A sprawling castle once owned by the Naval commander who ended the piratical career of the real-life Jack Sparrow
Penny Churchill takes a look at an English castle fresh to the market that offers history, escapism and a touch of the unexpected.
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A picture-perfect Elizabethan country house once owned by the impresario who created Bucks Fizz
This year, we can expect some serious movement in the market, says Penny Churchill, who expects delightful country houses such as Comforts Place to be snapped up quickly.
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A huge country house in Sussex with 11 bedrooms, seven reception rooms and space for 20 cars
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Castles, estates and a private island with its own ferry: The biggest property sales in Scotland of the last 12 months
From a Highland wilderness with its own train station to a house that Mary, Queen of Scots, may or may not have set fire to.
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How 2019 became the year that the country house market turned the corner
After three years of stalling, the English country house market picked up again in 2019 says Penny Churchill, as she picks out her property highlights of the year from the West Country, Midlands and northern England.
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The biggest property sales of 2019 in the south of England — and how they defied the gloom and the naysayers
Penny Churchill looks back at a fascinating 12 months in the world of country property in the first of three articles, focusing this week on the south of England.
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A medievalist’s 15th-century manor house in the Severn valley with five bedrooms, 10 acres, and a lovely history
Current owner Dr Barnes adopted a policy of ‘care and repair’ when it came to Ashleworth Manor.
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A Grade II*-listed Queen Anne home that was once the pub where Sir Alfred Munnings propped up the bar
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A Grade I-listed house so big it should probably be measured in acres rather than square feet
Hinwick House, on the border of Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire, is big — very big. It's also exquisitely charming, as Penny Churchill explains.
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A light and beautiful country house near Cambridge with a spectacular colonnaded terrace
Penny Churchill takes a look at a Cambridgeshire country house that's the archetypal Georgian house.
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A spectacular converted Victorian schoolhouse, with huge amounts of space, beautiful grounds and a cinema in the rafters
The romance and drama of a converted Victorian schoolhouse can be hard to beat for sheer atmosphere. Penny Churchill takes a look at one which is a prime example — and which also boasts delightful grounds.
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A country house for sale for the very first time that's a blank canvas for a new owner to move in
Whitehill has been in the same hands ever since it was built at the turn of the 20th century — yet from its immaculate presentation inside you could be forgiven for thinking it was a new-build. Penny Churchill tells more.
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A Scottish country house in the Borders with stables, a coach house — and rooms where Robbie Burns once stayed
A country mansion in the Borders where Robbie Burns once came to stay has come to the market. Penny Churchill reports.
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Rory Bremner's 'magical Borders retreat' for sale after 10 happy years and a 'labour of love' restoration
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A coastal mini-estate with its own headland between the Fal Estuary and Helford Passage
Cornwall specialises in spectacular waterfront property, but even so Stack Point House stands in a league of its own.
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The old sail loft which became a quirky family home, with spellbinding views over the River Exe
Wixels is unique, in its unique interiors and stunning vistas. Penny Churchill reports.
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An upside-down house in Salcombe, with Italian-style formal gardens and breathtaking sea views
The stone which Fort Charles sits on was used to build the last stronghold of the royalists in the English Civil War. It now plays host to a rather incredible house. Penny Churchill reports.
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An Oxfordshire country house so beautiful that one famous visitor whipped out his cheque book and tried to buy it on the spot
Penny Churchill takes a look at the devastatingly charming Brightwell Manor, where even the Aga is a cherished antique.
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A politely symmetrical 18th century Cotswolds house, owned by the same family for over 100 years
‘More than a farmhouse, but not quite a country house’, Paxford needs a loving hand to update the house and care for the beautiful land which surrounds it. Penny Churchill reports.
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A gorgeous period farmhouse where you can sit back in comfort with a glass of your home-grown wine
A farmhouse in Kent where the owners have turned their field into a vineyard has come up for sale. Penny Churchill takes a look.
