Rural retreat
Dacre, Cumbria
What you get This property includes a grade II listed traditional farmhouse, a detached cottage in a converted barn, and a car port. The main property has four bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen/breakfast room, utility room, reception room, dining room, garden room and an attached outbuilding with storage. The cottage has three bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen/dining room, reception room and an attached garage. The land includes gardens and seven acres of paddocks, and has a natural water supply.
Where is it? In a small village in the Lake District, five miles from Penrith, which has a moated tower house, a church and the Horse and Farrier pub. Ullswater is two miles south.
Upside The cottage could be used as a holiday let, subject to planning consent.
Downside Two of the bedrooms in the main house are small.
Price £950,000
Contact Carter Jonas, 01539 263188, carterjonas.co.uk
http://www.carterjonas.co.uk/ Period townhouse
Thaxted, Essex
What you get A grade II* listed painted townhouse, this 4,150 sq ft property has 14th-century origins and an 18th-century façade as well as half an acre of land, off-street parking, a coach house that has been converted into studio rooms and an outbuilding. The house has five bedrooms, two bathrooms, three reception rooms with open fireplaces, a reception hall with a grand staircase, a kitchen, a garden room and two cellars.
Where is it? Thaxted is home to Britain’s oldest revival Morris dancing group, and is seven miles from Stansted.
Upside It’s in a great central location.
Downside Planes fly over the church a few hundred yards from the house.
Price £995,000
Contact Mullucks, 01799 520520, mullucks.co.uk
http://www.mullucks.co.uk/ Mews house
Bath, Somerset
What you get A honey-coloured period stone mews house, this 1,272 sq ft former coach house has white interiors, an open staircase and contemporary fittings, as well as an open-plan bedroom and bathroom on the first floor. It has an open-plan kitchen/living/dining room and a shower room on the ground floor. The living space leads to a patio garden.
Where is it? It’s on Pulteney Mews by the River Avon in Bath. The house is a short walk from the city centre. Bath Spa railway station is less than a mile away.
Upside It’s light for a mews house.
Downside It might be too open-plan.
Price £695,000
Contact The Modern House, 020 3795 5920, themodernhouse.com