Properties of the week

When it comes to windows, size does matter

Lincolnshire, £1.395 million

The English Gothic Revival leanings of Sir George Gilbert Scott are evident at Grade Ii-listed The Old Rectory at Fillingham, near Gainsborough, which he enlarged in 1853; it was originally built in the 1700s. Opposite the village church, it has eight bedrooms, original stone windows, Gothic arched doors and hallways, a separate stable block, a paddock, a walled garden and an outdoor swimming pool. The open fireplaces are similar to those Scott designed for the Houses of Parliament. Humberts (0115–950 5444)

Gloucestershire, £1 million

When you build a house in woodland, you expect privacy, so you may as well make all your external walls out of glass. The plot for Ewen Tree House, outside the village of Ewen, not far from Kemble, offers an opportunity to own a Paragraph 55 development—named for the clause in planning policy allowing homes of exceptional design to be built in rural areas. It comes with full planning approval for a five-bedroom, 4,200sq ft home designed by Hawkes Architecture. Savills (01285 627550)

Somerset, POA

If National Trust farmland and the hills surrounding the city of Bath are not enough, wroughtiron balconies adorning the façades of Georgian 23, Bathwick Hill provide further enticement to head to the windows. Of Bath stone and with superb proportions, it has four bedrooms, a separate two-bedroom apartment, a drawing room with a striking bay window and a kitchen with its original dresser. Outside, there’s a swimming pool and the centre of town is within a mile. Strutt & Parker (01225 474500)

Buckinghamshire, £3.45 million

Natural light floods this converted 400-year-old oak-frame building that overlooks 12 acres of landscaped gardens and grounds on the edge of the village of North Dean. There’s even a glass ‘bridge’ landing over the reception hall, maximising the floor-to-ceiling windows. Not four miles from High Wycombe, Old Tythe Barn has five bedrooms, plus a cinema and cellar and, outside, fruit trees, a herb garden, a vegetable patch and a paddock. Knight Frank (01494 675368)

Berkshire, £2.25 million

A Grade Ii-listed farmhouse with a contemporary twist, four-bedroom Norman Farm near Newbury offers panoramic views from the glazed entrance hall and kitchen. Its 18 acres include a swimming pool, tennis court and a pond and planning permission exists for a two-storey extension. Strutt & Parker (020–7318 5183)