Devon — £6.95 million
All set within 60 acres of beautiful gardens and rolling grounds, in a sought-after position, The Sanctuary is a superb country home by any measure.
For sale via Strutt & Parker — see more details and pictures.
Dorset — £8.75 million
Nine bedrooms, 370 acres and 700 years of history in this truly magnificent — and beautifully-kept — medieval masterpiece near Dorchester.
For sale via Knight Frank — see more details and pictures.
Somerset — £6 million
'An immensely lovely example of the English country house at its most refined,' says the agent — and we can only nod our heads in agreement.
For sale via Blue Book — see more details and pictures.
Northamptonshire – £45 million
Quite simply one of the finest private-owned properties in Britain, as Penny Churchill wrote about here.
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For sale via Savills — see more details and pictures.
Wiltshire — £3.2 million
This stone-built house dates to the 1920s, and is full of the character of the era — but it's the gardens, the pool and the wisteria growing gracefully across the façade which really makes it irresistible.
For sale via Strutt & Parker — see more details and pictures.
Hampshire – £8 million
The house, the setting — almost on the Solent, with views of the Isle of Wight — and the gardens... this is the stuff of dreams, as long as you dream big.
For sale via Savills — see more details and pictures.

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