From a bungalow in iconic Dungeness to a Grade II-listed home with a rooftop lookout, Amy McPherson compiles some of the best coastal properties currently for sale

Barnbarroch House, Barnbarroch, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland. A country house with views towards Urr Water estuary with two two-bedroom cottages in the grounds. It has period fireplaces and a kitchen

Twenty great cottages to suit every group holiday

Cushnie House, Cushnie, Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This B-listed former Laird’s house comes with grounds that include five ponds and a vegetable garden. An additional 28 acres of land is availab

A cottage overlooking the sea in Cornwall and a handsome Georgian townhouse in Lincolnshire are only two of the prime properties currently on the market for less than £1 million, finds Arabella Youens

There is nothing quite like a barn conversion with its characterful features and nod to an agrarian past to get the pulse racing, so who wouldn’t love one of these distinctive homes magnificently transformed for rural living