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Best country houses for sale this week

Catch up on the best country houses for sale this week that have come to the market via Country Life.

A grand, 10,000sq ft hall in Yorkshire with moat, and a secret garden

Penny Churchill looks at a grand hall near York with an ancient history that is for sale for the first time in six decades.

Mass exodus to the country, WFH hotspots and what buyers really look for take centre stage in latest property research

Three mesmerising historic homes for sale across the Continent, from a Venetian palazzo to a villa with its own aqueduct

With interest in international properties making a surprisingly strong showing, Carla Passino picks out three beautiful houses in popular destinations.

Wood Hall: A beautiful Norfolk estate that's been in the same family for a century and a half, including a house with the 'perfect party kitchen'

Wood Hall is a storied estate in Norfolk with substantial acreage that offers a wealth of opportunity for buyers, says Penny Churchill.

16 homes, from castles and cottages to converted churches, as seen in Country Life

We run through some of the houses to have come to the market via Country Life in the past week.

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Bowden Park, one of England's great estates, has comes to the market at £35 million

The Bowden Park estate is a truly vast property — with a correspondingly vast price tag — whose sale marks a great new chapter in its four-hundred-year history. Penny Churchill reports.

An estate in the Brecon Beacons for sale that's family home, sanctuary, working farm and business opportunity rolled into one

362 acres of beautifully-unspoilt Brecon Beacons countryside is for sale as The Mandinam Estate comes to the market. Penny Churchill takes a look.

A magnificent Cotswolds manor house with pool, walled garden and a rich history of intrigue

Luckington Manor is every inch the picture-perfect Cotswolds country house, with a history that adds to its charm says Penny Churchill.

Four properties which have a touch of Country Life in the heart of London

Many are swapping city for countryside these days — but you can find a bit of both, given the right budget.

An interior designer's beautiful home for sale, with exquisite touches — and even better views

Penny Churchill looks at the arrival on to the market of Robert Carslaw's beautiful home on a hillside overlooking the sea in Cornwall.

Four properties for sale, including a converted water tower, as seen in Country Life

We take our pick of some of the best homes to appear in Country Life in the past week or so.

A magical cottage for sale in the Brecon Beacons, complete with a 'baby castle' annexe

Twr Mihangel is a beautiful cottage in the Brecon Beaacons that's been spectacularly decorated within — and has a self-contained annexe that can only be described as a baby castle.

An iconic American billionaire's palatial bolthole for sale in the heart of Hardy's Wessex

The Old Manor at Puddletown has a bit of everything: a charming name, a history that takes in the great and the good and a recent story of salvation thanks to a motor racing tycoon.

An 11-bedroom, Grade I-listed home with superb original interiors and spectacular terraced gardens

A £2m budget wouldn't go far in the leafier parts of south-west London, but look at Exmoor and you'll find more — such as this extraordinary and historic 11-bedroom mansion. Penny Churchill tells more.

A spectacular clifftop home set in its own 'secret valley' with 'total privacy, protection from the winds and the best sea views in Devon'

West Country properties have witnessed an unprecedented surge in demand, finds Penny Churchill, as she takes a look at a contemporary home in a spectacular setting.

19 wonderful country houses for sale, as seen in Country Life

Grandeur, splendour and practicality in two homes for sale that make it easy to live in your own castle

Living in a spectacular castle doesn't have to come with the headaches of owning a castle, as shown by these beautiful apartments at Thurland Castle, a grand pile wedged into the space between the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and Forest of Bowland.

A home in the Quantocks which rose from the ashes, now seeking a new owner

Penny Churchill takes a look at Triscombe House, which has been beautifully restored following a huge fire, and which is now seeking a new owner.