Wortham, Suffolk
This listed semi-detached house with two bedrooms and a thatched roof has been modernised, yet retains its charm and attractive period features. It has good-sized gardens to the rear and looks over a grassland common to the front.
£290,000, durrants.com
![Converted from three 18th-century farm workers’ cottages, this family home has four bedrooms](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F81434bf4-0066-11e8-a2b0-4e5c7848ab02.jpg?crop=3729%2C2486%2C550%2C229)
Arborfield, Berkshire
Formerly three 18th-century farm workers’ cottages, this property was converted into a four-bedroom family home in the 1940s, and has been modernised. It is set in landscaped gardens, featuring trees and lavender.
£1.095 million, knightfrank.co.uk
![The setting of this three-bedroom thatched house is idyllic, with far-reaching views of the countryside](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F82fd43dc-0066-11e8-a2b0-4e5c7848ab02.jpg?crop=2557%2C1705%2C122%2C203)
Higher Tale, Devon
This three-bedroom thatched house dates from the 17th century, but is not listed. Its setting is idyllic, with gardens featuring a wooded snowdrop meadow and woodlands. There are far-reaching views of the countryside.
£450,000, wilkinsongrant.co.uk
![Wood panelling and exposed beams are features of this four-bedroom property in Fittleton, Wiltshire](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.thetimes.com/imageserver/image/%2Fmethode%2Ftimes%2Fprod%2Fweb%2Fbin%2F7fafb566-0066-11e8-a2b0-4e5c7848ab02.jpg?crop=4780%2C3187%2C195%2C96)
Fittleton, Wiltshire
Once two cottages, this four-bedroom home has an adjoining one-bedroom annexe with independent access. It needs modernising and redecorating, but it has rooms with wood panelling and exposed beams.
£595,000, hamptons.co.uk