Under a million

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

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

Stone-flagged floors, dressers, scrubbed tables and a hound snoozing in front of a glowing range cooker are the hallmarks of a classic farmhouse kitchen. Arabella Youens finds homes with hearts

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

Three magnificent country houses in Welsh river valleys offer commercial prospects, fishing–and blissful peace