Once the places of residence for Victorian clergy, these three grand former vicarages blend historic charm with modern luxury–and now they’re seeking new custodians

Georgian rectories in this sought-after landscape tend to stay in the same hands for decades, if not centuries, but a tantalising few have now come to the market

These four glorious properties need only a modicum of tender loving care and offer great rewards to the far-sighted

Patrick Brompton, Bedale, North Yorkshire. A renovated, Grade II-listed Queen Anne house dating from 1703 with outbuildings and a 200-year-old stable block with four apartments. It has a kitchen with

The living is easy at two impeccably restored historic country estates, one visited by Henry James and Virginia Woolf, the other the birthplace of a flying ace downed by the Red Baron

From traditional stone-built longhouses to picture-perfect thatched cottages, Arabella Youens finds a tempting selection of properties in beautiful West Country locations