Six of the best: Berkshire and Oxfordshire

WESTON NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE

This is a five-bedroom, five-bathroom barn conversion with two paddocks. The property, near Newbury, is set in nearly two acres and is 10 minutes from the M4. It has exposed bricks and beams, solid oak flooring and vaulted ceilings, with a galleried landing with a full-height window and views over the Lambourn Valley. The house is surrounded by farmland and the paddocks are mostly post-and-rail fenced.

Agent: Winkworth Tel: 01635 552552 Guide price: £1.6m

GRANGE FARMHOUSE EAST HAGBOURNE, OXFORDSHIRE

This is a Grade Ii-listed Queen Anne house, although it has slightly earlier origins, believed to date from 1680. It is a sixbedroom property, 15 miles from Oxford, and there is also a detached, two-bedroom cottage in the sale. The house was restored and extended 13 years ago. Features include oak-stripped flooring, an oak staircase and a vaulted ceiling with exposed beams in the sitting room.

Agent: Singleton & Daughter Tel: 0118 984 2662 Guide price: £1.695m

GABLE HOUSE BUCKLEBURY, BERKSHIRE

This five-bedroom, Grade Ii-listed property dating from the 16th century has plenty of equestrian facilities, including stabling, manège, tack room, hay store, paddock and grazing land. Features include exposed timbers and an inglenook fireplace. The house has been extended in recent years and the master bedroom had double doors leading out onto a balcony. Bucklebury is halfway between Newbury and Reading.

Agent: Hamptons International Tel: 01635 224133 Guide price: £2m

LITTLE FOSTERS YOULBURY, BOARS HILL, OXFORDSHIRE

The property was originally built in the 1920s but has been extended by the current owners, who have added an oval addition to the house over three floors. Little Fosters has four bedrooms on the first floor and a fifth bedroom with shower room and sitting room on the second floor. Doors lead from the sitting room onto a roof terrace, which offers views over the woodland. The property is just off The Ridgeway.

Agent: Hamptons International Tel: 01865 575409 Offers in excess of £1.85m

ADSHEAD PARK LOWER BASILDON, BERKSHIRE

This is a modern, Lutyens-style country house three miles from Pangbourne. It has four bedrooms all with en-suite bathrooms and sits in formal landscaped gardens. Adshead Park has a gym, steam room, sauna and Jacuzzi, plus a wine room and cinema room. The property has 136 acres of land, including a water feature and terracing, with the whole perimeter enclosed with deer fencing.

Agent: Savills Tel: 01491 843010 Guide price: £10m

THE MANOR HOUSE CHIPPING NORTON, OXFORDSHIRE

A Grade Ii-listed town house renovated and restored and referred to as ‘a country house in town’. The property, accessed via a walled courtyard, is 15th century and built of Cotswold stone under a slate roof. It has been rewired and replumbed, and features include stone-flagged floors and oak staircases. There are terraced gardens with loggias, a walled vegetable garden and a swimming pool.

Agent: Savills

Tel: 01451 832832 Offers in excess of £3m