Picture-perfect cottages
The latest picture perfect cottages breaking news, comments and features from Country Life
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A Cotswolds cottage so perfect it's the stuff of movie fantasy — with a Hollywood A-list asking price to match
This gorgeous, 14th century home is probably the prettiest cottage we've seen all year. It's also one of the most expensive — though there's a very good reason for that, as Toby Keel found out.
By Toby Keel Published
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It'd be crazy to buy this 500-year-old farmhouse just because of its utterly gorgeous Aga — so thank goodness that the rest of this place is also really nice
Perry Mill Farm is an immaculate yet characterful four-bedroom dream home in the country at a price that will make city dwellers immediately start Googling 'working from Worcestershire'.
By Toby Keel Published
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The thatched cottage dream at these five beautiful country homes, from £425,000 to £1.2 million
Julie Harding and Toby Keel pick out some of the prettiest thatched cottages and houses for sale today across England.
By Toby Keel Last updated
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A simply perfect thatched cottage in Devon, with charm, walled gardens and all the space you need for family life
Thatched cottages are often pretty, but pretty small — but Julie Harding finds one brings which blends cottage charm with the space of a country manor.
By Julie Harding Published
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Five glorious properties for sale from the 11th to the 21st century
A tithe barn, a Grade I-listed Norman keep, and a Georgian masterpiece all graced the pages of Country Life this week
By James Fisher Published
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A billionaire's thatched cottage is for sale in Surrey, once owned by the oil magnate J. Paul Getty
Chestnut Cottage is a joyous little home — albeit one with the most unusual bedrooms to acreage to price balances we've ever seen. Toby Keel takes a look inside.
By Toby Keel Published
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Nine wonderful character properties for sale at under £450,000
A grand Georgian mansion, a traditional farmhouse in the Dales and a thatched cottage are all in our round-up of country houses under £450,000.
By Toby Keel Last updated
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A hopelessly perfect country cottage that's hidden away in one of London's most romantic spots
If you've a heart full of romance — and, frankly, a bank account full of money — then we have a home that might just be the perfect mix of town and country.
By Toby Keel Published
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One of the original cottages used on Cadbury's chocolate boxes has come up for sale
The term ‘chocolate box cottage’ is much overused, often in a context involving neither chocolate nor boxes. Not this time, though: Weavers was one of 12 ‘official’ chocolate box properties featured on the Cadbury’s chocolate boxes in the late 1800s, and has therefore rightly earned its title.
By Lydia Stangroom Published
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A cleverly-converted 14th century village hall that’s taken on a new lease of life in Worcestershire
A total renovation needn’t mean that a property loses its heart and soul, as The Old Hall, in Worcestershire, demonstrates. James Fisher takes a look.
By James Fisher Published
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An almost absurdly picturesque thatched cottage in rural Dorset — and it's priced under £400,000
Two-up two-down has never looked sweeter than at Mundy’s Cottage, in the sought-after village of Stour Provost.
By James Fisher Published
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A spectacularly renovated thatched home in a picture-perfect Northamptonshire village
A superb quality refurbishment has turned Willowbrook House into a stylish, modern home which still retains a huge amount of character.
By James Fisher Published
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A delightful thatched cottage full of character and close to the river, within walking distance of Winchester
Briar Cottage offers a taste of both worlds: city convenience with cottage charm.
By James Fisher Published
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A gorgeous thatched cottage for sale with stables and pool, an easy commute to London
Dormers is a fine Surrey home that ticks all sorts of boxes — tennis court, stables, swimming pool, commutable to London — at just £1.6m
By James Fisher Published
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A heartbreakingly pretty house with party room, swimming pool and the best of the north Cotswolds on its doorstep
A gorgeous house has come to the market close to popular Cotswolds spots such as Daylesford Farm Shop and Soho Farmhouse. Penny Churchill tells more.
By Penny Churchill Published
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An achingly sweet Grade II-listed thatched cottage in the heart of the North Wessex Downs AONB that is brimming with charm and plenty of character
It's not everyday that we come across a house quite as delightful as Little Cottage, but today is one of those lucky days.
By Lydia Stangroom Published
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An irresistible thatched cottage — thought to be the oldest property in its village — has arrived on the market in Somerset
Quirky, delightfully higgeldy-piggeldy and completely charming, this Grade ll-listed thatched cottage from the early 16th century is everything you could hope a cottage in Somerset to be.
By Annunciata Elwes Published
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A wonderfully sweet Cotswold cottage in a quiet Oxfordshire hamlet that seamlessly blends modern and period features to create the perfect country home
'Elegant and unassuming' Lancotta House in the hamlet of Brighthampton in Oxfordshire is everything you could hope a country house to be.
By Lydia Stangroom Published
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A house on Britain's most famously picturesque street, for sale at just £150,000
Gold Hill in Shaftesbury is world famous for its extraordinary beauty, charm and views — and if you'd like to live there, a house is about to go under the hammer for an absolute song. But let's just say you need to take a look at the pictures before you start bidding...
By Toby Keel Published
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An irresistible thatched cottage 'as cute as they come', on sale at £550,000
There are chocolate box cottages — and then there's The Cabin, an idyllic place in Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire. Lydia Stangroom takes a look.
By Lydia Stangroom Published
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A thatched cottage to die for? Beauty and charm for sale in the village made famous by Midsomer Murders
A characterful property meets a setting so charming that it was used for years by the makers of one of the most popular detective shows on television.
By Lydia Stangroom Published


