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Bedrooms: 2

Unique features: Mews house with exterior clock on the Burton Park country estate; set in 140 acres of private parkland with two lakes, woodland, formal gardens, croquet lawn and tennis courts, all with the backdrop of the South Downs; Grade II listed.

Contact: Jackson-Stops, jackson-stops.co.uk, 01730 812357 Bedrooms: Currently none

Unique features: 1839 Clock Tower in Dufftown’s town square, the basement of which has previously been a jail and public WC; ground floor and three upper floors; grey granite walls; various commemorative plaques on the tower; could be bought for as little as £1 but the property needs extensive restoration work and Moray Council would need convincing of what the buyer intends to do before releasing it.

Contact: Moray Council, moray.gov.uk, 01343 543451

Bedrooms: 7

Unique features: 5,000 sq ft converted clock house set in the grounds of 18th Century Garston Park, near Godstone; five reception rooms; outdoor heated swimming pool, tennis court and grounds of 1.2 acres; a further four acres of grazing land are available by separate negotiation.

Contact: Hamptons International, hamptons. co.uk, 01883 345255 Bedrooms: 3 Unique features: Grade II listed home, built as the Almonkton village school in 1856; stillfunctioning school clock; four reception rooms; gardens on all sides of the house.

Contact: Fine & Country, fineand country.com, 01332 973888