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

High Bands, Gayle, Hawes, North Yorkshire. A renovated stone-built farm cottage with attached barn dating from 1850 and extended to create a spacious family home. It has beamed ceilings, exposed stone

Holwood House, Keston, near Sevenoaks, Kent. A Grade I-listed country house, once home to William Pitt the Younger, with a folly and a garden pavilion. It has domed ceilings and retains its original f

Architect Nancy Gouldstone’s passion for historic properties was given the ideal outlet when she bought a Grade II-listed Georgian townhouse

This week’s dream: the Waldorf Astoria glitters again ...

Alan Bird and Geraint Lewis have turned a medieval pub into a warm and welcoming home where natural materials, bespoke craftsmanship and pared-back elegance blend perfectly