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

Cushnie House, Cushnie, Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This B-listed former Laird’s house comes with grounds that include five ponds and a vegetable garden. An additional 28 acres of land is availab

For horse lovers everywhere, these five properties boast facilities–from stables to solariums–that are the stuff of equestrian dreams

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

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

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