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An idyllic Cornish farmhouse with 700 years of history
Penny Churchill takes a look at Nantellan House, set amid serene woodland in the heart of rural Cornwall.
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A Somerset house designed by the architect of one of Oxford's most famous landmarks, complete with helipad and clocktower
Thorne House, the work of the architect T. G. Jackson, is a beautiful country home in idyllic grounds. Julie Harding takes a look.
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A picture-perfect Devon idyll where you can 'ride ponies and swim in the river'
The glorious Knapp House is the stuff of childhood dreams — as generations of former residents have found.
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A Somerset country home that unites the best of medieval, Georgian and Victorian under one roof
The Yews has changed many times over the centuries — and seemingly always for the better.
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A Cluedo board rendered real at a country pile with 19 bedrooms, and a gym in the chapel
There aren't many privately-owned houses in Britain where you need a map to get around. Burton Hill House is one of them.
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Rolling Stones legend Charlie Watts spent four decades in this idyllic Devon home — and now it's up for sale
In the early 1980s, Charlie Watts and his wife Shirley were looking to buy a country escape. They found it in the pages of Country Life, and stayed there happily for the rest of their lives. Now their daughter Seraphina is putting this idyllic home on the market, as Arabella Youens reports.
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A Grade II-listed farmhouse just outside the Cornwall village dubbed 'Hollywood-on-Sea', on sale for the first time in 500 years
In the hills above Mawgan Porth, a wonderful opportunity has come up to take on a Georgian farmhouse, and the 167 acres that come with it.
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A medieval parsonage that's a 'fantasy mash-up of architectural styles', just down the road from a swish Somerset hotspot
The Grade I-listed Tintinhull Court is a breathtaking home that straddles the eras.
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The Christmas sales reach the property market: Six beautiful houses that have had their prices reduced
From the Kent coast and the hills of Dorset to a bona fide country house just 20 minutes from central London, these fine homes have all had recent price cuts.
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An immaculate Georgian rectory where the halls really have been decked in boughs of holly
Stour Provost Manor is a gorgeous riverside home for sale in Dorset that's been dressed for Christmas.
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A Georgian farmhouse that's an 'absolute gem' in an ancient village on Salisbury Plain
Julie Harding takes a look at the beautiful West Farm in a gorgeous Wiltshire village.
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Five magnificent mansions, from a former monastery to an Art Deco wonder in the South Downs, as seen in Country Life
Wonderful homes, including a superb beach home in Cornwall, all fresh on the market via Country Life.
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12 fabulous rural homes, from £650,000 to £4 million, as seen in Country Life
Our look includes a magnificently-situated home in Devon, a village home in Somerset and a historic Welsh farmhouse.
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The Old Rectory for sale in a village up the road from Jane Austen's home, where the family lived that might have inspired some of her most memorable characters
In the village of Dummer, close to Jane Austen's family home at Steventon, a beautiful old rectory has cone to the market. Penny Churchill takes a look.
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A vineyard for sale on the slopes above 'the best beach in Britain' is for sale at just £650,000
In the beautifully unspoilt Devon village of Bantham, an award-winning vineyard is for sale. Toby Keel takes a look.
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A simply perfect thatched cottage in Devon, with charm, walled gardens and all the space you need for family life
Thatched cottages are often pretty, but pretty small — but Julie Harding finds one brings which blends cottage charm with the space of a country manor.
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The ultimate treehouse escape, where you can have a sauna and hot tub 12 metres above the forest floor, is for sale in Dorset
Guy Mallinson's award-winning treehouses in Dorset are a true escape from the world. Anna White takes a look.
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A Dartmoor home with one rather unusual catch: King Charles III has the right to come along and fish in your stream
The Brimpstead Estate is a home in one of the most beautiful parts of Devon that has everything — including a very famous former owner. Toby Keel explains more.
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A Georgian country house that's immaculate, unlisted and surrounded by 21 unspoilt acres of Somerset
Finding a grand, 220-year-old home that's unlisted in a wonderful location is cause for celebration. Penny Churchill looks at Werescote, on the Devon-Somerset border.
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The blissful waterside home for sale that hosted the iconic 'Surrealists in Cornwall' party, where Man Ray, Lee Miller and Henry Moore let down their hair
The wonderful Lambe Creek House was the setting for a bohemian gathering of some of the most creative minds of the 1920s and 1930s. Today, it's up for sale; Penny Churchill tells is story.
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A breathtaking home created by a genius architect on one of the most beautiful headlands in Cornwall, on the market for the first time in almost 40 years
In 1932, a visionary architect bought a magnificently wild Cornish headland, and built some of the most beautiful homes in the West Country on it. One of them — The Gate House at Chapel Point, near Mevagissey — is on sale for the first time since it appeared in Country Life in 1987. Penny Churchill reports.
