Buckingham- shire: Webbs Cottage, Fulmer. A Grade II cottage with landscaped grounds, in the heart of Fulmer, which has won the county’s Best Kept Village award many times. Sitting in the Alderbourne Valley, Fulmer is just 3 miles from Gerrards Cross railway station (23 minutes to Marylebone). 2 beds, family bath, kitchen/ breakfast, sitting/ dining room, cloakroom, detached double garage. £775,000; Strutt & Parker (01753-891188).
Essex: The Old Vicarage, Margaretting.A former rectory 1.3 miles from Ingatestone (30 minutes to Liverpool Street) and 4.5 miles from Shenfield, where Crossrail services will start in 2018. 2 bed suites, 5 further beds, family bath, breakfast/ kitchen, 5 receps, study, utility, ground- floor bath, stores, conservatory, cellars, detached coach house, gardens, woodland, small lake, amenity land, 2.6 acres.£1.495m; Savills (01245-293233).
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