[ad_1] Preston Place is an archetypal Cotswolds home that seems to have everything for someone looking to swap city for country, says Penny Churchill. Village houses in the Cotswolds are increasingly sought after by buyers looking to combine the best of town and country within easy reach of London, and this outstanding recent entrant to…
[ad_1] Following her success in receiving an award from the Mayor of Bexley earlier this month, we are delighted that Sue Petty, of Your Move Petty Freeman, has now won a Civic Recognition award for Outstanding Achievement locally. Sue attended a special reception hosted by the Mayor, Councillor James Hunt, at his office on the…
[ad_1] Blackborough House was built by an Earl with grand ideas, but a century and a half of misfortune and neglect have exacted a heavy toll — and now a brave new owner is needed to restore the place to glory. Just in case the £400,00 guide price allied to the size (eight bedrooms, 17,000sq ft)…
[ad_1] Penny Churchill takes a look at Darsham Old Hall, a house in Suffolk with an extraordinary tale to tell. Four miles north of Saxmundham and 10 miles from Southwold on Suffolk’s Heritage Coast, you’ll find the small farming village of Darsham. The settlement derives its name from Deores Ham, ‘the home of the deer’,…
[ad_1] ‘A garden is a friend you can visit any time,’ runs the saying. With that in mind, James Fisher picks out some of the best homes on the market today. Westerham, Kent — £3.5m Octavia Hill is best known as the co-founder of the National Trust, but she was also a talented garden designer, as…
[ad_1] The fourth instalment of our spotlight series takes us to Bakewell, a beautiful market town nestled in the heart of the Peak District. Idyllically perched on the banks of the river Wye, Bakewell is the biggest town in the Peak District National Park, and is a haven for walkers, photographers and nature-lovers alike. The…
[ad_1] This is definitely one of the most unique homes that we’ve ever listed, and now you can buy a three-bed semi that comes with its very own indoor skatepark… On the market for £240,000, this converted village hall in Norfolk is a pipe-dream home for any Tony Hawk fan! It boasts a unique skate…
[ad_1] Needing more space has always been the most popular reason for moving house, but now we’re seeing asking prices for bigger homes at an all-time high. We’ve previously written about a growing trend of home-movers looking for larger homes this year, and our data analysts can reveal that this demand is driving prices up.…
[ad_1] An opportunity has come up to buy Little Haugh Hall, a magnificent property near Bury St Edmunds that has a helipad and a hangar as well as a colourful history. For sale through Strutt & Parker at a guide price of £6.35 million, handsome, Grade II*-listed Little Haugh Hall sits in some 60 acres…
[ad_1] A hugely charismatic country house in Yorkshire has come to the market, one with a great literary claim to fame: it was the inspiration for Emily Brontë’s seminal novel Wuthering Heights. There’s a fundamental flaw with the teaching of English literature: tell somebody to read something, and it can’t help but be a chore.…
