Properties of the week: stunning country houses on sale for under £1m
Featuring homes in Lincolnshire, Suffolk and Cornwall
Cumbria: Hoff Lodge, Hoff
An Arts & Crafts house set in approx. 5.5 acres between the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales. 6 beds, 3 baths, kitchen, 4 receps, garden, coach house, garage. OIEO £950,000; Fine & Country.
Northumberland: High Mote, Elsdon
A traditional stone farmhouse with fine rural views. 4 beds, 2 baths, kitchen, 2 receps, gardens of approx. 3.37 acres, parking. £800,000; Finest Properties.
Devon: Valley View, Churchill
Handsome house with impressive views located in the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. 5 beds, 2 baths, kitchen, 3 receps, gardens of approx. 1.5 acres, outbuilding, garage. £795,000; Symonds & Sampson.
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Isle of Wight: Wydcombe Manor West, Whitwell
A 17th century house with Victorian alterations set in rolling parkland. 5 beds, 2 baths, kitchen, 3 receps, garden. £750,000; Spence Willard.
Lincolnshire: Commandant’s House, Sutton Bridge
Once part of RAF Sutton, this elegant property was built in the 1930s in a tranquil rural setting. Main suite, 5 further beds, family bath, 2 showers, kitchen/ living/dining room, 2 receps, study, garden, garage. £700,000; Fine & Country.
Suffolk: Tawny’s, Aspall Green
A Grade II Elizabethan farmhouse set in approx. 3.2 acres. 3 beds, 2 baths, kitchen/dining room, 2 receps, selfcontained annexe, tennis court, large Elizabethan “party” barn, garden, parking. £975,000; Bedfords.
Cornwall: Wooda, Warleggan
A striking Grade II former farmhouse overlooking an unspoilt wooded valley on the edge of Bodmin Moor. 4 beds (1 en suite), family bath, kitchen/breakfast room, 3 receps, garden, paddocks, garage. OIRO £975,000; Lillicrap Chilcott.
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Wiltshire: Medbourne House, Liddington
This late 17th century Grade II farmhouse is set in mature gardens, which include a vegetable garden and lily pond. 4 beds, family bath, kitchen, 3 receps, study, garden, garages. £950,000; Carter Jonas.
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