptional country houses continue to sell, proving that quality and sensible pricing still cut through uncertainty. Penny Churchill reports.
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Country Life's top 10 property articles of 2025, from the homes of JFK and Alan Titchmarsh to the castle for sale for the first time in 700 yearsWe look back at the most popular property articles of 2025 on the Country Life website.
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Four homes fit for Father Christmas, from dream chimneys and reindeer stables to a house — with sleigh parking — on North Pole RoadIt's the time of year when we stop and wonder what Father Christmas is doing to get ready for his big day — and just as importantly, the sort of house he'd need to live in to prepare.
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The Christmas sales reach the property market: Six beautiful houses that have had their prices reducedFrom the Kent coast and the hills of Dorset to a bona fide country house just 20 minutes from central London, these fine homes have all had recent price cuts.
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New Place Manor is actually 700 years old — look inside this magnificent medieval home in SussexNever has a descriptor been so inaptly used as the 'new' in New Place Manor, a glorious old home in the countryside on the edge of Pulborough.
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What will happen in the property market in 2026? Britain's top experts share their predictions, and it's good news all roundThe property market has been through years of volatility — but are things finally settling back to some sort of normal? Annabel Dixon spoke to Britain's foremost property analysts to get their thoughts.
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A Cotswolds cottage so perfect it's the stuff of movie fantasy — with a Hollywood A-list asking price to matchThis gorgeous, 14th century home is probably the prettiest cottage we've seen all year. It's also one of the most expensive — though there's a very good reason for that, as Toby Keel found out.
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Spectacular Scottish castles and estates for saleA look at the finest castles, country houses and estates for sale in Scotland today.
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A picture-perfect home in 'the loveliest market town in North Yorkshire'One of the most beautiful homes in one of Yorkshire's most beautiful towns is in search of a new owner. Penny Churchill takes a look.
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What is everyone talking about this week: Would you move to Dubai?Dubai has warm weather, low taxes and an entrepreneurial mindset, but is it enough to tempt Will Hosie to move?
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18 beautiful houses for sale, from a home counties dream to a private island with its own castle, as seen in Country LifeWe take a look at some of the best houses to come to market via Country Life this week.
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Turn left at the most remote village on the British mainlandThis self-sufficient dream home is for sale at £395,000, and if you don't fall in love with it too then I don't know if we can ever be friends.
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'We’re in the golden era of family life': The rather lovely accidental up-side of the wildly spiralling cost of housingHouse prices have massively outstripped rises in average income in the last few years, according to new research — yet it's not all bad news. Toby Keel reports.
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A picture-perfect home that's so Country Life it even has an Aga in the gymThe East House is the prettiest house in an idyllic North Yorkshire village — and it has some surprises within, as Penny Churchill discovers.
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A medieval home with 600 years of history that was once home to a king, set in one of Kent's most fascinating villagesVane Court is the oldest house in the beautiful and historic village of Biddenden. Penny Churchill takes a look.
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A magnificent old vicarage with five bedrooms, 5,000sq ft of space, and in the catchment area for the 'best state school in North Yorkshire'The wonderful village of Burton Leonard is one of the most sought-after places to live in Yorkshire, and one of its finest homes is now for sale. Penny Churchill looks inside.
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When Chelsea was grazing and pasture, not gazing and posture, this house was a Georgian dairy. Now it's a townhouse on SW3's swishest streetWill Hosie takes a look at The Old Dairy, a beautiful old home in SW3 that's seen the entire area grow up around it.
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Can you buy happiness? The latest list of Britain's happiest places, and what you could end up with if you moved thereCan you buy happiness? Of course not, but you can buy a nicer house in a better town... and, well, that's probably going to help quite a bit.
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The wave of downsizing about to hit the property market in the UKThe Chancellor of the Exchequer's Budget — and specifically the 'Mansion Tax' — has fired a starting pistol for downsizers, and the waves will wash across the entire property market. Annabel Dixon spoke to property experts across the country to gauge how it will play out.
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A Georgian farmhouse that's an 'absolute gem' in an ancient village on Salisbury PlainJulie Harding takes a look at the beautiful West Farm in a gorgeous Wiltshire village.
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It'd be crazy to buy this 500-year-old farmhouse just because of its utterly gorgeous Aga — so thank goodness that the rest of this place is also really nicePerry Mill Farm is an immaculate yet characterful four-bedroom dream home in the country at a price that will make city dwellers immediately start Googling 'working from Worcestershire'.
