5 handsome properties under £1 million

Oxfordshire, £795,000 Yew Tree Cottage, Chadlington Beautifully refurbished edge-of-village Cotswold house with outbuildings in an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There are five bedrooms and newly landscaped gardens. Daylesford Organic Farm Shop is just 6 miles away. Knight Frank (01865 680 653; https://countrylife.onthemarket.com)

Gloucestershire, £850,000

3, The Manor, Mickleton This five-bedroom house forms part of a larger Grade II-listed manor that was divided in the 1980s. The interiors are light and airy and there is a particularly fine drawing room. The village benefits from a shop, a post office, a butcher and two pubs. Savills (01451 832 832; https://countrylife.onthemarket.com)

Devon, £895,000

Lower Collaton Farmhouse, Collaton Set in one acre of landscaped gardens, this four-bedroom Devon longhouse has been beautifully restored by the current owners. Salcombe is about three miles away and you can reach the North Sands beach via footpaths. Marchand Petit (01548 844 473; www.marchandpetit.co.uk)

Essex, £650,000

Stour Cottage, East Bergholt This Grade II-listed house lies in the village, which is ideally situated for a London commute as Manningtree station, with services to Liverpool Street, is only three miles away. There are three bedrooms and a light, airy kitchen. Strutt & Parker (01473 851396; https://countrylife.onthemarket.com)

Cornwall, £685,000

Trenowth Mill, Trenowth This Grade II-listed, 200 year old mill sits on 5 acres of land. There are four bedrooms, an oak framed garden room that overlooks the woodland, a detached one bedroom studio cottage and further outbuildings. Philip Martin (01872 395942; https://countrylife.onthemarket.com)

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