Six of the best: Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex

HILL HOUSE

HECKFIELD, HOOK, HAMPSHIRE

Hill House is a six-bedroom, Grade Ii-listed period house. There are four reception rooms, with wood burners in both the drawing and sitting rooms plus double doors out to the terrace and garden; the dining room has an open fireplace. The mature gardens are partly walled and there is also a kitchen garden and various outbuildings. The property sits in half an acre and is four miles from Hartley Wintney. Agent: Knight Frank Tel: 01256 630971 Guide price: £1.5m

STARFIELDS

WHITMORE VALE, GRAYSHOTT, SURREY

This is a five-bedroom country house with a detached annexe, set in just over 1½ acres of wooded gardens and grounds next to a stream. Built in 2019 by the vendors, Starfields has four bedrooms and the land includes a vegetable garden, a paved terrace and lawns. There is underfloor heating – provided by an air source heat pump – to the ground and first floors. Outside, there is

barn-style garaging and workshops. Agent: Clarke Gammon Wellers Tel: 01428 664800

Guide price: £1.675m

PERISCOPE HOUSE WEST STREET, PORTSMOUTH,

HAMPSHIRE

An eclectic, steel-and-timber property

along the cobbled streets of Old Portsmouth’s Spice Island conservation area, with views over the harbour and The Solent. It has lifts across four floors and a built-in garage with boat store. There’s

a courtyard garden, roof terrace and hydrotherapy pool and, yes, a periscope in the sitting room salvaged from a submarine. Agent: Fry & Kent Tel: 023 9281 5221 Guide price: £2.5m

LITTLE BUCKSTEEP

DALLINGTON, EAST SUSSEX

Dating from the 17th century with later

additions, this five-bedroom Sussex farmhouse has a wealth of period features, including exposed beams and posts and a timber dog-leg staircase. There is also a three-bedroom oast house, with a sitting room and a vaulted, open-plan kitchen. The

property has 7½ acres, including formal gardens and terracing, a swimming pool and

a tennis court. Agent: Strutt & Parker

Tel: 01273 475411 Guide price: £3.25m

DAWES GREEN HOUSE

LEIGH, REIGATE, SURREY

Built of mellow and red brick with exposed

timber and a tiled roof, the house dates from 1912 and is Tudor reproduction in style. Features of the property include leaded light windows, open fireplaces, exposed timbers and oak joinery. There are six bedrooms, plus a seventh bedroom/sitting room, as well as two cottages in the sale. The grounds include parkland, a paddock, stables, a

tennis court and a swimming pool. Agent: Hamptons Tel: 01306 580182 Guide price: £3.75m

HAYLEIGH FARMHOUSE

STREAT, HASSOCKS, EAST SUSSEX

This is a Grade Ii-listed, five-bedroom house with plenty of living and entertaining space. The drawing room, with an open fireplace, has views across the South Downs.

The property comes with six acres, divided into formal gardens and paddocks. There is a natural pond providing a haven for wildlife and also stabling with a tack room, a large agricultural barn and a

swimming pool with pool house. Agent: Hamptons Tel: 01444 360175 Guide price: £1.975m