Patrick Brompton, Bedale, North Yorkshire. A renovated, Grade II-listed Queen Anne house dating from 1703 with outbuildings and a 200-year-old stable block with four apartments. It has a kitchen with

Holwood House, Keston, near Sevenoaks, Kent. A Grade I-listed country house, once home to William Pitt the Younger, with a folly and a garden pavilion. It has domed ceilings and retains its original f

High Bands, Gayle, Hawes, North Yorkshire. A renovated stone-built farm cottage with attached barn dating from 1850 and extended to create a spacious family home. It has beamed ceilings, exposed stone

From traditional stone-built longhouses to picture-perfect thatched cottages, Arabella Youens finds a tempting selection of properties in beautiful West Country locations

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

Now that apple-crumble season is upon us, Arabella Youens finds five charming houses that come with their own orchards