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Ayton Castle, Berwickshire.
A renovated castle built in 1845 with formal gardens that include a narrow-gauge railway. It has ornately moulded ceilings and grand fireplaces. 17 bedrooms, 9 bathrooms, 3 state rooms, 2 lodges, 4 estate houses, stable yard with 3 flats, fishing on the Eye Water, 160 acres.
Price: £3.25m Knight Frank 0131-222 9606.
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Newington House, Newington, Wallingford, Oxfordshire.
A Grade II-listed, 17th-century palazzo with six bedrooms, a five-bedroom manor house and a two-bedroom coach house set in 43 acres of gardens with a lake, swimming pool and tennis court. It has large open fireplaces with carved marble surrounds.
Price: £16m Savills 020-7016 3780.
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Falconers, Moult Hill, Salcombe, Devon.
A Grade II-listed manor house originally built in 1925 as a showpiece for the British Empire Exhibition then dismantled and rebuilt in its current location. It has leaded-light stained-glass windows and a full-height great hall with a galleried landing with a grand fireplace. 8 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, 3 receptions, study, office, outbuildings, gardens, paddock, helipad, gardens, 7 acres.
Price: £5.5 Knight Frank 01392-423111.
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Hoofield Hall, Clotton Hoofield, Chester.
A Grade II-listed restored 17th-century former farmhouse extended in 1870. It retains its exposed beams, polished blue-brick flooring in the kitchen and has a brick inglenook fireplace in the living room. 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 3 receptions, breakfast kitchen, sitting room/bedroom 6, double garage with games room, pergola, summerhouse, gardens, 10 acres.
Price: £2.5m Jackson-Stops 01244-328361.
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Tallentire Hall, Tallentire, Cockermouth, Cumbria.
A Grade II-listed Victorian manor on the edge of the Lake District National Park. The south wing was added in 1590 and the tower dates back to 1290. It has a solid oak staircase, original tiled floors, magnificent fireplaces and a study with a curved wall. 11 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, reception, kitchen, conservatory, 2 cottages, one other cottage available by separate negotiation, Victorian stable block, 11 acres.
Price: £1.75m Fine & Country 01228-583109.
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Newton House, Newton-in-the-Isle, Cambridgeshire.
A restored, Grade II-listed Georgian house set in large gardens. It has grand open fireplaces and a kitchen that opens onto a family room and a bespoke conservatory. 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 receptions, study, barn, orchards, paddocks, woodland, 4.65 acres.
Price: £1.1m Sowerbys 01553-766741.
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Palm Cottage, Loose, Kent.
This Grade II-listed, 15th-century house may once have been the village bakery. It is surrounded by gardens that include a pond, and has exposed timber studs, flagstone floors, and a country kitchen with an Aga and one large inglenook fireplace running the width of one wall and another with its original stone seat. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2 receptions, garden room, garage with loft space above.
Price: £875,000 Inigo 020-3687 3071.
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Boreham Grange, Warminster, Wiltshire.
A period property on the edge of Warminster surrounded by landscaped gardens that include a summer house and a Grade II-listed stable. It has stone-mullion windows, parquet floors, a panelled reception hall with a large Tudor-style fireplace with a wood burning stove, and a kitchen with an Aga. 6 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, 3 receptions, study, kitchenette, cellar, attic, outbuilding, 1.4 acres.
Price: £1.5m Strutt & Parker 01722-344018.
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