CO. DURHAM

Fawnlees Hall, Wolsingham

An 18th-century house with a stone parapet running along part of the southern facade. 7 beds, 2 bath, 3 receps, study, kitchen, cloakroom, utility room, laundry, 3-bed courtyard cottage, courtyard stable block, dovecote, 11.28 acres. pounds 450,000 Smiths Gore 01434-632001.

SOMERSET

Paragon House, Bath

A Georgian town house in a valley on the outskirts of Bath. 5 beds, 3 bath, 3 receps, kitchen, breakfast room, swimming-pool, partly walled gardens. pounds 425,000 Knight Frank 01285-659771

GLOUCESTER

The Manor House, Southam, Nr. Cheltenham

A Jacobean Grade II* house with exposed timbers and oak flooring. 6 beds, 3 bath, 3 receps, study, kitchen, guest wing, 2 barns, 0.77 acres. pounds 395,000

Hamptons 01242-222909

KENT

The Old Rectory, Hever

A former rectory with 16th century origins set back off a country lane. 6 beds, 1 dressing room, 3 bath, 3 receps, cloakroom, kitchen, utility room, sewing room, attic study, coach house with stabling, tennis court, kitchen garden, pond, 7.46 acres. pounds 850,000

Savills 01732-455551

ESSEX

Brizes Park, Kelvedon Hatch, Brentwood, Essex

A Georgian mansion set in parkland, formerly used as a private school. 10 ground-floor rooms, 10 first-floor rooms, 10-roomed flat, cellars, converted stable block, gymnasium, medical centre, 14 prefabricated classrooms, 3 tennis courts, stabling, swimming-pool complex, croquet lawn, walled garden, 16 acres. pounds 1.75 million

Savills 01245-269311

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