Penny Churchill
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A Grade II-listed house in the Surrey Hills that was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and comes with its own secret tunnel
Winkworth Farm at Hascombe sits in some 15 acres of fine gardens and grounds, and has been immaculately restored by its current owners.
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A Scottish country home near St Andrews that once bred championship winning sheep
Inner Gellie House has a lively history behind its elegant façades, and is looking for a new owner to take it into the 21st century.
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One of Suffolk's great country house estates — 12 bedrooms, 1,763 acres and 36,000sq ft — comes up for sale at £19 million
Glemham Hall comes to the market for the first time in 101 years, and the scale of it is quite staggering.
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One of the greatest homes built in Britain this century has just come up for sale
The Mount, near the Shropshire town of Oswestry, is a quite incredible home built with no expense spared — and it's now seeking a new owner. Penny Churchill takes a look.
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When 150 acres of magnificent Oxfordshire just isn't enough? Buy the estate, and pick up the next-door neighbour as part of the deal
The sale of one great Oxfordshire farm estate has prompted the sale of its neighbour — a situation that throws up intriguing possibilities, as Penny Churchill explains.
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'An oasis surrounded by countryside' for sale in the heart of the Cotswolds
With 30 acres of gardens and grounds and 9,500sq ft of living space, Purton House in Church End is a family home that spans the generations.
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A handsome Georgian villa in a quiet and sought-after Dorset village
Grade II-listed Church Villa sits in the heart of a tranquil village, five miles from the mainline railway at Wareham, and 12 miles from the beach at Poole.
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An enhanced Elizabethan Manor house in Kent with gardens by Gertrude Jekyll
With 9,400sq ft of living space and almost eight acres of gardens, Stonepitts Manor near Seal Chart is a rose in the Garden of England
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This wisteria-clad former home of Dame Clara Butt on the edge of Wallingford is ready for a new lease of life
With a stunning location near the River Thames in prime Oxfordshire, Georgian Prospect House presents a prime opportunity for a new owner.
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A delightful family home in the heart of one of the Cotswolds' finest villages
Cleeve House in Ampney St Peter is spacious, listed Grade II and in a 'pivotal position' according to Pevsner.
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14,000sq ft of space and 100,000 snowdrops — the manor house where bigger really is better
From the former Premier of Queensland to the chairman of British Land, Caldrees Manor has some history in its halls
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A hall house in Suffolk that comes with plenty of space and a most-interesting name
Mockbeggars Hall can trace its name back to the 16th century, and has been substantially renovated by recent owners.
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An Art Deco country house in Essex with almost 5,000sq ft of living space
New Farm near Great Dunmow was designed by Walter 'Pink' Crittall, and it's not hard to see how he got his nickname.
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An amazing opportunity to go off grid in the middle of the Northumbrian countryside
This old gamekeeper's cottage on Threpwood Hill near Hexham already has fantastic views and planning permission — all it needs is a new owner to make the magic happen.
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Beautiful, sustainable, profitable: A Cumbrian farmhouse for sale that generates £200k a year
This 154-acre fenced farm near Maulds Meaburn hasn't used fertiliser since 2008 and has ambitious plans for restoring the landscape.
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A Victorian clocktower with its own moat, and just a stone's throw from one of Norfolk's most beautiful beaches
With more than two acres of immaculate garden and grounds, five bedroom The Clock Tower in Old Hunstanton is packed with history and charm in an enviable location.
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A Suffolk farmhouse with its own private beach, stables and 141 acres, on the open market for the first time in its history
Penny Churchill takes a look at the gloriously situation Lodge Farm Estate, in the beautiful Suffolk countryside near Woodbridge.
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Privacy personified at this Suffolk home with its own moat
This 16th-century home near Hoo has been recently modernised and comes with six bedrooms, but more importantly, a fully functioning moat
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Scotland's sweet secrets: The estates that lit up the market north of the border last year
The number of estates for sale in Scotland increased last year and, while fewer sold overall, the market saw an increase in private transactions
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The greatest estates sold around Britain in the last 12 months
Farms and estates did not lose their appeal in 2023, with some local buyers and even a happy ending to a long-running Cornish dispute. Penny Churchill takes a look.
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The biggest country house sales of 2023, from the ultimate Padstow getaway to one of Britain's greatest stately homes
Our property correspondent Penny Churchill takes a look back at the biggest country house sales in England in 2023.
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An enchanting Cornish house with stunning harbour views
This secluded property overlooks the historic church and harbour at the mouth of Mylor Creek, near Falmouth.
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The country house where PG Wodehouse wrote one of his best-loved books, and where the wife of Charles I fled from her would-be captors
It was in the grounds of the 15th century property that Queen Henrietta Maria, the wife of Charles I, reputedly hid in as she fled on her way to seek refuge in France.
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An elegant Cornish abbey being sold by one of iconic supermodels of the 1960s
Grade ll-listed The Abbey stands high above the harbour in Penzance looking across to St Michael’s Mount.
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