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House, Holne, Devon, England, offers over £850,000
Where In Dartmoor National Park, almost equidistant from Plymouth and Exeter, with both cities being about 25 miles or a 40-minute drive away. Exeter airport is a few miles further and offers domestic and European flights, while direct trains from Exeter to London take from 2h 10m.
What A Grade II-listed, thatched house on 1.6 acres. It has three bedrooms, two of which are en suite and each accessed by their own staircase, and a library that leads to a terrace with views across Dartmoor towards Sharp Tor.
Why The distinctive house, called Tumbly, was designed by a pupil of Edwin Lutyens. Two detached thatched garages, original period features and a sectioned garden with mature shrubs and trees all add to the property’s charm.
Who Knight Frank
Cottage, Bala, Gwynedd, Wales, £745,000
Where In Snowdonia, the biggest of Wales’s three national parks. Liverpool and Manchester’s international airports are each less than two hours away by car.
What An extended five-bedroom house that is built mostly in Welsh stone and has been modernised sensitively with slate hearths, slate and wooden floors and exposed timbers. There is also a stone barn.
Why The peaceful setting. The house is reached by a lane and then a track that crosses farm and woodland before even reaching the drive. The elevated position and modern extension make the most of views across the national park.
Who Jackson-Stops
House, Ballintuim, Perthshire, Scotland, offers over £550,000
Where Ten miles from the Cairngorms, the UK’s northernmost national park. Perth and Dundee are 45 minutes by car. Perth airport offers private facilities and Dundee serves London City and Belfast.
What A 466 sq m house, currently with six bedrooms but with potential for nine. Its origins can be traced as far back as the mid-16th century. Additions were made in the late 19th century and the house is now due for refurbishment.
Why Four acres of grounds include mature gardens, a paddock and
an old coach house and stables with potential for conversion into
a three-bedroom house.
Who Savills
House, Buxton, Derbyshire, England, £1.995m
Where In the spa town of Buxton in the Peak District. Manchester Airport is 22 miles, 40 minutes by car. Macclesfield, 12 miles away, has direct trains to London (1h 50m).
What A 19th-century house with seven en-suite bedrooms plus a one-bedroom basement, two-bedroom coach house and one-bedroom cottage.
Why As well as being on the edge of the Peak District national park, the house overlooks Buxton’s Pavilion Gardens, 23 acres of Victorian landscaped splendour.
Who Savills
Estate, Redlynch, Wiltshire, England, offers over £18m
Where In the New Forest, 10 miles from Salisbury and 90 miles south-west of London. Southampton and its airport are within 30 minutes by car, with flights to Europe as well as private aircraft facilities.
What A Grade I-listed, seven-bedroom Jacobean house. A Grade II-listed stable yard features an additional five-bedroom house; there is also a farmhouse and three cottages.
Why The property is set on 366ha of park, wood and farmland, along with lawns, lakes and paddocks.
Who Strutt & Parker
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