From a charming church conversion to a home with a fly fishing loch and holiday lets, Amy McPherson compiles some of the best coastal properties for sale

Just having celebrated its 60th anniversary, the Landmark Trust is a conservation charity that restores derelict historic buildings, sensitively converting them into comfortable holiday accommodation.

Before the country-house market begins in earnest–which is later in the northern regions–three handsome houses are launched in the hope of catching the eye of eager would-be buyers

Constructed in the age of the Industrial Revolution and Jane Austen (give or take a few decades in some cases), each of these Georgian gems has withstood the passage of some 300 years and is now ready for its next chapter

Old Plawhatch House, Sharpthorne, East Grinstead, East Sussex. An Arts & Crafts-style house on the edge of a village. It has leaded-light windows, open fireplaces, and an oak staircase with a gallery

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