This week: houses for around £500,000 – from a grade ii-listed scandinavian timber-framed house in llanfyllin, wales, to a converted victorian theatre in deal, kent

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

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

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

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

A cottage overlooking the sea in Cornwall and a handsome Georgian townhouse in Lincolnshire are only two of the prime properties currently on the market for less than £1 million, finds Arabella Youens

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