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A grand country house in Yorkshire that effortlessly blends the 1720s with the 2020s
Dougill Hall offers space, gorgeous architecture and just the right amount of modern style. Penny Churchill takes a look.
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The average homeowner in the UK is sitting on a huge nest egg
Homeowners who bought their home within the last 20 years are typically sitting on £80,000 in property value gains, says Zoopla. So, are you one of them?
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Need a bit of space? Five estates for sale, from five acres to 1,300, as seen in Country Life
Superb homes with land, from Devon to Stirlingshire.
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If I could, I wood: Beat the Christmas rush by buying your own tree farm
What gift do you give someone who already has everything they need? A Christmas tree farm, of course.
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Five utterly spectacular homes for sale, as seen in Country Life
From a sprawling mansion in Wiltshire to a gorgeous Regency townhouse, here's our pick of the finest homes to come to the market via Country Life in the past week.
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Time to swap your one-bed flat for an immaculate six-bedroom Victorian villa near the beach? The English town where you can max out bang for your buck
On the hunt for a home with more space? Here’s where you should look… (and why you shouldn’t necessarily focus on price tags)
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A 17th century slice of splendour in the Garden of England that's a simple commute to the City
Getting back home from the office never looked so good.
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Knead a rest? Rent a house on the street made famous by Ridley Scott's Hovis advert
Before Alien and Blade Runner, there was a little boy cycling up a street in Shaftesbury delivering bread. Now, one of the properties on that famous street is available for you to stay in.
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A two-bedroom cottage with a moat in the Lune Valley for less than £500,000
Thurland Cottage is the perfect small home in some of the finest English countryside, with a castle quite literally on your doorstep.
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Millennial misery continues, as they become first generation of homebuyers to see mortgage repayments increase
New data published in Hamptons' Generational Affordability Index is bad news for those born between 1981–95 who have made it on to the property ladder.
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A gorgeous farmhouse clinging to the western edge of Britain, yet it's all set up for working from home
Penny Churchill takes a look at Messack Farmhouse, a wonderful home for sale on the Roseland Peninsula.
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The fastest and slowest housing markets in Britain, a £23bn bill for landlords, and the war of words over interest rates
Sales in this neck of the woods are agreed in just 33 days, beating the 60-day average across Britain.
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A National Trust country home to call your own (at least for the next 95 years)
The utterly beautiful Pamphill Manor in Dorset is owned by the National Trust — but they've put it on the market with one small catch.
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A 1,000-year-old home — the oldest continuously inhabited house in Britain — with a £5 million discount
Great Tangley Manor is one of the most beautiful — not to mention one of the oldest — homes in Surrey, and it's now seen a significant price reduction. Penny Churchill and James Fisher report.
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A magnificent Gothic-style home with curving staircase, a pool and a location on the site of an ancient hillfort
Trewsbury House, in a lovely spot near the source of the Thames, is a delight. Take a look inside.
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A two-bedroom property overlooking a Cornish cove in which to decompress
The Cellars is a blue-stone retreat, with astounding views over the Atlantic Ocean and easy access to the South West Coast Path.
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Property Talk: What happens when you buy or sell a country estate?
In every end is a new beginning, finds Lucy Denton, as she examines the highs and lows of the sale of a country estate, for all parties, including tenants.
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A 450-year-old thatched cottage that's had an award-winning restoration, complete with orchard, paddock and kennels
Dating back to around 1580, the poetically-named Bumble Cottage has eye-catching period features and charming grounds to keep the new owner busy.
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'There was a 70ft hole beneath where the children were playing': The ups and downs of having a well on your property
Discovering a well on your property can be viewed as a blessing or a curse, but all’s well that ends well, says Deborah Nicholls-Lee, as she examines the benefits of a personal water supply.
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A medieval Manor house that was once a royal hunting lodge has come to the market
Penny Churchill takes a look at the grand and delightful Brigstock Manor, in a charming Northamptonshire village.
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'There is no acceptable level of peat for use in horticulture' say campaigners amid call for total ban on peat sales
Peat bogs sequester huge amounts of carbon — yet peat is still being cut and sold across Britain. It's time for that to stop for good, say campaigners.
