NB: As we've looked back, some of the homes below have now been sold — but at the time of writing, not all. If you've £10m burning a hole in your pocket and feel like buying up thousands of acres in the Highlands, you might be in luck...
A magnificent Cotswolds manor house with pool, walled garden and a rich history of intrigue
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Penny Churchill looked at Luckington Manor in October, telling its tale of history and intrigue.
An eight-bedroom, 17,000sq ft Italianate mansion for sale at just £400,000 — and yes, there is a catch…
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That catch is pretty much summed up by the picture of Blackborough House.
A waterfront house in West Sussex that’s Georgian at the front — and a bit of a surprise at the back
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James Fisher found a place in Sussex that was the property equivalent of tucking a racy modern novel into a Jane Austen dust jacket.
What £1 million buys across Britain today
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Toby Keel discovered houses on the 7-figure mark from a graceful Sussex home to a Scottish mansion complete with loch.
A vanishingly rare chance to own 9,300 acres of pristine Scottish Highlands
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Kinrara has mountains, lochs, and eight estate houses and cottages — and at the time of writing it's still for sale.
A 13-bedroom castle under £1m with a stunning oak-panelled library and impossibly romantic boathouse
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Glencruitten House came under the microscope in March, a quite astonishing house with a barrel-vaulted library that has a secret door.
A heartbreakingly pretty house with party room, swimming pool and the best of the north Cotswolds on its doorstep
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The £3m Grade II-listed The Manor House at Chipping Norton had ‘the wonderful homely feel of a house your parents might have lived in for 30 years,' discovered Penny Churchill.
A country house hotel that’s ripe to return to life as a spectacular Devon mansion
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A spectacular £2.5m house that had been converted into a grand country house hotel — and the time looks right for it to become a family home once more.
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A beautiful Norfolk estate that’s been in the same family for a century and a half, including a house with the ‘perfect party kitchen’
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Wood Hall, on the market at a £9.35m guide price, is a storied estate in Norfolk with a wealth of opportunity for buyers.
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‘The most perfect small 15th-century country house in the kingdom’ has come up for sale
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June saw the launch — at a guide price of ‘offers over £5 million’ — of Grade I-listed Cothay Manor and its magical gardens near Wellington, Somerset, a house first described in Country Life back in 1927.
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380 acres and 90 bedrooms on the £25m private island being sold by one of Britain's top music producersStormzy, Rihanna and the Rolling Stones are just a part of the story at Osea Island, a dot on the map in the seas off Essex.
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380 acres and 90 bedrooms on the £25m private island being sold by one of Britain's top music producers
Stormzy, Rihanna and the Rolling Stones are just a part of the story at Osea Island, a dot on the map in the seas off Essex.
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A home cinema, tasteful interiors and 65 acres of private parkland hidden in an unassuming lodge in KentNorth Lodge near Tonbridge may seem relatively simple, but there is a lot more than what meets the eye.
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A rare opportunity to own a family home on Vanbrugh Terrace, one of London's finest streetsThis six-bedroom Victorian home sits right on the start line of the London Marathon, with easy access to Blackheath and Greenwich Park.
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A tale of everyday life as lived on Britain's most expensive streetWinnington Road in Hampstead has an average house price of £11.9 million. But what's it really like? Lotte Brundle went to find out.
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Damon Hill's former home in Marbella is the perfect place to slow downThe glorious Andalusian-style villa is found within the Lomas de Marbella Club and just a short walk from the beach.
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A 327-acre estate in the heart of 'England’s Côte d’Or', with a 26,000sq ft Georgian style home at its heartStokes Hall in the Crouch Valley is an inspiring property looking for a new owner.
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Schreiber House, 'the most significant London townhouse of the second half of the 20th century', is up for saleThe five-bedroom Modernist masterpiece sits on the edge of Hampstead Heath.
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Is the 'race for space' officially over?During the lockdowns, many thought the countryside was the place to be. It seems many are now changing their minds.
