Property
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The 25% premium for the pleasure of living in one of the UK’s national parks
Homes located in national parks are typically £66,700 more expensive than similar properties elsewhere, according to Nationwide. Still tempted? Here’s one or two plum homes for sale in these beauty spots.
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A cottage that looks like the cottage from The Holiday, but is not the cottage from The Holiday, for sale in Cornwall
Wye Cottage in St Day might not be the real thing, but it's certainly the next best thing.
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What if a castle was old, but also brand new? What then?
Crenellations, stone and soaring towers on the outside, modern interiors with the latest appliances on the inside. Brankstone Grange Castle has it all.
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Welcome to the Notswolds: The county with 'all the ambience of the Cotswolds without the price tag', where a classic Georgian rectory is under £1 million
Oft-forgotten Rutland, England’s smallest county, is a ‘Notswold’ haven deserving of more attention says Nicola Venning.
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An utterly enchanting neo-Gothic masterpiece in 20 beautiful acres of Wiltshire — and it's even unlisted
Hawking Down House is a glorious country property that's full of potential. Penny Churchill explains more.
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13 delightful rural homes for sale from £1m to £15m, as seen in Country Life
Our pick of the loveliest homes to come to the market via Country Life this week includes a gem just outside Cheltenham and a palatial home in Cheshire.
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A commutable country home for sale that has Cliveden on its doorstep
Queen’s Lodge is located right opposite Cliveden House, the backdrop to the infamous Profumo affair. The five-bedroom house is on sale for £3.5m.
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'The perfect English country retreat from the modern world', with medieval origins, Georgian flourishes, towering oaks and immaculate gardens
All this, plus a dovecot for 1,000 birds at Jaggards, in the heart of Wiltshire.
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A four-bedroom bungalow of 3,500sq ft with views over the Helford River reminds me why I hate stairs
If you've got the space to live a whole life on one floor, why not do just that?
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House prices 'to go up £84,000 in the next five years' as signs of a fresh boom emerge
Is a new housing boom on the way? Halifax report that British house prices are now at record levels, while Savills has upgraded its forecast for the next five years, with ‘a steady improvement in affordability’ to drive prices up. Annabel Dixon reports.
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A house in Teddington fit for a cardinal, where Henry VIII's right-hand man Thomas Wolsey lived with his mistress
Wolsey's Cottage is named after Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor. It's bursting with period features and has plenty of stories to tell.
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In the heart of Penzance, an artist's paradise comes up for sale that's quite unlike anything we've seen before
Rosemary Cottage is the home of master plaster caster Peter Hone. It blends the boundary between accommodation and expression.
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A beautiful Cornish bolthole, a £15m mansion and a converted mill dating back 1,000 years, as seen in Country Life
Our pick of the best homes to come up for sale via Country Life this week has some truly delightful places.
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An immaculate Devon farmstead up for sale, with a courtyard, stables and a roundhouse
Not the Clarkson's farm, but a Clarkson's farm, has come up for sale.
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Be at one with the River Thames on this luxurious houseboat in Putney
Lambhays offers four bedrooms and 3,000sq ft of floating luxury right next to Wandsworth Park.
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A gorgeous Scottish island for sale that's cheaper than two garages in Clapham
One of the easier games of 'Would you rather' we've ever played: the pristine ten acres of Eilean Loch Oscair, or a corner of SW11 in which to keep your old boxes of stuff.
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A gorgeous Devon home owned by a great novelist and a Hollywood star, set in one of Britain's most unusual seaside villages... and it even has a bargain price tag
The Old Rectory at Clovelly is everything you could dream of in a Devon home. Or at least it could be, after a *lot* of hard work...
