House of the week
Cambridgeshire, £2.5m
Buy a home and a business in one at Knapwell Wood Farm. Set in 3.5 acres, ten miles from Cambridge city centre, the main house has three floors. The present owners bought it in 2003 as a mammoth renovation project. It was in the same family since the 18th century and is now a successful B&B with seven bedrooms.
020 7190 9737, nestseekers.com
Devon, £965,000
A 17th-century thatched cottage in Lustleigh on the edge of Dartmoor. Sold with no onward chain, it’s an open-plan family home with three bedrooms and countryside views.
01392 455717, savills.co.uk
Northumberland, £550,000
Original sash windows, coving and fireplaces fill this Palladian-style Georgian manor in Belford that has been converted into flats. This one has three en suite bedrooms and parking.
01670 708018, fineandcountry.com
York, £387,500
The city’s Christmas market is a ten-minute walk from this period terraced townhouse in Monkgate. There are three bedrooms and off-street parking. It is sold with no onward chain.
01904 295186, brigfords.co.uk
Suffolk, £180,000
This one-bedroom thatched cottage in Eye, a village five miles from Diss and its rail link to London Liverpool Street, is an ideal starter home. It has an outbuilding with a kitchenette.
01379 642233, durrants.com
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Nottinghamshire, £1.295m
An elegant six-bedroom Georgian country house that oozes period charm, in Newton, two miles outside Bingham. It served as officers’ quarters during the war for a nearby RAF base.
0115 982 2824, fineandcountry.com
Oxfordshire, £1.2m
Honeysuckle Cottage is a recently refurbished bolt hole with four bedrooms and a south-facing garden, in Great Milton village, a short walk from Raymond Blanc’s Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons.
01865 339704, savills.co.uk
Warwickshire, £650,000
Dog walks, Agas and a country pub . . . village life is on the doorstep of this five-bedroom detached Georgian home in Barby, a ten-minute drive from Rugby and its rail links to London Euston.
01788 579880, connells.co.uk
Scottish house of the week
Edinburgh, o/o £1.5m
In the thick of Edinburgh city centre, on Nelson Street next to Queen Street Gardens, is this refurbished six-bedroom house spread over three floors. There are three reception rooms, ideal for a big family or avid entertainer, five bathrooms and a garden. The lower ground floor has a courtyard and two cellars for storage.
0131 222 9620, knightfrank.co.uk
Glasgow, o/o £169,995
This bright top-floor flat is in a handsome blond sandstone tenement in Dennistoun. It has two bedrooms, original features and access to a communal residents’ garden.
0141 611 8884, pacittijones.co.uk
