Working with the landscape

From high-end new builds to homes with history, plus a boutique hotel, Amy McPherson compiles some of the best coastal properties on the market

In pursuit of a sleek, light-drenched and thoroughly modern home, Sara Mungeam radically remodelled and extended a 1950s house

Having lived in a handsome 16th-century farmhouse in rural Essex for 45 years, downsizing was much less of a wrench for Gill Jerram than she had imagined when an opportunity arose to build a beautiful

Although momentum came and went during 2025, agents around the UK report that exceptional country houses continued to sell, proving that quality and sensible pricing still cut through uncertainty

Cindy Thomas and her family moved to this house primarily to get more space. And although there was plenty of room downstairs, the upstairs was missing the fourth bedroom they originally hoped for. ‘W

A very clever (and small) extension has paid big dividends for Janet and Pete Hanson