The hottest homes for millionaires

Spinnakers, Wheal-an-Wens, Marazion, Cornwall. An art-deco style house (pictured above) designed by award-winning architect Barrie Briscoe with views across Mounts Bay. It has a roof terrace spanning the width of the building and a semi-circular seating area on the top floor with 360-degree views. 3 beds, 2 baths, 3 receps, study, 1-bed flat, vegetable garden, gardens. £1.15m OnTheMarket.com 01872-395949.

Stone House, Ludlow, Shropshire. A renovated, Grade II-listed 1820s house thought to be the work of Charles Cockerell, who designed the Ashmolean museum in Oxford. It has fine plasterwork, wood floors and grand open fireplaces. 6 beds, 4 baths, 4 receps, breakfast kitchen, walled garden. £975,000 Strutt & Parker 01584-873711.

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Leinster Square, Notting Hill, London W2. A third-floor flat in a white stucco-fronted building with access to a large communal garden. The flat has sash windows and an open-plan living area with west-facing views of the parade and the communal garden square. 2 beds, bath, open-plan recep/kitchen, 62 sq m. £975,000 Knight Frank 020-7229 0229.

Delford House, Kinnaird, Perthshire. A renovated, late Georgian house in large grounds with views towards the Sidlaw Hills. It has sash windows and open fireplaces with period surrounds. The country-style kitchen has a large Aga and leads onto a conservatory, from which French doors open onto a flagstone terrace. 5 beds, 3 baths, 3 receps, coach house with home office and guest suite, heated outdoor pool, gardens 1.9 acres. £1.1m+ Bell Ingram 01738-621121.

Crown Spindle Mill, Embsay, North Yorkshire. This former mill retains its original cast-iron water wheel, stone mill chimney and exposed beams. It comes with a two-bed house and a two-bed cottage, both currently tenanted, and a range of outbuildings. 6 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, gardens. £925,000 Hunters 01756-700544.

Cefnfaes Hall, Rhayader, Powys. This renovated, 1830s property with later extensions commands far-reaching views over its own parkland and the surrounding countryside. The house retains its original leaded-light windows, ornate ceilings and grand fireplaces, and has a self-contained, two-bed rear wing, a games room with a vaulted ceiling, and a library. 9 beds, 4 baths, 4 receps, 24 acres. £945,000 Savills 02920-368930.

Bourton Cross, Bourton, Gillingham, Dorset. A restored, Grade II-listed Regency house set in gardens that include the original carriage house, which is currently used as a garage with a studio above it. 5 beds, 3 baths, 4 receps, kitchen with an Aga, tennis court. £1m Knight Frank 01935-812236.

Barleycombe, Christon, Somerset. An 1870s Victorian former hunting lodge on the edge of the village. It has a decorative stone fireplace with a wood-burning stove, wood and stone floors, and a newly fitted kitchen and breakfast room that leads onto an enclosed courtyard and landscaped gardens, which include a Victorian-style greenhouse. 5 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, games room, double garage, stables, outbuildings, 3.25 acres. £995,000 Savills 0117-933 5800.

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