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

There is nothing quite like a barn conversion with its characterful features and nod to an agrarian past to get the pulse racing, so who wouldn’t love one of these distinctive homes magnificently transformed for rural living

Charles Saumarez Smith on Architecture ● BEFORE THIS ...

Twenty great cottages to suit every group holiday

The latest fireplaces, stoves and fireside accessories, selected by Amelia Thorpe

Kerry Walker takes a road trip through Bannau Brycheiniog National Park