Seven enticing properties, as seen in Country Life
We take our regular look at some of the finest homes to appear in Country Life over the past week or so.

Oxfordshire – £5,500,000
Basset Manor occupies a beautiful situation between Stoke Row and Checkendon villages, discreetly set back off Uxmore Road in undulating countryside. The property is a handsome 17th century manor house with Edwardian and later additions set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is Grade II Listed.
For sale with Savills. See more pictures and details about this property.
Oxfordshire – £2,200,000
Charming old vicarage within the heart of a desirable village.
For sale with Knight Frank. See more pictures and details about this property.
South Wales – £11,500,000
A Grade I-Listed castle set within a diverse, investment estate.
For sale with Savills. See more pictures and details about this property.
Surrey – £3,250,000
Uninterrupted views.
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For sale with Knight Frank. See more pictures and details about this property.
Wiltshire – £10,000,000
Stunning Grade II listed country house in a beautiful parkland setting.
For sale with Knight Frank. See more pictures and details about this property.
Berkshire – prices from £610,000 to £2,695,000
Thameside is a prestigious collection of sumptuous apartments and townhouses in Windsor, all created with exquisite attention to detail. This lavish development basks in a coveted position on the River Thames, affording wonderful waterside views.
For sale with Savills. See more pictures and details about this property.
Dorset – £10,500,000
A first class south facing commercial arable farm with a portfolio of attractive residential properties and traditional buildings in North Dorset.
For sale with Savills. See more pictures and details about this property.
Toby Keel is Country Life's Digital Director, and has been running the website and social media channels since 2016. A former sports journalist, he writes about property, cars, lifestyle, travel, nature.
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