Bridehead revisited

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

One of the oldest squash courts in the country could tempt buyers in Surrey, as Thames river frontage and Sussex sea views offer havens for water babies

These three East Anglian houses include a medieval moated manor once owned by the inspiration for Shakespeare’s Falstaff, the home of a sculptor and a converted watermill

Everingham Park, East Riding of Yorkshire The home of Philip and Helen Guest

Three gracious and beautifully appointed houses in Staffordshire, Hampshire and Gloucestershire have been elegantly presented to the market

Buying a property that includes a ruin carries undoubted romance, but there are caveats, reminds Lucy Denton, who advises on the help at hand