Castles and crenellations
Gloucestershire: Badgeworth End, Badgeworth, Cheltenham. This stunning house has a crenellated tower and sits in five acres of grounds, with views over the Severn Vale. Master suite, 8 further beds, 2 further baths, breakfast/kitchen, 5 receps, 3 WCS, snug, utility, pantry, party barn, stables, stores, indoor pool complex, coach house, paddocks. £1.75m; Knight Frank (01242-246959).
Argyll and Bute: Kinlochlaich House, Appin. This B-listed Georgian Gothic-style house dates from around 1800, but has some parts with much earlier origins. The property is set in mature grounds of more than an acre on the south-facing slopes of the Appin hills, and comprises the main house and three independent apartments. Main house: 5 beds, family bath, kitchen/dining room, 1 further recep, barrel-vaulted hall, office, cellar, study, utility; 3 independent apartments (1-, 2and 3-bed), garden, garage. £550,000; Bell Ingram (01738621121).
Isle of Wight: Norris Lodge, New Barn Road, East Cowes. A Grade II refurbished lodge, dating from 1920, in a quiet setting with views over the Norris Castle estate and to the Solent. Master bed, 1 further bed, shower, breakfast/ kitchen, sitting room, cloakroom, hall, paved terrace, lawned garden, raised terrace, timber store/former garage, shed, parking. £350,000; Spence Willard (01983-200880).
East Sussex: 7 Sheffield Park House, Sheffield Park. A duplex flat on the first and second floors of this landmark Grade I country house, with a wealth of period features from decorative coving to stained-glass windows and Tudor beams. Master suite, 1/2 further beds, family bath, kitchen, 2 receps, hall, study/ bed 3, cellar, garage; communal reception, gardens, tennis courts and parkland. £695,000; Savills (01444-446000).
Somerset: Charlton Mackrell Court, Somerton. This Grade II* house is a fine example of Strawberry Hill Gothic architecture, and is mentioned in Pevsner’s guide to Somerset. Master suite with dressing room, 1 further suite, 7 further beds, 4 further baths, breakfast/kitchen, 3 receps, library, study, cloakroom, cellars, courtyard with 4 cottages, outbuildings, swimming pool within a walled garden, orchard, paddocks, parkland, 21 acres. £3.5m; Savills (0207016 3820).
Herefordshire: Wilton Castle-on-the-wye, Wilton, Ross-on-wye. A rare opportunity to buy part of a restored 12th century Norman castle. Wilton is a Grade I scheduled monument, and has undergone a ten-year restoration by the current owners to create a private residence surrounded by a curtain wall and dry moat, which form part of the original castle. Within the landscaped gardens lie the ruins of a Tudor manor house with roses climbing through its mullioned windows. 5 beds (1 with en suite shower), 2 baths, breakfast/kitchen, pantry, 4 receps, cloakroom, utility, outbuildings, gardens, parking. There is planning permission to renovate the great tower for further accommodation. £1.495m; Andrew Grant Country Homes (01905-734735).
Norfolk: Shelton Hall, Shelton, Norwich. A restored Grade II house, believed to date back to the 1600s, on the site of a moated manor house. Master suite with dressing room, 7 further beds (2 en suite), family bath, breakfast/kitchen/ snug with Aga, recep hall, 2 further receps, games room, library, utility/prep kitchen, cinema room, cellar, gardens, paddocks, 20 acres. £1m; Bedfords (01284-769999).
Highlands: House of the Northern Gate, Thurso. A unique opportunity to buy the Dunnet Estate: more than 1,800 acres of land with a ten-bed mansion house in need of modernisation, six lochs for brown trout fishing, heather hills for grouse shooting and a beach. For sale by auction on 22 March, lot 32. £925,000; Auction House Scotland (0141-339 4466).