A Gothic folly and other homes for the fabulously rich

The Hadlow Tower, Tonbridge, Kent. A Grade I-listed Gothic folly situated 37 miles from London and converted into a home. The sixth floor has not yet been converted. 4 beds, 4 baths, 2 receps, media room, 0.6 acres of private garden, access to 2.9 acres of communal gardens. £2m Strutt & Parker 020-7318 5190.

Howells Barn, Somerford Keynes, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. A converted barn with an attached one-bed annexe, set on the 550-acre Lower Mill Estate. The three-storey house comes with a bird-watching hide that has one bedroom, a kitchen and a shower, and private shoreline on a 70-acre lake. 4 beds, 3 baths, open-plan living area, outbuildings, swimming pool, gardens. £1.95m Strutt & Parker 01285-653101.

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Town House, Mile End Road, London E1. A renovated, early-18th-century townhouse in the Stepney Green conservation area. It has off-street parking and a landscaped garden. The interiors feature hand-painted frescoes, 200-year-old reclaimed oak floors, and a 300-year-old fireplace. 3 beds, bath, 2 receps, breakfast kitchen, dining room, studio. £2m Savills 020-7456 6800.

Murrawingi, Salcombe, Devon. This single-storey, 1960s house is set in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the location commands some of the finest views in south Devon. The house has an open-fireplace with a wood-burning stove. 4 beds, 2 baths, recep, garden. £2m+ Strutt & Parker 01548-897616.

Paper Mill House, Standon, Hertfordshire. A Grade II-listed former mill on the edge of a village. The house is accessed by electric gates and is surrounded by established gardens that include a barn that has been converted into a one-bed annexe and the old mill pond, which lies to the west of the house. The River Rib also runs through the grounds. The house has exposed beams, open fireplaces and a large kitchen with state-of-the art fittings. 6 beds, 2 baths, 3 receps, 2.7 acres. £2m Knight Frank 01279-213340.

Reeks Reynolds, Fenhurst, Haslemere, Surrey. A Grade II-listed Elizabethan farmhouse surrounded by gardens in the South Downs National Park. It has an integrated former barn that has been converted into a large family room with a vaulted, beamed ceiling and a wood-burning stove. 6 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, indoor pool, tennis court, 10.2 acres. Planning permission for a one-bed annexe. £2.3m Knight Frank 01428-770560.

Long Cove Farm, Nova Scotia, Canada. A traditional, 1790s farmhouse on a 270-acre oceanfront estate. It comes with three miles of woodland trails linked by tidal marsh boardwalks and four miles of coastline. 4 beds, 2 baths, 3 receps, study, boat house with ramp, wharf, log cabin. CAD3.2m Tradewinds +1 902 275 7611.

Victoria House, Plymouth, Devon. An Art Deco-style house set high above the Cattedown suburb with far-reaching views across Plymouth Sound and Cattewater Estuary. It has circular and floor-to-ceiling windows, parquet floors, a decked terrace and a balcony. 5 beds, 4 baths, 2 receps, breakfast kitchen, indoor pool, 2-bed annexe, workshop, helicopter hangar, helipad, gardens, solar panels providing £3,500 per annum, 2.5 acres. £1.95m Savills 01392-455700.

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