Country Houses and Estates
The latest Country House & Estate breaking news, comments and features from Country Life
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A wonderful house and estate in Hampshire with over 1,000 acres of farm, deer park and woodlands
Proving that some properties can have it all is Roundtown Estate, a beautifully presented home, with ample ancillary accommodation and acres of countryside to enjoy. Penny Churchill takes a look.
By Penny Churchill Published
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A 'little piece of rural England' in the shape of a compact estate that comes with an 8,000 sq ft main house, two cottages, numerous outbuildings and 94 acres
Beech Farm is a beautifully converted family home/estate in the rural Oxfordshire countryside area of the Chiltern Hills that combines country living with a healthy dollop of luxury.
By Penny Churchill Published
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A gorgeous house and estate on Jersey that blends seclusion and grandeur with sub-tropical gardens
St Peter's House combines a historic building with ancillary accommodation and 20 acres of beautiful grounds.
By Holly Kirkwood Published
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A historic coach house and private courtyard in the heart of an estate near the Peak District, with 120 acres of communal grounds to enjoy
The Coach House at Swythamley Hall offers the chance to own part of an estate that is surrounded by some of the most spectacular scenery in the country.
By Annunciata Elwes Published
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A magnificent Cornish estate that's 'one of Cornwall’s best-kept secrets', for sale for the first time in three centuries
Glorious Pengreep, between Gwennap and Ponsanooth, in Cornwall, has been lovingly brought back from the brink and now needs a new owner to refurbish the main house.
By Penny Churchill Published
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A magnificent estate in Devon that offers the chance to own over 120 acres of Dartmoor National Nature Reserve
With previous owners including Bishops, Earls and Queen Elizabeth I through the Crown's estate, Yarner House has had a colourful past. The sprawling property, most recently run as a holiday retreat and wedding venue is now on the market...and there's a lot on offer.
By Penny Churchill Published
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The sprawling Dartmoor estate that inspired Conan-Doyle to write The Hound of the Baskervilles
One of the great Dartmoor estates has come up for sale — a place which inspired one of the most famous detective stories in history. Penny Churchill takes a look.
By Penny Churchill Published
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The market for Scottish estates is booming — and not just among the romantic
Estate agents in Scotland have had huge success this year in selling estates, as Penny Churchill explains.
By Penny Churchill Published
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A pocket-sized estate on Dartmoor with a little bit of everything, including a 10-bedroom house and a river
If you want a piece of the land to really call your own, but don't fancy the headaches that come with managing huge swathes of land, Ludbrook could be ideal.
By Toby Keel Published
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Wood Hall: A beautiful Norfolk estate that's been in the same family for a century and a half, including a house with the 'perfect party kitchen'
Wood Hall is a storied estate in Norfolk with substantial acreage that offers a wealth of opportunity for buyers, says Penny Churchill.
By Penny Churchill Published
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Bowden Park, one of England's great estates, has comes to the market at £35 million
The Bowden Park estate is a truly vast property — with a correspondingly vast price tag — whose sale marks a great new chapter in its four-hundred-year history. Penny Churchill reports.
By Penny Churchill Published
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An estate in the Brecon Beacons for sale that's family home, sanctuary, working farm and business opportunity rolled into one
362 acres of beautifully-unspoilt Brecon Beacons countryside is for sale as The Mandinam Estate comes to the market. Penny Churchill takes a look.
By Penny Churchill Published
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A vanishingly rare chance to own 9,300 acres of pristine Scottish Highlands, with mountains, lochs, and eight estate houses and cottages
It's incredibly rare to come across an opportunity such as this: the chance to own a truly vast estate covering a staggeringly beautiful area in the heart of the Highlands.
By Penny Churchill Published
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A Scottish estate scattered with lakes, woodlands, rivers and moors — as well as an exotic garden surprise at its centre
Let the scenery and wildlife of this Scottish estate inspire you, says Penny Churchill.
By Penny Churchill Published
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A sprawling and beautiful estate with a magnificent house at its centre, for sale for the first time in a quarter of a century
Blenkinsopp Hall looks and sounds like the sort of grand country seat which would feature in a PG Wodehouse story. Penny Churchill takes a look.
By Penny Churchill Published
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One of Britain's finest country estates, once bought by British history's most famous diamond smuggler, for sale at £18.5 million
Thomas Pitt's ill-gotten gains earned him the money to found a political dynasty, as well as buying a series of country estates. One of them is now for sale.
By Penny Churchill Published
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Looking for space? Three estates with land, views and potential, as seen in Country Life
We take a look at three huge properties to have been featured in Country Life in the past week.
By Country Life Published
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How to find a place to live on one of Britain's great estates
Houses don't often come up for rent, let alone sale, within the great estates of the nation — but there are some tips you'll need to know if that's what you're after. Madeleine Silver explains more.
By Country Life Published
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A coastal mini-estate with its own headland between the Fal Estuary and Helford Passage
Cornwall specialises in spectacular waterfront property, but even so Stack Point House stands in a league of its own.
By Penny Churchill Published
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Mountains, beaches and 'perhaps a loch or two': The incredible Scottish estates at the price of a family home in Surrey
If you're after thousands of acres, a string of properties and breathtaking scenery — as well as incomparable sporting life — for the cost of a family home in the south east of England then a Scottish estate is the answer, says Holly Kirkwood.
By Holly Kirkwood Published
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Nine magical homes for sale in the Channel Islands, from waterside townhouses to stunning estates
Whether you're after a harbourside townhouse in St Peter Port or a breathtaking home with beach access, our round-up will have something to suit.
By Country Life Published


