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

In this frenetic working-from-home era, busy gentlemen and ladies often require an office on site and, if the home that accompanies such a study is characterful, too, then so much the better

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Twenty great cottages to suit every group holiday

For horse lovers everywhere, these five properties boast facilities–from stables to solariums–that are the stuff of equestrian dreams

Despite their clichéd ‘chocolate-box’ description, thatched cottages are generally showstoppers. They tend not to remain on the market for long, so, for this quintet, it may be a case of he (or she) who hesitates is lost