Hot properties: homes with great fire places

Kentlands, Sandwich Bay, Kent. A renovated, Grade II-listed Arts & Crafts house built in Sandwich Bay Estate in the 1920s using original Tudor materials. The house overlooks the bay and has a panelled reception room with a stone fireplace engraved with the crest for the Cinque Ports. 8 beds, 4 baths, 4 receps, two kitchens, 2-bed lodge house, walled garden, swimming pool, beach access. £2.9m Strutt & Parker 01227-451123.

The Old Cottage, Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire. A 16th-century house surrounded by landscaped gardens adjoining Burnham Beeches. The formal rooms include an oak-panelled drawing room with an open fireplace with a carved stone surround and three French doors leading onto the gardens. 6 beds, 3 baths, 4 receps, summer house, 5.4 acres. £2.95m. Knight Frank 0194-858189.

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Abbey Lodge, Farthinghoe, Northamptonshire. A restored, Grade II-listed, 15th-century house on the edge of a village. It has large open fireplaces, including a carved stone fireplace in the drawing room, flagstone and oak floors, exposed ceiling beams and leaded-light windows. 6 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, mezzanine study, kitchen/family room, home office, outbuilding courtyard garden, landscaped gardens. 0.9 acres. £2.35m Carter Jonas 01865-511444.

Devizes Castle, Devizes, Wiltshire. The principle part of a Grade I-listed castle in an elevated position with views over the surrounding countryside. It has grand fireplaces, including a floor-to-ceiling stone canopied fireplace in the library, stone-mullioned windows, oak floors, stone spiral staircases, and richly decorated high ceilings. 6 beds, 4 baths, 3 receps, library, 2 kitchens, long gallery, 3 tower rooms, formal gardens, 2.4 acres. £2.5m Savills 01225-474500.

Hall Court, Kynaston, Herefordshire. A Grade II-listed, half-timbered manor with exposed beams and open fireplaces, including one in the panelled drawing room with carved surrounds. 8 beds, 5 baths, 3 receps, office, 1-bed annexe, 19th-century brick kilns, barn, 18 stables, outdoor school, 79 acres. £2.5m Savills 01865-269000.

Hambrook Hall, Hambrook, West Sussex. A modernised 1920s Arts & Crafts house that retains its original Arts & Crafts fireplaces with carved wood and stone surrounds, beamed ceilings, leaded-light windows and wood floors. 6 beds, 6 baths, 4 receps, study, breakfast kitchen, secondary kitchen, range of outbuildings, double garage, greenhouse, tennis court, marquee pavilion, gardens, grounds, 4.2 acres. £2.95m Jackson-Stops 01243-786316.

Hougham Manor, Hougham, Grantham, Lincolnshire. A Grade II-listed manor set in parkland with the River Witham flowing through it. It has period fireplaces with carved surrounds and 15th-century leaded-light windows. 6 beds, 4 baths, 2 receps, indoor pool, 11 stables, manège, gardens, fishing rights, 29.3 acres. £2m Savills 01522-508908.

Lower Stone Farm, Berkeley, Gloucestershire. A restored, Grade II-listed, mid-15th century house with an adjoining 2-bedroomed cottage. It has inglenook and period fireplaces and oak beams. 8 beds, 3 baths, 2 receps, study, barn, 2.01 acres. Further 4.4 acres and stables available separately. £1m Knight Frank 0117 317 1999.

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