British country house

Some homes pull off the trick of offering the best of both worlds. Take as an example Champions Farm, an ancient home that’s been carefully brought up to modern spec while retaining its charm. Then there’s the location: it sits in splendid isolation in the middle of its 111 acres of rolling fields, with magnificent …

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This 10-bedroom 18th-century historic home near Cambridge has up to 38 acres of gardens, parkland and farmland.

This six-bedroom Georgian manor house in Beaulieu, Hampshire, is set within the protected New Forest,...

Grade II listed Turnstone House in Painswick offers classic Cotswolds charm and a secondary revenue stream: the five-bedroom house has a three-bedroom cottage that can be let for £150 a night. The house, with its neogothic mullioned windows, is set in almost five acres, with orchards, paddocks and lovely gardens that won a national landscaping award in 2016. 01452 595204, hamptons.co.uk

Marston House, one of the most important Georgian houses of south-western England has been rescued from the brink of demolition. John Robinson reports.

The perfect home if you REALLY love your commute. A 77-acre cliffside estate with what is thought to be one of the longest driveways in England has come to the market for £7 million (US$8.73 million). Glenthorne House, in the South West of the country, is what sits at the end of the 2.5-mile-long zig-zagging driveway that took almost a year to build.

Gorgeous country home

A Victorian Gothic house with a stunning contemporary garden design, landscaped and designed by Suffolk garden designer, Thomas Hoblyn.