$11.5 million (£9.5m)
Seven bedrooms, swimming pool, folly, 5½ acres Cockade House, Cane Garden, St Thomas One Caribbean Estates (00 1 246 620 4000) Originally built in the 1700s on a sugar plantation, this seven-bedroom property, with a main house and two cottages, was reconfigured by mid-20th-century designer Oliver Messel, who also incorporated a ruined folly by the pool. Notable guests have included Pavarotti.