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A sweeping double staircase, stone floors and oak-panelled walls meet swimming pool and games room in this West Country mansion
Penny Churchill takes a look at Avishays House, a 17th century creation that's in the grandest tradition of the country house.
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How can the £17 million 'Jane Austen mansion' be demolished? The answer is a lot more complicated than you'd think
The launch onto the market of Ashe Park, a charming estate in Jane Austen country, could set the tone for the country house market this autumn, says Penny Churchill.
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A Buckinghamshire mansion built for the speech therapist who set Churchill on his path to greatness
Penny Churchill takes a look at Rignalls, a classic Arts-and-Crafts home that looks like it's stepped out of the pages of an EM Forster novel.
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A $26 million Hollywood mansion that might be Beverly Hills' prettiest
The former home of supermodel Christina Estrada is a tremendous Italian-style home just off Sunset Boulevard.
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Five palatial mansions for sale, including one with its own private swimming lake, as seen in Country Life
Sometimes bigger really is better.
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A 12,000sq ft Georgian fantasy mansion has come up for sale in the rolling hills of Wiltshire
Penny Churchill takes a look at the spectacular and imposing Sandridge Park.
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A beautiful Cornish bolthole, a £15m mansion and a converted mill dating back 1,000 years, as seen in Country Life
Our pick of the best homes to come up for sale via Country Life this week has some truly delightful places.
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An Oxfordshire village mansion where Thomas Hughes wrote his most famous book
In a conservation area, with six bedrooms and a castellated balcony, it's easy to see why this house could inspire great things.
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'Downton Abbey meets Soho House' at a £3.6 million mansion in Tunbridge Wells
The West Wing of the grand mansion at the heart of the Bayham Hall Estate has come up for sale, and it's as eye-catching inside as it is outside.
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A 700-year-old mill and exquisite mansion come up for sale in one of the prettiest corners of Jersey
The historic mill that sits above Rozel Bay in St Martin, Jersey, has come to the market.
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Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Jersey: Five of the best properties for sale in Country Life this week
Save a Grade I-listed abbey or move into a £17 million mansion on the Channel Island.
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An incredible Jersey mansion on the market for the first time in half a century
The former home of one of Britain's biggest private landlords is up for sale in one of the most beautiful spots in Jersey.
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A magnificent ivy-clad mansion in the Wessex Downs which comes with its own Iron Age hill fort
You probably didn't have it on your 'must have' list, but Bussockwood Estate's USP is a great talking point — and the rest of the property is full of potential.
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An £18 million Surrey mansion, with vaulted hall, turrets, and a kitchen-diner the size of a three-bedroom house
Penny Churchill takes a look at the breathtakingly impressive Combe Court, in one of the prettiest locations in the Surrey Hills.
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A spectacular mansion for sale in the heart of a World Heritage Site — and it's something of a bargain
Studley Royal House is a breathtaking property whose scale and beauty is hard to comprehend. Penny Churchill takes a look.
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A sprawling Bedfordshire mansion on the market for the first time in 80 years
Grade II-listed Lynch House in Kensworth, Bedfordshire, has hosted several significant individuals, including the politician who may have been the inspiration for George Orwell's 1984.
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A 38,000 sq ft, stone-built mansion in Wiltshire for sale at the price of a four-bed terrace in West London
Looking like the sort of fantasy home you'd see in a glossy period drama, Philipps House is on the market at a price which will attract enormous interest. Penny Churchill investigates.
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Six superb homes for sale from £1.6m to £8m, as seen in Country Life
This week's round-up of the best homes to come to the market via Country Life has a Cornish waterside mansion, a Hampshire masterpiece, and much more.
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A riverside mansion with keys to south west London's secret garden
This dreamy property has a stunning pool, a gym, wine cellar and cinema, plus access to the exclusive Pleasure Gardens, a 12-acre green space with tennis courts and lake.
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An exquisitely beautiful Shropshire mansion for sale that was the home of JFK's 'closest friend'
Woodhill Park in Shropshire is not just a magnificent home — it is also the former residence of Sir David Ormsby-Gore, the British ambassador to the USA during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the assassination of JFK.
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Bob Dylan's Highland mansion is up for sale at £3 million
The times they are a changing at Aultmore House: legendary rock star Bob Dylan has owned this spectacular Scottish mansion for nearly two decades, but he's now selling up. Penny Churchill takes a look.
